83 FR 60851 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Technical Assistance Needs Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 228 (November 27, 2018)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Technical Assistance Needs Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites (EPA ICR No. 2470.02, OMB Control No. 2050-0211), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 19, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60851-60852]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25779]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2012-0578; FRL-9986-38-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Technical Assistance Needs Assessments 
(TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Technical Assistance Needs 
Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites (EPA ICR No. 
2470.02, OMB Control No. 2050-0211), to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through November 30, 2018. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on September 19, 2018 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given 
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 27, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2012-0578, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected] or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Shewack, Office of Site 
Remediation and Restoration, (OSRR01-5), Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-
3912; telephone number: (617) 918-1428; fax number: (617) 918-0428; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR covers the usage of TANAs with members of the 
impacted community in order to determine how the community is receiving 
technical information about a Superfund remedial or removal site; 
whether the community needs additional assistance in order to 
understand and respond to site-related technical information; and 
whether there are organizations in the community that are interested or 
involved in site-related issues and capable of acting as an appropriate 
conduit for technical assistance services to the affected community. 
Given the specific nature of the TANA, 8 to 10 persons are expected be 
interviewed per site, with an estimated total of 250 persons being 
interviewed per year (25 sites). Responses to the collection of 
information are voluntary and the names of respondents will be 
protected by the Privacy Act. The TANA will help ensure the community's 
needs for technical assistance are defined as early in the remedial/
removal process as possible and enable meaningful community involvement 
in the Superfund decision-making process. Additionally, the TANA 
process produces a blueprint for designing a coordinated effort to meet 
the community's needs for additional technical assistance while 
minimizing the overlap of services provided.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Local/state government officials and 
individual community members who may be impacted by a Superfund site or 
a removal action lasting 120 days or longer. These community members 
voluntarily participate in community involvement activities throughout 
the remedial phase of the Superfund process.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 250 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once during the remediation of the Site. 
Each TANA interview is expected to last approximately one hour in 
duration.
    Total estimated burden: 250 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $5,812 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.

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    Changes in the estimates: No change in the total estimated 
respondent burden is expected when compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-25779 Filed 11-26-18; 8:45 am]
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