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
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TABLE
OF
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TABLE
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Identification
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Information
Collection
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Title
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Information
Collection
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Need
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Use
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Need/
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Practical
Utility/
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Non­
duplication,
Consultations,
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Collection
Criteria
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Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
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OMB
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Effects
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Less
Frequent
Collection
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General
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Confidentiality
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Sensitive
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The
Respondents
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the
Information
Requested
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Respondents/
SIC
Codes
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The
Information
Collected
 
Agency
Activities,
Collection
Methodology,
and
Information
Management
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Collection
Methodology
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Management
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Small
Entity
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Collection
Schedule
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6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
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the
Collection
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Estimating
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Burden
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Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
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Burden
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Burden
Hours
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Burden
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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.
