[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 34738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13947]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OMS-2020-0454; FRL-10025-79-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Public Health Emergency Workplace Response 
System (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), Public Health Emergency Workplace 
Response System (EPA ICR Number 2676.02, OMB Control Number 2030-0049) 
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 June 30, 
2021. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 12, 2020 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: Comments must be submitted on or before August 30, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OMS-2020-0454, online using 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. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Coogan, Office of Resource and 
Business Operations, Office of Mission Support, Environmental 
Protection Agency; telephone number: 202-564-1862; 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: Because of the substantial risk to life, safety, or 
health of the workforce and the public, EPA requests an emergency 
approval to collect the necessary information from Federal employees, 
detailees, interns, volunteers, grantee recipients and contractors that 
perform work in EPA facilities to implement an effective COVID-19 
Contact Tracing program.
    Each item of information requested is based on CDC and industry 
best practice for Contact Tracing. This information is necessary to 
identify individuals in the workforce who are COVID-19 positive and to 
notify and trace persons in the workforce who were in close contact 
with the COVID-19 positive employee. Including contractors, interns, 
grantees, and volunteers, enables EPA to capture the total workforce 
and take appropriate action.
    The following information will be collected for COVID Contact 
Testing:

--Name;
--Work location;
--Contact information;
--Supervisor;
--Health status;
--Close contacts (as defined by CDC) when in the office; and
--Building and floors visited during period of possible transmission 
(as defined by CDC).

    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: EPA's Contract Tracing Program 
participants, including detailees, interns, volunteers, grantee 
recipients and contractors.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 250 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once.
    Total estimated burden: 63 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $0 (per year), which includes annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-13947 Filed 6-29-21; 8:45 am]
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