INFORMATION
COLLECTION
REQUEST
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
FOR
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
REQUEST
FOR
THE
NATIONAL
LISTING
OF
ADVISORIES
OMB
CONTROL
NO.
2040­
new
EPA
ICR
no.
1959.01
September
2000
U.
S.
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
OFFICE
OF
WATER
OFFICE
OF
SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
STANDARDS
AND
APPLIED
SCIENCE
DIVISION
401
M.
STREET,
S.
W.
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
20460
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Section
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Identification
of
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Information
Collection
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Title
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Short
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Need
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Use
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Need/
Authority
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Practical
Utility/
Users
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Data
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3.
Non­
Duplication,
Consultations,
and
Other
Collection
Criteria
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duplication
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b)
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
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Consultations
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Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
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General
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Sensitive
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The
Respondents
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Information
Requested
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Respondents/
SIC
Codes
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Information
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The
Information
Collected
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Agency
Activities,
Collection
Methodology,
and
Information
Management
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Agency
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Methodology
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Management
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Collection
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Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
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Collection.
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Estimating
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Estimating
Agency
Burden
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Estimating
Respondent
Universe
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Total
Burden
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Costs
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Bottom
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Burden
Hours
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Cost
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Reasons
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Change
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Response
to
OMB'S
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Terms
of
Clearance"
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
(
continued)
Page
APPENDIX
A
Relevant
Sections
of
Statues,
Regulations,
or
Judicial/
Administrative
Decrees
Enabling
the
Collection
of
Information
for
the
National
Listing
of
Advisories
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A­
1
APPENDIX
B
1999
Fish
Advisory
Fact
Sheet
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B­
1
APPENDIX
C
Federal
Register
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C­
1
APPENDIX
D
Survey
Instrument
for
1999
NLFWA
Reporting
Cycle
(
2000)
and
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
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1
4
1.
Identification
of
the
Information
Collection
1(
a)
Title
of
the
Information
Collection
Information
Collection
Request
for
the
National
Listing
of
Advisories
1(
b)
Short
Characterization/
Abstract
The
National
Listing
of
Advisories
is
an
integral
component
of
several
key
environmental
assessment
activities.
In
February
1998,
President
Clinton
announced
the
Clean
Water
Action
Plan
to
protect
public
health
and
restore
the
Nation's
waterways
by
providing
states,
tribes,
and
communities
with
appropriate
tools
and
resources.
Under
the
Clean
Water
Action
Plan,
EPA
began
to
implement
a
series
of
key
actions
to
ensure
effective
public
notice
of
fish
and
shellfish
consumption
risks
and
reduce
chemical
contamination
to
levels
which
assure
that
locally
caught
fish
and
shellfish
are
safe
to
eat
on
a
regular
basis.
This
survey
is
one
of
the
key
actions
under
the
Clean
Water
Action
Plan.
In
April
1999,
the
Agency
sent
letters
concerning
fish
consumption
advisories
to
the
heads
of
all
state
public
health,
environmental,
and
natural
resource
management
agencies
as
well
as
to
tribes
that
operate
the
national
water
program.
This
letter
emphasized
the
importance
of
a
risk­
based
fish
advisory
program
to
protect
the
health
of
women
of
child­
bearing
age,
children,
and
people
who
for
economic
or
cultural
reasons
eat
large
amounts
of
locallycaught
fish.

Water
quality
in
our
Nation's
waters
is
a
critical
concern
to
EPA.
Release
of
chemical
contaminants
from
industrial
production,
increasing
urbanization,
and
the
introduction
of
new
pesticides
in
agriculture
pose
potentially
serious
human
health
problems
for
the
Nation's
recreational
waters.
These
adverse
effects
have
been
one
of
EPA's
long­
standing
concerns.
They
are
also
directly
related
to
such
Clean
Water
Act
responsibilities
as
water
quality
standards
and
surface
water
quality,
and
to
the
Agency's
effort
to
ensure
that
the
waters
of
the
United
States
are
"
fishable"
and
"
swimmable".
In
addition,
recent
studies
have
confirmed
that
adverse
health
effects
can
result
from
consumption
of
fish
from
chemically­
contaminated
waters.
Based
on
results
from
the
1998
National
Listing
of
Fish
and
Wildlife
Advisories
(
NLFWA)
database,
there
are
currently
2,506
advisories
in
effects
in
47
of
the
50
states,
the
District
of
Columbia,
and
the
U.
S.
Territory
of
American
Samoa,
advising
consumers
to
limit
consumption
of
certain
species
of
contaminated
fish.

EPA
believes
there
is
a
continuing
need
to
maintain
the
overall
quality
and
availability
of
public
information
concerning
fish
advisoriesPrimary
responsibility
for
these
activities
lies
with
each
state;
however,
several
state
agencies
often
share
responsibilities
for
these
activities
and
the
advisory
results
have
not
always
been
consistently
reported.
In
1993,
EPA
began
compiling
information
on
fish
advisories
provided
by
the
states
in
their
biannual
305(
b)
Water
Quality
Inventory
Reports;
however,
the
Agency
soon
determined
that
some
states
did
not
report
up­
todate
information
about
fish
advisories
in
their
305
(
b)
reports.
In
many
states,
the
water
quality
or
environmental
agencies
were
responsible
for
preparing
the
305
(
b)
report,
while
the
state
health
department
generally
had
primary
responsibility
for
issuing
the
advisories.
In
order
to
obtain
the
most
updated
information,
EPA's
Office
of
Water
began
conducting
a
voluntary
annual
fish
5
advisory
survey
in
1994
as
part
of
the
data
collection
activities
of
the
National
Water
Quality
Inventory
Reports
(
Clean
Water
Act
Sections
305
(
b),
303
(
d),
314
(
a),
and
106
(
e))
(
EPA
ICR
Number
1560.04;
OMB
Control
No.
2040­
007)
to
obtain
the
most
up­
to­
date
information
on
fish
advisories.
The
Agency
began
surveying
the
state
health
departments
or
other
state
agencies
specifically
responsible
for
the
issuance
of
fish
advisories.
This
information
has
been
archived
over
the
last
5
years
in
the
EPA's
National
Listing
of
Fish
and
Wildlife
Advisories
(
NLFWA)
database.

A
new
collection
instrument
for
the
current
survey,
is
being
requested
because
there
is
(
1)
a
material
change
in
the
proposed
collection
instrument
that
requires
the
inclusion
of
additional
questions
on
fish
advisory
program
areas
of
concern
(
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire)
and
(
2)
the
number
of
respondents
from
which
the
information
will
be
collected
has
been
increased
to
include
additional
tribal
groups
that
have
issued
advisories,
tribal
groups
with
delegated
power
with
respect
to
water
quality
standards,
and
tribal
groups
with
delegated
power
pending.

This
NLFWA
survey
collects
quantitative
advisory
information
on
the
number
of
new
advisories
issued
by
each
state,
territory,
and
tribal
organization
annually,
including
the:


Waterbody
under
advisory
including
the
geographic
location
and
extent
of
the
advisory,


Fish
or
shellfish
species
(
and
size
ranges)
included
in
each
advisory,


Chemical
contaminant(
s)
identified
in
the
advisory
and
the
chemical
residue
levels
detected
in
various
fish
species
sampled,


Waterbody
type
encompassed
by
advisory
(
e.
g.,
lake,
river,
estuary,
coastal
waters)
and

Target
populations
to
which
the
advisory
refers
(
i.
e.,
pregnant
women,
nursing
mothers,
and
young
children).

As
in
previous
years,
this
information
will
be
used
to
update
the
1999
NLFWA
narrative
advisory
information,
compile
and
update
the
geographic
information
system
(
GIS)
database
for
all
advisories,
and
enhance
and
update
the
electronic
fish
tissue
contaminant
residue
datafile.

In
addition,
the
new
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
part
of
the
survey
will
request
information
on
the;


Differences
in
monitoring
procedures
used
to
collect
fish
and
shellfish
samples,


Types
of
advisories
issued
by
the
state

Sample
preparation
and
chemical
analysis
procedures
used
to
assess
chemical
residues

State
advisory
program
funding
sources
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Other
uses
of
state
fish
advisory
data

Risk
assessment
methodologies
used
to
evaluate
chemical
residue
data
and
issue
fish
consumption
advisories
and
bans,
and

State
efforts
at
targeting
fish
consumers
(
e.
g.,
recreational
and
subsistence
fishers)


Risk
management
practices
and
authority
for
issuing
fish
advisories
within
the
state

Risk
communication
procedures
used
to
communicate
the
human
health
risks
associated
with
the
consumption
of
chemically­
contaminated
fish
and
shellfish
species.

