8755
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
37
/
Tuesday,
February
25,
2003
/
Notices
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OEI
 
2002
 
0012,
OEI
 
2002
 
0013,
OEI
 
2002
 
0014;
FRL
 
7454
 
2]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
1039.10
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0005,
EPA
ICR
No.
1037.07,
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0007,
and
EPA
ICR
No.
0246.08,
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0016
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
the
following
three
continuing
Information
Collection
Requests
(
ICRs)
have
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
(
1)
Monthly
Progress
Reports,
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0005,
EPA
ICR
No.
1039.10,
(
2)
Oral
and
Written
Purchase
Orders,
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0007,
EPA
ICR
No.
1037.07;
and
(
3)
Contractor
Cumulative
Claim
and
Reconciliation,
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0016,
EPA
ICR
No.
0246.08.
The
ICRs,
which
are
abstracted
below,
describe
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
March
27,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
section.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Brian
K.
Long,
Policy,
Training
and
Oversight
Division,
Office
of
Acquisition
Management,
Mail
Code:
3802
 
R,
202
 
564
 
4737,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
202
 
564
 
4737;
fax
number:
202
 
565
 
2552;
e­
mail
address:
long.
brian@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
the
following
individual
continuing
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.12.
On
07/
26/
02
(
67
FR
48891),
EPA
sought
comments
on
the
ICRs
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
these
ICRs
under
Docket
ID
Nos.
OEI
 
2002
 
0012
(
Monthly
Progress
Reports),
OEI
 
2002
 
0013
(
Oral
and
Written
Purchase
Orders,
and
OEI
 
2002
 
0014
(
Contractor
Cumulative
Claim
and
Reconciliation,
which
are
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Office
of
Environmental
Information
(
OEI)
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
OEI
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
1752.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
e­
mail
to
oei.
docket.@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mail
Code:
28221T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
Mail
your
comments
to
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
Monthly
Progress
Reports
(
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0005,
EPA
ICR
No.
1039.10).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
02/
28/
03.
Under
the
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
Agency
contractors
who
have
cost
reimbursable,
time
and
material,
labor
hour,
or
indefinite
delivery/
indefinite
quantity
fixed
rate
contracts
will
report
the
technical
and
financial
progress
of
the
contract
on
a
monthly
basis.
EPA
will
use
this
information
to
monitor
the
contractor's
progress
under
the
contract.
Responses
to
the
information
collection
are
mandatory
for
contractors
performing
under
a
cost
reimbursement
contract,
and
are
required
to
receive
monthly
reimbursement.
Information
submitted
is
protected
from
public
release
in
accordance
with
the
Agency's
confidentiality
regulations,
40
CFR
2.201.
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15,
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
about
36
hours
per
response.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
Contractors
holding
cost
reimbursable
contracts
with
EPA.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
324.
Frequency
of
Response:
Monthly.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
140,940
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
10,403,160,
of
which
$
39,000
is
Operational
and
Maintenance.

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Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
37
/
Tuesday,
February
25,
2003
/
Notices
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
a
decrease
of
36,105
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
is
due
to
a
reduction
in
the
total
number
of
active
contracts
and
corresponding
responses
than
previously
reported.
Title:
Oral
and
Written
Purchase
Orders,
(
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0007,
EPA
ICR
No.
1037.07).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
02/
28/
03.
Under
the
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
When
EPA
has
a
requirement
for
supplies
or
services
and
the
value
of
same
is
under
the
simplified
acquisition
threshold,
the
Agency
solicits
verbal
or
written
quotes
from
potential
vendors.
Vendor
responses
are
voluntary
and
generally
consist
of
item
name,
unit
cost,
delivery
terms,
company
name,
small
business
status,
address,
phone
number,
and
point
of
contact.
The
Agency
uses
the
collected
information
to
make
award
decisions
and
obtain
needed
supplies
and
services.
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15,
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
15
minutes
per
response.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
Contractors
who
seek
to
provide
supplies
and
services
to
the
EPA
under
simplified
acquisition
procedures.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
28,462.
Frequency
of
Response:
1
per
year.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
7,116
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
136,618.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
a
decrease
of
2,257
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
decrease
is
solely
due
to
the
drop
in
the
number
of
purchase
orders
awarded
over
$
25,000.
In
addition,
the
number
of
purchase
orders
awarded
with
a
value
less
than
$
2,500
have
decreased
slightly
due
to
the
use
of
the
Government­
wide
commercial
purchase
cards.
Title:
Contractor
Cumulative
Claim
and
Reconciliation,
(
OMB
Control
No.
2030
 
0016,
EPA
ICR
No.
0246.08).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
02/
28/
03.
Under
the
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
At
the
completion
of
a
cost
reimbursement
contract,
contractors
will
report
final
costs,
incurred,
including
direct
labor,
materials,
supplies,
equipment,
and
other
direct
charges,
subcontracting,
consultant
fees,
indirect
costs,
and
fixed
fee.
Contractors
will
report
this
information
on
EPA
Form
1900
 
10.
This
form
will
be
used
to
reconcile
the
contractor's
costs.
Establishment
of
the
final
costs
and
fixed
fee
is
necessary
to
close­
out
the
contract,
and
is
required
to
receive
final
payment.
Information
submitted
is
protected
from
public
release
in
accordance
with
the
Agency's
confidentiality
regulation,
40
CFR
2.201
et
seq.
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15,
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
40
minutes
per
response.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
Contractors
holding
cost
reimbursable
contracts
with
the
Agency.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
247.
Frequency
of
Response:
Completion
of
contract.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
163
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
6,819
of
which
$
2,470
is
Operational
and
Maintenance.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
98
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
The
increase
is
solely
due
to
the
estimated
number
of
information
collected
based
on
a
large
quantity
of
contracts
closed
out
during
FY
2002.
EPA
expects
to
continue
to
close
out
contracts
at
a
high
volume.

Dated:
February
4,
2003.
Doreen
Sterling,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
4375
Filed
2
 
24
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7454
 
6]

Gulf
of
Mexico
Program
Management
Committee
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice
of
meeting.

SUMMARY:
Under
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act
(
Pub.
L.
92
 
463),
EPA
gives
notice
of
a
meeting
of
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
Program
(
GMP)
Management
Committee
(
MC).
DATES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
on
Wednesday,
March
12,
2003,
from
10
a.
m.
to
5:
30
p.
m.,
and
on
Thursday,
March
13,
2003,
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
1
p.
m.
ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Double
Tree
Hotel,
300
Canal
Street,
New
Orleans,
Louisiana.
(
1
 
888
 
874
 
9074)

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Gloria
D.
Car,
Designated
Federal
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