80 FR 45533 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Reporting in the FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Work Plan and Report Template; Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 146 (July 30, 2015)

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'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 2511.01 and OMB Control No. 2070-NEW. 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. EPA did not receive any comments in response to the previously provided public review opportunity issued in the Federal Register on January 2, 2015 (80 FR 40). A correction notice published on January 8, 2015 (80 FR 1029).

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45533-45534]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18669]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0479; FRL 9931-23-OEI]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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'' and identified by EPA ICR No. 2511.01 and OMB Control No. 
2070-NEW. 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. EPA did not receive any comments in response to the 
previously provided public review opportunity issued in the Federal 
Register on January 2, 2015 (80 FR 40). A correction notice published 
on January 8, 2015 (80 FR 1029).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 31, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0479, to both EPA and OMB as follows:
     To 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.
     To 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: Cameo G. Smoot, Field and External 
Affairs Division, (7605P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(703) 305-5454; 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

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public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    ICR status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
    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 documents the Paperwork burden of 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 No. 0938.18; OMB No. 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 new ICR provides OMB the burden assessment for 
collecting the same information in a different standardized electronic 
format for only the STAG grant program.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: State, local governments, tribes and 
U.S. territories. Entities potentially affected by this ICR are 
grantees of Federal funds participating in the FIFRA and STAG program.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (7 U.S.C. 136u and 40 
CFR parts 30 and 31).
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 81.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Estimated total burden: 6,318 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $233,280 (per year), includes no annualized 
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: This is a new ICR. Relative to the 
baseline annual burden for reporting general management grant reporting 
requirements approved under EPA ICR No. 0938.18; OMB No. 2030-0020, the 
overall annual burden increase for FIFRA program specific activities is 
6,318 hours, or 78 hours per respondent annually. This change documents 
the incremental burden for reporting FIFRA grant program specific 
activities (e.g., 5,700 environmental enforcement and endangered 
species activities) and provides conservative projection for program 
growth. This is a program change.

     Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-18669 Filed 7-29-15; 8:45 am]
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