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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

February 12, 2009.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:
    Docket Numbers: ER99-845-015
    Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status.
    Filed Date: 02/04/2009
    Accession Number: 20090204-5162
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, February 25, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER00-586-007.
    Applicants: Madison Gas & Electric Company.
    Description: Madison Gas & Electric submits Market-Based Power
Sales Tariff, Second Revised Volume 4.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090211-0198.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER00-3412-008; ER00-2687-010; ER00-816-006; ER05-
53-009; ER04-8-007; ER98-2440-007; ER98-3285-005; ER05-638-002; ER05-
1482-003.
    Applicants: Ameren Energy Generating Company, Ameren Energy
Marketing Company, AmerenEnergy Resources Generating Company,
AmerenEnergy Medina Valley Cogen, LLC, Central Illinois Light Company,
Central Illinois Public Service Company, Illinois Power Company, Union
Electric Company.
    Description: Ameren Services Company submits a supplement to its
12/24/08 filing of an updated market power analysis.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0073.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER01-205-033; ER98-2640-031
    Applicants: Xcel Energy Services Inc.; Northern States Power
Company-Wisconsin.
    Description: NSP Companies submits a supplement to its updated
market power analysis which reflects the results of the revised SIL
Study.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0071.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER01-2636-005.
    Applicants: ALLETE, Inc.
    Description: Minnesota Power submits Supplemental Joint Affidavit
of

Rodney Frame and Donna Lau Brooks to update their original testimony
submitted on 12/31/08 re the Revised Simultaneous Import Limit
Estimates for Triennial Market Analysis.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0069.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER01-1403-010; ER01-2968-011; ER01-845-009; ER04-
366-008; ER05-1122-007; ER06-1443-006; ER08-107-004.
    Applicants: FirstEnergy Operating Companies, Pennsylvania Power
Company, Jersey Central Power & Light Co., FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.,
FirstEnergy Generation Corporation, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation
Corporation, FirstEnergy Generation Mansfield Unit 1.
    Description: FirstEnergy Corp submits revised indicative market
power screen analysis for the wholesale electricity market etc.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0075.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-1491-002.
    Applicants: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation.
    Description: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation submits
amendment to their 12/12/08 filing of an updated market power analysis
etc.
    Filed Date: 02/05/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0037.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 26, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1392-001.
    Applicants: Fowler Ridge III Wind Farm LLC.
    Description: Fowler Ridge III Wind Farm LLC submits Original Sheet
1 to FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090211-0013.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1443-001.
    Applicants: Noble Great Plains Windpark, LLC.
    Description: Notification of Non-Material Change in Status of Noble
Great Plains Windpark, LLC under ER08-1443.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090206-5073.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-88-001.
    Applicants: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Supplemental Compliance Filing of Southern Company
Services, Inc.
    Filed Date: 02/02/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090202-5122.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, February 23, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-262-002.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits timeline for the
completion of pending interconnection requests in the two proposed
clusters.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090211-0012.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-561-000.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits supplemental filing to provide notice of payment default etc.
    Filed Date: 02/04/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090209-0133.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, February 25, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-563-001.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, LLC.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits an errata to correct
a typographical error in its 1/21/09 filing which included an executed
interim interconnection service agreement with Virginia Electric and
Power Co.
    Filed Date: 02/05/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090206-0242.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 26, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-574-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits Exhibits I and II
which was inadvertently omitted from the 1/26/09 Open Access
Transmission Tariff intended to modify the transmission and base plan
rates for certain pricing zones under SPP's Tariff.
    Filed Date: 02/05/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0036.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 26, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-575-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool. Inc submits supplement to their
1/26/09 filing of revised pages to their Open Access Transmission
Tariff.
    Filed Date: 02/05/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0035.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 26, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-659-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits an executed Letter
Agreement regarding Inter-Regional Planning with Entergy Services, Inc.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090209-0202.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-663-000.
    Applicants: Xcel Energy Services Inc.
    Description: Public Service Company of Colorado submits Fourth
Revised Sheet 8 et al. to FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume 1,
to be effective 4/7/09.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090209-0117.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-664-000.
    Applicants: Reliant Energy Wholesale Generation, LLC.
    Description: Reliant Energy Wholesale Generation, LLC submits a
Notice of Succession with respect to Seward's Rate Schedule FERC 2 etc.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0164.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-665-000.
    Applicants: Wellhead Power eXchange, LLC.
    Description: Wellhead Power eXchange, LLC submits its proposed
initial market-based rate tariff, FERC Electric Tariff 1, pursuant to
which Applicant proposes to provide power marketing services.
    Filed Date: 02/10/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090212-0196.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-673-000.
    Applicants: Virtual Energy, Incorporated.
    Description: Virtual Energy, Incorporated submits a Notice of
Cancellation of FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0276.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-674-000.
    Applicants: ZZ Corporation.
    Description: ZZ Corporation submits a notice of cancellation of its
FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1, to be effective 2/1/09.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0275.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-675-000.
    Applicants: Southeast Chicago Energy Project, LLC.
    Description: Southeast Chicago Energy Project, LLC submits Notice
of

