Notice2024-04776
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees at the US Environmental Protection Agency (Renewal)
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Published
March 6, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees at the EPA (EPA ICR Number 2260.08, OMB Control Number 2090-0029) 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 June 30, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 1, 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 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15987-15988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04776]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2010-0757; FRL-11806-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government
Employees at the US Environmental Protection Agency (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), Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Special Government Employees at the EPA (EPA ICR Number
2260.08, OMB Control Number 2090-0029) 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 June 30, 2024. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on September 1, 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 April 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OA-2010-0757, 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#d195beb2bab4a58e9e9c8291b4a1b0ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="662209050d031239292b352603160748010910">[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: Gina Moore, Office of Inclusive
Excellence, Federal Advisory Committee Management and Oversight
Division, Mail Code 1601M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
566-0462, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1acaeaeb3a4efa6a8afa081a4b1a0efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="107d7f7f62753e77797e71507560713e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through June 30, 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 September 1, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 18967). 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
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information about EPA's public docket, visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The purpose of this information collection request is to
assist the EPA in selecting federal advisory committee members who will
be appointed as Special Government Employees (SGEs), mostly to the
EPA's scientific and technical committees. To select SGE members as
efficiently and cost effectively as possible, the Agency needs to
evaluate potential conflicts of interest before a candidate is hired as
an SGE and appointed as a member to a committee.
Agency officials developed the ``Confidential Financial Disclosure
Form for Special Government Employees at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,'' also referred to as Form 3110-48, for greater
inclusion of information to discover any potential conflicts of
interest as recommended by the Government Accountability Office.
Form numbers: EPA Form 3110-48.
Respondents/affected entities: Candidates for membership as SGEs on
EPA federal advisory committees. SGEs are required to file a
confidential financial disclosure report (Form 3110-48) when first
appointed to serve on EPA federal advisory committees, and then
annually thereafter. Committee members may also be required to update
the confidential form before each meeting while they serve as SGEs.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to serve as an SGE on
an EPA federal advisory committee (5 CFR 2634.903).
Estimated number of respondents: 325 (total).
Frequency of response: When first appointed to serve on an EPA
advisory committee and annually thereafter. Committee members may also
be required to update the confidential form before each meeting while
they serve as SGEs.
Total estimated burden: 325 hours per year (1 hour per respondent).
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $88,400 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-04776 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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