1999 EPCRA Implementation Status Questionnaire for State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs), Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPs), and CA Certified Unified Program Agencies
ICR 199908-2050-002
OMB: 2050-0165
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1999 EPCRA Implementation
Status Questionnaire for State Emergency Response Commissions
(SERCs), Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPs), and CA
Certified Unified Program Agencies
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
This ICR is
approved under 5 CFR 1320. The Supporting Statement states that the
primary goals of the survey are to "[p]robe current SERC, LEPC, and
CUPA practices and preferences regarding several important sets of
issues...; [e]nable Region IX to facilitate the transfer of
information on successful local program implementation to other
local agencies; and [o]btain information essential to Region IX's
decisions regarding the expenditures of federal program resources,
including federal staff, contractors, training, enforcement and
grants." EPA must not use the information collected for direct
enforcement actions against SERCs or other local agencies that
respond to the survey, which is strictly voluntary in nature and
does not espouse such an enforcement purpose. This ICR is for a
one-time collection. Given that EPA intends to use the results at a
January 2000 conference, OMB has authorized data collection through
April 2000, to allow for the possibility of delays. Followup
collections will require new ICR submissions.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2000
04/30/2000
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380
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In order to improve the support of the
United States Envionmental Protection Agency, Region IX, to
regional partners, including State Emergency Response Commissions
(SERCs), Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), and
California Certified United Program Agencies (CUPAs), a
questionnaire has been designed to better understand the Region's
actual implementation of the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). This questionnaire will help EPA Region
IX to establish a baseline from which to allocate their resources
and to improve support to the State and local programs.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.