Notice2024-11764
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs (Renewal)
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Published
May 29, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs (EPA ICR Number 0938.23, OMB Control Number 2030-0020) 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 28, 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 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11764]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OARM-2016-0762; FRL-12004-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs
(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), General Administrative
Requirements for Assistance Programs (EPA ICR Number 0938.23, OMB
Control Number 2030-0020) 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 28, 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 June 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OARM-2016-0762 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#0e6a616d656b7a5161637d4e6b7e6f20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8eeae1ede5ebfad1e1e3fdceebfeefa0e9e1f8">[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: Amanda Kemp, Office of Grants and
Debarment, National Policy, Training and Compliance Division, 3903R,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-0209; fax number: 202-565-2470;
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1279777f623c737f737c7673527762733c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fa919f978ad49b979b949e9bba9f8a9bd49d958c">[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 28, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 66840).
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: The information is collected from applicants and
recipients of EPA assistance to monitor adherence to the programmatic
and administrative requirements of the Agency's financial assistance
program. The information collected is used to make awards, pay
recipients, and collect information on how Federal funds are being
spent. EPA needs this information to meet its Federal stewardship
responsibilities. This ICR renewal requests authorization for the
collection of information under EPA's General Regulation for Assistance
Programs, which establishes minimum management requirements for all
recipients of EPA grants or cooperative agreements (assistance
agreements). These regulations include only those provisions mandated
by statue or added by EPA to ensure sound and effective financial
assistance management with respect to Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(DBE) utilization. The information required by these regulations will
be used by EPA award officials to make assistance awards and assistance
payments and to verify that the recipient is using Federal funds
appropriately.
Form numbers: listed in supporting statement.
Respondents/affected entities: The primary recipients of EPA
assistance agreements are state and local governments, Indian Tribes,
educational institutions, and not-for-profit institutions.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain an
assistance agreement (40 CFR part 30, 40 CFR part 31, and 40 CFR part
33 for awards made prior to December 26, 2014, and 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR
1500, and 40 CFR part 33 for awards made after December 26, 2014).
Estimated number of respondents: 9,821(total).
Frequency of response: On occasion, quarterly, and annually.
Total estimated burden: 302,030 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $19,719,538 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 207,424 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase occurred for several reasons. First, EPA
received unprecedented levels of funding to award grants under the
American Rescue Plan (ARP), the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL),
and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This led to a significant
increase in number of grant applications received and awards made under
various EPA grant programs. EPA also revised its approach to more
accurately estimate the number of ongoing grant recipients who are
subject to the requirements for record keeping and submittal of
quarterly progress reports. In addition, EPA reviewed the burden
assumptions in the ICR to ensure that they reflect the Agency's current
experiences under its grant programs. EPA made adjustments to increase
the burden hour estimates
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for three of the requirements based on consultations with grant
recipients.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-11764 Filed 5-28-24; 8:45 am]
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