Notice2025-01040
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant Program: Post-Award Reporting (New)
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Published
January 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant Program: Post-Award Reporting (EPA ICR Number 7781.01, 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 approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 6, 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 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4737-4738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01040]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2024-0235; FRL-12561-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant
Program: Post-Award Reporting (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 and Climate Justice
Community Change Grant Program: Post-Award Reporting (EPA ICR Number
7781.01, 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 approval of a new collection.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on
August 6, 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 February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OEJECR-2024-0235, 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#0f4b606c646a7b5040425c4f6a7f6e21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8ecc7cbc3cddcf7e7e5fbe8cdd8c986cfc7de">[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: Aarti Iyer, Office of the Chief
Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1a8b8a4b3efa0a0b3b5a881a4b1a0efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b62726e79256a6a797f624b6e7b6a256c647d">[email protected]</span></a>;
phone: 202-564-0214.
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 August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 63940). 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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes
competitive financial assistance awards to support projects that tackle
environmental, public health, and energy challenges across the country.
Historically, these investments have not reached communities and groups
who are overburdened by the effects of pollution, environmental
hazards, and climate change. To help get resources and funding to
underserved and overburdened communities, the Inflation Reduction Act
(IRA) created the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program
(ECJP)--the largest investment in environmental and climate justice in
U.S. history--when it was signed into law by President Biden on August
16, 2022. The Community Change Grants (CCG) are the final and most
comprehensive piece of EPA's implementation of ECJP IRA funding. The
CCG program will provide funding to communities and their partners to
design, develop, and implement multi-faceted, community-driven projects
to protect public health and the environment. With this Information
Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks approval to collect performance
information from CCG grantees via progress reports and final reports.
Collection of this information enables EPA to assess and manage the CCG
program, which ensures responsible stewardship of public funds;
rigorous evidence-based learning and improvement; and transparent
accountability to the American public.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Recipients of financial assistance
awards
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for recipients of
financial awards to obtain or retain a benefit (2 CFR parts 200 and
1500).
Estimated number of respondents: 105.
Frequency of response: Varies.
Total estimated burden: 9,100 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
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Total estimated cost: $521,339 (per year), including $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection, and so does not
involve any program changes or burden adjustments.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01040 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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