Notice2024-21464
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program: Applications for Subawards-September Launch (New)
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Published
September 24, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program: Applications for Subawards--September Launch (EPA ICR Number 7787.01, OMB Control Number 2035-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 emergency clearance of a new collection. A two-week public comment period has been initiated via a notice in the Federal Register.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 77864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21464]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-OEJECR-2024-0297; FRL--12234-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking
Program: Applications for Subawards--September Launch (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), Environmental Justice Thriving
Communities Grantmaking Program: Applications for Subawards--September
Launch (EPA ICR Number 7787.01, OMB Control Number 2035-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
emergency clearance of a new collection. A two-week public comment
period has been initiated via a notice in the Federal Register.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before October 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-
OEJECR-2024-0297 to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aarti Iyer, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, Mail Code 2710A, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-0214; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d5444584f135c5c4f49547d584d5c135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef86968a9dc18e8e9d9b86af8a9f8ec1888099">[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.
This notice allows for a 14 day public comment period. 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: To meet the goals and objectives that demonstrate the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA's) and the Administration's
commitment to achieving environmental justice and embedding
environmental justice into Agency programs, EPA released the Thriving
Communities Grantmaking Program funding opportunity. The program will
provide about $600 million in 11 cooperative agreements funding to
``Grantmakers'' who will function as pass-through entities for the
Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Subgrants (2 CFR parts 200
and 1500). The pass-through model removes the requirement of applying
through the federal grants process and decreases the amount of time it
takes to award federal funds. The Grantmakers will collaborate with EPA
to design and build their own processes to receive and evaluate
applications to fund the initial development of community-led
environmental justice projects. With this Information Collection
Request (ICR), EPA seeks emergency clearance for three Grantmakers to
solicit applications for their first round of subgrants to be launched
in September 2024. If the information requested under this emergency
clearance were not collected, EPA would have no mechanism for selecting
and distributing subaward grants. Without this activity, the central
programmatic objectives of the Environmental Justice Thriving
Communities Grantmaking Program cannot be met. The six-month emergency
clearance period will cover the first round of subaward applications
that will be solicited by three Grantmakers in September 2024.
Subsequent rounds of applications for these three Grantmakers will be
authorized via a Standard ICR package for the Grantmaking Program that
will be submitted for review via the customer ICR approval process.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Respondents will include entities
who are eligible to receive subawards, including community based
nonprofit organizations, Puerto Rico, U.S. Territories and Freely
Associated States, Native American organizations, local governments,
and institutions of higher education.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 1,155 (total).
Frequency of response: Once.
Total estimated burden: 23,975 hours (total). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,286,331 (total), which includes $43,989
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Requested approval date: September 16, 2024.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-21464 Filed 9-23-24; 8:45 am]
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