Notice2022-23370
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request, Ethnicity, Race, Gender and Disability Form
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Published
October 27, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Ethnicity, Race, Gender and Disability Form (EPA ICR Number 2717.01, OMB Control Number 2030-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 2, 2022, and another notice was published on April 21, 2022 to extend the public comment period to allow for a 60-day comment period on supplemental documents that were added to the docket. 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 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65059-65060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23370]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OMS-2022-0777; FRL-10373-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request, Ethnicity, Race, Gender and Disability Form
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Ethnicity, Race, Gender and
Disability Form (EPA ICR Number 2717.01, OMB Control Number 2030-NEW)
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for
approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 2, 2022, and another notice was
published on April 21, 2022 to extend the public comment period to
allow for a 60-day comment period on supplemental documents that were
added to the docket. 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 November 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OMS-2022-0277, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d793b8b4bcb2a388989a8497b2a7b6f9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3a78c80888697bcacaeb0a3869382cd848c95">[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.
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>.
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Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Moore, Office of Resources and
Business Operations, Federal Advisory Committee Management Division,
Mail Code 1601M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-0462; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82efededf0e7ace5ebece3c2e7f2e3ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="513c3e3e23347f36383f30113421307f363e27">[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: Agency officials developed this form to comply with
Executive Order (14035): Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
in the Federal Workforce, Section 5(e) that directs the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency to collect and analyze voluntarily
self-reported demographic data regarding the membership of federal
advisory committees to pursue opportunities to increase diversity,
equity, inclusion, and accessibility. When creating the ethnicity, race
and demographic items for the form, EPA followed the format of the
Employee Viewpoint Survey administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
This information collection request will assist EPA when selecting
members to EPA's scientific and technical federal advisory committees
to strengthen opportunities so that members and future nominees reflect
the diversity of the American people in terms of gender, race,
ethnicity, geography, and other characteristics.
Form Numbers: 5800-068.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are approximately 200 candidates for membership on EPA's
federal advisory committees. In an effort to strive for federal
advisory committees where future nominees reflect the diversity of
America, all nominees are encouraged to complete and submit the form
when applying for membership in accordance with Executive Order 14035
of June 25, 2021: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in
the Federal Workforce.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 200 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated burden: 16.6 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $651 (per year). There are no annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is no change in burden because this
is a new information collection request.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-23370 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
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