From
this
information,
EPA
can
determine
what
steps
to
take,
if
any,
to
provide
assistance
to
state,
territorial,
and
tribal
fish
advisory
programs
to
improve
consistency
in
fish
advisory
programs
among
entities
through
the
use
of
consistent
sampling
and
analysis
procedures,
and
risk
assessment,
risk
management,
and
risk
communication
procedures.

EPA
assembled
the
information
into
an
electronic
database
and
graphic
formats
that
can
be
readily
analyzed
and
shared
with
responsible
parties
(
e.
g.,
EPA
program
and
Regional
offices
and
other
federal,
state,
territorial,
and
tribal
agencies),
as
well
as
with
the
general
public.
Survey
results
were
distributed
in
Fish
Advisory
Fact
Sheets,
and
are
available
on
the
Internet
at
EPA's
"
National
Listing
of
Fish
and
Wildlife
Advisory"
web
site
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
OST/
fishadvice).
Information
from
this
survey
has
stimulated
nationwide
dialogue
on
fish
consumption
advisories
involving
agencies
and
the
public
and
is
being
used
to
identify
and
clarify
issues
that
will
lead
to
the
continued
development
of
national
guidance
for
states
on
sampling
and
analysis,
risk
assessment
procedures,
risk
management
practices,
and
risk
communication
procedures
that
will
further
protect
human
health.

The
nationwide
collection
of
fish
advisory
information
began
with
a
survey
of
the
50
states,
the
District
of
Columbia,
and
U.
S.
Territories
(
Guam,
American
Samoa,
Puerto
Rice,
and
the
U.
S.
Virgin
Islands)
and
the
Great
Lakes
Indian
Fish
and
Wildlife
Commission
involving
56
potential
respondents.
The
proposed
fish
advisory
survey
will
add
36
additional
tribal
agencies
during
the
first
year
and
continue
to
survey
these
same
tribal
agencies
as
well
as
the
original
56
respondents
over
the
3­
year
period
of
this
ICR
(
2000­
2002).
EPA
estimates
that
a
total
of
92
questionnaires
will
be
sent
out
the
first
year
and
in
the
two
succeeding
years.
The
actual
cost
for
a
respondent
to
complete
the
questionnaire
is
anticipated
to
decrease
each
year,
since
each
respondent
will
be
requested
to
provide
only
information
that
has
changed
during
the
preceding
year.
When
the
survey
is
implemented,
the
total
annual
respondent
cost
under
this
ICR
is
estimated
to
be
$
92,307.70
(
38.76
hours
per
year
at
an
average
labor
rate
of
$
25.74
per
hour
per
respondent).
7
2.
Need
for
and
Use
of
the
Collection
2(
a)
Need/
Authority
for
the
Collection
EPA
needs
this
information
to
determine
whether
recreational
and
subsistence
fishers
are
at
additional
risk
of
exposure
to
chemical
contaminants
through
their
consumption
of
locally
caught
fish
and
shellfish.
The
survey
will
provide
data
on
the
types
of
contaminants
that
trigger
the
issuance
of
advisories,
the
monitoring
designs
the
states
used
with
respect
to
the
numbers
of
samples
collected
and
number
of
stations
surveyed,
the
number
of
chemical
contaminants
being
analyzed
in
the
fish
tissue,
the
risk
assessment
methodology
currently
being
used
to
evaluate
the
potential
health
risk
to
fish
consumers,
and
how
advisory
information
is
being
communicated
to
the
target
fish
consuming
population.

This
survey
is
one
of
the
key
actions
under
the
Clean
Water
Action
Plan.
In
February
1998,
President
Clinton
announced
the
Clean
Water
Action
Plan
to
protect
public
health
and
restore
the
Nation's
waters
by
providing
states,
territories,
and
tribes
with
appropriate
tools
and
resources.
Under
the
Clean
Water
Action
Plan,
EPA
is
implementing
a
series
of
key
actions
to
ensure
that
recreational
and
subsistence
caught
fish
are
safe
for
human
consumption.
The
national
survey
is
central
to
EPA's
efforts
to
assess
and
improve
existing
fish
advisory
programs
nationwide,
and
to
provide
important
public
health
information.

EPA
is
collecting
this
information
under
the
authority
of
Clean
Water
Act
(
CWA)
104,
which
provides
for
the
collection
of
information
to
be
used
to
protect
human
health
and
the
environment.
Copies
of
the
relevant
section
of
the
CWA
are
provided
in
Appendix
A.

2(
b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
of
the
Data
EPA
uses
information
collected
in
the
National
Listing
of
Advisories
to
address
issues
in
three
specific
areas
for
state
fish
advisory
programs:


Enhancing
the
public's
right­
to­
know
about
the
safety
of
fish,
shellfish,
and
other
wildlife
harvested
from
local
waters
by
making
this
information
available
on
a
National
Fish
and
Wildlife
Advisory
database
(
NLFWA)


Improving
the
scientific
and
policy
foundation
in
support
of
state,
territorial,
tribal,
and
local
actions

Providing
up­
to­
date
sampling
and
analysis
methods,
risk
assessment,
risk
management,
and
risk
communication
procedures
for
the
states
to
use
to
better
protect
the
health
of
recreational
and
subsistence
fishers
in
a
more
timely
and
comprehensive
manner.

The
information
collected
in
this
survey
will
be
used
to
update
the
existing
NLFWA
database.
This
information
will
be
compiled
to
determine
the
status
and
nature
of
chemical
contamination
in
the
Nation's
waters,
the
level
of
effort
directed
by
jurisdictions
to
monitor
and
evaluate
fish
tissue
residue
data
at
their
monitoring
sites,
and
the
location
and
geographic
extent
of
the
fish
advisories
8
and
bans
issued
each
year.
EPA
will
use
the
analysis
to
plan
more
effective
research
and
policies
to
reduce
risks
to
consumers
of
locally
caught,
chemically­
contaminated
fish.

The
Office
of
Water
is
and
will
continue
to
use
the
information,
especially
the
state
and
national
summary
data,
to
examine
the
success
of
current
advisory
programs.
The
Office
of
Water
will
share
this
information
with
other
program
offices,
such
as
the
Office
of
Research
and
Development
and
the
Office
of
Policy,
Planning
and
Evaluation,
to
evaluate
scientific
research
needs
and
policy
implications.
EPA
Regions
will
use
the
information
to
address
concerns
regarding
fish
advisories
and
monitoring
programs.
The
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
and
other
federal
agencies
will
also
be
able
to
use
this
information.
The
information
compiled
in
this
survey
will
permit
state,
tribal,
and
local
agencies,
such
as
public
health
agencies,
environmental
protection
agencies,
and
fish
and
wildlife
departments,
to
easily
review
cumulative
information
on
monitoring
programs
and
fish
advisories
for
the
purpose
of
developing
public
information
materials
(
e.
g.
state
fish
advisory
web
sites
and/
or
fishing
regulation
brochures)
and
prioritizing
resources
to
address
water
quality
concerns
directly
related
to
chemical
contamination
in
fish.

Summary
and
individual
state
data
will
also
be
made
available
to
non­
governmental
organizations
and
to
the
public.
By
accessing
the
data
through
the
Internet,
the
fishing
public
will
be
able
to
readily
determine
whether
the
waterbody
they
want
to
fish
has
been
monitored
to
assess
the
level
of
chemical
contamination
in
the
fish
and
whether
an
advisory
or
ban
has
been
issued.
This
will
give
the
consumers
information
that
they
can
use
to
make
informed
decisions
concerning
the
waterbodies
they
fish
and
the
amount
and
type
of
fish
they
consume.

The
information
to
be
collected
from
all
respondents
includes
the
name,
address,
and
other
contact
information
for
the
agency
responsible
for
issuing
the
fish
advisories
and
answering
public
or
technical
inquires.
These
references
provide
a
means
for
obtaining
current
fish
advisory
information,
as
well
as
professional
networking
resources
and
referrals
for
improving
water
quality
at
our
nation's
fishable
waterbodies.
A
copy
of
the
most
recent
fish
advisory
fact
sheet
distributed
to
the
public
via
the
Internet
is
provided
in
Appendix
B.

