[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50184-50185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24597]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7071-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Cooperative Agreements and Superfund Response 
Actions

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: Cooperative Agreements and 
Superfund Contracts for Superfund Response Actions, OMB Control Number 
2050-0179, expiring September 30, 2001. 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 November 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1487.07 and OMB 
Control No. 2050-0179, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

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. 1487.07. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Kirby Biggs at 703-573-8717.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Cooperative Agreements and Superfund Contracts for Superfund 
Response Actions, OMB Control number 2050-0179, EPA ICR number 1487.07, 
expiring September 30, 2001. This is an extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    Abstract: This ICR authorizes the collection of information under 
40 CFR part 35, subpart O, which establishes the administrative 
requirements for cooperative agreements funded under the Comprehensive 
Environmental

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Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for State, political 
subdivisions, and Federally recognized Indian tribal government 
response actions. This regulation also codifies the administrative 
requirements for Superfund State Contracts for non-State-lead remedial 
responses. This regulation includes only those provisions 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 and/or recipients of EPA assistance and is used to make 
awards, pay recipients, and collect information on how Federal funds 
are being spent. EPA requires this 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' and under 40 CFR part 35, State and Local 
Assistance.
    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 May 10, 
2001 (66 FR 23921); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 8.8 
hours per response. 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 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 Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 581.
    Frequency of Response: As needed.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5115 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M 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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1487.07 and OMB Control No. 2050-0179 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: September 24, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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