Notice2024-14603
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Program Implementation (New)
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Published
July 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Program Implementation Grants ICR (EPA ICR Number 2806.01, OMB Control Number 2060-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 February 8, 2024 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 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55263-55264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14603]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0036; FRL--12073-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Program
Implementation (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), Climate Pollution Reduction
Grants (CPRG) Program Implementation Grants ICR (EPA ICR Number
2806.01, OMB Control Number 2060-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
February 8, 2024 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 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA HQ-
OAR-2024-0036, to the 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#cbaae6aaa5afe6b9e6afa4a8a0aebf8baebbaae5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="78195519161c550a551c171b131d0c381d0819561f170e">[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: Pamela Long, Air Quality Policy
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code
C504.1, Environmental Protection Agency, Post Office Box 12055 RTP, NC
27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0641; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ee2e1e0e9a0feefe3ceebfeefa0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5898a8b82cb958488a5809584cb828a93">[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 February 8, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 8679). 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 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program was
established under section 60114 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
signed on August 16, 2022. Through a competitive process, the EPA
anticipates awarding approximately $4.6B in CPRG implementation grants
to states, municipalities, Tribes, territories, and air quality
management districts in 2024 to ``facilitate the reduction of
greenhouse gas air pollution.'' Grantees will be required to report
projected greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions as well as changes
in other air pollutants, both in general and specifically in low-income
and disadvantaged communities (LIDAC). This information will be
collected to ensure accurate projections of GHGs and
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other air pollutant emissions both in and outside LIDAC areas for
projects being funded under the CPRG program.
It is expected that the CPRG program, along with other IRA
programs, will be required to demonstrate effective execution of the
statutory responsibilities charged to the EPA, as well as comply with
any additional reporting requirements (e.g., Evidence Act, Justice40).
These responsibilities necessitate standardized data collection from
CPRG implementation grantees for the purposes of (1) determining the
accuracy of calculations and analyses submitted by grantees, (2)
assessing the compliance of grantees in performing tasks agreed to
under the Terms and Conditions of CPRG implementation grants, and (3)
applying information collected from CPRG implementation grantees for
analytical use.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: CPRG Implementation Grant General
Competition and Tribes & Territories Competition grantees.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (to comply with CPRG
grant Reporting Requirements/Terms and Conditions).
Estimated number of respondents: 218 (total).
Frequency of response: Once each for the 1-Year (General
Competition) and Final Reports (General and Tribe & Territories
Competitions).
Total estimated burden: 46,080 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,660,121 (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. 2024-14603 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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