99-1257. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Construction Grants Program

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3088-3089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1257]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6221-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Construction Grants Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Construction Grants Program 
Information Collection Request, EPA ICR No. 0827.05, OMB Control Number 
2040-0027, Expiration: 02/28/99. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at [phone], by email at [e-mail], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 0827.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Construction Grants Program Information Collection Request, 
OMB Control No. 2040-0027, EPA ICR No. 0827.05, expiring 02/28/99. This 
is a request for an extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The purpose of this ICR is to revise and extend the 
current clearance for the collection of information under the EPA 
Construction Grants Program, 40 CFR Part 35, Subpart 1, and Title II of 
the Clean Water Act (CWA). The program includes reporting requirements 
for municipalities, Indian Tribes, and States. In this ICR, the 
reporting requirements for the Construction Grants Program are divided 
into three categories:
    1.  Requirements associated with new grant awards;
    2.  Requirements associated with project completions; and
    3.  Requirements imposed on States.
    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 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on May 1, 1998 
(63 FR 24174); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4.7 
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

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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: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60.
    Frequency of Response: Periodic, variable.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 76,752 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.00.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to the EPA ICR No. and OMB Control No. in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OP Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503

    Dated: January 13, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-1257 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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