Cancellation of First Revised Rate Schedule FERC 1, effective 1/1/09.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0274.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-676-000.
    Applicants: Brownsville Power I. L.L.C.
    Description: Brownsville Power I, LLC submits Notice of
Cancellation of their FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume 1,
effective 4/10/09.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0273.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-677-000.
    Applicants: AmerGen Energy Company LLC.
    Description: AmerGen Energy Company, LLC submits Notices of
Cancellation of Rate Schedule FERC 2 et al., FERC Electric Tariff 1
pursuant to Order 614.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0272.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-678-000.
    Applicants: Ameren Services Company as Agent for Ill.
    Description: Illinois Power Co submits an executed service
agreement for Wholesale Distribution Service with Prairie Power,
Incorporated.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0271.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-679-000.
    Applicants: Ameren Services Company.
    Description: Ameren Services Company on behalf of Central Illinois
Light Company et al. submits the Amended Transmission Interconnection
Agreement with City of Springfield, IL.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0270.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-681-000.
    Applicants: Green Power Express LP.
    Description: Green Power Express LP submits their request for
privileged treatment of information related to transfer flows between
regions contained in Exhibit GPA-401, Slides 34-36.
    Filed Date: 02/09/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090211-0034.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 2, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-682-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Services, Inc.
    Description: Entergy Arkansas, Inc. submits an executed Agreement
for Transmission Work with Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.
    Filed Date: 02/10/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090211-0007.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-684-000.
    Applicants: Public Service Company of New Mexico.
    Description: Public Service Company of New Mexico submits a
transmission service agreement with Cargill Power Markets, LLC under
the PNM Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    Filed Date: 02/10/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090212-0194.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-685-000.
    Applicants: American Electric Power Service Corporation.
    Description: AEP Operating Companies requests acceptance of a ninth
revision to the Interconnection and Local Delivery Agreement with Blue
Ridge Power Authority.
    Filed Date: 02/10/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090212-0195.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-686-000.
    Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: New York Independent System Operator, Inc. submits
proposed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area
Services Tariff and its Open Access Transmission Tariff etc.
    Filed Date: 02/10/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090212-0197.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-701-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits revisions to Schedule
1 of the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of PJM as well as the
parallel provisions of the Appendix to Attachment K of their Open
Access Transmission Tariff.
    Filed Date: 02/10/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090212-0198.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
securities filings:
    Docket Numbers: ES09-18-000.
    Applicants: Rockland Electric Company.
    Description: Application under Section 204 of Rockland Electric
Company for authorization to issue and sell short-term debt not in
excess of $30 million.
    Filed Date: 02/10/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-5118.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following open access
transmission tariff filings:
    Docket Numbers: OA08-59-004.
    Applicants: Entergy Services, Inc.
    Description: Entergy Operating Companies submits revisions to
Attachment K of its Open Access Transmission Tariff in accordance with
the Commission's 9/18/08 Order.
    Filed Date: 02/06/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090210-0269.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 27, 2009.

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail

notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For
TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-3572 Filed 2-19-09; 8:45 am]

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 22, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 83415-83416]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28325]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 27

[Docket No. FAA-2020-1102; Notice No. 27-052-SC]

Special Conditions: Garmin International, Inc., Bell Textron
Canada Limited Model 505 Helicopter, Visual Flight Rules Autopilot and
Stability Augmentation System

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final special conditions; request for comments; correction.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting special conditions, which published in
the Federal Register on December 11, 2020. The special conditions
issued for the Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505 helicopter did not
include an effective date. This correction adds an effective date for
the special conditions.

DATES: The effective date for the special conditions published December
11, 2020, at 85 FR 79826, is December 22, 2020. Comments will continue
to be received until January 11, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by Docket No. FAA-2020-1102 using
any of the following methods:
     Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/ and follow the online instructions for sending
your comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30, U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Privacy: Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as
described in the following paragraph, and other information as
described in 14 CFR 11.35, the FAA will post all comments it receives,
without change, to http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal
information the commenter provides. Using the search function of the
docket website, anyone can find and read the electronic form of all
comments received into any FAA docket, including the name of the
individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an
association, business, labor union, etc.). DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement can be found in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477-19478).
    Confidential Business Information: CBI is commercial or financial
information that is both customarily and actually treated as private by
its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552),
CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments responsive to
these special conditions contain commercial or financial information
that is customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as
private, and that is relevant or responsive to these special
conditions, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing
CBI as ``PROPIN.'' The FAA will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public
docket of these special conditions. Submissions containing CBI should
be sent to Andy Shaw, Continued Operational Safety Section, AIR-682,
Rotorcraft Standards Branch, Policy and Innovation Division, Aircraft
Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 10101 Hillwood
Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>. Any commentary
that the FAA receives which is not specifically designated as CBI will
be placed in the public docket for this rulemaking.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov/ at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of
the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Shaw, Continued Operational
Safety Section, AIR-682, Rotorcraft Standards Branch, Policy and
Innovation Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation
Administration, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone
(817) 222-5384; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 11, 2020, the FAA issued Special
Conditions No. 27-052-SC,

under Docket No. FAA-2020-1102. Those special conditions were published
in the Federal Register on December 11, 2020 (85 FR 79826). Those
special conditions pertain to the Bell Textron Canada Limited Model 505
helicopter, as modified by Garmin International, Inc., with the
installation of an autopilot and stability augmentation system. The
effective date was inadvertently omitted from the final special
conditions. This correction includes the effective date for those
special conditions. There are no substantive changes to the document.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas.
Jorge Castillo,
Manager, Rotorcraft Standards Branch, Policy and Innovation Division,
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-28325 Filed 12-18-20; 11:15 am]
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1 INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUEST SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR NATIONAL HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEY OF BEACHES EXTENSION OF CURRENT ICR OMB CONTROL NO. 2040 0189 { NON REGULATORY}

November 15, 2002 U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICE OF WATER OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS AND HEALTH PROTECTION DIVISION 1200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON D. C. 20460 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Identification of the Information Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1( a) Title of the Information Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1( b) Short Characterization/ Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Need for and Use of the Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2( a) Need/ Authority for the Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2( b) Practical Utility/ Users of the Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Non duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3( a) Non duplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3( b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3( c) Consultations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3( d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3( e) General Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3( f) Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3( g) Sensitive Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4. The Respondents and the Information Requested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4( a) Respondents/ SIC Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4( b) Information Requested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5. The Information Collected   Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5( a) Agency Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5( b) Collection Methodology and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5( c) Small Entity Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5( d) Collection Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6( a) Estimating Respondent Burden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6( b) Estimating Respondent Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6( c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6( d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6( e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6( f) Reasons for Change in Burden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6( g) Burden Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 APPENDIX A: First ICR Federal Register Notice APPENDIX B: National Health Protection Survey of Beaches 2001 2002 3 1. Identification of the Information Collection 1( a) Title of the Information Collection National Health Protection Survey of Beaches (" Beach Survey")

1( b) Short Characterization/ Abstract This ICR is for the second renewal of an existing ICR ( 1814.02) for the National Health Protection Survey of Beaches (" Beach Survey"). EPA's Office of Water began conducting a voluntary annual beach survey in 1998. The Office of Management and Budget ( OMB) authorized this survey initially for two years ( OMB Control No. 2040 0189). The survey was then reauthorized under OMB Control No. 2040 0189 for an additional three years; the second authorization expires on January 31, 2003.

