[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67904-67905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25817]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[SFUND-2004-0008, FRL-7840-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Cooperative Agreements and 
Superfund State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions (Renewal), EPA 
ICR Number 1487.08, OMB Control Number 2050-0179

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 
2004. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 22, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number SFUND-
2004-0008, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response (OSWER), Superfund Docket, Mail Code 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirby Biggs, Office of Emergency and 
Remedial Response, Mail Code 5204G, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
703-308-8506; fax number: 703-308-2358; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On July 2, 2004, (69 FR 40369), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number SFUND-2004-0008, which is available for public viewing at the 
Superfund 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 
Superfund Docket is (202) 566-0276. An electronic version of the public 
docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft 
collection of information, 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. 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

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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: Cooperative Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for 
Superfund Response Actions (Renewal).
    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 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for 
State, Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments, and political 
subdivision 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 under this 
regulation. 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 
utilized. 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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The estimated annual public reporting and 
recordkeeping burden for this collection is estimated to average 10.5 
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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are States, Federally-recognized Indian tribes and Tribal 
Consortia, and political subdivisions which apply to EPA for financial 
assistance under a Superfund cooperative agreement or a Superfund State 
Contract.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 581.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, On-occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,063 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $215,000, includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup and O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 948 hours from 
the most recently approved ICR. This increase is due to the correction 
of calculation errors in the prior ICR and revised Regional input.

    Dated: November 13, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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