98-1530. Agency Information Collection Activities: Cooperative Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions; Submissions for OMB Review, Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3322-3323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1530]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5951-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Cooperative Agreements 
and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions; 
Submissions for OMB Review, Comment Request

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: Cooperative Agreements and 
State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions (OMB Control #2010-0020, 

 --02/28/98).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at [phone], by e-mail at [e-mail], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer 
to EPA ICR No. 1487.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Cooperative Agreements and Superfund contracts for Superfund 
Response Actions (OMB Control No. 2010-0020; EPA-ICR No. 1487.06) 
expiring 02/28/98. This is a request for an extension of a currently 
approved Information Collection Request (ICR).

Abstract

    This ICR authorizes the collection of information under EPA's 
Superfund Rule (40 CFR, part 35, subpart O) that establishes the 
administrative requirements for the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)--funded cooperative 
agreements for State, local and Federally recognized Indian tribal 
government response actions. The regulation also codifies the 
administrative requirements for Superfund State Contracts for non-State 
lead remedial responses. This regulation includes only those provisions 
as mandated by CERCLA, required by OMB Circulars, or added by EPA to 
ensure sound and effective financial assistance management. The 
information is collected from applicants/recipients of EPA assistance 
and used to make awards, pay recipients

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and collect information on how Federal funds are being spent. EPA needs 
the information to meet its Federal stewardship responsibilities. 
Recipient responses are required to obtain a benefit (federal funds) 
under 40 CFR part 31, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.'' 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 49 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal Register 
Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on 07/02/97 (vol. 62, No. 127, 
pg. 35803; no comments were received).

Burden Statement

    The annual reporting and record keeping burden for this collection 
of information is estimated to average [10] hours per response. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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 purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing 
information, processing 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: 500.
    Frequency of Response: As required.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,000.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: 5,000$36/hr=$180,000.00.
    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 EPA ICR No. 1487.06 and OMB Control No. 2010-0020--in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460
    and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 727 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20502

    Dated: January 15, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1530 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45 am]
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