EPA believes there is a continuing need to improve the overall quality and availability of information about public health protection activities at beaches. The Survey is designed to gather public health information about state and local beach water quality protection programs, water quality standards, and actions at specific beaches including advisories and closures. The Survey now provides detailed information on more than 2,400 coastal and inland beaches throughout the United States. To collect the information, EPA distributes a questionnaire to environmental health officials from state, tribal, county, and city agencies. The questionnaire can be answered either on paper or electronically ( via the Internet) was sent. The survey results are then reviewed for completeness and accuracy, compiled in a database and summarized, with results published in reports and fact sheets. The information is made available to the public on EPA's " BEACH Watch" Web site ( http:// www. epa. gov/ waterscience/ beaches/).

The Beach Survey is a vital part of EPA's environmental assessment activities and a key EPA action to ensure that beaches are safer for swimming. The Survey was included in EPA's Action Plan for Beaches and Recreational Waters, published in April 1999, that provided a detailed description of activities to assist state, tribal, and local authorities in strengthening programs that protect users of beaches and other recreational waters. Water quality in bathing beach areas is a critical concern to EPA. Bacterial and other microbiological contaminants continue to pose potentially serious human health problems for the Nation's recreational waters, including bathing beaches. These adverse effects have been one of EPA's long standing concerns. Scientific studies have confirmed the adverse health effects resulting from bathing in contaminated waters. Advisories and closings continue to be posted at beaches to limit exposure to potential pathogens. These concerns are directly related to such Clean Water Act responsibilities as water quality standards and surface water quality, and to the Agency's efforts to ensure that the waters of the United States are " fishable" and " swimmable." EPA has issued recommended ambient water quality criteria for bacteria to protect persons participating in body contact recreation.

There is ongoing Congressional interest in beach water quality. In October of 2000, the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health ( BEACH) Act was signed into law to help protect public health at the Nation's beaches. The BEACH Act requires EPA to publish performance criteria for monitoring and assessing coastal recreation waters and for promptly 4 notifying the public when those waters exceed applicable water quality standards. The Act also authorizes EPA to award grants to help governments implement beach monitoring and notification programs that are consistent with the performance criteria. One requirement is that recipients of BEACH grants must submit the detailed beach water quality information to EPA. A recently approved BEACH Act ICR ( 2048.01) authorizes EPA to collect information from the BEACH Act states. Therefore, since coastal states that receive BEACH grants will be providing this detailed information to EPA through the grants process, EPA intends to exclude the grantees from the annual Beach Survey. The BEACH Survey ICR ( 1814.02) will continue to be needed to collect information about inland beaches and from those states that do not receive beach grants. In other words, the information collection requirement of the BEACH Act will gradually reduce the amount of information collected by the National Health Protection Survey of Beaches. EPA will ensure that there is no duplication of effort.

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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are identified on the form and/ or instrument, if applicable.

2. Need for and Use of the Collection 2( a) Need/ Authority for the Collection EPA needs this information to determine for swimming beaches throughout the Nation, whether swimmers could be at risk of contracting diseases as the result of exposure to bacterial and other microbiological contaminants in the water. The survey will provide data on potential sources of contaminants at each beach, whether the beach is monitored to identify such contaminants, what bacterial standards or other indicators are used to determine the level of risk at the beach, and whether there is public notification to swimmers due to concerns about such contaminants during the past year.

The national survey is central to EPA's efforts to assess and improve existing programs nationwide, and provide important public health information. This BEACH Survey ICR will collect information from inland beaches that are not required to report to EPA, or those state's that do not apply for the BEACH Act Grants. This survey is collecting the information on these beaches under the authority of the Clean Water Act ( CWA) § 104, which provides for the collection of information to be used to protect human health and the environment. 5 2( b) Practical Utility/ Users of the Data EPA uses information collected in the National Health Protection Survey of Beaches to address issues in four specific areas for the BEACH Program:

Enhancing the public's right to know about the safety of the water at local beaches by establishing and making available a national beach contamination database.

Improving the scientific and policy foundations in support of state, tribal, and local actions.

Providing improved test methods and indicators to better protect the health of beachgoers in a more timely and comprehensive manner.

Developing better predictive models to help notify the public of potential risks.

The information collected in this survey will be compiled in a database. The information will be analyzed to determine the status and nature of microbiological contamination at the Nation's inland swimming beaches, the level of effort directed by jurisdictions to monitor and evaluate bacterial indicators of water quality at those beaches, and the extent of beach advisories and closures issued each year. EPA will use the analysis to plan more effective research and policies to reduce risk to the health of beach users.

Summary and individual beach data will also be made available to nongovernmental organizations and to the public. By accessing the data through the Internet, beach goers will be able to readily determine whether the beach they wish to visit has a monitoring program and whether the beach has been closed or an advisory issued.

3. Non duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria 3( a) Non duplication The comprehensive nationwide information requested from respondents under this ICR is not currently available from any other sources. Several survey efforts have taken place in the past. For example, a limited survey of beach conditions, monitoring programs, and beach closings has been performed annually since 1980 by EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office ( GLNPO) under a previously approved ICR ( OMB Control No. 2090 0003, EPA ICR No. 0994.06). In 1995 EPA's Gulf of Mexico program produced a one time Gulf wide report on state and local recreational water quality monitoring programs and monitoring practices. Since the early 1990' s, a nongovernmental organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC), has conducted an annual survey of swimming beaches, limited to beaches on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes. The federal government did not reviewed past NRDC surveys for accuracy or comprehensiveness.

Before developing its initial survey in 1998, EPA examined the information collected for each of these surveys and determined that none of them address the Agency's needs to inventory 6 the locations of the Nation's swimming beaches and compile nationwide information on water quality monitoring and assessment, potential sources of microbiological contaminants, and beach closings and advisories issued for each beach. To reduce respondent burden and eliminate duplication, EPA worked with both GLNPO and NRDC to develop a unified questionnaire for the national survey and cooperated with those organizations to share data pertaining to swimmers' health to support their programs. Minor clarifications were made to the survey when it was resubmitted to OMB in 2000. EPA anticipates no change in the survey's ability to meet the needs of the federal government and other interested parties, including NRDC. In addition, EPA anticipates that it will prevent duplicative data gathering efforts in the future by state and regional programs.

