[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 39712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14480]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7225-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): General 
Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs, EPA ICR No. 
0938.09, OMB Control No. 2030-0020, expiration December 31, 2002. 
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 31, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to William G. Hedling, Office of 
Grants and Debarment, Grants Administration Division, U.S. EPA, Ronald 
Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 2004, 
Mailstop 3903R, or E-mailed to [email protected], and refer to 
EPA ICR No. 0938.09.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William G. Hedling at (202) 564-5377, 
FAX at (202) 565-2468, or E-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which apply for EPA assistance.
    Title: General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs; 
OMB Control No. 2030-0020; EPA ICR No. 0938.09 expiring December 31, 
2002.
    Abstract: The information is collected from applicants/recipients 
of EPA assistance to monitor adherence to the programmatic and 
administrative requirements of the Agency's financial assistance 
program. It is used to make awards, pay recipients, and collect 
information on how Federal funds are being spent. EPA needs this 
information to meet its Federal stewardship responsibilities. This 
Information Collection Request (ICR) renewal requests authorization for 
the collection of information under EPA's General Regulation for 
Assistance programs, which establishes minimum management requirements 
for all recipients of EPA grants or cooperative agreements (assistance 
agreements). Recipients must respond to these information requests to 
obtain and/or retain a benefit (Federal funds). 40 CFR part 30, 
``Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, 
Hospitals and Other Non-profit Organizations,'' includes the management 
requirements for potential grantees from non-profit organizations. 40 
CFR part 31, ``Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments,'' includes the 
management responsibilities for potential state and local government 
grantees. These regulations include only those provisions mandated by 
statute, required by OMB Circulars, or added by EPA to ensure sound and 
effective financial assistance management. The OMB Form 83-I associated 
with this ICR combines all of these requirements under OMB Control 
Number 2030-0020. The information required by these regulations will be 
used by EPA award officials to make assistance awards and assistance 
payments and to verify that the recipient is using Federal funds 
appropriately to comply with OMB Circulars A-21, A-87, A-102, A-110, A-
122, A-128, and A-133, which set forth the pre-award, post-award, and 
after-the-grant requirements. 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 EPA would like to solicit comments in order to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The annual record keeping burden for this 
collection is estimated to average 181 hours per application. The 
estimated annual number of respondents is approximately 4,000. The 
estimated total burden hours on respondents is 722,050 hours. The 
frequency of collection is as required. 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.

    Dated: June 3, 2002.
Betty G. Utterback,
Acting Director, Grants Administration Division.
[FR Doc. 02-14480 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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