[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18245-18246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7321]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2011-0997, FRL-9514-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim and 
Reconciliation (Renewal)

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 26, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OARM-
2011-0997, 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 (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: Holly Hubbell, Office of 
Administration and Resources Management (3802R), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-1091; email 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 December 28, 2011 (76 FR 81490), 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-OARM-2011-0997, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OEI Docket in 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 8:30 
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.
    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 public 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.
    Title: Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal).
    ICR number: EPA ICR No. 0246.11, OMB Control No. 2030-0016.
    ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 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, 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.

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    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 4 
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 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: All contractors who have completed 
an EPA cost reimbursement type contract.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 80 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,265.80, includes $264.00 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There are no changes to the total 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-7321 Filed 3-26-12; 8:45 am]
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