[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60849-60850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25769]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2018-0229; FRL-9985-08-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 (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Monthly Progress Reports (EPA ICR 
Number 1039.15, OMB Control Number 2030-0005) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through December 31, 2018. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 13, 2018, 
during a 60-day comment period. 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 December 27, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OARM-2018-0229, 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

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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: Appropriate 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, 
on a monthly basis the Agency 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: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private sector.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 48 CFR 1552.211.
    Estimated number of respondents: 337 (total).
    Frequency of response: Monthly.
    Total estimated burden: 97,056 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $9,074,736 (per year), includes $50,550 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 19,650 hours 
(97,056-77,406) in the total estimated respondent burden compared with 
the ICR currently approved by OMB because there are approximately 337 
contracts and orders requiring response in 2018 instead of only 266 in 
2014. This figure has increased to 337 due in part to shorter-value and 
shorter-length contracts being awarded due to budget uncertainty; e.g., 
continuing funding resolutions, sequestration budget cuts.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-25769 Filed 11-26-18; 8:45 am]
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