[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15717-15718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4567]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2005-0003; FRL-8050-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim and 
Reconciliation (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0246.09, OMB Control Number 
2030-0016

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 28, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OARM-
2005-0003 for Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal), 
EPA ICR Number 0246.09, OMB Control Number 2030-0016, to (1) EPA online 
using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to 
[email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information Docket (OEI), 
Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
and (2) OMB by mail 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: Nikki Burley, Policy and Oversight 
Service Center, Office of Acquisition Management, Mail Code 3802R, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

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Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-9723 ; fax number: (202) 565-2552; 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 October 20, 2005 (70 FR 61124), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public dockets for this ICR under Docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OARM-2005-0003, 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/DC 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 for 
online viewing at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0246.09, OMB Control No. 2030-0016.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2006. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: At the completion of a cost reimbursement contract, 
contractors will report final costs incurred, including direct labor, 
materials, supplies, equipment, other direct charges, subcontracting, 
consultant fees, indirect costs, and fixed fee. Contractors will report 
this information on EPA Form 1900-10. EPA will use this information to 
reconcile the contractor's costs. Establishment of the final costs and 
fixed fee is necessary to close out the contract. Responses to the 
information collection are mandatory for those contractors completing 
work under a cost reimbursement contract, and are required to receive 
final payment. Information submitted is protected from public release 
in accordance with the Agency's confidentiality regulation, 40 CFR 
2.201 et seq.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 
minutes 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: All contractors who have completed 
an EPA cost reimbursement type contract will be required to submit EPA 
Form 1900-10.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 47.
    Frequency of Response: At contract completion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,500, which includes $0 annual 
capital/startup costs, $500 annual O&M costs, and $3,000 annual labor 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: In the last OMB clearance, respondent 
burden hours were estimated at 163 hours per year. The current estimate 
is 32 hours per year for an overall decrease of 131 hours. The decrease 
in burden from the previous approval is due to the fact that EPA had a 
large backlog of expired contracts that the Agency actively closed out 
during that time, thus increasing the need for submitting the EPA form 
1900-10. The requested burden estimate is consistent with EPA's normal 
business activity for requiring the contractor's cumulative claim and 
reconciliation. The time required to prepare each information 
collection has not changed since the last clearance.

    Dated: March 21, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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