[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29092-29093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14459]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5516-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities Up for Renewal; Monthly
Progress Reports.
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 EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): Monthly Progress Reports, OMB Control
Number 2030-0005. 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 August 6, 1996.
.ADDRESSES: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition
Management (3802F), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.
Attention: Edward N. Chambers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward N. Chambers. (202) 260-6028 /
FAX: (202) 260-1203 / [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
EPA contractors.
Title: Monthly Progress Reports, OMB Control Number 2030-0005,
expiration date 11-30-96.
Abstract: On a monthly basis, contractors are required to provide a
progress report detailing what was accomplished on the contract for
that period of time, what remains to be done, as well as a general
listing of expenditures for that period of time. This allows EPA to
monitor the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the work being
performed. Once the information is received, it is reviewed against
existing financial data, contractor deliverables, invoices, and agency
records for verification. These reports are prescribed under clauses in
EPA contracts.
Monthly progress reports contain confidential business information
and are protected from release in accordance with 40 CFR Part 2. No
sensitive information is required.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information
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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:
(i) to 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) to 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) to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(iv) to 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 burden for this collection is
estimated to average 516 hours for each Agency contract. This
represents an average of 43 hours for each monthly progress report.
Since EPA currently has 398 contracts requiring monthly progress
reports , the total annual burden for all respondents is estimated at
205,368 hours (398 contracts x 516 hours per contract). The total
number of responses is estimated at 4,776 (398 contracts x 12 months).
The annual cost of this collection for each contract is estimated at
$34,308 ($2,859 per report x 12 months). The annual costs for all
respondents is estimated at $13,654,584 ($34,308 per contract x 398
contracts).
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; to 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; to adjust the
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and
requirements; to train personnel to be able to respond to a collection
of information; to search data sources; to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Dated: May 31, 1996.
Susan Kantrowitz,
Acting Director, Policy, Training and Oversight Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14459 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]
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