ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
SFUND­
2003­
0004,
FRL­
]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities:
Proposed
Collection;
Comment
Request;
Brownfields
Program
Revitalization
Grantee
Reporting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
EPA
is
planning
to
submit
the
following
proposed
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB):
Brownfields
Program
­
Revitalization
Grantee
Reporting,
EPA
ICR
Number
2104.01.
This
information
collection
request
applies
to
the
reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements
that
apply
to
recipients
of
assessment,
revolving
loan
fund,
cleanup
and
job
training
grants
awarded
under
subtitle
A
of
the
Small
Business
Liability
Relief
and
Brownfields
Revitalization
Act
(
Public
Law
107­
118).

Before
submitting
the
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval,
EPA
is
soliciting
comments
on
specific
aspects
of
the
proposed
information
collection
as
described
below.

DATES:
Comments
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
[
INSERT
DATE
60
DAYS
AFTER
PUBLICATION
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER].

ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
James
Maas,
Office
of
Solid
Waste
and
Emergency
Response
(
OSWER),
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment
(
OBCR)

5105T,
U.
S.
EPA
Headquarters,
Ariel
Rios
Building,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW,

Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
566­
2778;
fax
number:
(
202)
566­
2757;

email
address:
maas.
james@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
number
SFUND­
2003­
0004,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
OSWER
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
OSWER
Docket
is
(
202)

566­
0276.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
obtain
a
copy
of
the
draft
collection
of
information,
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
within
60
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
superfund.
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
OSWER
Docket,
5202T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460.

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
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.

Affected
entities:
Entities
potentially
affected
by
this
action
are
states,
tribes,
local
governments,
and
certain
non­
governmental
organizations
that
apply
for
and
receive
grants
from
EPA
to
support
the
cleanup
and
redevelopment
of
brownfields
properties.

Title:
Brownfields
Program
­
Revitalization
Grantee
Reporting
Information
Collection
Request;
(
OMB
Control
Number
2050­
NEW;
EPA
ICR
Number
2104.01).

Abstract:
The
Small
Business
Liability
Relief
and
Brownfields
Revitalization
Act
(
Public
Law
107­
118)
("
the
Brownfields
Amendments")
was
signed
into
law
on
January
11,
2002.
The
Act
amends
the
Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation,
and
Liability
Act
(
CERCLA),
as
amended,
and
authorizes
EPA
to
award
grants
to
states,
tribes,
local
governments,

and
other
eligible
entities
to
assess
and
clean
up
brownfields
sites.
Under
the
Brownfields
Amendments,
a
brownfields
site
means
real
property,
the
expansion,
redevelopment,
or
reuse
of
which
may
be
complicated
by
the
presence
or
potential
presence
of
a
hazardous
substance,

pollutant,
or
contaminant.
For
grant
funding
purposes,
EPA
uses
the
term
"
brownfields
property(
ies)"
synonymously
with
the
term
"
brownfields
sites."
The
Brownfields
Amendments
authorize
EPA
to
award
several
types
of
grants
to
eligible
entities
on
a
competitive
basis.
Under
subtitle
A
of
the
Small
Business
Liability
Relief
and
Brownfields
Revitalization
Act,
States,

tribes,
local
governments,
and
other
eligible
entities
can
receive
assessment
grants
to
inventory,

characterize,
assess,
and
conduct
planning
and
community
involvement
related
to
brownfields
properties;
cleanup
grants
to
carry
out
cleanup
activities
at
brownfields
properties;
grants
to
capitalize
revolving
loan
funds
and
provide
subgrants
for
cleanup
activities;
and
job
training
grants
to
support
the
creation
and
implementation
of
environmental
job
training
and
placement
programs.

Grant
recipients
have
general
reporting
and
record
keeping
requirements
as
a
condition
of
their
grant
that
result
in
burden.
A
portion
of
this
reporting
and
record
keeping
burden
is
authorized
under
40
CFR
Parts
30
and
31
and
identified
in
the
EPA's
general
grants
ICR
(
OMB
Control
Number
2030­
0020).
EPA
requires
Brownfields
program
grant
recipients
to
maintain
and
report
additional
information
to
EPA
on
the
uses
and
accomplishments
associated
with
the
funded
brownfields
activities.
EPA
has
prepared
several
forms
to
assist
grantees
in
reporting
the
information
and
to
ensure
consistency
of
the
information
collected.
EPA
will
use
this
information
to
meet
Federal
stewardship
responsibilities
to
manage
and
track
how
program
funds
are
being
spent,
to
evaluate
the
performance
of
the
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment
Program,
to
meet
the
Agency's
reporting
requirements
under
the
Government
Performance
Results
Act,
and
to
report
to
Congress
and
other
program
stakeholders
on
the
status
and
accomplishments
of
the
grants
program.
This
ICR
addresses
the
burden
imposed
on
grant
recipients
that
are
associated
with
those
reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements
that
are
specific
to
grants
awarded
under
Subtitle
A
of
the
Small
Business
Liability
Relief
and
Brownfields
Revitalization
Act.
This
ICR
does
not
address
the
burden
imposed
on
grant
recipients
who
are
awarded
grants
under
Subtitle
C
of
the
Small
Business
Liability
Relief
and
Brownfields
Revitalization
Act.

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.

The
EPA
would
like
to
solicit
comments
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).

Burden
Statement:
The
annual
reporting
and
record
keeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
7
hours
per
response
for
job
training
grant
recipients,
and
3.25
hours
per
response
for
assessment,
cleanup,
and
revolving
loan
fund
grant
recipients.

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.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
203.

Frequency
of
Response:
Quarterly.

Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
9866.

Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
291,733.

Dated:
________________

Linda
Garczynski,

Director,
Office
of
Brownfields
Cleanup
and
Redevelopment
Office
of
Solid
Waste
and
Emergency
Response
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