Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data collection and its expected

cost and burden; where appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATE: Comments must be submitted on or before August 24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, (please refer to ICR #1760.01.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air Quality Policy and Standards

Title: Significance of Effects Resulting From Exposure to Irritant

Gases: A Survey of Respiratory Physicians and Scientists.

Abstract: The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)

of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has prepared a statistical

survey to characterize the medical significance of respiratory effects

in both children and adults that are attributable to exposure to

irritant gases. Under section 109 of the Clean Air Act the EPA is

charged

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with reviewing and setting primary National Ambient Air Quality

Standards (NAAQS) to protect the public health from adverse effects of

selected pollutants. The survey results will assist in determining what

levels of symptoms and measurable outcomes should be considered adverse

health effects, which the standards are intended to prevent. Overall,

the project will benefit the Agency as it reviews and sets NAAQS for

irritant gases such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. The

EPA will collect information regarding the significance of health

effects resulting from exposure to irritant gases by surveying members

of the American Thoracic Society. The survey results will be stored in

an OAQPS computer database.

Burden Statement: The public reporting burden for this collection

of information is estimated to average 0.4 hours per response,

including time for reviewing instructions, and completing and mailing

the survey.

Respondents: Members of the American Thoracic Society.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,800.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 750 hours.

Frequency of Collection: One-time.

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of

this information collection, including suggestions for reducing burden,

to:

Sandy Farmer, ICR Number 1760.01, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Regulatory Information Division (2136), 401 M Street SW., Washington,

DC 20460

and

Chris Wolz, OMB #2060-XXXX, Office of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: July 13, 1995.

David Schwarz,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 95-18259 Filed 7-24-95; 8:45 am]

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