[Federal Register: March 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 57)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OARM-2008-0825, FRL-8786-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Monthly Project Reports
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1039.12, OMB Control Number 2030-0005
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 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, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments must be submitted on or before April 27,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OARM-2008-0825, 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 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: Donna Blanding, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Mail Code 3802R,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; (202) 564-1130; fax
number: (202) 565-2475; e-mail address: blanding.donna@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On November 13, 2008 (73 FR 67152), 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
number EPA-HQ-OARM-2008-0825, which is available for public viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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.
Titles: Monthly Progress Reports (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1039.12, OMB Control No. 2030-0005.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2009.
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: Agency contractors who have cost reimbursable, time and
material, labor hour, or indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity fixed
rate contracts will report the technical and financial progress of the
contract on a monthly basis. EPA will use this information to monitor
the contractors' progress under the contract. Responses to the
information collection are mandatory for contractors, and are required
for the contractors to receive monthly payments. Information submitted
is protected from public release in accordance with the Agency's
confidentiality regulations, 40 CFR 2.201 et seq.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 27
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
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: The majority of respondents fall
into one of the following NAICS codes: 511210 for prepackaged computer
software, 541511 for computer processing services, 54170 for computer-
related services, and 541620 for environmental consulting services.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 203.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 65,772.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost: $4,953,362.40, which includes $0
annual capital/startup costs, $29,232 annual O&M costs, and
$4,924,130.40 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 56,196 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. Collection activity hours have decreased since
the last clearance due mainly to improved tracking software and
increasing familiarity with EPA reporting requirements.
Dated: March 18, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-6670 Filed 3-25-09; 8:45 am]
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