Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0246.09, OMB Control Number 2030-0016, 15717-15718 [E6-4567]

Download as PDF hsrobinson on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 29, 2006 / Notices www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the docket that are available electronically. When in the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then key in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication (Renewal). ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2006. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 for EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and 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 in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for flexible polyurethane foam fabrication were proposed on August 8, 2001 (66 FR 41729), and promulgated on April 14, 2003 (68 FR 18070). These standards apply to each existing, new, or reconstructed flexible polyurethane foam fabrication. For the purpose of the rule, flexible polyurethane foam fabrication is divided in the following two subcategories: (1) Loop slitter adhesive use, and (2) flame lamination. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make the following notification: (1) Initial notification, (2) notification of compliance status, and (3) notification of intent to conduct a performance test (flame lamination only). Affected sources must submit compliance reports, and a startup, shutdown, malfunction report. Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:39 Mar 28, 2006 Jkt 208001 duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction (flame lamination only). Annual compliance reports are only required for loop slitter facilities and semiannual compliance reports for flame lamination facilities. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the collection of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 89 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; to train personnel to respond to a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Owner or operator of each flexible polyurethane foam fabrication facility. Estimated Number of Respondents: 11. Frequency of Response: On occasion, annually, semiannually and initially. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,303. Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,004,834, which includes $997 annualized capital/startup costs, $1,674 annual O&M costs, and $1,002,163 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There was an increase of 11,092 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden hours from the most recently approved ICR is due, in part, to an increase of new sources. However, most of the burden increase is due to accounting for full compliance with the standard by all existing respondents. There is also an increase in the annual cost, which is PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15717 due to the revised hourly rates from the United States Department of Labor. There are no changes in the capital/ startup and operations and maintenance costs from the previous ICR. Dated: March 21, 2006. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–4566 Filed 3–28–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OARM–2005–0003; FRL–8050–5] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0246.09, OMB Control Number 2030–0016 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 28, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OARM–2005–0003 for Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0246.09, OMB Control Number 2030–0016, to (1) EPA online using https:// www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information Docket (OEI), Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nikki Burley, Policy and Oversight Service Center, Office of Acquisition Management, Mail Code 3802R, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 E:\FR\FM\29MRN1.SGM 29MRN1 hsrobinson on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES 15718 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 29, 2006 / Notices Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–9723 ; fax number: (202) 565–2552; e-mail address: burley.nikki@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On October 20, 2005 (70 FR 61124), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice. EPA has established a public dockets for this ICR under Docket ID number EPA–HQ–OARM–2005–0003, which is available for public viewing at the OEI Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is 202–566–1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available for online viewing at https://www.regulations.gov. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at https:// www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then key in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0246.09, OMB Control No. 2030–0016. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2006. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 for EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:39 Mar 28, 2006 Jkt 208001 approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. Abstract: At the completion of a cost reimbursement contract, contractors will report final costs incurred, including direct labor, materials, supplies, equipment, other direct charges, subcontracting, consultant fees, indirect costs, and fixed fee. Contractors will report this information on EPA Form 1900–10. EPA will use this information to reconcile the contractor’s costs. Establishment of the final costs and fixed fee is necessary to close out the contract. Responses to the information collection are mandatory for those contractors completing work under a cost reimbursement contract, and are required to receive final payment. Information submitted is protected from public release in accordance with the Agency’s confidentiality regulation, 40 CFR 2.201 et seq. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 minutes per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: All contractors who have completed an EPA cost reimbursement type contract will be required to submit EPA Form 1900– 10. Estimated Number of Respondents: 47. Frequency of Response: At contract completion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,500, which includes $0 annual capital/ startup costs, $500 annual O&M costs, and $3,000 annual labor costs. PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Changes in the Estimates: In the last OMB clearance, respondent burden hours were estimated at 163 hours per year. The current estimate is 32 hours per year for an overall decrease of 131 hours. The decrease in burden from the previous approval is due to the fact that EPA had a large backlog of expired contracts that the Agency actively closed out during that time, thus increasing the need for submitting the EPA form 1900–10. The requested burden estimate is consistent with EPA’s normal business activity for requiring the contractor’s cumulative claim and reconciliation. The time required to prepare each information collection has not changed since the last clearance. Dated: March 21, 2006. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–4567 Filed 3–28–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8051–3] Guidelines for the Award of Monitoring Initiative Funds Under Section 106 Grants to States, Interstate Agencies, and Tribes Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: SUMMARY: These guidelines describe the formula necessary for EPA to allot Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 106 water pollution control program grant funds that have been targeted in EPA’s appropriation process to support enhanced monitoring efforts by states, interstate agencies, and tribes for FY 2006 and beyond. These guidelines also describe the specific activities that states, interstate agencies, and tribes must carry out under the monitoring initiative in order to receive the funds. These activities will improve state and tribal capacity to monitor and report on water quality, and include two components: implementation of comprehensive monitoring strategies, including building capacity for statescale statistically-valid surveys of water condition, and collaboration on statistically-valid surveys of the nation’s waters. DATES: The guidelines are effective on March 29, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan Warren, Office of Water, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, 4503T, Environmental Protection E:\FR\FM\29MRN1.SGM 29MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2005-0003; FRL-8050-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim and 
Reconciliation (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0246.09, OMB Control Number 
2030-0016

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 28, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OARM-
2005-0003 for Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal), 
EPA ICR Number 0246.09, OMB Control Number 2030-0016, to (1) EPA online 
using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to 
oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information Docket (OEI), 
Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nikki Burley, Policy and Oversight 
Service Center, Office of Acquisition Management, Mail Code 3802R, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

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Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-9723 ; fax number: (202) 565-2552; e-mail address: 
burley.nikki@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On October 20, 2005 (70 FR 61124), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public dockets for this ICR under Docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OARM-2005-0003, which is available for public viewing at 
the OEI Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading 
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 
202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is 202-566-
1752. An electronic version of the public docket is available for 
online viewing at https://www.regulations.gov.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Contractor Cumulative Claim and Reconciliation (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0246.09, OMB Control No. 2030-0016.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2006. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: At the completion of a cost reimbursement contract, 
contractors will report final costs incurred, including direct labor, 
materials, supplies, equipment, other direct charges, subcontracting, 
consultant fees, indirect costs, and fixed fee. Contractors will report 
this information on EPA Form 1900-10. EPA will use this information to 
reconcile the contractor's costs. Establishment of the final costs and 
fixed fee is necessary to close out the contract. Responses to the 
information collection are mandatory for those contractors completing 
work under a cost reimbursement contract, and are required to receive 
final payment. Information submitted is protected from public release 
in accordance with the Agency's confidentiality regulation, 40 CFR 
2.201 et seq.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 
minutes per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: All contractors who have completed 
an EPA cost reimbursement type contract will be required to submit EPA 
Form 1900-10.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 47.
    Frequency of Response: At contract completion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,500, which includes $0 annual 
capital/startup costs, $500 annual O&M costs, and $3,000 annual labor 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: In the last OMB clearance, respondent 
burden hours were estimated at 163 hours per year. The current estimate 
is 32 hours per year for an overall decrease of 131 hours. The decrease 
in burden from the previous approval is due to the fact that EPA had a 
large backlog of expired contracts that the Agency actively closed out 
during that time, thus increasing the need for submitting the EPA form 
1900-10. The requested burden estimate is consistent with EPA's normal 
business activity for requiring the contractor's cumulative claim and 
reconciliation. The time required to prepare each information 
collection has not changed since the last clearance.

    Dated: March 21, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-4567 Filed 3-28-06; 8:45 am]
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