[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40867-40868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19268]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6408-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; General Administrative Requirements for
Assistance Programs
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 document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: General Administrative
Requirements for Assistance Programs, EPA ICR No. 0938.07, OMB Control
No. 2030-0020, expiration date September 30, 1999. 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 August 27, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or download a copy of the
ICR off the Internet at
http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0938.07.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs
(OMB Control No. 2030-0020; EPA ICR No. 0938.07, expiration date
September 30, 1999). This is a request for an extension 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 Higher Education,
Hospitals and Other Non-profit Organizations' and 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 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 03/25/99
(64 FR 14441). No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 31
hours per respondent. 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 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: Not-for-profit institutions,
individuals; state, local or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,623.
Frequency of Response: as required; varies.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 142,435 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost (non-labor) 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 EPA ICR No. 0938.07 and
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OMB Control No. 2030-0020 in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, 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: July 22, 1999.
Joseph Retzer, Director,
Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-19268 Filed 7-27-99; 8:45 am]
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