Federal Register, Volume 67 Issue 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)

[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63083-63084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25859]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7389-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Eliciting Risk Tradeoffs for Valuing Fatal 
Cancer Risks

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval:
    Title: Eliciting Risk Tradeoffs for Valuing Fatal Cancer Risks, EPA 
ICR No. 2057.01. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 12, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 2057.01 to the 
following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; and to Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, by e-mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 2057.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Dr. Melonie Williams at (202) 566-2279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Eliciting Risk Tradeoffs for Valuing Cancer Risks, EPA ICR 
Number 2057.01. This is a request for a new collection.
    Abstract: The purpose of the survey is to provide data that will 
improve valuation estimates of the benefits of fatal cancer risk 
reductions. The existing literature on mortality risk values has 
focused almost exclusively on accidental and immediate deaths; however, 
it is unclear how applicable these values are for assessing the 
benefits of fatal cancer risks, which can involve extended periods 
between exposure on disease onset (latency) and between onset and death 
(morbidity). The proposed survey will present respondents with choice 
scenarios involving tradeoffs between different levels and types of 
risks. It will specifically explore how individuals' tradeoffs between 
risks are affected by (1) the type of cancer involved and (2) 
differences in the length of the latency and morbidity periods from 
cancer. The results will provide empirically-based ratios, which can be 
used to adjust existing mortality risk value estimates according to 
these factors. We are requesting OMB permission to conduct a pretest 
(350 respondents) and full-scale survey (2000) respondents, using an 
established panel of respondents and a webTV mode of administration. 
Each survey will take approximately 25 minutes, and data will be 
collected and stored electronically.
    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

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numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR 
chapter 15. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 
1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on January 29, 2002 (67 FR 4253); one comment was received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 25 
minutes per response. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2350.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 979 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: 0.
    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, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 2057.01 in any correspondence.

    Dated: October 4, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-25859 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am]
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