[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12051-12052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4601]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2011-0748, FRL-9512-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Monthly Project Reports (Renewal)

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, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OARM-2011-0748, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental 
Information Docket, 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: Tom Valentino, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Mail Code 3802R, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On 27 October 2011 (76 FR 66715), 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 
number EPA-HQ-OARM-2011-0748, which is available for public viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 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 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 Office of Environmental Information Docket is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
    Titles: Monthly Progress Reports (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1039.13, OMB Control No. 2030-0005.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012. 
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,

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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: Agency contractors who have cost reimbursable, time and 
material, labor hour, or indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity fixed 
rate contracts will report the technical and financial progress of the 
contract on a monthly basis. EPA will use this information to monitor 
the contractors' progress under the contract. Responses to the 
information collection are mandatory for contractors, and are required 
for the contractors to receive monthly payments. Information submitted 
is protected from public release in accordance with the Agency's 
confidentiality regulations, 40 CFR 2.201 et seq.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 25 
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: The majority of respondents fall 
into one of the following NAICS codes: 511210 for prepackaged computer 
software, 541511 for computer processing services, 54170 for computer-
related services, and 541620 for environmental consulting services.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 203.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 60,900.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,391,258.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 4,872 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. Collection activity hours have decreased since 
the last clearance due mainly to improved tracking software and 
increasing familiarity with EPA reporting requirements.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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