EPA believes there is a need to
improve the overall quality and availability of public information
about the health risks associated with the consumption of
chemically contaminated fish and shellfish, which includes, but is
not limited to, water quality standards, monitoring and assessment
activities, and the issuance of fish advisories. State,
territorial, and tribal health departments or environmental
agencies share responsibility for these activities. Consequently,
EPA's Office of Water will conduct an annual fish advisory survey.
The survey will be sent to environmental health officials in state,
territorial, and tribal agencies. The survey will obtain and verify
information on the waterbodies currently under advisory, the
location of the waterbodies, waterbody type, fish species cited in
the advisory, the pollutant cited in the advisory, the type of
advisory issued including the population of concern, and the
residue data used to assess the need to issue the advisory. In
addition, the survey will obtain information on the agency and
persons responsible for maintaining and issuing advisories in
freshwater lakes and rivers, and estuarine and coastal marine
waters nationwide. The survey also obtains information on the
monitoring design used, the risk assessment methodology employed,
and risk communication practices used. Responses to the survey
(either on paper or electronically via the Internet) are required
to assess public health risks of consuming locally caught fish and
shellfish and to determine what steps EPA should take next, if any.
Completion of the questionnaire is voluntary.
There is a decrease of 229
hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease reflects a change
in how the States, Tribes and territories provide the fish advisory
data to EPA. The data tool is no longer being used by States to
enter data into the NLFA database.
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.
Form 2040-0226 National Listing of Fish Advisories - State Burden
ICR_Appendix.pdf
1959ss04.docx
National Listing of Fish Advisories - State Burden