3.
Non­
duplication,
Consultations,
and
Other
Collection
Criteria
3(
a)
Non­
duplication
The
fish
advisory
program
information
requested
from
respondents
under
this
ICR
has
been
collected
in
some
form
since
1994
and
is
not
currently
available
from
any
other
sources.
The
survey
of
fish
advisories
has
been
performed
since
1994
under
a
previously
approved
ICR
for
the
305
(
b)
Water
Quality
Collection
Effort
(
OMB
Control
No.
2040­
007;
EPA
ICR
No.
1560.04);
however,
tribal
organizations
have
not
been
targeted
in
a
comprehensive
way
by
these
surveys.
Only
one
tribal
agency
is
currently
providing
fish
advisory
information.
In
1999,
the
Office
of
Water
surveyed
50
states,
the
District
of
Columbia,
four
U.
S.
Territories,
and
one
tribal
organization
about
the
advisories
issued
during
calendar
year
1998.
9
EPA
has
examined
the
information
collected
from
each
of
these
surveys
(
1994­
1998)
and
has
determined
that
none
of
them
addresses
all
of
the
Agency's
needs
to
inventory
the
locations
of
the
nation's
waterbodies
currently
under
advisories
as
well
as
to
compile
nationwide
information
on
state,
territory,
and
tribal
fish
advisory
programs.

3(
b)
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
The
notice
was
published
in
the
Federal
Register:
April
21,
2000
(
Volume
65,
Number
78,
pages
21415
­
21416.
A
copy
of
the
notice
is
provided
in
Appendix
C.

3(
c)
Consultations
1.
Initial
Federal
Register
Notice
The
initial
F.
R.
notice
was
published
on
April
21,
2000
as
noted
above.
There
were
no
comments
received
during
the
60­
day
public
comment
period
which
ended
June
20,
2000.

2.
Questionnaire
Preparation
and
Consultation:

To
prepare
the
questionnaire
for
the
collection
effort
covered
under
this
ICR,
EPA
reviewed
all
questionnaires
that
had
been
previous
used
to
collect
information
for
the
1994
­
1998
NLFWA
database.
EPA
reviewed
in
great
detail,
the
1998
State
Fish
Adviosry
Program
Questionnaire
that
was
additionally
reviewed
by
representatives
from
nine
states.
The
final
questionnaire
is
based
on
this
review,
consultation
with
these
parties,
internal
EPA
discussions
and
other
considerations.

Contacts:

Richard
Greene
Delaware
Department
of
Natural
Resources
and
Environmental
Control
Watershed
Assessment
Section
820
Silver
Lake
Boulevard,
Suite
220
Dover,
DE
19904
Randall
Manning
Georgia
Department
of
Natural
Resources
Environmental
Protection
Division
Floyd
Tower
East,
Suite
1152
205
Butler
Street
Atlanta,
GA
30334
3.
National
Conferences:

On
October
17­
19,
1999,
EPA
and
the
American
Fisheries
Society
co­
sponsored
the
National
Fish
Forum,
a
national
conference
on
fish
advisory
issues.
A
group
of
experts
including
the
fish
advisory
contacts
from
each
state
were
assembled
to
discuss
key
fish
advisory
issues,
review
results
of
the
1998
fish
advisory
survey,
and
assist
in
the
development
of
a
long­
term
10
federal/
state/
local
action
plan.
The
representation
included
experts
from
state
health
departments,
environmental
agencies,
tribal
organizations,
the
American
Fisheries
Society,
and
the
EPA.
Representative
from
all
parts
of
the
country
attended.
Conference
attendees
discussed
a
variety
of
topics
including
the
continuing
need
for
developing
a
more
consistent
approach
for
monitoring
programs,
risk
assessment,
risk
management,
and
risk
communication
issues
dealing
with
fish
consumption
advisories
nationwide.
During
the
conference
information
about
EPA's
national
survey
was
presented.
No
objections
were
raised
to
our
survey.

3(
d)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
The
survey
will
be
sent
to
respondents
once
per
year,
in
the
early
spring.
The
information
is
needed
on
an
annual
basis
to
provide
up­
to­
date
information
on
monitoring
and
fish
advisories
that
occurred
during
the
previous
12­
month
(
calendar
year)
fishing
season.
Pollution
sources
and
other
circumstances
change
regularly,
so
it
is
important
to
document
the
changes
in
fish
advisories
as
soon
as
possible
after
the
states'
issue
their
yearly
fishing
regulations
including
advisories,
typically
during
the
spring.
Jurisdictions
that
are
responsible
for
fish
monitoring
generally
collect
fish
each
year
during
the
summer
and
fall
and
then
send
the
fish
tissue
samples
for
analysis
during
the
fall
and
winter
months.
Risk
assessment
are
conducted
when
residue
analysis
of
the
fish
tissue
samples
has
been
completed
typically
in
the
late
winter.

Regular
annual
collections
of
this
information
over
a
period
of
several
years
has
shown
that
the
number
of
fish
advisories
continues
to
increase
nationwide.
In
addition,
this
information
has
helped
to
characterize
the
pollutants
that
triggered
these
advisories.
For
example,
as
of
1998,
mercury
was
the
chemical
contaminant
responsible
for
68%
of
all
advisories
issued
nationwide
and
five
pollutants
(
mercury,
dioxins/
furans,
PCBs,
chlordane,
and
DDT)
accounted
for
98%
of
the
advisories
issued.
Regular
annual
collection
of
this
information
has
also
permitted
the
identification
of
advisory
trends
within
various
waterbodies
so
that
trends
can
be
identified
and
resources
allocated
to
deal
with
the
most
pressing
problems.
Less
frequent
or
irregularlyscheduled
reporting
of
advisory
information
is
not
sufficient
to
obtain
information
for
the
purposes
of
this
survey
since
longer
periods
between
reports,
or
unequal
periods
of
reporting
would
decrease
the
value
of
the
information
obtained
and
respondents
might
have
more
difficulty
in
completing
the
questionnaire
if
past
yearly
records
have
been
archived.
In
addition,
regular
annual
collection
of
this
information
over
several
years
will
permit
the
evaluation
of
water
quality
standards
compliance
and
pollution
problems
occurring
in
waterbodies
under
advisory,
so
that
trends
can
be
identified
and
resources
allocated
to
deal
with
the
problems
of
greatest
concern.

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
state
public
health
agency
or
other
state
agencies
and
no
sensitive
material
is
involved.

3(
g)
Sensitive
Questions
11
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:

State
(
or
other
entity)
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
programs­
government,
public
health
agencies­
nonoperating)

State
(
or
other
entity)
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
4(
b)
Information
Requested
(
i)
Data
items,
including
record
keeping
(
1)
Specific
Information
on
Each
Advisory
or
Ban
Within
the
Jurisdiction
(
records
to
be
maintained
by
the
jurisdiction
for
the
public
record
at
least
two
years
following
completion
of
the
survey
each
year
that
the
survey
is
conducted)

°
Waterbody
name,
location
and
narrative
description
of
geographic
extent
of
advisory
°
Waterbody
type
(
lake,
river,
estuary,
coastal
marine
waters,
Great
Lakes
waters,
multi­
class,
bayou,
canal)

°
Chemical
pollutant(
s)
detected
in
fish
tissue
samples
that
resulted
in
issuance
of
the
advisory
°
Species
of
fish
and
size
ranges
sampled
for
which
advisory
was
issued
°
Type
of
advisory
issued
and
population
which
is
targeted
(
no
consumption
for
the
general
population,
no
consumption
for
sensitive
subpopulations
such
as
pregnant
or
nursing
women
and
children,
restricted
consumption
for
the
general
population,
restricted
consumption
for
sensitive
subpopulation,
or
commercial
fishing
ban)

(
2)
General
Information
on
State
Fish
Advisory
Programs
Within
the
Jurisdiction
12
°
Name,
address,
phone
number,
FAX
number,
and
e­
mail
address
of
respondent
(
State
fish
advisory
contact)

°
Agency
or
Agencies
with
overall
responsibility
for
fish
advisories
or
bans
in
jurisdiction
°
Establishment
of
risk
assessment
procedures
for
issuing
advisories
°
Monitoring
and
chemical
analysis
program
implementation
and
costs
°
Advisory
program
implementation
and
costs
°
Agency
responsibility
for
risk
management
and
for
issuing
advisories
or
bans
°
Public
notification
procedures
for
communicating
information
on
advisories
and
bans
(
3)
Mapping
the
Location
of
Each
Fish
Consumption
Advisory
or
Ban
(
latitude/
longitude
coordinates
for
advisory,
or
hard
copy
of
marked
map
showing
location
and
extent
of
advisory
or
electronic
shapefile/
coverage
of
advisory
locations)

A
copy
of
the
proposed
survey
instrument
for
the
1999
NLFWA
reporting
cycle
(
2000)
and
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
is
included
as
Appendix
D.

