Notice2023-21326
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Materials Management Information Collection Request
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Published
September 29, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), Materials Management Information Collection Request (EPA ICR Number 2789.01, OMB Control Number 2050- NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a request for approval of a new collection. This notice allows for 60 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67277-67278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21326]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0416; FRL-11354-01-OLEM]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information
Collection Request; Comment Request; Materials Management Information
Collection Request
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), Materials Management
Information Collection Request (EPA ICR Number 2789.01, OMB Control
Number 2050-
[[Page 67278]]
NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing
so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as described below. This is a request
for approval of a new collection. This notice allows for 60 days for
public comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2023-0416, 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 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: Hannah Blaufuss, Resource Conservation
and Sustainability Division, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery, 5306P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-5614; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e1a38d809487949292cf89808f8f8089a1849180cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="10527c7165766563633e78717e7e7178507560713e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new
collection. 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.
This notice allows 60 days for public comments. 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>.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate forms of information technology. EPA
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate.
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management, Office of
Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) is charged with, among other
responsibilities, ensuring efficient and equitable non-hazardous waste
management. In this capacity, timely and consistent information on
waste/materials generation, disposition and recovery is essential to
ensure that programs, policies, and grant monies are properly targeted.
Several statutes mandate EPA to implement grants and programs that will
be supported by this Information Collection Request (ICR). Those
statutes include the Save our Seas 2.0 Act (SOS 2.0) (Pub. L. 116-224),
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117-58) and
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 42 U.S.C. 6983. EPA
is mandated to meet certain reporting requirements as part of the grant
programs established in SOS 2.0 and IIJA. The creation of two new grant
programs in ORCR requires efficiency to effectively manage the new
work. Under this ICR, a new knowledge management system will be
developed to manage the post-award grant reporting that is mandatory
for grant recipients' reporting requirements under SOS 2.0 and IIJA.
This system will assist staff in organizing quarterly reports to
measure impact and report to Congress. Information collected under this
ICR also will illustrate progress toward the National Recycling Goal to
increase the nation's recycling rate to 50% by 2030 and the U.S. 2030
Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal to cut food loss and waste in half
by the year 2030. This ICR encompasses EPA activities under the
National Recycling Strategy to characterize materials management
infrastructure, standardize measurement and increase data collection,
and update the Facts and Figures on Materials, Wastes and Recycling
Report. This ICR also will support activities associated with future
strategies EPA may release as part of the series on building a circular
economy for all, including the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic
Pollution. To track progress on the implementation of these strategies
and goals, EPA requires current, accurate, and evolving data on
national waste management pathways, including recycling participation
and food loss and waste generation rates. Without data collection,
tracking progress relies upon predictive modelling that may be
insufficiently accurate and precise when definitiveness is key. Lastly,
this ICR also will support working with EPA's Office of Research and
Development, and potentially the National Center for Environmental
Economics, to integrate Waste Input-Output modeling and the U.S.
Environmentally-Extended Input-Output model as the basis for future
Facts and Figures data estimates.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: To be determined.
Respondent's obligation to respond: voluntary for general surveys
and mandatory for grant recipients' per reporting requirements under
SOS 2.0 and IIJA.
Estimated number of respondents: To be determined.
Frequency of response: To be determined.
Total estimated burden: To be determined.
Total estimated cost: To be determined.
Dated: September 24, 2023.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2023-21326 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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