3( b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB A notice announcing the renewal ICR was published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2002 and the comment period closed on October 15, 2002 ( Volume 67, Number 156), pages 52716 52718. A copy of the notice is provided in Appendix A.

3( c) Consultations The renewal Federal Register notice was published on August 13, 2002, as noted above. One letter of concern was received from the Natural Resources Defense Council. They were concerned that important information might be lost in the transition from the current Beach Survey to the information collection under the Beach grants. EPA consulted with NRDC and explained that all of the existing information collected in the current survey would also be collected under the beach grants. Thus no information would be lost. In addition, early survey information will be archived in the format of the new beach survey.

3( d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection Less frequent or irregularly scheduled reporting of monitoring and beach closings is not sufficient to obtain information for this survey. Extended lag times between reports, or unequal periods of reporting would decrease the value of the information obtained. Furthermore, respondents might have more difficulty completing the questionnaire if past yearly records were archived.

The survey will be sent to respondents once per year in early winter. An annual survey is needed to provide information on monitoring and beach closings during the immediate past swimming season for most temperate waters. Jurisdictions responsible for beach maintenance and monitoring usually record this information on a swimming season basis. ( EPA recognizes that subtropical and tropical waters in the Nation have continuous water recreation.) Because pollution sources and other circumstances change regularly, it is important to document these changes before the beginning of each swimming season. Regular annual collection of this information over a period of several years will permit the evaluation of water quality standards compliance and pollution problems occurring at beaches, so that trends at each beach can be identified and resources allocated to deal with the problems of greatest concern. 7 3( e) General Guidelines This survey adheres to OMB's general guidelines for information collection.

3( f) Confidentiality Information sought is maintained for public record by the county public health agencies or other entities, and no sensitive material is involved.

3( g) Sensitive Questions No questions concerning sexual behavior or attitudes, religious beliefs, or other matters usually considered private are included in this information collection.

4. The Respondents and the Information Requested 4( a) Respondents/ SIC Codes The following categories of respondents will be surveyed:

Federal, State, and Local Government Health Departments 9431 Administration of Public Health Programs ( Administration of Public Health Programs: categorical health program administration government, communicable disease program administration government, environmental health programsgovernment public health agencies nonoperating)

Federal, State, and Local Government Environmental Protection Agencies 9511 Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management ( Administration of Environmental Quality: water control and quality agencies government, environmental protection agencies government)

Federal, State, and Local Government Recreation Departments, U. S. National Park Service 9512 Land, Mineral, Wildlife, and Forest Conservation ( Administration of Environmental Quality: recreational program administration government)

4( b) Information Requested ( i) Data items, including record keeping ( 1) General Information on Beaches Within the Jurisdiction

Overall responsibility for the swimming beaches in jurisdiction

Name, address, and phone number of respondent 8

Establishment of water quality standards for bacteria

Monitoring program implementation and costs

Beach closing or advisory program implementation and costs

Responsibility for issuing advisories or closings

Public notification procedures for advisories or closings

Availability of Web sites, and GIS data or coverage ( expanded since last clearance to develop better respondent agency profiles and support beach mapping efforts)

( 2) Specific Information on Each Beach Within Jurisdiction ( records to be maintained by the jurisdiction for the public record at least two years following completion of the questionnaire each year that the survey is conducted)

Name, location, and type of beach and water ( fresh, estuarine, salt)

How many people use the beach at various times of the year

Known sources of pollution and type of pollution that might affect the beach

Implementation of water quality monitoring program for pathogens

Advisories or closings issued for this beach during the past year and reasons

Implementation of improvements to reopen beaches closed during the past year A copy of the survey instrument is included as Appendix B.

( ii) Respondent activities The following activities are required for respondents to assemble and submit the above data items:

Review the instructions and questions.

Review copies of Beach Specific Information" of the questionnaire for each beach within jurisdiction.

Gather information needed to complete the questions. ( information requested is maintained by county public health agencies or other entities for the public record).

Fill in the answers for the questionnaire ( either by writing on the paper copy provided or by typing the answers on the electronic/ Internet questionnaire, if respondent can easily do this; no respondent will be required to develop, acquire, install, or utilize technology and systems for the purpose of disclosing and providing information for this survey).

Return completed questionnaire ( not needed for Internet version).

5. The Information Collected   Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management 5( a) Agency Activities 9 Agency activities associated with the collection of information by this survey consist of the following:

Prepare mailing list and survey tracking database.

Develop the questionnaire, instructions, transmittal letter, reminder postcard, and thank you postcard.

Set up a database for storing and analyzing the information collected and Internet option for the questionnaire.

Distribute the questionnaire, instructions, and transmittal letter to respondents, answer respondent questions.

Record receipt of completed questionnaires; distribute reminder postcards to respondents, if needed, and thank you postcards when completed survey materials are received; review questionnaires for completeness and correctness of responses; contact respondents to obtain or clarify information.

Enter information from the questionnaires into the database ( not needed for Internet submissions); review/ verify data entries.

Perform data analysis.

Prepare summary report of information obtained from the survey.

Distribute results of the survey ( paper and electronic).

Store the questionnaire data.

5( b) Collection Methodology and Management To collect and analyze the information associated with this ICR, EPA will continue to use a paper questionnaire, an optional electronic questionnaire, personal computers, and applicable database and digitizing software.

Each potential respondent in the mailing list database will be sent a uniquely numbered copy of the paper questionnaire. Previous survey participants will also be sent a hard copy printout of the past year's questionnaire. They only need to review and update this information and provide beach advisory and closing information for the previous swimming season. The transmittal letter accompanying the materials will explain the purpose of the survey and provide a password to permit those respondents having access to the Internet to complete the questionnaire electronically if they wish. Based on the comparisons between the 5 survey years completed thus far, use of the Internet is decreasing respondent burden. More respondents are choosing to use this option. A single reminder postcard will be sent to those respondents who have not returned their surveys ( by mail or electronically) within 30 days. 10 EPA will ensure the accuracy and completeness of collected information by reviewing each submittal. Data received on the Internet version of the questionnaire will be reviewed for completeness. Completed paper copies of the questionnaire will be manually entered into the Internet version and verified for accuracy. The data will then be directly transferred from the Internet to the database. A hard copy of data from each electronic questionnaire will be printed and maintained with copies of all correspondence with the respondent.