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


Review
instructions
for
entering
updated
advisory
data
into
the
EPA
NLFWA
database
°
Gather
advisory
data
to
update
NLFWA
database
(
including
waterbody
name
and
geographic
extent,
fish
species/
size
class,
pollutant,
and
type
of
advisory),
and
fish
tissue
residue
data
files.

°
Gather
geographic
data
by
creating
shapefiles/
GIS
coverages,
providing
latitude/
longitude
coordinates,
and/
or
by
marking
locations
of
current
fish
advisories
on
hard
copy
maps.

°
Update
fish
advisory
data
on
the
electronic
NLFWA
state
contacts
data
entry
screen.
(
The
NLFWA
database
is
a
password
protected
electronic/
Internet
users
data
entry
screen
developed
in
1999)

°
Review
instructions
and
questions
in
the
1999
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
(
approximately
100
questions)
13
°
Gather
information
needed
to
complete
all
questions
on
the
questionnaire
°
Complete
answers
to
questionnaire
electronically
by
typing
in
information
on
an
electronic/
Internet
screen
questionnaire
(
currently
under
development).

°
Return
marked
maps,
shapefiles/
GIS
coverages
showing
advisory
locations,
or
listing
of
latitude/
longitude
coordinates,
and
diskette
containing
fish
tissue
residue
data
for
new
advisories
by
mail
to
EPA.

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

°
Update
current
mailing
list
of
all
state,
territory,
and
tribal
organizations,
add
new
tribal
organizations,
and
develop
survey
tracking
database
to
track
responses.

°
Develop
the
transmittal
letter,
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire,
instructions
for
completing
updates
to
the
NLFWA
database,
procedures
for
providing
mapping/
locational
information,
and
recommend
fish
tissue
data
format
°
Set
up
a
database
for
storing
and
analyzing
fish
advisory
information
collected
via
the
Internet
(
this
was
completed
for
Internet
users
during
1999).

°
Load
the
electronic
questionnaire
onto
the
Internet
on
the
EPA
NLFWA
web
page
(
currently
under
development)

°
Record
receipt
of
completed
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaires,
advisory
revisions,
marked
map(
s)
or
shapefiles
/
GIS
coverages
or
latitude/
longitude
files,
and
fish
tissue
residue
data;
submit
reminders
to
non­
respondents
via
e­
mail
and
telephone
calls,
review
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaires
for
completeness
and
correctness
of
responses,
review/
verify
advisory
boundary
markings
on
map(
s),
review
and
reformat
fish
tissue
residue
data
files
as
appropriate
°
Enter
appropriate
geographic
information
on
location
of
updated
or
new
advisories
into
GIS
database,
review/
verify
data
entries
°
Perform
data
analysis
summaries
of
national
and
state
advisory
information
°
Prepare
annual
update
of
the
Fish
Advisory
Fact
Sheet
14
°
Prepare
annual
update
of
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Summary
Report
of
information
obtained
from
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
°
Distribute
results
of
both
the
advisory
updates
in
the
Fish
Advisory
Fact
Sheet
and
of
the
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
in
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Summary
Report
electronically
on
the
Internet
and
in
hard
copy
reports
to
the
92
state
and
tribal
participants
and
other
interested
members
of
the
general
public
(
total
of
200
copies).

°
Archive
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Questionnaire
responses,
fish
advisory
locational
data
(
maps,
shapefile/
GIS
coverages,
or
electronic
latitude/
longitude
files),
and
fish
tissue
residue
data
for
a
period
of
at
least
2
years
5(
b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
To
collect
and
analyze
the
information
associated
with
this
ICR,
EPA
will
primarily
use
an
electronic
questionnaire,
paper
maps,
personal
computers,
and
applicable
database
and
digitizing
software.

All
potential
state,
territorial,
or
tribal
respondents
in
the
mailing
list
database
will
be
sent
a
uniquely
coded
password
for
access
into
the
existing
EPA
NLFWA
database
reporting
system
and
an
electronic
questionnaire
will
be
developed
and
made
available
on
the
Internet.
The
transmittal
letter
will
explain
the
purpose
of
the
NLFWA
update
survey
and
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaire
and
provide
a
password
to
permit
the
respondents
to
access
the
Internet
fish
advisory
data
entry
screen
and
in
a
separate
database,
to
complete
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
electronically.
It
is
anticipated
that
use
of
the
Internet
version
should
decrease
respondent
burden,
since
paper
copies
will
not
have
to
be
prepared
for
each
fish
advisory
and
the
questionnaire
will
not
have
to
be
mailed
back
to
the
Agency.
At
a
minimum
however,
each
respondent
is
requested
to
return
the
marked
map
or
a
shapefile/
GIS
coverage
or
latitude/
longitude
coordinates
of
advisory
locations
and
a
diskette
containing
tissue
residue
data
supporting
the
issued
advisories
to
EPA
by
mail.
An
e­
mail
reminder
will
be
sent
to
respondents
who
have
not
returned
their
advisory
map(
s)
or
electronic
shapefile/
GIS
coverage
or
electonic
file
of
tissue
residue
data,
have
not
entered
updated
fish
advisory
data
into
the
NLFWA
database,
or
have
not
completed
the
electronic
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
on
the
Internet
within
30
days.

EPA
will
ensure
the
accuracy
and
completeness
of
collected
information
by
reviewing
each
submission.
Fish
advisory
data
will
be
entered
into
the
data
entry
screen,
but
data
will
not
be
added
to
the
existing
database
until
approved
by
EPA.
The
Internet
version
will
be
linked
to
a
database
so
that
data
entry
is
automatic.
In
the
event
that
a
state,
territory
or
tribal
agency
cannot
access
the
Internet,
entry
of
the
fish
advisory
data
and
completion
of
the
questionnaire
will
be
performed
manually
through
the
Internet
version
so
that
all
data
will
be
incorporated
into
the
same
database.
Manual
data
entries
will
be
double
checked
to
ensure
the
accuracy
and
completeness
of
data
entry.
Data
entries
of
questionnaire
responses
made
by
respondents
through
the
Internet
version
will
also
be
reviewed
to
ensure
that
all
questions
were
completed.
Tissue
residue
data
will
be
reviewed
and
reformatted
into
an
ACCESS
file
as
necessary
to
make
it
15
compatible
in
structure
with
other
state
fish
tissue
residue
data
in
the
NLFWA
tissue
residue
data
repository.

Data
analyses
will
be
performed
through
queries
and
simple
compilations
of
summary
statistics
(
e.
g.,
number
of
fish
advisories
reported,
number
of
advisories
issued
for
a
specific
chemical
contaminant
such
as
mercury,
number
of
advisories
issued
for
the
general
population
as
opposed
to
number
of
advisories
issued
to
protect
pregnant
women,
nursing
mothers
and
children,
or
number
of
rivers,
lakes,
estuaries,
or
coastal
marine
waters
under
advisory).
Marked
maps
received
from
respondents
will
be
checked
to
determine
whether
instructions
were
followed
and
the
maps
marked
so
that
the
information
can
be
entered
into
a
GIS
database
system.
Backup
copies
of
the
data
will
be
made
regularly
during
the
survey
and
maintained
in
a
separate
location
for
at
a
period
of
at
least
2
years.

Summary
results
of
the
annual
surveys
will
be
posted
on
EPA's
NLFWA
web
page.
Individual
state
reports
will
be
accessible
by
the
public
through
querying
the
EPA's
Internet
web
page.
Annual
Fish
Advisory
Fact
Sheets
summarizing
the
most
current
information
on
fish
advisories
also
will
be
available
on
the
same
Internet
site.
Summary
results
of
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
will
be
summarized
in
an
annual
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Summary
Report
and
will
be
posted
on
EPA'
web
page
and
distributed
in
hard
copy
to
the
state
fish
advisory
contacts
and
interested
members
of
the
general
public
(
200
hard
copies
total).

5(
c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility
No
alternatives
have
been
found
to
be
more
cost
effective
than
direct
solicitation
of
the
state
health
departments
or
other
state,
territorial,
or
tribal
entities
responsible
for
issuing
fish
advisories
and
which
generate
this
information
as
a
matter
of
public
information
for
distribution
to
their
state,
territorial,
or
tribal
residents.
No
additional
gathering
of
information
is
required
by
the
state
health
departments
or
other
entities
responsible
for
each
fish
advisory
since
advisories
and
records
are
their
public
health
responsibilities.
"
Small
Governmental
Jurisdictions"
(
defined
for
the
purpose
of
this
information
collection
as
a
government
or
territories
or
tribes
having
a
population
of
less
than
50,000)
may
be
included
in
this
survey.

