65FR13748 Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Evaluation of PrintSTEP
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[Federal Register: March 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 50)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6548-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Evaluation of PrintSTEP
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): Evaluation of PrintSTEP, EPA ICR
Number: 1941.01.
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 15, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of the draft ICR by
request from the Office of Compliance, by contacting Amy Porter at the
contact information provided below. Details of the PrintSTEP evaluation
is available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ooaujeag/sectors/
pdf/pgm__eval.pdf
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Porter, 2221A, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20460. Phone: (202) 564-2431, Fax: (202) 564-
0027, E-mail: porte...@epa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those which volunteer to participate in the
PrintSTEP pilots including State officials in Missouri, New Hampshire,
and Minnesota and printers in those 3 states who participate in the
pilots or the evaluation control groups, and members of the communities
where participating printers are located.
Title: Proposed Information Collection Request for the Evaluation
of PrintSTEP.
Abstract: Information will be collected for evaluation of the
PrintSTEP pilot program. The evaluation aims to systematically identify
the impacts the program has had on three types of stakeholders:
printers, community residents, and the state government agencies
administering the program. Specifically, the evaluation will determine
the extent to which the 7 goals of the pilot program are met. The goals
are: enhanced environmental protection; increased use of pollution
prevention practices; simplified regulatory process for printers;
improved efficiency of administration for state governments; enhanced
public involvement; participants' realize benefits and are motivated to
participate in PrintSTEP; and, cost effectiveness for all stakeholders.
This broad set of expected outcomes will require a range of
distinct data collection and analysis activities. Data will be gathered
from printer's program applications, from telephone interviews, from
in-person interviews and possibly from focus groups. Data will be
collected before implementation, a short time after program
implementation, and at the end of the pilot. Responses to the
collection of information are voluntary. Names of persons providing
informa-tion will be not recorded. More information is available in the
final draft of the Evaluation Strategy which can be accessed at http://
www.epa.gov/ooaujeag/sectors/pdf/pgm__eval.pdf
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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement
Estimated Recordkeeping and Reporting Hour Burden on Respondents
The PrintSTEP evaluation includes a telephone interview with three
types of respondents: (1) Printers who are voluntarily participating in
the PrintSTEP program; (2) a comparison group of printers who are not
participating in PrintSTEP; and (3) community members who have
participated in the public involvement component of PrintSTEP. For both
types of printers, written data will be collected on their costs
associated with PrintSTEP and/or regulatory activities. For the
comparison group of printers, additional written data will be collected
on environmental releases. The written information requested is
expected to take one hour for the printers participating in PrintSTEP
and 2.75 hours for the comparison group printers. Comparison group
printers will be asked to submit information on their environmental
releases which the pilot participants provide in their PrintSTEP
applications. It is anticipated that a total of 320 printers will be
interviewed three times during the course of the evaluation and that
they will be either an environmental professional, or a manager. It is
expected that one interview will be conducted with each of 50 community
members.
The telephone portion of the survey for printers is expected to
take 15 minutes to complete. The telephone interview with community
members is expected to take 15 minutes. The estimates of respondent
burden are shown in the table below.
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Estimated avg.
Time to Time to hourly wage of Total respon-
Estimated respond to complete Total respondent dent burden in
Respondent type number of telephone written respondent during the monetary terms
respondents survey (hrs) response burden (hrs) survey ($/hr) ($)
\1\ \2\ (hrs) \2\ \3\
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Wave 1:
PrintSTEP printer................................... 160 0.25 1.00 200 25.00 5,000
Comparison printer.................................. 160 0.25 2.75 480 25.00 12,000
Wave 2:
PrintSTEP printer................................... 160 0.25 1.00 200 25.00 5,000
Comparison printer.................................. 160 0.25 2.75 480 25.00 12,000
Wave 3:
PrintSTEP printer................................... 160 0.25 1.00 200 25.00 5,000
Comparison printer.................................. 160 0.25 2.75 480 25.00 12,000
Community member.................................... 50 0.25 0.00 13 0.00 0
Total for all 3 waves............................... .............. .............. .............. 2053 .............. 51,000
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\1\ Based on estimated number of participants provided by pilot states with the breakdown as follows: 60, 60, and 40 participants expected in MO, NH,
and MN, respectively.
\2\ Based on preliminary testing of the survey instruments by Abt Associates.
\3\ Based on Screenprinting and Graphic Imaging Association International's 1999 Wage Survey.
Estimated Recordkeeping and Reporting Cost Burden on Respondents
The PrintSTEP evaluation utilizes telephone interviews and written
data collection forms to collect all the data necessary from the
respondent. The only cost to the respondents resulting from this survey
is their time, which is covered in the section above. There are no
other costs to the respondents and this section, therefore, is not
applicable.
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.
Dated: February 24, 2000.
Michael M. Stahl,
Director, Office of Compliance.
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