[Federal Register: February 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 28)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2007-0933; FRL-8527-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Special Government Employees Serving on Federal Advisory
Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Renewal); EPA
ICR No. 2260.02, OMB Control No. 2090-0029
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 information collection and its estimated burden
and cost.
DATES: Additional comments must be submitted on or before March 12,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2007-0933, 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 2822T), 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: Vicki Ellis, Office of Cooperative
Environmental Management, Mail Code 1601M, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-564-1203; fax number: 202-564-8129; e-mail address:
ellis.vicki@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 November 27, 2007 (72 FR 66165), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. 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-2007-0933, 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 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The
EPA/DC 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
Environmental Information Docket is 202-566-9744.
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: Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special
Government Employees Serving on Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2260.02, OMB Control No. 2090-0029.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on 02/29/
2008. 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
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form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The purpose of this information collection request is to
assist the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the
Agency) in selecting Federal advisory committee members who will be
appointed as Special Government Employees (SGEs), mostly to EPA's
scientific and technical committees. To select SGE members as
efficiently and cost effectively as possible, the Agency needs to
evaluate potential conflicts of interest before a candidate is hired as
an SGE and appointed as a member to a committee by EPA's Administrator
or Deputy Administrator. Agency officials developed the ``Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on
Federal Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency,'' also referred to as Form 3110-48, for a greater inclusion of
information to discover any potential conflicts of interest as
recommended by the Government Accountability Office.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average one
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 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Candidates for membership as Special
Government Employees (SGEs) on EPA federal advisory committees.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 300.
Frequency of response: Annual.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 300 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $33,000. There are no capital or O&M
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 24 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The burden estimates have been changed to reflect
an expected increase of the number of respondents (from 276 to 300), as
well as an increase of respondents costs to complete the form, to cover
the next 3 years.
Dated: February 4, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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