[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 81 (Thursday, April 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 25636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08873]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2022-0812; FRL-10933-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; State Review Framework (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), State Review Framework (EPA ICR 
Number 2185.08, OMB Control Number 2020-0031) 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 April 30, 2023. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 19, 
2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2020-0031, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or 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. 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: Dave Hoffman, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance, Office of Compliance, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-0725; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through April 30, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on September 19, 2022, during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 57193). 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 
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: The State Review Framework is an oversight tool designed 
to assess state performance in enforcement and compliance assurance. 
The Framework's goal is to evaluate state performance by examining 
existing data to provide a consistent level of oversight and develop a 
uniform mechanism by which EPA Regions, working collaboratively with 
their states, can ensure state environmental agencies consistently 
implement the national compliance and enforcement program to meet 
agreed-upon goals. Furthermore, the Framework is designed to foster 
dialogue on enforcement and compliance performance between states to 
enhance relationships and increase feedback, which will in turn lead to 
consistent program management and improved environmental results. This 
request will allow OECA to review and collect information from state 
and local agency enforcement and compliance files, to support the State 
Review Framework implementation from FY 2024 to FY 2027. It will also 
allow EPA to make inquiries to assess the State Review Framework 
process, including consistency achieved among the EPA Regions and 
states, resources required to conduct reviews, and overall 
effectiveness of the program.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States and localities and 
territories.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory (as part of program 
authorization under the Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Drinking Water and 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Acts).
    Estimated number of respondents: 213 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once every 5 years.
    Total estimated burden: 12,993 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $937,030 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 87 hours in the 
total estimated per-response burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to the addition of the safe 
drinking water act enforcement review pilot, which was not captured in 
the previous ICR. This pilot is not formally part of the SRF, but the 
Agency believes this ICR is an appropriate forum to collect input, due 
to their similarities in workload and purpose. At the conclusion of the 
pilot, the agency will review the program and if necessary, revise this 
ICR. In addition, there is an increase in the number of respondents 
from 54 to 213 due to inclusion of all media (CAA, CWA, RCRA and SDWA) 
for 50 states and 4 territories. Previous ICR's for this collection 
included a single response for each state/territory, whereas this ICR 
utilized a different methodology to capture the burden more accurately.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-08873 Filed 4-26-23; 8:45 am]
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