Data analyses will be performed through queries and simple compilations of summary statistics ( e. g., number of beaches reported that have monitoring programs in place, mean frequency of monitoring sample collection, number of beaches closed during the past year, and number of beaches closed due to different categories of pollutants). The results of the survey are considered public information. In keeping with this public right to know, data will be made available after EPA has reviewed the information for completeness and accuracy. Specific data will be provided to GLNPO regarding agencies and beaches in the Great Lakes region to avoid duplicate surveys. Backup copies of the data will be made regularly during the survey and archived in a separate location indefinitely.

Summary results of the survey will be printed, and a copy will be posted on EPA's BEACH Watch Web page ( http:// www. epa. gov/ waterscience/ beaches/). An individual report for each beach in the survey will be accessible to the public through this Web site.

5( c) Small Entity Flexibility No alternatives have been found to be more cost effective than direct solicitation of the county public health agencies or other entities responsible for each beach that generate the data as a matter of public information. No additional gathering of information is required by the county public health agencies or other entities responsible for each beach since beach closing decisions and records are their public health responsibilities. " Small Governmental Jurisdictions" ( defined for the purpose of this information collection as a government of counties, cities, towns, or tribes having a population of less than 50,000) may be included in this survey.

The completion of the survey is voluntary. Thus, smaller entities that cannot provide the staff and resources to complete the survey are not required to do so. Options have been developed, such as permitting more time for responding or simplifying the response procedures, to assist the smaller entities complete the survey. These options were implemented during the initial ICR and have reduced respondent burden and increased respondent participation. The option of completing the questionnaire electronically using the Internet is also offered. This provides an easier and more effective means of transmitting and receiving the information, provided the entities have access to the World Wide Web.

5( d) Collection Schedule The survey materials will be sent to the respondent in early winter to obtain information on the previous year's beach conditions, monitoring programs, and closings or advisories.

6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection 11 6( a) Estimating Respondent Burden The primary sources of EPA's burden estimates were actual estimates of the burden obtained from a sample of the respondents during the 1998 through 2000 surveys. EPA also reviewed burden estimates for the earlier GLNPO surveys.

Based on this information, EPA makes the following assumptions in determining respondent burden. The burden table presented reflects the estimates of the average annual labor hours and costs that might occur during the 3 year OMB approved period of this ICR.

1. Labor hours are based on initial assumptions that 118 potential respondents nationwide will be asked to participate in the survey during the first year, 130 the second year, and 143 the third year. The 118 respondents for the first year was determined by calculating the number of agencies providing information on inland beaches in the 2001 survey. A 10 percent increase in respondents was assumed for the next two years. The total number of surveys that might be processed during this ICR is 391 over the 3 year approval period. The average number of surveys per year is 130.

2. Senior level managers ( e. g., director, chief) are most likely to receive the survey materials; however, it is anticipated that a lower level technical staff member would actually fill out the questionnaire. Thus, it is estimated that both the manager and the technical staff person could spend 0.25 hour each year reviewing the instructions and questions.

( 0.25 manager hour + 0.25 technician hour) = 0.5 respondent hour/ year 3. The number of swimming beaches present in a jurisdiction is likely to affect the amount of time needed to fill in the questionnaire. Respondents completing the paper version of the questionnaire need to make copies of " Section 2: Beach Specific Information" of the questionnaire for each beach within their jurisdiction, which is estimated to require 0.25 clerical hour per year. Respondents who choose to complete the Internet version of the survey will not incur this burden. EPA estimates that 50 percent of respondents will use the Internet version each year, although this is probably a conservative assumption. For the purpose of the calculation, the estimated time was reduced to 0.20 clerical hours for the total number of respondents.

4. All information requested should already be compiled and readily available to the jurisdiction as part of the public record. EPA estimates that 0.5 hour will be needed each year to gather this information.

5. The first year a jurisdiction participates in the survey, respondents need to complete the entire questionnaire. In subsequent years, respondents will receive a copy of the information previously submitted and will need to report only information that has changed. The amount of time needed to complete subsequent questionnaires should therefore be reduced. Based on the estimated time spent completing and returning the questionnaire provided by a sample of respondents during the survey, EPA estimates 12 the average time to fill in the questionnaire is approximately one technician hour per year.

6. The paper questionnaires will need to be mailed back to EPA each year. EPA estimates that 0.20 clerical hour will be needed to complete this task. Respondents who choose to complete the Internet version of the survey will not incur this burden.

6( b) Estimating Respondent Costs The following resources were assumed and other assumptions were made to estimate respondent costs for this information collection:

( i) Estimating Labor Costs

Labor rates for state and local government workers were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Cost Trends ( Internet address http:// www. bls. gov/ ncs/ ocs/ ncb0449. pdf).

Manager ( white collar: executive, administrative, and managerial) $ 28.80 per hour Technical ( white collar) $ 21.19 per hour Clerical ( administrative support, including clerical) $ 12.80 per hour A benefits/ overhead multiplication factor of 1.6 was used to obtain the total labor cost for county ( or other entity) respondents.

( ii) Estimating Capital and Operations and Maintenance Costs

No capital/ start up costs are anticipated for the jurisdictions participating in the survey since they already collect the information requested for the public record. Internet access is not required for participating in the survey.

The only operations and maintenance ( O& M) cost required for this information collection by the respondent is the preparation of copies of Section 2 of the questionnaire for each beach. Return postage for the survey will be provided by EPA.

EPA used an estimate of 10 beaches per respondent and $ 0.10 per page for three pages ( Section 2) to obtain an estimate of $ 3.00 per year for photocopying charges. Respondents who choose to complete the Internet version of the survey will not incur this burden.

