[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27073-27074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13576]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5512-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission 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 Information Collection Request
(ICR) for General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs
described below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The
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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 July 1, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, and refer to ERA ICR No. 0938.06.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .
Title: General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Program
(OMB Control No. 2030-0020; EPA ICR No. 0938.06. This is a request for
a revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The information is collected from applicants/recipients
of EPA assistance and is used to make awards, pay recipients 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 30, ``Grants and Agreements with Institutions of High Education,
Hospitals and Other Non-profit Organizations'' and 40 CFR Part 31,
``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative 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 of 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 03/22/96 (Vol. 61 No. 57 pg. 11834).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 32
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 transit or otherwise disclose the information:
Respondents/Affected Entities: Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,743.
Frequency of Response: as required.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 119,776 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $4,030,848,00.
Send comments on the agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods of
minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of automated
collection techniques to the following addresses. Please refer to EPA
ICR No. 0938.06 and OMB Control No. 2030-0020 in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE 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: May 23, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-13576 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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