Notice2024-01671
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Participatory Science and Crowdsourcing Projects (Renewal)
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Published
January 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Generic Clearance for Participatory Science and Crowdsourcing Projects (EPA ICR Number 2521.41, OMB Control Number 2080-0083) 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 January 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 21, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5528-5529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01671]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2015-0659; FRL-11713-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Generic Clearance for Participatory Science and Crowdsourcing
Projects (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Generic Clearance for
Participatory Science and Crowdsourcing Projects (EPA ICR Number
2521.41, OMB Control Number 2080-0083) 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 January 31, 2024. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on August 21, 2023,
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2015-0659, to EPA 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#8de2ffe9a3e9e2eee6e8f9cde8fdeca3eae2fb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29465b4d074d464a424c5d694c5948074e465f">[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>. 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: Heather Drumm, Office of Research and
Development-Office of Science Advisor, Policy and Engagement, (8104R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-8239; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aaeed8dfc7c784e2cfcbdec2cfd8eacfdacb84cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a2e181f070744220f0b1e020f182a0f1a0b440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2024. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on August 21, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 56815). This
notice allows for an additional 30 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>.
Abstract: EPA relies on scientific information. Participatory
science and crowdsourcing techniques allow the Agency to collect
qualitative and quantitative data that might help inform scientific
research, assessments, or environmental screening; validate
environmental models or tools; or enhance the quantity and quality of
data collected across the country's diverse communities and ecosystems
to support the Agency's mission. Information gathered under this
generic clearance will be used by the Agency to support the activities
listed above and might provide unprecedented avenues for conducting
breakthrough research. Collections under this generic ICR will be from
participants who actively seek to participate on their own initiative
through an open and transparent process (the Agency does not select
participants or require participation); the collections will be low-
burden for participants; collections will be low-cost for both the
participants and the Federal Government; and data will be available to
support the scientific research (including assessments, environmental
screening, tools, models, etc.) of the Agency, States, Tribal or local
entities where data collection occurs. EPA may, by virtue of
collaborating with non-Federal entities, sponsor the collection of this
type of information in connection with participatory science projects.
When applicable, all such collections will comply with Agency policies
and regulations related to human subjects research and will follow the
established approval paths through EPA's Human Subjects Research Review
Official. Finally, personally identifiable information (PII) will only
be collected when necessary and in accordance with applicable Federal
procedures and policies. If a new collection is not within the
parameters of this generic ICR, the Agency will submit a separate
information collection request to OMB for approval.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Participants/respondents will be
individuals, not specific entities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 17,500 (total).
Frequency of response: The frequency of responses will range from
once to on occasion.
Total estimated burden: 389,083 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $19,053,132 (per year), includes $525,000
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change of hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. The dollar figures have been updated to reflect current wages.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-01671 Filed 1-26-24; 8:45 am]
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