National Listing of Fish Advisories (Renewal)

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form 2040-0226 National Listing of Fish Advisories - State Burden	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
ICR_Appendix.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-01-12	Available
1959ss04.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2011-02-14	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
23717	National Listing of Fish Advisories - State Burden	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2040-0226	ICR Reference No: 201102-2040-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200709-2040-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OW	Agency Tracking No: 1959.04
Title: National Listing of Fish Advisories (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/16/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/22/2011
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2014	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2011
Responses	92	0	92
Time Burden (Hours)	3,336	0	3,565
Cost Burden (Dollars)	520	0	538

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Abstract: EPA believes there is a need to improve the overall quality and availability of public information about the health risks associated with the consumption of chemically contaminated fish and shellfish, which includes, but is not limited to, water quality standards, monitoring and assessment activities, and the issuance of fish advisories. State, territorial, and tribal health departments or environmental agencies share responsibility for these activities. Consequently, EPA's Office of Water will conduct an annual fish advisory survey. The survey will be sent to environmental health officials in state, territorial, and tribal agencies. The survey will obtain and verify information on the waterbodies currently under advisory, the location of the waterbodies, waterbody type, fish species cited in the advisory, the pollutant cited in the advisory, the type of advisory issued including the population of concern, and the residue data used to assess the need to issue the advisory. In addition, the survey will obtain information on the agency and persons responsible for maintaining and issuing advisories in freshwater lakes and rivers, and estuarine and coastal marine waters nationwide. The survey also obtains information on the monitoring design used, the risk assessment methodology employed, and risk communication practices used. Responses to the survey (either on paper or electronically via the Internet) are required to assess public health risks of consuming locally caught fish and shellfish and to determine what steps EPA should take next, if any. Completion of the questionnaire is voluntary.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 92 - 500 104 Name of Law: Clean Water Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 65479	10/25/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 9774	02/22/2011
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
National Listing of Fish Advisories - State Burden	2040-0226	Fish Consumption Advisory Programs Questionnaire

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	92	92	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,336	3,565	0	-229	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	520	538	0	-18	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Forms

Short Statement: There is a decrease of 229 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease reflects a change in how the States, Tribes and territories provide the fish advisory data to EPA. The data tool is no longer being used by States to enter data into the NLFA database.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $167,341

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 02/22/2011

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