Notice2024-31491
Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Program Reporting Templates: Supplemental Project Application Template and Project Reporting Templates for Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), Clean School Bus (CSB), Clean Heavy Duty (CHD), and Clean Ports Grant Programs; EPA ICR No. 2793.02 OMB Control No. 2060-0754
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January 2, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a revised information collection request (ICR), "Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Programs ICR" (EPA ICR No. 2793.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0754) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a revision of ICR No. 2793.01, which is currently approved through April 30, 2027. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101-102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31491]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0492; FRL 12479-01-OAR]
Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Program Reporting
Templates: Supplemental Project Application Template and Project
Reporting Templates for Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), Clean
School Bus (CSB), Clean Heavy Duty (CHD), and Clean Ports Grant
Programs; EPA ICR No. 2793.02 OMB Control No. 2060-0754
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit a revised information collection request (ICR), ``Transportation
and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Programs ICR'' (EPA ICR No. 2793.02,
OMB Control No. 2060-0754) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a
revision of ICR No. 2793.01, which is currently approved through April
30, 2027. 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2023-0492, 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#7d1c501c1319500f5019121e1618093d180d1c531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c6d216d6268217e2168636f6769784c697c6d226b637a">[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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Thomas, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, (6406A), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 734-214-4465; fax number: 202-343-2803; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d796562606c7e2379646023614d687d6c236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2b6aaadafa3b1ecb6abafecae82a7b2a3eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a revised
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 60 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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The
ICR package will be submitted to OMB for review and approval.
Abstract: This supporting statement is for a revision to an
existing Information Collection Request (ICR) for four mobile source
related grant programs administered by the Transportation and Climate
Division (TCD), within Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office
of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ). These four programs include:
Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) Grant Program, Clean School Bus
(CSB) Grant Program, Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles (CHDV) Grant Program,
and Clean Ports Grant Program.
The EPA currently uses ICR No. 2060-0754 to collect information for
most major elements of grants administration for these programs, but to
reflect the final program design and to further ease the burden for
applicants, awardees, and Agency staff, the Agency needs to update this
ICR to be able to use improved versions of previously approved
instruments and collect information via 3 new reporting instruments to
reflect final program design. This ICR revision aims to enhance project
reporting instruments to ensure that the project reporting templates
align with the final program design and requirements and incorporate
user feedback received during the application period for the CHDV and
Clean Ports Grant Programs.
TCD uses approved procedures and forms to collect necessary
information to operate its grant programs and has been providing grants
under DERA since 2008. EPA launched the 2024 Clean Port Program in late
winter 2024, the 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program in early spring
2024, and the 2024 DERA grant program in summer 2024, and is overseeing
the 2023 Clean School Bus Grantees, who began reporting in mid-2024.
While these programs each have unique statutory requirements, there
are key aspects that unite them as mobile source emissions reduction
efforts, and by combining them as a cohort of programs under one ICR,
EPA aims to enrich data quality across our programs and to ease burden
on applicants and
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awardees considering applying for multiple programs and agency staff
overseeing multiple programs. Additionally, collecting data via these
program-specific, fillable data templates will enhance the Agency's
oversight of these projects as directed by Congress. Further, doing so
will also provide critical real-world performance data that the Agency
would not otherwise be able to procure, which can inform future
research and policy decisions related to OTAQ's mission to protect
human health and the environment by reducing air pollution and
greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources and advancing clean fuels
and technology.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are those interested in applying for grants under EPA's
CSB, DERA, Clean Heavy Duty, and Clean Ports programs and include but
are not limited to the following NAICS (North American Industry
Classification System) codes: 23 Construction; 482 Rail Transportation;
483 Water Transportation; 484 Truck Transportation; 485 Transit and
Ground Passenger Transportation; 4854 School and Employee Bus
Transportation; 48831 Port and Harbor Operations; 61111 Elementary and
Secondary Schools; 61131 Colleges, Universities, and Professional
Schools; 9211 Executive, Legislative, and Other Government Support; and
9221 Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for grant recipients.
Estimated number of respondents: 623 DERA, 267 CSB, 70 CHDV, and 55
Clean Ports Program respondents annually.
Frequency of response: Up to 4 annual responses per year the grant
is active.
Total estimated burden: 9,108 hours per year; 27,323 hours over ICR
Period. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $552,072 per year; $1,656,217 over ICR Period
which includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is revision results in a decrease of
38% of the original estimated temporal burden and 33% reduction in the
original estimated cost burden.
Michael Moltzen,
Acting Director, Transportation and Climate Division, Office of Air and
Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2024-31491 Filed 12-31-24; 8:45 am]
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