The
completion
of
the
survey
(
including
addition
of
updated
advisory
information,
marking
maps,
providing
fish
tissue
residue
data,
and
completing
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaire)
is
voluntary.
Thus,
smaller
entities
that
cannot
provide
the
staff
and
resources
to
complete
the
survey
are
not
required
to
do
so.
Identification
of
such
smaller
entities
that
do
not
initially
respond
will
permit
the
development
of
options
to
assist
the
smaller
entities
in
completing
the
survey,
such
as
permitting
more
time
for
responding,
or
simplifying
the
response
procedures,
or
providing
contractor
assistance
in
completing
the
survey.
The
option
of
completing
the
fish
advisory
survey
and
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
electronically
using
the
Internet
will
be
encouraged,
which
should
provide
an
easier
and
more
effective
means
of
transmitting
and
receiving
the
information,
provided
the
entities
are
connected
to
the
World
Wide
Web.
Based
on
past
experience
with
state
health
departments
and
other
state,
territorial,
and
tribal
entities
involved
in
issuing
fish
advisories,
the
vast
majority
have
Internet
access.

5(
d)
Collection
Schedule
16
The
survey
materials
will
be
available
to
the
respondents
in
early
spring
to
obtain
information
on
the
previous
year's
fish
advisories,
sampling
and
analysis
programs,
risk
assessment,
risk
management,
and
risk
communications
procedures.
If
the
completed
survey
materials
have
not
been
returned
within
30
days,
then
an
e­
mail
reminder
will
be
sent
to
all
nonrespondents
In
addition,
a
follow­
up
telephone
will
be
made
to
the
non­
respondents
to
determine
what
if
any
assistance
they
require
to
complete
the
survey
and
questionnaire.
If
the
completed
survey
materials
have
not
been
returned
within
60
days,
the
survey
will
be
considered
to
be
unobtainable.
Data
will
be
analyzed
and
summary
advisory
information
will
be
made
available
to
the
public
by
September
each
year.

6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
the
Collection
6(
a)
Estimating
Respondent
Burden
EPA
reviewed
burden
estimates
generate
by
an
e­
mailed
inquiry
of
9
state
health
departments
and
made
the
following
assumptions
in
determining
respondent
burden
based
on
responses
from
4
states.
The
burden
table
presented
reflects
the
estimated
average
annual
labor
hours
and
costs,
calculated
to
occur
during
the
3­
year
OMB­
approved
period
of
this
ICR.


Labor
hours
are
based
on
initial
assumptions
that
92
potentially
respondents
will
be
asked
to
participate
in
the
survey
annually.
Thus,
the
total
number
of
surveys
that
might
be
processed
during
this
ICR
is
276
(
3­
year
approval
period).


Senior­
level
managers
(
e.
g.,
director,
chief)
are
most
likely
to
receive
the
survey
materials
and
review
instructions
for
entering
new
advisories
or
updating
existing
advisory
data
;
however,
it
is
anticipated
that
a
lower­
level
technical
staff
member
would
actually
enter
the
new
advisory
data
into
the
NLFWA
database,
copy
fish
residue
data
onto
a
diskette
for
mailing
to
EPA,
fill
out
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
electronically,
and
mark
the
fish
advisory
locations
on
the
maps,
provide
shapefiles/
GIS
coverages,
or
latitude/
longitude
coordinates.
Thus,
it
is
estimated
that
both
the
manager
and
the
technical
person
could
spend
1.25
hours
each
year
reviewing
the
instructions
for
entering
new
advisory
data
into
the
NLFWA
database.
Therefore,
the
average
annualized
respondent
hour
burden
to
review
instructions
to
enter
data
into
the
NLFWA
is
1.25
hours,
as
shown
below:
(
0.25
hr­
manager/
year
+
1.0
hr­
technician/
year)
=
1.25
hrs

The
amount
of
time
needed
to
gather
advisory
data
to
update
the
NLFWA
varies
considerably,
depending
on
how
many
new
fish
advisories
have
been
issued
within
the
jurisdiction
during
the
past
year
and/
or
how
many
revisions
there
are
to
previously
issued
advisories
.
For
example,
during
the
1998
cycle,
40
states
reported
no
new
advisories
for
the
year
while
the
remaining
states
reported
from
1
to
59
new
advisories.
However,
approximately
20
states
made
revisions
to
existing
advisory
files.
Similar
differences
among
the
states
in
the
number
of
new
and
revised
advisories
reported
have
been
observed
over
the
past
several
years.
Because
the
amount
of
time
needed
to
complete
the
new
advisory
information
or
update
existing
information
will
vary
depending
on
the
number
of
advisories
within
the
respondent's
17
jurisdiction,
a
respondent
with
one
fish
advisory
might
require
0.25
hours
while
a
respondent
with
20
advisories
might
require
5
hours.
The
number
of
respondents
with
"
low"
and
"
high"
fish
advisory
reporting
burdens
is
unknown
at
this
time.
For
the
purposes
of
this
ICR,
EPA
estimates
(
based
on
the
responses
from
4
states),
on
the
average,
that
it
will
require
9.25
hours
to
complete
the
new
advisory
information
and
revise
existing
data.
Information
requested
is
compiled
by
each
jurisdiction
for
the
public
record,
hence
little,
if
any,
additional
time
will
be
needed
to
gather
the
information
We
estimate
that
9.25
hours
will
be
needed
each
year
to
gather
the
advisory
information
as
shown
below:

(
1.0
hr­
manager/
year
+
6.25
hr­
technician/
year
+
2.0
hr­
clerical/
year)
=
9.25
hrs

The
amount
of
time
needed
to
gather
geographic
data
develop
shapefiles/
GIS
coverages,
determine
latitude/
longitude
coordinates,
or
hand
mark
locations
of
the
advisories
on
a
map
also
varies
considerably,
depending
on
how
many
new
fish
advisories
have
been
issued
within
the
jurisdiction
during
the
past
year.
For
example,
during
the
1998
cycle,
40
states
reported
no
new
advisories
for
the
year
while
the
remaining
states
reported
from
1
to
59
new
advisories.
Similar
differences
among
the
states
in
the
number
of
new
advisories
reported
have
been
observed
over
the
past
several
years.
Information
requested
is
compiled
by
each
jurisdiction
for
the
public
record,
hence
little,
if
any,
additional
time
will
be
needed
to
gather
the
information
We
estimate
(
based
on
the
responses
from
4
states)
that
7
hours
will
be
needed
each
year
to
gather
the
geographic
data,
create
a
shapefile/
GIS
coverage,
determine
latitude/
longitude
coordinates,
or
mark
advisory
locations
on
a
map
as
shown
below:

(
0.5
hr­
manager/
year
+
4.5
hr­
technician/
year
+
2.0
hr­
clerical/
year)
=
7.0
hrs

Respondents
using
the
Internet
data
entry
to
log
in
their
fish
advisory
data
on
the
electronic
NLFWA
state
contacts
data
entry
screen
will
require
less
clerical
time
than
in
the
past
for
preparing
and
copying
advisory
information.
EPA
knows
from
results
of
the
1998
survey
that
90%
of
the
potential
respondents
have
access
to
the
Internet
and
can
complete
the
advisory
information
electronically
(
during
the
3­
year
OMB
approval
period).
Thus,
only
10%
of
the
potential
respondents
will
need
to
make
copies
of
their
advisory
information.
Respondents
completing
the
Internet
data
entry
to
log
in
their
advisory
information
will
not
require
as
much
clerical
time
as
in
the
past
for
preparing
and
copying
advisory
information.
We
estimate
that
4.25
hours
will
be
needed
each
year
to
update
advisory
data
as
shown
below:

(
0.5
hr­
manager/
year
+
2.75
hr­
technician/
year
+
1.0
hr­
clerical/
year)
=
4.25
hrs

Senior­
level
managers
(
e.
g.,
director,
chief)
are
most
likely
to
receive
the
survey
materials
relating
to
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionairre;
however,
it
is
anticipated
that
a
lower­
level
technical
staff
member
would
actually
fill
out
the
questionnaire
electronically.
Thus,
it
is
estimated
that
both
the
manager
and
the
technical
person
could
spend
3.13
hours
each
year
reviewing
the
instructions
and
questions
on
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire.
Therefore,
the
18
average
annualized
respondent
hour
burden
to
review
instructions
and
answer
questions
is
3.13
hours,
as
shown
below:

