[Federal Register: January 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 8)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OARM-2005-0001; FRL-8009-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; General Administrative
Requirements for Assistance Programs (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0938.11,
OMB Control Number 2030-0020
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
30501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31,
2005. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 13,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OARM-
2005-0001, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (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, and (2) 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.
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 submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the
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procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On July 19, 2005, (70 FR
41398), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d).
EPA received no comments.
EPA had established a public docket for this ICR under Docket No.
EPA-HQ-OARM-2005-001, 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
at http://www.regulations.gov Use http://www.regulations.gov. 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.
An comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 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 http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them
and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by
statue. 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 http://www.regulations.gov. 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 statue, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information about the electronic
docket go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs
(Renewal).
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 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 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 18
hours per respondent. 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: Institutions of higher education,
hospitals, and other not-for-profit institutions; State, local, and
Indian tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,105.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly, and annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 108,887.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $4,852,000, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs and $4,852,000 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 67,682 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease has occurred for several reasons,
and includes a program change decease of 65,287 hours and an adjustment
decrease of 2,395 hours. EPA removed five forms (EPA Forms: 5700-20A,
5700-20B, 5700-30, 5700-49 and 5700-52A) and added three forms
(``Lobbying Cost Certificate for Indirect Costs,'' NCER Form 5, and
NCER Form 3212). These programs changes resulted in an overall decrease
of 65,287 hours. In addition EPA made several adjustments to its burden
and respondent assumptions, which resulted in an overall decrease of
2,395 hours.
Dated: December 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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