Notice2025-03337
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (Renewal)
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Published
February 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (EPA ICR Number 2002.09, OMB Control Number 2005-0003) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 28, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 30, 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 39 (Friday, February 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 10902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03337]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OEI-2011-0096; FRL-12645-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Cross-Media Electronic Reporting
Rule (EPA ICR Number 2002.09, OMB Control Number 2005-0003) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 28,
2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on September 30, 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 March 31, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OEI-2011-0096, 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#95f1faf6fef0e1cafaf8e6d5f0e5f4bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3a7aca0a8a6b79cacaeb083a6b3a2eda4acb5">[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: Nathan Wilkes, Office of Information
Management, Office of Mission Support (2824T), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-566-0335; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8bfce2e7e0eef8a5e5eaffe3eae5cbeefbeaa5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ff8e6e3e4eafca1e1eefbe7eee1cfeaffeea1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through February 28, 2025. 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 September 30, 2024 during a 60-day comment period 89 FR 79583. 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 scope of this ICR is the electronic reporting
components of the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR),
which is designed to: (i) allow EPA to comply with the Government
Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998; (ii) provide a uniform, technology-
neutral framework for electronic reporting across all EPA programs;
(iii) allow EPA programs to offer electronic reporting as they become
ready for CROMERR; and (iv) provide states with a streamlined process--
together with a uniform set of standards--for approval of their
electronic reporting provisions for all their EPA-authorized programs.
Responses to the collection of information are voluntary. In order to
accommodate CBI, the information collected must be in accordance with
the confidentiality regulations set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B.
Additionally, EPA will ensure that the information collection
procedures comply with the Privacy Act of 1974 and the OMB Circular
108.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities that report electronically
to EPA and state or local government authorized programs; and state and
local government authorized programs implementing electronic reporting.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a
benefit (CROMERR was established to ensure compliance with the
Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA)).
Estimated number of respondents: 77,716 (total).
Frequency of response: On Occasion.
Total estimated burden: 65,319 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,614,717 (per year), which includes
$1,283,547 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 81,985 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. The decrease in respondent burden can be attributed
primarily to two reasons. First, a decrease in the number of direct
reporters that will register with EPA's electronic document receiving
system. Second, a decrease in the number of indirect reporters that
will comply with paper subscriber agreement and ESA provisions
associated with systems with SCS solutions. Both estimates are based on
data from CDX. Thus, the Agency believes that the revised estimates
accurately reflect the number of respondents.
The overall change in respondent burden is considered an
``adjustment,'' because it results from changes in the respondent
universe and hourly burden estimates used in the development of the
ICR.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-03337 Filed 2-27-25; 8:45 am]
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