[Federal Register: June 10, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 111)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OEI-2005-0003, OEI-2005-0004, FRL-7923-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Background Checks for Contractor Employees (Renewal),
EPA ICR Number 2159.02, OMB Control Number 2030-0043; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Drug Testing for Contract Employees
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2183.02, OMB Control Number 2030-0044
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 EPA is planning to submit two
continuing Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew two existing
approved collections. These ICRs are scheduled to expire on 09/30/05.
Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OEI-2005-
0003 for Background Checks for
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Contractor Employees (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2159.02, OMB Control
Number 2030-0043, and OEI-2005-0004 for Drug Testing for Contract
Employees (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2183.02, OMB Control Number 2030-
0044, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to
oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (28221T),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Schaffer, U.S. EPA, Office of
Acquisition Management, Mail Code (3802R), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564-4366; fax number: (202) 565-2475; e-mail address:
schaffer.paul@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for
these ICR's under Docket ID number OEI-2005-0003 for Background Checks
for Contractor Employees (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2159.02, OMB Control
Number 2030-0043, and OEI-2005-0004 for Drug Testing for Contract
Employees (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2183.02, OMB Control Number 2030-
0044, which is available for public viewing 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 EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the
draft collection of information, 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 these ICR should be submitted to EPA within
60 days of this notice. 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.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
contractors performing work at sensitive sites or on sensitive
projects, and not covered under the provisions of Homeland Security
Presidential Directive -12. Specifically, all contractors involved with
Emergency Response, Superfund, Information Systems, Facility Services,
and Research Support that have significant security concerns, as
determined by the Contracting Officer on a case-by-case basis, will be
required to provide qualified personnel that meet the background check
and drug testing requirements developed by EPA.
Titles: Background Checks for Contractor Employees (Renewal); Drug
Testing for Contractor Employees (Renewal).
Abstract: Background checks cover citizenship or valid visa,
criminal convictions, weapons offenses, felony convictions, parties
prohibited from receiving federal contracts. Drug tests are for the
presence of marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines and phencyclidine
(PCP). The Contractor shall maintain records of all background checks
and drug tests. 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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The number of contractor employees expected to
submit the requested information for background checks is 3,000 for the
life of this ICR (3 years) or 1,000 occurrences per year. The number of
annual occurrences, 1,000, multiplied by the respondent burden effort
of 1 hour to collect information, equals a total of 1,000 hours per
year. The total annual respondent cost for performing background checks
collection requests is $179,000. This is calculated by multiplying the
number of annual occurrences, 1,000, by the respondent cost of one
collection, $179.
The number of contractor employees expected to submit the requested
information for drug testing is 450 occurrences per year. The number of
annual occurrences, 450, multiplied by the respondent burden effort of
1 hour to collect information, equals a total of 450 hours per year.
The total annual respondent cost for this collection request is
$65,250. This is calculated by multiplying the number of occurrences,
450, by the cost of one collection, $145.
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.
Dated: June 6, 2005.
John C. Gherardini,
Acting Director, Office of Acquisition Management.
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