[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23544-23545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09837]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2011-0748; FRL-9924-62-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Monthly Progress Reports (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Monthly Progress Reports 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1039.14, OMB Control No. 2030-0005) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through May 31, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register (80 FR 6703) on February 6, 2015 during a 60-day 
comment period.

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This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A 
fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated 
burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 28, 2015.

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, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Valentino, Policy Training and 
Oversight Division, Office of Acquisition Management, (3802R), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-4522; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that 
the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this 
ICR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in 
person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center 
is 202-566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, 
visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Government surveillance of contractor performance is 
required to give reasonable assurance that efficient methods and 
effective cost controls are being used for various cost-reimbursable 
and fixed-rate contracts. Per 48 CFR 1552.211 regulations, the Agency 
on a monthly basis requires contractors to provide the Contracting 
Officer's Representative (COR) with a report detailing: a) what was 
accomplished on the contract for that period, b) expenditures for the 
same period of time, and c) what is expected to be accomplished on the 
contract for the next month. Responses to the information collection 
are mandatory for contractors and are required for the contractors to 
receive monthly payments.
    Form Numbers: 1900-68.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private contractors.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (48 CFR 1552.211).
    Estimated number of respondents: 266 (total).
    Frequency of response: Monthly.
    Total estimated burden: 77,406 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $7,207,568 (per year), includes $39,900 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 16,506 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This is due to an increase in the number of contracts 
that are being awarded.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-09837 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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