Notice2022-13379
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Brownfields Program-Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal)
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June 23, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Brownfields Program-- Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal) (EPA ICR Number 2104.09, OMB Control Number 2050-0192) 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 December 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 23, 2022 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 87, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37506-37507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13379]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2012-0104; FRL-9958-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Brownfields Program--Accomplishment
Reporting (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Brownfields Program--
Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal) (EPA ICR Number 2104.09, OMB Control
Number 2050-0192) 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 December 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 23, 2022 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 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2012-0104, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public
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Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Gorini, Office of Brownfields
and Land Revitalization, (5105T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
566-1702; fax number: (202) 566-1476; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13747c617a7d7a3d78767f7f6a537663723d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff98908d969196d1949a939386bf9a8f9ed1989089">[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: This ICR covers the collection of information from those
organizations that receive cooperative agreements, contracts, and
Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) funds from EPA under the
authority of the section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by the
Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act
(Pub. L. 115-141). CERCLA 104(k), as amended, authorizes EPA to award
grants or cooperative agreements and contract funding to states,
tribes, local governments, other eligible entities, and nonprofit
organizations to support the assessment and cleanup of brownfields
sites. Under section 101(39) of CERCLA, a brownfields site means real
property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous
substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Cooperative agreement recipients
(``recipients'') have general reporting and record keeping requirements
as a condition of their cooperative agreement that result in burden. A
portion of this reporting and record keeping burden is authorized under
2 CFR part 1500 and identified in the EPA's general grants ICR (OMB
Control Number 2030-0020). EPA requires Brownfields program recipients
to maintain and report additional information to EPA on the uses and
accomplishments associated with funded brownfields activities. EPA
intends to expand programmatic reporting requirements to include TBA
contractors and technical assistance contractors. EPA will use several
forms to assist recipients and contractors in reporting the information
and to ensure consistency of the information collected. EPA uses this
information to meet Federal stewardship responsibilities to manage and
track how program funds are being spent, to evaluate the performance of
the Brownfields Cleanup and Land Revitalization Program, to meet the
Agency's reporting requirements under the Government Performance
Results Act, and to report to Congress and other program stakeholders
on the status and accomplishments of the program.
Respondents/affected entities: State/local/tribal governments; Non-
Profits; Contractors.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or Retain
Benefits (2 CFR part 1500).
Estimated number of respondents: 6,562 (total).
Frequency of response: Bi-annual for subtitle CERCLA 128
recipients; quarterly for CERCLA 104(k) recipients.
Total estimated burden: 3,808 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $480,509 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease of 2,335 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease can be attributed to tremendous
improvements in the ACRES database to streamline reporting
requirements. Additional ACRES training and outreach efforts have also
greatly increased grantees familiarity with the database. Grantees have
reported that ACRES is now more intuitive, and the layout is
significantly easier to follow. Grantees interviewed for this burden
estimate self-reported data entry times at half the burden hours
compared to estimates gathered 2 years ago. These combined factors
result in the significant burden reduction.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-13379 Filed 6-22-22; 8:45 am]
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