Notice2024-06170
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; RadNet (Renewal)
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Published
March 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), RadNet (EPA ICR Number 0877.15 OMB Control Number 2060-0015) 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 March 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 19, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 20653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06170]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041; 11852-01-OAR]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; RadNet (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), RadNet (EPA ICR Number 0877.15
OMB Control Number 2060-0015) 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 March 31, 2024. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on June 19, 2023 during a
60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0041, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method), 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
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Griggs, OAR/ORIA/NAREL,
Environmental Protection Agency, National Analytical Radiation
Environmental Laboratory, 540 South Morris Ave., Montgomery, AL 36115;
telephone number: (334) 270-3400; fax number: (334) 270-3450; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0978299979783de9a9f989eb0958091de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cea9bca7a9a9bde0a4a1a6a08eabbeafe0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through 3/31/2024. 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 6/20/2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 39845). 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: RadNet is a national network of stations collecting
environmental media that include air, precipitation, and drinking
water. Samples are sent to EPA's National Analytical Radiation
Environmental Lab (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 station operators participate in
RadNet voluntarily. Station operators complete information forms that
accompany the samples. The forms request information pertaining to
sample type, sample location, start and stop date and times for
sampling, length of sampling period, and volume represented. Data from
RadNet are made available regularly on the Agency websites--Envirofacts
and the EPA website <a href="http://www.epa.gov/radnet">www.epa.gov/radnet</a>.
Form numbers: RadNet Air Particulate Sample (EPA Form 5900-24);
RadNet Precipitation Report Form (EPA Form 5900-27); RadNet Drinking
Water Report Form (EPA Form 5900-29); and RadNet Supply Request Form
(EPA Form 5900-23).
Respondents/affected entities: Primarily Tribal and Local
Officials.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 213.
Frequency of response: Varies depending upon sample media type.
Responses vary from twice weekly to quarterly.
Total estimated burden: 3,640 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,622,124 (per year), includes annualized
capital costs, operational costs, and maintenance costs.
Changes in estimates: There is a 2.2 percent reduction in burden
from 3,722 hours annually. While the RadNet network is fully
established and operating with essentially no changes expected, 30% of
the drinking water sampling locations have not responded since the
beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a 4.5 percent increase in
costs due to increases in Federal and contractor salaries and cost of
goods and supplies.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-06170 Filed 3-22-24; 8:45 am]
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