(
0.5
hr­
manager/
year
+
2.63
hr­
technician/
year)
=
3.13
hours

The
amount
of
time
needed
to
gather
all
information
to
update
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
should
be
relatively
comparable
across
jurisdictions
depending
on
how
many
state
agencies
are
involved
in
the
fish
advisory
activities.
All
states
are
requested
to
complete
every
question
to
their
best
knowledge.
Information
requested
is
compiled
by
each
jurisdiction
for
the
public
record,
hence
little,
if
any,
additional
time
will
be
needed
to
gather
the
information
We
estimate
that
7.25
hours
will
be
needed
each
year
to
gather
the
advisory
information
needed
to
complete
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
as
shown
below:

(
1.5
hr­
manager/
year
+
5.75
hr­
technician/
year)
=
7.25
hrs

For
the
1999
cycle
survey,
each
state
fish
contact
will
receive
an
electronic
copy
of
the
questionnaire
with
the
previous
year's
answers
filled
in.
In
this
way,
respondents
will
only
need
to
report
information
that
has
changed
during
the
previous
reporting
period,
based
on
a
review
of
their
questionnaire
responses
submitted
for
the
1998
cycle.
We
estimate
that
5.0
hours
will
be
needed
each
year
to
complete
the
answers
to
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
electronically
as
shown
below:

(
4.25
hr­
technician/
year
+
0.75
hr­
clerical/
year)
=
5.0
hrs
Respondents
completing
the
Internet
data
entry
to
complete
their
questionnaires
will
not
require
as
much
clerical
time
as
in
the
past
for
preparing
and
copying
paper
questionnaires.
EPA
knows
from
results
of
the
1998
cycle
survey
that
90%
of
the
potential
respondents
have
access
to
the
Internet
and
can
complete
the
questionnaire
electronically
(
during
the
3­
year
OMB
approval
period).
Thus,
only
10%
of
the
potential
respondents
(
9
respondents)
will
need
to
make
copies
of
their
questionnaires.


All
respondents
will
likely
have
to
mail
back
some
types
of
information
to
EPA
each
year
even
if
they
report
the
fish
advisory
data
and
complete
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaire
electronically.
Products
that
may
need
to
be
mailed
back
to
EPA
include;
hard
copies
of
new
advisory
information
(
if
respondent
cannot
enter
data
electronically),
hard
copy
of
maps
with
advisories
marked,
or
electronic
shapefiles/
GIS
coverages,
or
hard
copy
listings
or
electronic
listings
of
latitude/
longitude
coordinates
(
all
respondents
with
new
advisories),
a
diskette
containing
fish
tissue
residue
data
that
supports
new
advisories
(
all
respondents
with
new
advisories),
and/
or
the
hard
copy
of
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaire
(
if
the
respondent
cannot
enter
data
electronically).
Based
on
the
responses
from
4
states,
we
estimate
1.63
hours
will
be
needed
to
complete
this
activity
as
shown
below:
19
(
1.38
hr­
technician/
year
+
0.25
hr­
clerical/
year)
=
1.63
hrs
6(
b)
Estimating
Respondent
Costs
The
following
resources
and
assumptions
were
made
to
estimate
respondent
costs
for
this
information
collection:

(
i)
Estimating
Labor
Costs
°
Labor
rates
were
obtained
from
the
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics,
Employment
Cost
Trends
(
http://
stats.
bls.
gov/
news.
release/
ecec.
t04.
htm)
and
the
following
categories
were
used:

Manager
(
white
collar:
executive,
administrative,
and
managerial)
$
24.58/
hr
Technical
(
white
collar)
$
15.70/
hr
Clerical
(
administrative
support,
including
clerical)
$
11.91/
hr
A
benefits/
overhead
multiplication
factor
of
1.6
was
used
to
obtain
the
total
cost
of
employment
for
state
(
or
other
entity)
respondents.

(
iii)
Estimating
Capital
and
Operations
and
Maintenance
Costs
°
No
capital/
startup
costs
are
anticipated
for
the
jurisdictions
participating
in
the
survey,
since
they
already
collect
the
information
requested
for
the
public
record.
Ninety
percent
(
90
%)
of
all
respondents
that
were
surveyed
in
1999
(
during
the
1998
reporting
cycle)
have
Internet
access,
however,
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
purchase
of
a
state
map
on
which
to
mark
the
advisories,
estimated
to
cost
$
5.00
and
a
high
density
diskette
on
which
to
download
their
latitude/
longitude
coordinate
data,
shapefiles/
GIS
coverages,
or
fish
tissue
residue
data
($
0.50).
Jurisdictions
already
maintain
the
information
requested
in
this
collection
for
the
public
record.
Return
postage
for
the
map,
tissue
residue
data
diskette,
fish
advisory
information
(
as
applicable),
and
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
(
as
applicable)
will
be
provided
by
EPA.

°
EPA
estimates
that
90
percent
of
the
potential
respondents
have
access
to
the
Internet
and
would
complete
the
questionnaire
electronically.
Thus,
fewer
respondents
would
need
to
return
a
hard
copy
of
the
fish
advisory
survey
and
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
by
mail,
although
it
is
anticipated
that
all
states,
at
a
minimum,
will
be
returning
the
marked
up
state
map
showing
advisory
locations
and
1
diskette
containing
shapefile/
GIS
coverage,
latitude/
longitude
coordinates
or
tissue
residue
data.
We
assume
an
average
of
five
(
5)
fish
advisories
per
jurisdiction
and
a
20
page
questionnaire
at
$
0.10
per
page
copying
charge
($
2.50).
This
is
based
on
the
average
number
of
new
advisories
issued
nationwide
20
during
the
1998
reporting
years.
For
the
purpose
of
estimating
O
&
M
costs
for
those
states
that
do
not
have
Internet
access,
the
total
respondent
number
was
multiplied
by
10%
and
then
multiplied
by
$
2.50
per
year
for
photocopy
charges.

(
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
NLFWA
survey
and
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaire
is
offered
as
an
option,
not
a
requirement.
Completion
of
either
the
Internet
version
or
a
paper
version
is
voluntary.
21
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
$
24.58/

Hour
Tech.

Hours
at
$
15.70/

Hour
Cler.

Hours
at
$
11.91/

Hour
Resp.

Hours
Labor
Cost1
Capital
Start­
up
Cost
O&
M
Cost
No.
of
Resp.
Total
Resp.
Hours
Total
Resp.

Cost
No.
of
Resp.
Total
Resp.

Hours
Total
Resp.

Cost
No.
of
Resp.
Total
Resp.
Hours
Total
Respond.
Cost
Review
instructions
for
new
advisories
0.25
1.00
0.00
1.25
$
34.95
0.00
0.00
92
115.00
$
3,215.40
92
115.00
$
3,215.40
92
115.00
$
3,215.40
Gather
advisory
data
including
fish
tissue
data
1.00
6.25
2.00
9.25
$
234.43
0.00
0.50
92
851.00
$
21,613.56
92
851.00
$
21,613.56
92
851.00
$
21,613.56
Gather
geographic
information
and
mark
maps
0.50
4.50
2.00
7.00
$
170.81
0.00
5.00
92
644.00
$
16,174.52
92
644.00
$
16,174.52
92
644.00
$
16,174.52
Enter
advisory
data
via
Internet
screen
or
paper
copy2
0.50
2.75
1.00
4.25
$
107.79
0.00
0.50
92
9
391.00
$
9,921.18
92
9
391.00
$
9,921.18
92
9
391.00
$
9,921.18
Review
instructions
and
questionnaire
questions
0.50
2.63
0.00
3.13
$
85.72
0.00
0.00
92
287.96
$
7,886.24
92
287.96
$
7,886.24
92
287.96
$
7,886.24
Gather
information
for
questionnaire
1.50
5.75
0.00
7.25
$
203.43
0.00
0.00
92
667.00
$
18,715.56
92
667.00
$
18,715.56
92
667.00
$
18,715.56
Enter
answers
to
questionnaire
electronically
or
on
paper2
0.00
4.25
0.75
5.00
$
121.05
0.00
0.00
2.00
92
9
460.00
$
11,154.60
92
9
460.00
$
11,154.60
92
9
460.00
$
11,154.60
Return
maps,
residue
data
diskette,
advisory
information
and
questionnaire
by
mail
0.00
1.38
0.25
1.63
$
39.42
0.00
0.00
92
149.96
$
3,626.64
92
149.96
$
3,626.64
92
149.96
$
3,626.64
Subtotals
4.25
28.51
6.00
38.76
997.60
0.00
8.00
varies
3,565.92
$
92,307.70
varies
3,565.92
$
92,307.70
varies
3,565.92
$
92,307.70
1
Labor
cost
includes
a
benefits/
overhead
multiplication
factor
of
1.6.

