Notice2024-23684
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program
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Published
October 15, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program (EPA ICR Number 2801.01, OMB Control Number 2040-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 March 27, 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 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83011-83012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23684]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0087; FRL-12336-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Urban Waters Federal Partnership Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Urban Waters Federal Partnership
Program (EPA ICR Number 2801.01, OMB Control Number 2040-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 March 27, 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 November 14, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2024-0087, 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#7619015b1219151d13023613061758111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0cfd78dc4cfc3cbc5d4e0c5d0c18ec7cfd6">[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: Tara O'Hare, Partnership Programs
Branch, Oceans, Wetlands and Communities Division, Office of Wetlands,
Oceans and Watersheds, Mail Code 4504T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-564-8836; fax number: 202-566-1336; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#600f080112054e14011201200510014e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="294641485b4c075d485b48694c5948074e465f">[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 March 27, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 21252). 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 Urban Waters Federal Partnership is a voluntary
program created in 2011 that seeks to reconnect urban communities,
particularly those that are overburdened or economically distressed,
with their waterways to become stewards for clean urban waters. Working
with a diverse set of partners, the program seeks to help communities
restore and protect water quality and revitalize adjacent rural,
suburban, and urban neighborhoods throughout the watershed. As part of
its strategic planning efforts, the EPA encourages programs to develop
meaningful performance measures, set ambitious targets, and link budget
expenditures to results. Data collected under this ICR will assist the
Urban Waters Federal Partnership in demonstrating results
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and carrying out evaluation efforts to ensure continual program
improvement. In addition, the data will help the EPA estimate the
environmental and programmatic impact of the program and evaluate the
health of the partnership at each location.
Form numbers: Workplan Form 6100-084; Annual Reporting Form 6100-
085; Partnership Evaluation Form 6100-083.
Respondents/affected entities: Respondents consist of Urban Waters
Federal Partnership Ambassadors and a wide variety of organizations and
businesses that partner with Ambassadors at each Urban Waters Federal
Partnership designated location.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 2,806 (total).
Frequency of response: Urban Waters Federal Partnership designated
locations will submit a Workplan every other year. Urban Waters Federal
Partnership designated locations will submit Annual Reporting Forms and
Partnership Evaluation Forms each year.
Total estimated burden: 9,600 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $443,946 (per year), which includes no
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is a new collection.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-23684 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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