[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18027-18028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08514]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0418; FRL-9989-70-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submitted to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting in the FIFRA 
Cooperative Agreement Work Plan and Report Template (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): Reporting in the FIFRA Cooperative 
Agreement Work Plan and Report Template (EPA ICR Number 2511.02 and OMB 
Control No. 2070-0198). The ICR, which is available in the docket along 
with other related materials, provides a detailed explanation of the 
collection activities and the burden estimate that is only briefly 
summarized in this document. This is a request to renew the approval of 
an existing ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2019. 
EPA previously provided a 60-day public review opportunity via the 
Federal Register on September 28, 2018. With this submission, EPA is 
providing an additional 30 days for public review.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0418, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 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 
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. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Siu, Field and External 
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0159; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in 
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William 
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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.
    ICR status: This is a request to renew the approval of an existing 
ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2019. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. With 
this submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days for public 
review.
    Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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 for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 
part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR covers the activities and estimated burden and 
costs associated with the electronic collection of information for the 
pre-award burden activity for creating a work plan and the post-award 
and after-the-grant award activities related to reporting 
accomplishments to implement EPA's Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG) 
program (7 U.S.C 136u). This ICR augments the ICR entitled ``EPA's 
General Regulation for Assistance Programs ICR'' (EPA Number 0938.18; 
OMB Number 2030-0020) which accounts for the current PRA burden for the 
minimum management requirements for all recipients of EPA grants or 
cooperative agreements (assistance agreements). This ICR covers the 
FIFRA program specific activities associated with using a standardized

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electronic format for only the STAG program reporting and 
recordkeeping.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are state, local governments, Indian tribes, and U.S. 
territories that are grantees of Federal funds participating in the 
FIFRA STAG program. The corresponding North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS) codes for respondents include: 9241 
(Administration of Environmental Quality programs); and 92115 (American 
Indians and Alaska Native Tribal Governments).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 81.
    Frequency of response: Biannually.
    Estimated total burden: 26,195 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $2,102,179 (per year), includes no 
annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no increase over the currently 
approved ICR in terms of the per event annual paperwork burden hours 
for grantees to use the FIFRA grant template (i.e., 46.15 hours). 
However, the total burden has increased by 19,877 hours (from 6,318 
hours currently approved, to 26,195 hours) because the Agency estimates 
now reflect the potential for all recipients to use the reporting tool 
and instructions. In addition, the burden cost in this ICR has 
increased relative to the previous ICR due to updating the wages (from 
2012 to 2017) and using the fully loaded wage rate. In the previous 
ICR, the unloaded wage rate was used. These changes are discussed in 
more detail in the ICR and qualify as an adjustment.

    Dated: April 19, 2019.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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