Notice2023-00972
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Survey To Improve Economic Analysis of Surface Water Quality Changes (New)
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Published
January 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "Survey to Improve Economic Analysis of Surface Water Quality Changes" (EPA ICR Number 2588.01, OMB Control Number 2090-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 29, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3405-3406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00972]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2019-0292; FRL-10585-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Survey To Improve Economic Analysis of Surface Water Quality
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), ``Survey to Improve Economic
Analysis of Surface Water Quality Changes'' (EPA ICR Number 2588.01,
OMB Control Number 2090-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on
September 29, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OA-2019-0292 online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#10747f737b75644f7f7d63507560713e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e98d868a828c9db686849aa98c9988c78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
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collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Moore, AO/OP/NCEE, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-566-2348; fax number: 202-566-2448; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0bdbfbfa2b5feb3b8a2b9a390b5a0b1feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="75181a1a07105b161d071c06351005145b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new
collection. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on September 29, 2021, during a 60-day comment period (86 FR 53960).
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Researchers and analysts in EPA's Office of Research and
Development (ORD), Office of Water (OW), and National Center for
Environmental Economics (NCEE) are collaborating to improve EPA's
ability to perform benefit cost analysis on changes in surface water
quality (lakes, rivers, and streams). We are requesting approval to
conduct a survey that will provide data critical to that effort. A
number of non-market valuation methods can be used to estimate the
economic benefits of improving environmental quality, but they often
require more time and resources than federal agencies have to complete
the regulatory impact analysis. Benefit transfer can provide reasonably
accurate estimates of economic benefits under certain conditions with
fewer resources and far less time. Federal agencies rely on benefit
transfer often when analyzing the economic impacts of environmental
regulation. In conducting benefit cost analyses of surface water
regulations, however, it has become apparent that there is a lack of
data on some features of policy analysis that have forced analysts to
make assumptions about the relationships between a number of factors.
This information collection is necessary to provide insight on those
relationships and improve the EPA's and other federal agencies' ability
to perform benefit transfer in regulatory analysis.
Analysts in the Office of Policy, the Office of Water, and the
Office of Research and Development have begun work on an integrated
hydrological and economic model that will be capable of estimating
benefits for a wide range of surface water regulations. The data
collected with this survey will inform that effort. Analysts elsewhere
in the EPA and other federal agencies may also be able to use the
results of this study to improve benefit transfer in other
applications. The survey will be administered electronically to a
probability-based internet panel. An internet-based survey mode
provides several advantages in efficiency and accuracy over other
collection modes. It is also necessary to meet several of our research
objectives described in the ICR Supporting Statement. Participation in
the survey will be voluntary and the identity of the participants will
be kept confidential.
Form numbers: EPA Form 5800-078, A Survey on Water Quality in
Rivers, Lakes, and Streams.
Respondents/affected entities: Eligible respondents for this survey
will be U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized individuals, age 18 years
and older.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 6120 (total).
Frequency of response: One-time collection.
Total estimated burden: 2,040 hours.
Total estimated cost: $637,122. There are no capital or operation
and maintenance costs associated with this collection.
Changes in the estimates: This is a new collection. The survey is a
one-time data collection activity.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-00972 Filed 1-18-23; 8:45 am]
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