Notice2021-13950
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (Renewal)
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June 30, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (EPA ICR Number 2002.08, OMB Control Number 2025-0003) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act . This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2021. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 15, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34742-34743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13950]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OEI-2011-0096; FRL-10025-76-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule
(Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Cross-Media Electronic Reporting
Rule (EPA ICR Number 2002.08, OMB Control Number 2025-0003) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act . This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through August 31,
2021. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on January 15, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. 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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OEI-2011-0096, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3bcb6bafdb7bcb0b8b6a793b6a3b2fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c5359551258535f5759487c594c5d125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public docket without change including
any personal information provided, unless the comment includes
profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley Miller or Dipti Singh,
Information Exchange Services Division, Office of Information
Management, Office of Mission Support (2823T), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-566-2908 or 202-566-0739, respectively; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0ddd9dcdcd5c29ec3d8d9c2dcd5c9f0d5c0d19ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="117c787d7d74633f627978637d7468517461703f767e67">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d7e64636a652369647d79644d687d6c236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8af9e3e4ede2a4eee3fafee3caeffaeba4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The scope of this ICR is the electronic reporting
components of CROMERR, which is designed to: (i) Allow EPA to comply
with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998; (ii) provide a
uniform, technology-neutral framework for electronic reporting across
all EPA programs; (iii) allow EPA programs to offer electronic
reporting as they become ready for CROMERRR; and (iv) provide states
with a streamlined process--together with a uniform set of standards--
for approval of their electronic reporting provisions for all their
EPA-authorized programs. Responses to the collection of information are
voluntary. In order to accommodate CBI, the information collected must
be in accordance with the confidentiality regulations set forth in 40
CFR part 2, subpart B. Additionally, EPA will ensure that the
information collection procedures comply with the Privacy Act of 1974
and the OMB Circular 108.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities that report electronically
to EPA and state, tribal, or local government authorized programs; and
state, tribal, and local government authorized programs implementing
electronic reporting.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary, required to obtain
or retain a benefit (Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR)
established to ensure compliance with the Government Paperwork
Elimination Act (GPEA)).
Estimated number of respondents: 132,724 (total).
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Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 81,985 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,710,366 (per year), including $3,620,310
in annualized labor costs and $1,090,056 in annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 4,569 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. The decrease in respondent burden can be attributed
primarily to two reasons. First, over the past three years, the Agency
made improvements to CDX to enhance efficiencies in end-user
registration, integration, and Help Desk support. These improvements
resulted in reduced burden to respondents. Second, through
technological improvements, the Agency now is able to obtain real world
data via Google Analytics on the frequency and amount of time a
respondent spends accessing CDX web pages and features. Based on this
information, EPA has revised the burden estimates associated with some
of the CDX registration and identity proofing activities. The Agency
believes that these revised burden estimates more accurately reflect
the resources spent by respondents conducting electronic reporting
activities under CROMERR. Note that the decrease in respondent burden
described above was offset by an almost two-fold increase in the number
of respondents that report to state, tribal, and local electronic
document receiving systems. In developing this ICR, EPA revised the
approach used to estimate the number of these reporters. The revised
approach uses shared CROMERR services solution data to supplement
estimates obtained based on analysis of respondent universe growth
rates in EPA program ICRs, which was the previous approach used to
estimate number of reporters. The overall change in respondent burden
is considered an ``adjustment,'' because it results from changes in the
respondent universe and hourly burden estimates used in the development
of the ICR.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-13950 Filed 6-29-21; 8:45 am]
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