[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8752-8753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4373]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OA-2003-0003; FRL-7453-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 0275.08 (OMB No. 2090-0014) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

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: Preaward Compliance Review 
Report for All Applicants Requesting Federal Financial Assistance. This 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 27, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Yorker, Title VI Team Leader, 
Office of Civil Rights, (MC 1201A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
202-564-7272; fax number: 202-501-1836; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for

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review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On September 27, 2002 (67 FR 61087), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OA-2003-0003, which is available for public viewing at the OEI 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is 
(202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available 
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 
EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of 
the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the 
public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Preaward Compliance Review Report for All Applicants 
Requesting Federal Financial Assistance (OMB Control No. 2090-0014, EPA 
ICR Number 0275.08). This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection that is scheduled to expire on 02/28/2003. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The information request and gathering is a part of the 
requirement of 40 CFR Part 7, ``Nondiscrimination in Programs Receiving 
Federal Assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency,'' at 40 
CFR 7.80. The Regulation implements statutes which prohibit 
discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex and 
handicap. This information is also required, in part, by the Department 
of Justice regulation, 28 CFR 42.406 and 28 CFR 42.407. The information 
is collected on a short form for grant and loan applicants as part of 
the application process. The EPA Director of Civil Rights manages the 
data collection through a regional component whom also carries out the 
data analysis and makes the recommendation on the respondent's ability 
to meet the requirements of the regulation, as well as the respondent's 
current compliance with the regulation. The information and analysis is 
of sufficient value for the Director to determine whether the 
application is in compliance with the regulation.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average \1/2\ 
hour 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, and tribal 
governments; universities, associations; and non-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,100.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,550.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $94,451, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.

    Dated: February 11, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-4373 Filed 2-24-03; 8:45 am]
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