[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (202) 260-2740, by e-mail at [email protected], 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 [[Page 3323]] 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] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P