[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47985-47986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19790]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6845-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Business Ownership Representation

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: Business Ownership 
Representation, EPA ICR No. 1962.01, this is a new collection. 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 September 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR 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 and refer to EPA ICR No. 1962.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Leigh Pomponio at EPA by phone at (202) 
564-4364 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Business Ownership Representation, OMB No. not yet assigned, 
EPA ICR No. 1962.01. This is a new collection.
    Abstract: EPA will request that contractors selected for award 
reply to the Business Ownership Representation clause by checking the 
appropriate box to indicate the ethnic affiliation of the company 
ownership. EPA will use the collected information in aggregate to 
encourage full participation in the contractor selection process by 
identifying business communities that are under-represented in Agency 
awards, and sponsoring outreach efforts in those areas. Responses to 
the collection of information are voluntary, and responses will be 
treated as confidential business information in accordance with 40 CFR 
2.201 et seq. 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 04/24/00 
(65 FR 21763). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 
minutes per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended

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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 transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Large and small business receiving 
contracts from EPA.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 240.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $0.
    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. 1962.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave, NW, 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 30, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-19790 Filed 8-30-00; 8:45 am]
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