[Federal Register: July 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 137)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OARM-2005-0001, FRL-7940-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; General Administrative Requirements for Assistance
Programs, EPA ICR Number 0938.11, OMB Control Number 2030-0020.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31,
2005. Before submitting the ICR 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 September 19, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number OARM-
2005-0001, 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, Office of Environmental Information
Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William G. Hedling, Office of Grants
and Debarment, Grants Administration Division, Mail Code 3903R,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-5377; fax number:
(202) 565-2468; e-mail address: Hedling.William@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID Number OARM-2005-0001, which is available for
public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information 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 Office of Environmental
Information 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 this 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
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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
those which apply for EPA assistance.
Title: General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs.
Abstract: The information is collected from applicants/recipients
of EPA assistance to monitor adherence to the programmatic and
administrative requirements of the Agency's financial assistance
program. It is used to make awards, pay recipients, and collect
information on how Federal funds are being spent. EPA needs this
information to meet its Federal stewardship responsibilities. This ICR
renewal requests authorization for the collection of information under
EPA's General Regulation for Assistance Programs, which establishes
minimum management requirements for all recipients of EPA grants or
cooperative agreements (assistance agreements). Recipients must respond
to these information requests to obtain and/or retain a benefit
(Federal funds). 40 CFR part 30, ``Grants and Agreements with
Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-profit
Organizations,'' includes the management requirements for potential
grantees from non-profit organizations. 40 CFR part 31, ``Uniform
Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to
State, tribal and local governments,'' includes the management
responsibilities for potential State and local government grantees.
These regulations include only those provisions mandated by statute,
required by OMB Circulars, or added by EPA to ensure sound and
effective financial assistance management. The OMB 83-I Form associated
with this ICR combines all of these requirements under OMB Control
Number 2030-0020. The information required by these regulations will be
used by EPA award officials to make assistance awards and assistance
payments and to verify that the recipient is using Federal funds
appropriately to comply with OMB Circulars A-21, A-87, A-102, A-110, A-
122, A-128, and A-133, which set forth the pre-award, post-award, and
after-the-grant requirements. 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 annual reporting burden for this collection
is estimated to average 33 hours per application. The estimated annual
number of respondents is 5,350. The estimated total annual burden hours
on respondents is 176,569 hours. The frequency of collection is as
required. 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: July 14, 2005.
Howard Corcoran,
Director, Office of Grants and Debarment.
[FR Doc. 05-14190 Filed 7-18-05; 8:45 am]
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