[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 [email protected], 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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