° EPA estimates that 50 percent of respondents will use the Internet version each year, although this is probably a conservative assumption. For the purpose of calculating O& M cost the total number of respondents was multiplied by 25 percent and then multiplied by $ 3.00 per year photocopying charges. 13 ( iii) Capital/ Start up vs. Operating and Maintenance ( O& M) Costs

It is believed that the capital/ start up and O& M costs have been appropriately derived for this information collection.

( iv) Annualizing Capital Costs

No capital costs are anticipated for this information collection. The Internet version of the questionnaire is offered as an option, not a requirement. Completion of either the paper or Internet version is voluntary. 14 Annual Respondent Burden and Cost Information Collection Activity Hours and Costs Per Respondent ( Years 1 3) Total Hours and Costs ( Year 1) Total Hours and Costs ( Year 2) Total Hours and Costs ( Year 3)

Mgr.

Hours at $ 28.80/

Hour Tech.

Hours at $ 21.90/

Hour Clerk Hours at $ 12.80/

Hour Resp. Hours Labor Cost1 Capital Start up Cost O& M Cost Number of Resp Total Resp Hours Total Resp Cost3 Number of Resp Total Resp Hours Total Resp Cost3 Number of Resp Total Resp Hours Total Resp Cost3 1Review instructions and questions 0.25 0.25 0.00 0.50 $ 20.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 118 59.00 $ 2,359.53 130 65.00 $ 2,559.48 143 71.50 $ 2,859.43 2. Make copies of " Section 2: Beach

Specific Information" for each beach within jurisdiction2 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 $ 4.10 $ 0.00

$ 3.00 118 59 23.60 $ 483.33 130 65 26.00 $ 532.48 143 71 28.60 $ 585.73 3. Gather information needed to complete the questions 0.00 0.5 0.00 0.5 $ 16.95 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 118 59.00 $ 2,000.34 130 65.00 $ 2,203.76 143 71.50 $ 2,424.14 4/ Fill in the answers for the questionnaire either by writing on the paper copy provided or by typing the answers on the electronic/ Internet questionnaire ( optional) 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 $ 33.90 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 118 118.00 $ 4,000.67 130 130.00 $ 4,407.52 143 143.00 $ 4,848.27 5Return completed questionnaire2 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 $ 4.10 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 118 23.60 $ 483.33 130 26.00 $ 532.48 143 28.60 $ 585.73 Subtotals 0.25 1.75 0.40 2.40 $ 79.04 $ 0.00 $ 3.00 varies 283.20 $ 9,327.19 varies 312.00 $ 10,275.72 varies 343.20 $ 11,303.29 1 Labor cost includes a benefits/ overhead multiplication factor of 1.6.

2 EPA estimates that 25 percent of respondents will use the Internet version of the questionnaire and will not have to perform this step. For the purpose of this calculation, the number of hours for these tasks was reduced, but the number of respondents was kept at a constant level.

3 The total respondent cost is based on the estimated number of respondents who might skip this task by using the Internet version ( 25 percent of the total respondents). 15 6( c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost Agency burden is estimated based on the assumption that approximately 10 percent of the labor hours per year for each activity will be work done by EPA and approximately 90 percent of the labor hours per year will be work done by a contractor. In addition, management oversight of work performed by technical and clerical staff is estimated to require 20 percent of the labor hours for each activity.

Federal employee rates were obtained from the 2002 OPM General Schedule salary table for the Washington, DC, area ( Internet address http:// www. opm. gov/ oca/ 02tables/ dcb_ h. htm), and the following categories were used:

Manager ( GS 15) $ 44.11 Technical ( GS 13) $ 31.73 Clerical ( GS 7) $ 15.04 A benefits/ overhead multiplication factor of 1.6 was used to obtain the total labor cost for EPA.

No capital/ start up costs are anticipated for the Agency.

Operations and maintenance ( O& M) costs include the costs of contractor services ( including printing survey materials and computer time) and outgoing and return postage for each survey each year.

Three tables are presented in this section, and the following resources and assumptions were used to prepare the burden estimate for each activity:

1. Preparation of the mailing list and survey tracking database is estimated based on initial assumptions that the number of potential respondents nationwide will be 118 the first year, 130 the second year, and 143 the third year. Agency labor includes identifying potential respondents and sources for contact information ( name, agency, address) and is estimated to take 0.03 hour per respondent, O& M costs include contractor services to develop the database and enter and verify contact information, based on approximately 0.15 hour per respondent, with an estimated rate of $ 70.00/ hour ( labor, overhead, and other direct costs). Agency labor and contractor services estimates are based on an estimated 100 edits to respondent contact names and/ or addresses each year. An additional 12 and 25 respondents will be added to the database for the second and third years, respectively.

2. To revise the existing questionnaire, instructions, transmittal letter, reminder postcard, and thank you postcard requires an estimated 0.02 hour of Agency time per 16 respondent. Fixed O& M costs include 40 contractor hours per year to modify survey materials.

3. EPA estimates that 0.02 hour per respondent will be needed for revisions to the existing database for storing and analyzing the information collected and the Internet forms for data collection. Fixed O& M costs include 40 contractor hours per year to modify the database and Internet option.

4. Each year, the Agency will submit the survey materials to respondents. ( The materials to be submitted will likely change from a blank questionnaire to the previous completed questionnaire with the request that only information that has changed be recorded.) EPA oversight of this activity is estimated to be 0.02 hour per respondent. Contractor services required to conduct this activity included 0.1 hour per respondent per year to prepare the materials and answer respondents' questions about the survey. O& M costs also include outgoing and return postage paid by the Agency ($ 2.00 per survey x 2).

5. Survey operations include recording receipt of completed questionnaires; submitting reminder postcards to each non respondent, if needed, and thank you postcards when completed survey materials are received; and reviewing survey materials for completeness and correctness of responses. EPA estimates that the Agency will not be involved in these operations except for minor oversight ( 0.01 hour per respondent per year). Contractor services to perform these operations are based on 0.5 hour per respondent per year.

6. Information from the questionnaires needs to be entered into the database and all data entries reviewed and verified ( including Internet submissions). EPA estimates that the Agency will not be involved in these operations except for minor oversight ( 0.01 hour per respondent per year). Contractor services to perform these operations are based on 1.0 hour per respondent per year. Information for respondents who use the Internet option does not need to be manually entered into the database and therefore Internet submissions are not reflected in the data entry cost for this task.

