[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 82 (Friday, April 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22963-22964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09016]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2016-0762; FRL-10023-15-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; General Administrative Requirements for 
Assistance Programs (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), General Administrative 
Requirements for Assistance Programs (EPA ICR Number 0938.22, OMB 
Control Number 2030-0020) 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 April 30, 2021. In addition, this ICR includes EPA's 
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program as a result of the 
relocation of the DBE Program from the Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization to the Office of Grants and 
Debarment. The information collection activities for the DBE Program 
were previously covered under OMB Control Number 2090-0030. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 
6, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 
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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OARM-2016-0762, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to docket_oms@epa.gov, 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 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: Elizabeth January, Office of Grants 
and Debarment, National Policy, Training and Compliance Division, Mail 
Code: 3903R, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (617) 918-8655; fax number: 
(202) 565-2470; email address: January.Elizabeth@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain

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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 www.regulations.gov 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The information is collected from applicants and 
recipients of EPA assistance to monitor adherence to the programmatic 
and administrative requirements of the Agency's financial assistance 
program, which includes the Agency's DBE program. The information 
collected is used to make awards, pay recipients, and collect 
information on how Federal funds are being spent. EPA needs this 
information to meet its Federal stewardship responsibilities. This ICR 
renewal requests authorization for the collection of information under 
EPA's General Regulation for Assistance Programs, which establishes 
minimum management requirements for all recipients of EPA grants or 
cooperative agreements (assistance agreements). This ICR combines all 
of these requirements under OMB Control Number 2030-0020. The 
information required by these regulations will be used by EPA award 
officials to make assistance awards and assistance payments and to 
verify that the recipient is using Federal funds appropriately.
    Form Numbers:

EPA Form 190-F-04-001, ``EPA Payment Request''
EPA Form 190-F-05-001, ``Fellowship Stipend Payment Enrollment Form''
EPA Form 4700-4, ``Preaward Compliance Review Report for All Applicants 
and Recipients Requesting Federal Financial Assistance''
EPA Form 5700-52A, ``MBE/WBE Utilization Under Federal Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements''
EPA Form 5700-53, ``Lobbying and Litigation Certification for Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements''
EPA Form 5700-54, ``Key Contacts Form,'' and EPA Form 5700-54-2, ``Key 
Contacts Form for Multiple Principal Investigators''
EPA Form 5770-2, ``Fellowship Application''
EPA Form 5770-3, ``Fellowship Facilities and Commitment Statement''
EPA Form 5770-5, ``Agency Fellowship Certification''
EPA Form 5770-7, ``EPA Fellowship Activation Notice''
EPA Form 5770-8, ``Fellowship Agreement''
EPA Form 5770-9, ``Completion of Studies Notice''
EPA Form 6600-01, ``EPA Administrative and Financial Onsite Review 
Questionnaire''
EPA Form 6600-06, ``Certification Regarding Lobbying''
EPA Form 6600-08A, ``Certificate of Indirect Costs for State & Local 
Governments''
EPA Form 6600-08B, ``Lobbying Indirect Cost Certificate for Non-Profit 
Organizations'' and ``Certificate of Indirect Costs for Indirect (F&A) 
Cost Rate for Non-Profit Organizations''
EPA Form 6600-09, ``EPA Administrative Capability Questionnaire''
NCER Form 5, ``EPA Office of Research and Development Current and 
Pending Support''

    Respondents/affected entities: The primary recipients of EPA 
assistance agreements are State and local governments, Indian Tribes, 
educational institutions, and not-for-profit institutions.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain an 
assistance agreement (40 CFR part 30, 40 CFR part 31, and 40 CFR part 
33 for awards made prior to December 26, 2014, and 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 
1500, and 40 CFR part 33 for awards made after December 26, 2014).
    Estimated number of respondents: 3,048 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion, quarterly, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 94,606 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $6,054,791 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 4,482 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. The increase is partially due to the incorporation of 
burden into this ICR associated with the relocation of the DBE Program 
from OSDBU to OGD. EPA also made adjustments to the estimated number of 
respondents for each of the requirements included in the ICR and to the 
burden hour estimates for three of the requirements.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-09016 Filed 4-29-21; 8:45 am]
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