2
EPA
estimates
that
90
percent
of
the
respondents
will
use
the
Internet
version
of
the
NLFWA
survey
and
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionairre
and
will
not
have
to
perform
this
step.
22
6(
c)
Estimating
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
Agency
burden
is
estimated
based
on
the
assumption
that
10
percent
of
the
labor
hours
per
year
for
each
activity
will
be
work
done
by
EPA
and
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
1999
OPM
General
Schedule
Salary
Table
for
the
Washington,
D.
C.
area
(
Internet
address
http://
www.
opm.
gov/
oca/
2000tables/
GShrly/
html/
00SALHR.
TXT
and
the
following
categories
were
used:

Manager
(
GS
15)
$
40.55
/
hour
Technical
(
GS
13)
$
29.18
/
hour
Clerical
(
GS
7)
$
13.83
/
hour
A
benefits/
overhead
multiplication
factor
of
1.6
was
used
to
obtain
the
total
labor
cost
for
EPA.

°
No
capital/
startup
costs
are
anticipated
for
the
Agency.

°
Operations
and
maintenance
(
O&
M)
costs
include
costs
of
contractor
services
(
including
printing
survey
materials
and
computer
time)
and
outgoing
and
return
postage
for
each
survey
to
return
map(
s)
and/
or
survey
and/
or
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaires
each
year.

One
table
is
presented
in
this
section(
representing
estimated
costs
for
each
year
of
the
ICR
period)
and
the
following
resources
and
assumptions
were
used
to
prepare
the
burden
estimate
for
each
activity:

°
Preparation
of
the
mailing
list
and
survey
tracking
database
is
estimated
based
on
initial
assumptions
that
92
potential
respondents
nationwide
will
be
sent
the
questionnaire
each
year.
Agency
labor
includes
identifying
potential
respondents
and
sources
for
contact
information
(
name,
agency,
address,
phone
number,
fax
number,
and
e­
mail
address)
and
is
estimated
to
take
0.04
hours
per
respondent.
O&
M
costs
include
contractor
services
to
revise
the
mailing
list
and
develop
the
survey
and
questionnaire
tracking
database
and
enter
and
verify
contact
information,
based
on
approximately
0.2
hours)
per
respondent,
with
an
estimated
rate
of
$
70.00/
hour
(
labor,
overhead,
and
other
direct
costs).
Agency
labor
and
contractor
service
estimates
are
based
on
an
estimated
100
edits
to
the
respondent
contact
names
and
addresses
annually.
It
is
not
likely
that
the
number
of
respondents
will
change
significantly
after
the
first
year
as
all
state,
territorial,
and
tribal
organizations
will
be
identified
and
contacted
for
the
first
mailing
Since
the
contact
information
will
likely
only
need
to
be
entered
once,
the
Agency
labor
and
contractor
services
are
divided
by
3
to
provide
an
annualized
estimate
for
the
ICR.
23
°
To
revise
the
existing
1998
survey
package
including
the
transmittal
letter,
questionnaire,
instructions,
and
mapping
procedures
requires
an
estimated
number
of
Agency
hours
of
0.11
hours
per
respondent.
Fixed
O&
M
costs
include
40
contractor
hours
per
year
to
modify
survey
materials.

°
Setting
up
a
database
for
storing
and
analyzing
the
fish
advisory
information
collected
and
preparing
the
Internet
option
for
collection
of
this
information
is
already
in
place
as
part
of
the
NLFWA
database.
Setting
up
a
database
for
storing
and
analyzing
the
questionnaire
responses
and
preparing
the
Internet
option
for
collection
of
state
fish
advisory
program
data
are
anticipated
and
go
hand
in
hand.
Agency
labor
for
this
activity
is
estimated
at
0.02
hours
per
respondent.
Fixed
O&
M
costs
include
80
contractor
hours
per
year
to
modify
the
questionnaire
database
and
Internet
options.

°
Each
year,
the
Agency
will
submit
the
survey
materials
to
respondents.
(
The
materials
to
be
submitted
will
include;
a
request
for
information
on
advisories
that
have
been
issued,
revised,
or
revised
during
the
preceding
12
months,
map(
s)
and
fish
tissue
residue
data
only
need
to
be
submitted
for
the
new
advisories
issued
during
the
previous
year,
and
the
previous
year's
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
with
the
request
that
responses
be
updated
to
reflect
information
that
has
changed
during
the
preceding
calendar
year.
EPA
oversight
of
this
activity
is
estimated
to
be
0.02
hours
per
respondent.
Contractor
services
required
to
conduct
this
activity
include
0.25
hours
per
respondent
per
year
to
prepare
the
materials
and
answer
respondents'
questions
about
the
survey.
O&
M
costs
here
also
include
outgoing
and
return
postage
paid
by
the
Agency
($
2.00
per
survey
x
2
=
$
4.00
per
year).

°
Survey
operations
including
recording
receipt
of
completed
questionnaires
and
marked
map(
s),
electronic
shapefiles/
GIS
coverages,
and
electronic
fish
tissue
residue
files;
sending
e­
mail
reminders
to
non­
respondents
and
making
telephone
contacts
with
non­
respondents
and
respondents
in
situations
where
additional
information
is
required
for
clarification,
if
needed,
e­
mailing
acknowledgment
of
materials
that
are
received,
and
reviewing
survey
materials
for
completeness
and
accuracy
of
responses.
EPA
estimates
that
the
Agency
will
not
be
involved
in
these
operations
except
for
minor
oversight
(
0.02
hours
per
respondent
per
year).
Contractor
services
to
perform
these
operations
are
based
on
1
hour
per
respondent
per
year.

°
EPA
estimates
that
10
percent
of
the
respondents
(
9
respondents)
may
not
have
Internet
access
and
therefore
that
information
from
the
fish
advisory
survey,
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaires,
and
maps
may
need
to
be
entered
into
the
database
manually
(
this
activity
is
not
needed
for
Internet
submissions
as
data
entry
is
automatic).
In
addition,
fish
tissue
residue
files
from
all
states
will
have
to
be
reviewed
and
reformatted
for
uploading
to
the
fish
tissue
database,
and
all
data
entries
(
fish
advisory,
mapping,
fish
tissue
residue
data,
and
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Questionnaire
responses)
will
have
to
be
reviewed
and
verified
(
including
24
Internet
submissions).
EPA
estimates
that
the
Agency
will
not
be
involved
in
these
operations
except
for
minor
oversight
(
0.03
hours
per
respondent
per
year).
Contractor
services
to
enter
data
for
those
respondent
without
Internet
access
(
fish
advisory
data
and
mapping
information
and
completion
of
State
Fish
Advisory
Questionnaire),
are
expected
to
be
3
hours
per
respondent
per
year
.
Information
for
respondents
that
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
costs
for
this
task.
Contractor
services
to
reformat
fish
tissue
data
files
for
all
respondents
are
expected
to
be
6
hours
per
respondent
per
year
and
contractor
services
for
reviewing/
revising
all
fish
advisory
data,
mapping
data,
State
Advisory
Program
Questionnaires,
and
fish
tissue
data
are
estimated
to
be
2
hours
per
respondent.

°
Data
analysis
of
new
and
updated
advisory
information
and
state
fish
advisory
program
information
will
be
performed
to
obtain
summary
statistics
for
inclusion
in
the
Fish
Advisory
Fact
Sheet
and
the
annual
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Summary
Report,
respectively.
The
Agency
will
provide
technical
direction
to
a
contractor
to
perform
the
analyses
and
discuss
and
review
the
results,
estimated
at
0.06
hours
per
respondent
per
year.
Contractor
services
will
require
0.5
hours
per
respondent
per
year
for
analysis.

°
EPA
will
prepare
a
summary
report
of
fish
advisory
information
(
Fish
Advisory
Fact
Sheet)
and
a
summary
report
of
information
obtained
from
the
questionnaire
(
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Summary
Report).
The
Agency
will
provide
technical
direction
to
a
contractor
to
prepare
both
the
fact
sheet
and
the
summary
report
including
reviewing
drafts
and
the
final
fact
sheet
and
report,
estimated
at
0.55
hours
per
respondent
per
year.
It
is
anticipated
that
the
contractor
will
require
2
hours
per
respondent
per
year
to
produce
the
fact
sheet
and
summary
report,
including
a
hard
copy
and
an
electronic
version
of
each
suitable
for
posting
on
the
NLFWA
web
page.