7. Data analyses will be performed to obtain summary statistics for inclusion in the Beach Health Report. The Agency will provide technical direction to a contractor to perform the analyses and discuss and review the results, estimated at 0.02 hour per respondent per year. Contractor services will require 0.03 hour per respondent per year for the analyses.

8. EPA will prepare a summary report of information obtained from the survey ( the Beach Health Report). The Agency will provide technical direction to a contractor to prepare the report and review drafts and the final report, estimated at 0.02 hour per respondent per year. It is anticipated that the contractor will require 0.03 hour per 17 respondent per year to produce the report, including a hard copy and an electronic version suitable for posting on the BEACH Watch Web site.

9. EPA will distribute the summary results of the survey ( Beach Health Report) in a paper version, and an electronic version will be posted on the BEACH Watch Web site. The Agency will provide technical oversight of the publication process, estimated at 0.01 hour per respondent per year. Fixed O& M costs here include estimated Government Printing Office costs of $ 3.00 per paper report x 10,000 copies and postage of $ 1.00 per copy ( total = $ 40,000). The Internet version of the questionnaire and database will be designed so that the public can automatically view the questionnaire information pertaining to particular beach( es) of interest. O& M costs also include funds for contractor services to maintain the database and perform troubleshooting, if needed, estimated at $ 2,000 per year.

10. Data obtained from the survey questionnaire will be stored in appropriate media. The Agency will provide technical oversight to ensure that data storage meets EPA requirements and program objectives. Labor is estimated at 0.02 hour per respondent per year. Fixed O& M costs include an estimate for computer equipment maintenance for this task of $ 1,000 per year. 18 Agency Burden and Cost ( Year 1)

Information Collection Activity Hours and Costs Per Respondent Total Hours and Costs Mgr. Hours at $ 38.65/

Hour Tech. Hours at $ 27.80/

Hour Cler. Hours at $ 13.18/

Hour Agency Hours/

Resp. Labor Cost/ Resp. Capital/

Start up Cost Fixed O& M Cost Non Fixed O& M Cost1 Number of Respon. Total O& M ( Fixed and Non Fixed) Total Agency Hours Total Agency Cost 1 Prepare mailing list and survey tracking database 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 $ 1.45 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 10.50 118 $ 1,239.00 3.54 $ 1,410.58 2 Develop survey materials 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 0.00 118 $ 2,800.00 2.36 $ 2,943.19 3 Set up database for storing and analyzing the information collected and Internet option for the questionnaire 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 $ 1.41 $ 0.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 0.00 118 $ 2,800.00 2.36 $ 2,966.56 4 Submit survey materials to respondents; answer respondents'

questions 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 10.00 118 $ 1,180.00 2.36 $ 1,323.19 5 Record receipt of completed survey materials; perform followup and quality control activities 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 $ 0.71 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 35.00 118 $ 4,130.00 1.18 $ 4,213.28 6 Enter information from survey materials into the database, if needed; review/ verify data entries2 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 $ 0.51 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 70.00 59 $ 4130.00 0.59 $ 4,159.95 7 Perform data analysis 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 2.10 118 $ 247.80 2.36 $ 390.99 8 Prepare summary report of information obtained from the survey 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 2.10 118 $ 247.80 2.36 $ 390.99 9 Distribute results of the survey 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 $ 0.51 $ 0.00 $ 42,000.00 $ 0.00 118 $ 42,000.00 1.18 $ 40,559.91 10 Store the questionnaire and beach location data 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 $ 0.75 $ 0.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 0.00 118 $ 1000.00 2.36 $ 1,088.30 Subtotals 0.08 0.08 0.02 0.18 $ 10.18 $ 0.00 $ 48,600.00 $ 129.70 varies $ 59,774.60 20.65 $ 60,946.93 1 Includes costs of contractor services and postage 2 EPA estimates that 25 percent of respondents will use the Internet version of the questionnaire. The number of respondents was therefore reduced by 25 percent for this step. 19 Agency Burden and Cost ( Year 2)

Information Collection Activity Hours and Costs Per Respondent Total Hours and Costs Mgr. Hours at $ 38.65/

Hour Tech. Hours at $ 27.80/

Hour Cler. Hours at $ 13.18/

Hour Agency Hours/

Resp. Labor Cost/ Resp. Capital/

Start up Cost Fixed O& M Cost Non Fixed O& M Cost1 Number of Respon. Total O& M ( Fixed and Non Fixed) Total Agency Hours Total Agency Cost 1 Prepare mailing list and survey tracking database 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 $ 1.45 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 10.50 130 $ 1,365.00 3.9 $ 1,554.03 2 Develop survey materials 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 0.00 130 $ 2,800.00 2.6 $ 2,957.75 3 Set up database for storing and analyzing the information collected and Internet option for the questionnaire 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 $ 1.41 $ 0.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 0.00 130 $ 2,800.00 2.6 $ 2,983.50 4 Submit survey materials to respondents; answer respondents'

questions 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 10.00 130 $ 1,300.00 2.6 $ 1,457.75 5 Record receipt of completed survey materials; perform followup and quality control activities 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 $ 0.71 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 35.00 130 $ 4,550.00 1.3 $ 4,641.75 6 Enter information from survey materials into the database, if needed; review/ verify data entries2 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 $ 0.51 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 70.00 98 $ 6,860.00 0.65 $ 4,583.00 7 Perform data analysis 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 2.10 130 $ 273.00 2.60 $ 430.75 8 Prepare summary report of information obtained from the survey 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 2.10 130 $ 273.00 2.60 $ 430.75 9 Distribute results of the survey 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 $ 0.51 $ 0.00 $ 42,000.00 $ 0.00 130 $ 42000.00 1.30 $ 42,066.00 10 Store the questionnaire and beach location data 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 $ 0.75 $ 0.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 0.00 130 $ 1,000.00 2.60 $ 1,097.28 Subtotals 0.08 0.08 0.02 0.18 $ 10.18 $ 0.00 $ 48,600.00 $ 129.70 varies $ 61,911.00 22.75 $ 62,202.54 1 Includes costs of contractor services and postage 2 EPA estimates that 25 percent of respondents will use the Internet version of the questionnaire. The number of respondents was therefore reduced by 25 percent for this step. 20 Agency Burden and Cost ( Year 3)

