[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15987-15988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04776]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OA-2010-0757; FRL-11806-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government 
Employees at the US Environmental Protection Agency (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), Confidential Financial Disclosure 
Form for Special Government Employees at the EPA (EPA ICR Number 
2260.08, OMB Control Number 2090-0029) 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, 2024. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on September 1, 2023 
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 April 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OA-2010-0757, to 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. 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: Gina Moore, Office of Inclusive 
Excellence, Federal Advisory Committee Management and Oversight 
Division, Mail Code 1601M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
566-0462, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through June 30, 2024. 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 1, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 18967). 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

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information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The purpose of this information collection request is to 
assist the EPA in selecting federal advisory committee members who will 
be appointed as Special Government Employees (SGEs), mostly to the 
EPA's scientific and technical committees. To select SGE members as 
efficiently and cost effectively as possible, the Agency needs to 
evaluate potential conflicts of interest before a candidate is hired as 
an SGE and appointed as a member to a committee.
    Agency officials developed the ``Confidential Financial Disclosure 
Form for Special Government Employees at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency,'' also referred to as Form 3110-48, for greater 
inclusion of information to discover any potential conflicts of 
interest as recommended by the Government Accountability Office.
    Form numbers: EPA Form 3110-48.
    Respondents/affected entities: Candidates for membership as SGEs on 
EPA federal advisory committees. SGEs are required to file a 
confidential financial disclosure report (Form 3110-48) when first 
appointed to serve on EPA federal advisory committees, and then 
annually thereafter. Committee members may also be required to update 
the confidential form before each meeting while they serve as SGEs.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to serve as an SGE on 
an EPA federal advisory committee (5 CFR 2634.903).
    Estimated number of respondents: 325 (total).
    Frequency of response: When first appointed to serve on an EPA 
advisory committee and annually thereafter. Committee members may also 
be required to update the confidential form before each meeting while 
they serve as SGEs.
    Total estimated burden: 325 hours per year (1 hour per respondent). 
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $88,400 (per year), includes $0 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, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-04776 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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