°
EPA
will
distribute
the
summary
results
of
the
NLFWA
database
(
Fish
Advisory
Fact
Sheet)
in
an
electronic
version
that
will
be
posted
on
the
NLFWA
Web
sit.
EPA
will
distribute
the
summary
results
of
the
questionnaire
(
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
Summary
Report)
in
a
paper
version
(
200
copies)
and
an
electronic
version
posted
on
the
NLFWA
Web
site.
The
Agency
also
will
provide
technical
oversight
of
the
publication
process,
estimated
at
0.05
hours
per
respondent
per
year.
Fixed
O&
M
costs
here
include
estimated
Government
Printing
Office
costs
of
$
50
per
paper
report
(
approximately
500
pages)
x
200
copies
plus
postage
of
$
4.30
per
copy
x
200
copies
(
total
=$
10,860
).
The
Internet
version
of
the
NLFWA
database
containing
both
the
Fish
Fact
Sheet
and
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Summary
Report
as
well
as
the
updated
fish
advisory
data
will
be
designed
so
that
the
states,
territories,
tribes,
and
general
public
can
automatically
view
the
fish
advisory
information
25
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
(
Year
1)

Information
Collection
Activity
Hours
and
Costs
Per
Respondent
Total
Hours
and
Costs
Mgr.

Hours
at
$
40.55/

Hour
Tech.

Hours
at
29.18/

Hour
Clerical
Hours
at
$
13.83/

Hour
Agency
Hours/

Resp.
Labor
Cost/
Resp.
Capital/

Start­
up
Cost
Fixed
O&
M
Cost
Non­
Fixed
O&
M
Cost1
Number
of
Resp.
Total
O&
M
(
Fixed
and
Non­
Fixed)
Total
Agency
Hours
Total
Agency
Cost
Prepare
mailing
list
and
survey
tracking
database
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.04
$
1.80
$
0.00
$
0.00
$
14.00
92
$
1,288.00
5.52
$
1,453.60
Revise
survey
materials
0.01
0.10
0.00
0.11
$
5.32
$
0.00
$
2,800.00
$
0.00
92
$
2,800.00
10.12
$
3,289.44
Set
up
database
for
storing
and
tracking
questionnaire
responses
and
Internet
options
for
answering
the
questionnaire
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.02
$
1.30
$
0.00
$
5,600.00
$
0.00
92
$
5,600.00
1.84
$
5,719.60
Submit
survey
materials
to
respondents;
answer
respondents'

questions
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.02
$
1.12
$
0.00
$
0.00
$
21.50
92
$
1,978.00
1.84
$
2,081.04
Record
receipt
of
completed
survey
materials;
perform
followup
and
quality
control
activities
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.02
$
1.12
$
0.00
$
0.00
$
70.00
92
$
6,440.00
1.84
$
6,543.04
Enter
information
from
survey
materials
into
database,
if
needed2;,

reformat
tissue
data
and
review/
verify
data
entries
0.00
0.03
0.00
0.03
$
1.40
$
0.00
$
0.00
$
210.00
$
420.00
$
140.00
9
92
92
$
1,890.00
$
38,640.00
$
12,880.00
2.76
$
53,538.80
Perform
data
analysis
0.01
0.05
0.00
0.06
$
2.98
$
0.00
$
0.00
$
35.00
92
$
3,220.00
5.52
$
3,494.16
Prepare
fact
sheet
and
summary
report
of
information
obtained
from
the
survey
0.05
0.50
0.00
0.55
$
26.59
$
0.00
$
0.00
$
140.00
92
$
12,880.00
50.60
$
15,326.28
Distribute
results
of
the
survey
0.00
0.05
0.00
0.05
$
2.33
$
0.00
$
15,860.00
$
0.00
92
$
15,860.00
4.60
$
16,074.36
Store
the
advisory
data,

questionnaire
responses
and
advisory
location
data
0.00
0.03
0.03
0.06
$
2.06
$
0.00
$
1,000.00
$
0.00
92
$
1,000.00
5.52
$
1,189.52
Subtotals
0.12
0.80
0.04
0.96
$
46.02
$
0.00
$
25,260.00
$
1,050.50
varies
$
104,476.00
90.16
$
108,709.84
1
Includes
costs
of
contractor
services
and
postage.

2
EPA
estimates
that
90
percent
of
respondents
will
use
the
Internet
version
of
the
questionnaire.
The
number
of
respondents
was
therefore
reduced
by
90
percent
for
this
step.
Data
entry
may
involve
entering
narrative
advisory
and
geographic
information,
reformatting
fish
tissue
data,
and
entering
questionnaire
responses.
26
pertaining
to
the
waterbody
of
interest.
O&
M
costs
also
include
funds
for
contractor
services
to
maintain
the
database
and
perform
troubleshooting,
if
needed,
estimated
at
$
5000
per
year.

°
Data
obtained
from
the
NLFWA
survey
including
mapping
and
fish
tissue
residue
data,
and
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
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
0.06
hours
per
respondent
per
year.
Fixed
O&
M
costs
include
an
estimate
for
computer
equipment
maintenance
for
this
program
of
$
1,000
per
year.

6(
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Burden
and
Costs
The
respondent
universe
for
this
ICR
is
calculated
based
on
a
total
number
of
276
questionnaires
to
be
completed
during
the
3­
year
ICR
period
for
an
average
of
92
respondents
(
representing
fish
advisory
contacts
from
50
states,
District
of
Columbia,
5
U.
S.
Territories
and
36
Native
American
tribes.
The
number
of
respondents
involved
in
each
activity
varies
because
of
the
option
of
using
the
Internet
to
log
in
the
advisory
data
and
to
complete
the
State
Fish
Advisory
Program
questionnaire,
which
will
reduce
respondent
burden.
It
is
anticipated
that
90%
of
respondents
will
exercise
that
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
92
8
3,565.92
$
91,779.20
$
0.00
$
528.50
$
92,307.70
Year
2
92
8
3,565.92
$
91,779.20
$
0.00
$
528.50
$
92,307.70
Year
3
92
8
3,565.92
$
91,779.20
$
0.00
$
528.50
$
92,307.70
TOTAL
276
8
10,697.76
$
275,337.60
$
0.00
$
1,585.50
$
276,923.10
AVERAGE
92
8
3,565.92
$
91,779.20
$
0.00
$
528.50
$
92,307.70
(
ii)
The
Agency
Tally
The
Agency
and
contractor
tables
are
summarized
in
the
following
table.
27
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
92
10
90.16
$
4,233.84
$
0.00
$
104,476.00
$
108,709.84
Year
2
92
10
90.16
$
4,233.84
$
0.00
$
104,476.00
$
108,709.84
Year
3
92
10
90.16
$
4,233.84
$
0.00
$
104,476.00
$
108,709.84
TOTAL
276
10
270.48
$
12,701.52
$
0.00
$
313,428.00
$
326,129.52
AVERAGE
92
10
90.16
$
4,233.84
$
0.00
$
104,476.00
$
108,709.84
(
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
new
calculated
burden
estimate
(
Section
6)
or
38.76
hours
(
36.5
hours
in
the
initial
ICR)
reflects
addition
of
a
burden
estimate
received
from
one
state
after
the
first
ICR
notice
was
submitted
for
review,
but
before
the
ICR
notice
was
published
in
the
Federal
Register.
The
two
burden
estimates
are
extremely
close.
This
information
was
added
to
provide
a
more
comprehensive
burden
estimate
for
the
respondents.
EPA
anticipates
that
the
actual
respondent
burden
will
decrease
each
of
the
reporting
cycle
years
as
more
respondents
use
the
electronic
format
for
providing
fish
advisory
information
to
the
Agency.

6(
g)
Burden
Statement
The
public
reporting
and
record
keeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
38.76
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,
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,
gather
information
on
new
advisories,
fill
in
the
information
on
the
electronic
data
entry
screen,
mark
advisory
locations
on
maps,
provide
a
diskette
containing
information
on
fish
tissue
residues,
gather
information
needed
to
complete
the
questionnaire,
fill
in
the
survey
responses
electronically
or
on
paper,
and
mail
back
the
responses,
fish
tissue
residue
data
and/
or
maps
to
EPA.
An
agency
may
not
conduct
or
sponsor,
and
a
person
is
not
required
to
respond
to,
a
collection
of
28
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.

Send
comments
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
to
the
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
2822),
401
M
Street,
S.
W.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA.
Include
the
EPA
ICR
number
and
OMB
control
number
in
any
correspondence.

7.
Response
to
OMB'S
"
Terms
of
Clearance"

This
is
an
initial
ICR,
therefore
no
responses
to
OMB's
"
Terms
of
Clearance"
have
as
yet
been
received.
