[Federal Register: July 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 136)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2006-0278; FRL-8197-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Minority Business Enterprise/
Woman Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) Utilization Under Federal Grants,
Cooperative Agreements, and Interagency Agreements (Renewal); EPA ICR
No. 2212.02, OMB Control No. 2090-0025
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 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. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 16,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2006-0278, (1) to EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to oei.docket@epamail.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, MBE/WBE Utilization Under
Federal Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Interagency Agreements,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Kimberly Y. Patrick, Office of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Mailcode: 1230N, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-564-5386; fax number: 202-501-0139; e-mail
address: Patrick.Kimberly@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On April 3, 2006 (71 FR 16574), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OA-2006-0278, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 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/
DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at >http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Minority Business Enterprise/Woman Business Enterprise (MBE/
WBE) Utilization Under Federal Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and
Interagency Agreements (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2212.02, OMB Control No. 2090-0025.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2006.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: All EPA financial assistance agreement recipients are
required to make good faith efforts to assure that small, minority and
women owned businesses are used, when possible, as sources of
construction, services, equipment, and supplies. The completion and
submission of EPA Form 5700-52A is mandatory. The information collected
by EPA Form 5700-52A is used to compile data concerning the utilization
of minority and women owned businesses as contractors and
subcontractors under procurements funded by EPA financial assistance
agreements pursuant to Executive Orders 11625, 12138, and 12432, and
Public Laws 101-507 and 102-389. The effectiveness of EPA's MBE/WBE
Program is measured through this reporting requirement. The
modifications to the form were made to simplify and shorten the form
itself. The instructions in the modified form also provide more
information about questions frequently asked by respondents.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5
hours 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
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maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; 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.
The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 3600.
Frequency of response: Depending on the type of financial
assistance received, respondents either report on an annual or
quarterly basis.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent:
2.5 average responses per year, including annual and quarterly
respondents.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 10,800.
Estimated total annual costs: $548,532. This includes $0 annualized
capital startup costs, $0 annualized O&M costs, and $548,532 annualized
labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The estimates reflect an increase in
Respondent burden hours and costs due to extra time needed to review
the new instructions for the form. Even though we received no comments
regarding the form from our consultation efforts, or from public
comments, hours to gather information to complete the form were
increased in response to past comments about the form. The total change
in burden represents an increase from 1 burden hour to 1.5 burden
hours.
Dated: July 8, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11250 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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