Notice2024-14494
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Combined EPA-Tribal Environmental Plan (ETEP) and Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) Work Plan Template (New)
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Published
July 2, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Combined EPA-Tribal Environmental Plan (ETEP) and Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) Work Plan Template (EPA ICR Number 2790.01, OMB Control Number 2090- NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on December 4, 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 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 54818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14494]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OITA-2023-0383; FRL-12070-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Combined EPA-Tribal Environmental Plan (ETEP) and Indian
Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP) Work Plan Template (New)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Combined EPA-Tribal Environmental
Plan (ETEP) and Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP)
Work Plan Template (EPA ICR Number 2790.01, OMB Control Number 2090-
NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on December 4, 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 August 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OITA-2023-0383 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#2d49424e4648597242405e6d485d4c034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b5f5458505e4f645456487b5e4b5a155c544d">[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: Abigail Cruz, Office of International
and Tribal Affairs/American Indian Environmental Office, 2690R,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-5999; fax number: 202-566-9744;
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#caa9b8bfb0e4aba8a3adaba3a68aafbaabe4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d6b5a4a3acf8b7b4bfb1b7bfba96b3a6b7f8b1b9a0">[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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on December 4, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 84140). 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-
1752. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: EPA is seeking approval to begin use of a combined EPA-
Tribal Environmental Plan (ETEP) and Indian Environmental General
Assistance Program (GAP) work plan template. Use of the template would
assist grantees and the Agency by providing Tribes with a standardized
and streamlined method to report required information outlined at 40
CFR 35.507, in the 1992 Indian Environmental General Assistance Program
Act, and in the 2022 GAP Guidance.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Federally recognized Tribes and
intertribal consortia.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory if the recipient
chooses to combine their GAP EPA-Tribal Environmental Plan and Work
Plan into one document.
Estimated number of respondents: 520 (total).
Frequency of response: once every 3-5 years with annual updates.
Total estimated burden: 212.5 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $23,035 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is a new collection.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-14494 Filed 7-1-24; 8:45 am]
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