Notice2024-01678
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebate Program (Renewal)
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Published
January 29, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebate Program (EPA ICR Number 2461.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0686) 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, 2025, is being submitted now to incorporate elements currently approved under an emergency ICR for the Clean School Bus Rebate Program (EPA ICR Number 2780.01, OMB Control Number 2060-0750), expiring February 29, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 3, 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 5527-5528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01678]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0103; FRL-11699-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebate Program (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), Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebate
Program
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(EPA ICR Number 2461.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0686) 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, 2025, is being submitted
now to incorporate elements currently approved under an emergency ICR
for the Clean School Bus Rebate Program (EPA ICR Number 2780.01, OMB
Control Number 2060-0750), expiring February 29, 2024. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 3, 2023
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2012-0103, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0c18dc1cec48dd28dc4cfc3cbc5d4e0c5d0c18ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dfcb0fcf3f9b0efb0f9f2fef6f8e9ddf8edfcb3faf2eb">[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: Timothy Thomas, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, (6406A), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 734-214-4465; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7839f989a9684d9839e9ad99bb7928796d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f4b5750525e4c114b565211537f5a4f5e11585049">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through August 31, 2025. 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 November 3, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88
FR 75587). 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: This supporting statement is for the Information
Collection Request (ICR) renewal for the Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebates
Program. The CSB Rebates Program currently collects information under
the existing Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) and Clean School Bus
(CSB) Rebate Program ICR (OMB Control Number 2060-0686) to ensure its
successful administration and management of those programs.
Additionally, an emergency ICR (EPA ICR No. 2780.01, OMB Control No.
2060-0750) was approved by OMB in September 2023 that included
supplementary data necessary to adequately review and administer the
CSB Rebate Program. This ICR renewal consolidates all components of the
CSB Rebate Program collection.
EPA uses approved procedures and forms to collect necessary
information to operate the CSB Rebate Program and has been providing
these rebates since 2022. For each rebate program, EPA utilizes three
online forms for the three phases of the rebate lifecycle: (1)
Application Form for eligible entities to apply to a new rebate
program, (2) Payment Request Form for selectees to submit order
documentation and receive funds, and (3) Close Out Form for selectees
to document completion of the rebate-eligible activity. In Fall 2023,
EPA launched the 2023 CSB Rebate Application for applicants, and the
2022 CSB Rebate Close Out Form for existing 2022 program participants;
EPA is currently preparing to launch the 2023 CSB Rebate Payment
Request Form in early spring of 2024. EPA will subsequently launch the
2023 CSB Rebate Close Out Form, as well as each rebate form for any
future rebate programs (e.g., 2024 CSB Rebate Program). The data
collected in these forms are needed to operate the rebate program as
authorized by Congress under the CSB statute.
School buses collectively travel over four billion miles each year,
providing safe transportation to and from school for more than 25
million American children every day. The CSB Rebate Program funds the
replacement of existing school buses with cleaner buses, the operation
of which result in better air quality throughout the communities in
which they operate.
Form Numbers: 5900-261, CSB Application; 5900-645 CSB Payment
Request Form; 5900-646 CSB Close out Form
Respondents/affected entities: Those interested in applying for a
rebate under EPA's CSB Program and include but are not limited to the
following NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes:
484 Truck Transportation; 485 Transit and Ground Passenger
Transportation; 4854 School and Employee Bus Transportation; 61111
Elementary and Secondary Schools; 61131 Colleges, Universities, and
Professional Schools; 9211 Executive, Legislative, and Other Government
Support; and 9221 Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for CSB rebate
recipients.
Estimated number of respondents: 2,400 (total).
Frequency of response: Once per year.
Total estimated burden: 19,763 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 4,921 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the combined burden of
24,684 hours currently approved by OMB under ICRs 2461.05 and 2780.01.
These changes are due primarily to decreases in the respondent count
for the Payment Request Form and Close Out Form. Those reductions are
offset by increases in EPA's estimates for respondents' time burden for
the completion of forms. Additionally, changes in technical labor
requirements and BLS wage listings have increased the total cost of
burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-01678 Filed 1-26-24; 8:45 am]
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