[Federal Register: February 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 37)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OA-2003-0003; FRL-7453-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR
No. 0275.08 (OMB No. 2090-0014) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment
Request
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: Preaward Compliance Review
Report for All Applicants Requesting Federal Financial Assistance. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 27,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Yorker, Title VI Team Leader,
Office of Civil Rights, (MC 1201A), Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
202-564-7272; fax number: 202-501-1836; e-mail address:
Yorker.Yasmin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for
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review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On September 27, 2002 (67 FR 61087), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OA-2003-0003, which is available for public viewing at the OEI
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is
(202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the
public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: Preaward Compliance Review Report for All Applicants
Requesting Federal Financial Assistance (OMB Control No. 2090-0014, EPA
ICR Number 0275.08). This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection that is scheduled to expire on 02/28/2003. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: The information request and gathering is a part of the
requirement of 40 CFR Part 7, ``Nondiscrimination in Programs Receiving
Federal Assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency,'' at 40
CFR 7.80. The Regulation implements statutes which prohibit
discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex and
handicap. This information is also required, in part, by the Department
of Justice regulation, 28 CFR 42.406 and 28 CFR 42.407. The information
is collected on a short form for grant and loan applicants as part of
the application process. The EPA Director of Civil Rights manages the
data collection through a regional component whom also carries out the
data analysis and makes the recommendation on the respondent's ability
to meet the requirements of the regulation, as well as the respondent's
current compliance with the regulation. The information and analysis is
of sufficient value for the Director to determine whether the
application is in compliance with the regulation.
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 numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average \1/2\
hour 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: State, local, and tribal
governments; universities, associations; and non-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,100.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,550.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $94,451, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Dated: February 11, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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