[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26686-26688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12934]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0078; FRL-8913-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Brownfields Program--
Revitalization Grantee Reporting (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2104.03, OMB 
Control No. 2050-0192

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

[[Page 26687]]


DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 6, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2009-0078, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov 
(our preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by 
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 
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: Rachel Lentz, Office of Brownfields 
and Land Revitalization, (5105-T), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
202-566-2745; fax number: 202-566-1476; 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 February 6, 2009 (74 FR 6286), 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 docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ -SFUND-2009-0078, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Superfund in 
the Docket EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Superfund Docket is 202-566-
9744.
    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, confidential business information (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: Brownfields Program--Revitalization Grantee Reporting 
(Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.03, OMB Control No. 2050-0192.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2009. 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: The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 
Revitalization Act (Pub. L. 107-118) was signed into law on January 11, 
2002. The Act amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended, and authorizes 
EPA to award grants to states, tribes, local governments, and other 
eligible entities to assess and clean up brownfields sites. EPA 
requires Brownfields program grant recipients to report information to 
EPA on the uses and accomplishments associated with the funded 
brownfields activities. EPA uses this information to meet Federal 
stewardship responsibilities to manage and track how program funds are 
being spent, to evaluate the performance of the Brownfields Cleanup and 
Redevelopment Program, to meet the Agency's reporting requirements 
under the Government Performance Results Act, and to report to Congress 
and other program stakeholders on the status and accomplishments of the 
grants program.
    This ICR addresses the burden imposed on grant recipients that are 
associated with those reporting and recordkeeping requirements that are 
specific to grants awarded under the Small Business Liability Relief 
and Brownfields Revitalization Act. This ICR renewal modifies the 
annual reporting and recordkeeping burden under the previous ICR. The 
modified burden reflects an increase in the number of respondents 
subject to the reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and 
improvements to the reporting forms based on EPA's experience 
implementing the grant program. EPA is also modifying the reporting 
form to simplify and clarify the reporting requirements, which will 
improve the accuracy of information reported and minimize the burden to 
grant recipients.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 
hours per response for job training grant recipients, and 1.25 hours 
per response for subtitle A assessment, cleanup, and revolving loan 
fund and subtitle C grant recipients. 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 which have subsequently 
changed; 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: Local governments, Indian Tribes and 
non-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 544.
    Frequency of Response: Bi-annual for subtitle C grant recipients; 
quarterly for subtitle A grant recipients.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,550.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,584,479, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 7,867 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is primarily due to an additional 
$100 million in grant funding for the EPA Brownfields Program in the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the majority of which 
is going towards awarding approximately 200 additional grants in the 
first year of the ICR. EPA had to include these stimulus grantees into 
its ICR in order to collect Property Profile Form data or Job Training 
Form data to

[[Page 26688]]

measure environmental accomplishments.

    Dated: May 28, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-12934 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P