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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; RadNet (Previously Known as ERAMS) (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0877.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0015

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  [Federal Register: February 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 35)]
[Notices]
[Page 7973-7974]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041; FRL-8279-9]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; RadNet (Previously Known as
ERAMS) (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0877.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0015

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 26, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0041, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center, 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles M. Petko, Office of Radiation
and Indoor Air (ORIA), National Air and Radiation Environmental
Laboratory (NAREL), 540 South Morris Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36115-
2601. Tel: 334-270-3411; fax number: 334-270-3454; e-mail address: 
petko.charles@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On September 14, 2006 (71 FR 54278), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading
Room is 202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center is 202-566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: RadNet (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0877.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0015.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: RadNet is a national network of stations collecting
sampling media that include air, precipitation, drinking water, and
milk. Samples are sent to EPA National Air and Radiation Environmental
Laboratory (NAREL) in Montgomery, Alabama, where they are analyzed for
radioactivity. RadNet provides emergency response/homeland security and
ambient monitoring information on levels of environmental radiation
across the nation. All stations, usually operated by state and local
personnel, participate in RadNet voluntarily. Station operators
complete information forms that accompany the samples. The forms request
descriptive information pertaining to sample location, e.g., sample type,
sample location, length of sampling period, and volume represented.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.7
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing

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and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements which have
subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a
collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the
collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: All fifty states, primarily the
State Public Health Departments (NAICS Code 92312), send samples along
with one page sample collection forms to NAREL.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 275.
    Frequency of Response: Frequency varies according to medium being
sampled: milk, quarterly; drinking water, quarterly; rain
(precipitation), as events occur; and air, twice weekly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,333.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $451,206.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 3,606 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the fact that the RadNet
air monitoring network is being upgraded and expanded. By the end of
the period of this ICR, the air network will have expanded from the 64
conventional stations reported in the previous ICR to 120
technologically updated stations, all of which will provide data in
near real-time.

    Dated: February 15, 2007.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-3002 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am]
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