Information Collection Activity Hours and Costs Per Respondent Total Hours and Costs Mgr. Hours at $ 38.65/

Hour Tech. Hours at $ 27.80/

Hour Cler. Hours at $ 13.18/

Hour Agency Hours/

Resp. Labor Cost/ Resp. Capital/

Start up Cost Fixed O& M Cost Non Fixed O& M Cost1 Number of Respon. Total O& M ( Fixed and Non Fixed) Total Agency Hours Total Agency Cost 1 Prepare mailing list and survey tracking database 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 $ 1.45 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 10.50 143 $ 1,501.50 4.29 $ 1,709.43 2 Develop survey materials 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 0.00 143 $ 2,800.00 2.86 $ 2,973.52 3 Set up database for storing and analyzing the information collected and Internet option for the questionnaire 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.02 $ 1.41 $ 0.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 0.00 143 $ 2,800.00 2.86 $ 3,001.85 4 Submit survey materials to respondents; answer respondents'

questions 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 10.00 143 $ 1,430.00 2.86 $ 1,603.52 5 Record receipt of completed survey materials; perform followup and quality control activities 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 $ 0.71 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 35.00 143 $ 5,005.00 1.43 $ 5,105.92 6 Enter information from survey materials into the database, if needed; review/ verify data entries2 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 $ 0.51 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 70.00 108 $ 5,005.00 0.72 $ 5,041.30 7 Perform data analysis 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 2.10 143 $ 300.30 2.86 $ 473.82 8 Prepare summary report of information obtained from the survey 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02 $ 1.21 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 2.10 143 $ 300.30 2.86 $ 473.82 9 Distribute results of the survey 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 $ 0.51 $ 0.00 $ 42,000.00 $ 0.00 143 $ 42,000.00 1.43 $ 42,072.60 10 Store the questionnaire and beach location data 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 $ 0.75 $ 0.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 0.00 143 $ 1,000.00 2.86 $ 1,107.01 Subtotals 0.08 0.08 0.02 0.18 $ 10.18 $ 0.00 $ 48,600.00 $ 129.70 varies $ 62,142.10 25.03 $ 63,562.80 1 Includes costs of contractor services and postage 2 EPA estimates that 25 percent of respondents will use the Internet version of the questionnaire. The number of respondents was therefore reduced by 25 percent for this step. 21 6( d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs The respondent universe for this ICR is calculated based on initial assumptions that 118 potential respondents nationwide will be asked to participate in the survey during the first year, 130 the second year, and 143 the third year. The total number of questionnaires that might be processed during this ICR is 391 over the 3 year approval period. The number of respondents involved in each activity varies because some respondents will elect to use the Internet option to complete the questionnaire, thereby eliminating the need to complete certain steps. EPA estimates that 50 percent of potential respondents will use this option.

6( e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables ( i) Respondent Tally Only one respondent table was prepared for this ICR.

Total Estimated Respondent Burden and Cost Summary Technical and Financial Requirements Number of Respondents Number of Activities Total Hours Total Labor Cost Total Capital Costs Total O& M Costs Total Costs Year 1 118 5 283.20 $ 9,327.19 $ 0.00 $ 177.00 $ 9,504.19 Year 2 130 5 312.00 $ 10,275.72 $ 0.00 $ 195.00 $ 10,470.72 Year 3 143 5 343.20 $ 11,303.29 $ 0.00 $ 214.50 $ 11,517.79 TOTAL 391 5 938.40 $ 30,906.20 $ 0.00 $ 586.50 $ 31,492.70 AVERAGE 130 5 312.80 $ 10,302.07 $ 0.00 $ 195.50 $ 10,497.57 ( ii) Agency Tally The Agency and contractor burdens and costs are summarized in the following table.

Total Estimated Agency Burden and Cost Summary Technical and Financial Requirements Number of Respondents Number of Activities Total Agency Hours Total Labor Cost Total Capital Costs Total O& M Costs Total Costs Year 1 118 10 20.65 $ 1,172.33 $ 0.00 $ 59,774.60 $ 60,946.93 Year 2 130 10 22.75 $ 1,291.54 $ 0.00 $ 60,911.00 $ 62,202.54 Year 3 143 10 25.03 $ 1,420.70 $ 0.00 $ 62,142.10 $ 63,562.80 TOTAL 391 10 68.43 $ 3,884.57 $ 0.00 $ 182,827.70 $ 186,712.27 AVERAGE 130 10 22.81 $ 1,294.86 $ 0.00 $ 60,942.57 $ 62,237.42 22 ( iii) Variations in the Annual Bottom Line No change in collection activities or burden and costs per respondent is anticipated during the course of this ICR.

6( f) Reasons for Change in Burden The calculated burden estimate ( Section 6) of 2.4 hours reflects the same burden estimate as the previous ICR. EPA anticipates that the actual respondent burden will continue to decrease as more respondents use the electronic format.

There is an overall decrease of 968 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a reduction in the number of respondent agency covered by this ICR from 390 in the approved ICR to 130 respondents estimated for this renewal. This ICR will collect information only from those agencies with inland beaches that are not required to report to EPA and those coastal agencies that do not apply for a BEACH Act Grant.

6( g) Burden Statement The public reporting and record keeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.4 hours per response annually. 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 and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 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. For this survey, the burden includes the time needed to review instructions, make copies of the beach specific questions, gather the information needed to complete the questionnaire, fill in the answers to the survey questions, and mail the questionnaire back to EPA. 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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. , which is available for public viewing at the National Health Protection Survey of Beaches Docket in the EPA Docket Center, ( EPA/ DC) EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8: 30 a. m. to 4: 30 p. m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 23 number for the Reading Room is ( 202) 566 1744, and the telephone number for the National Health Protection Survey of Beaches Docket is ( 202) 566 2426. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA Dockets ( EDOCKET) at http:// www. epa. gov/ edocket.

Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select " search," then key in the docket ID number identified above. Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, N. W., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Office for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID No. and OMB control number 2040 0189 in any correspondence.


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General Comment:Dear Mr. Zeller:

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