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information about the electronic docket,
go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: NSPS for Small Municipal
Waste Combustors (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
1900.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0423.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on June 30, 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: These regulations apply to
small municipal waste combustors
(MWCs) commencing construction after
August 30, 1999, and small MWC units
that commenced reconstruction or
modification after June 6, 2001, that
combust greater than 35 tons per day
(tpd) but less than 250 tpd of municipal
solid waste. This information collection
is required as a result of the
implementation of the NSPS that are
being developed under the authority of
sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air
Act (CAA). The regulations require
initial notifications, performance tests,
and periodic reports. Owners or
operators are also required to maintain
records of the occurrence and duration
of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation of an
affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. Owners and operators of
small MWCs are required to measure,
record, and report emission rates and
operating parameters, follow good
combustion practices (GCP), and submit
a siting analysis. Owners or operators
subject to these regulations are required
to maintain records of measurements
and reports for at least five years.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 1,451 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;
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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 which have subsequently
changed; 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: Small
Municipal Waste Combustors.Estimated
Number of Respondents: 3.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
semiannually, annually, and on
occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
14,509.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$168,000, includes $66,000 annualized
capital costs and $102,000 in O&M
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 10,692 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. The decrease in burden hours
from the most recently approved ICR is
due to an adjustment. The decrease in
burden cost is due to a decrease in the
estimated number of additional sources
that will become subject to the standard
over the next three years, from one
additional source per year to one
additional source over the next three
years. The change in the capital costs
and operation and maintenance costs
also decreased due to a decrease in the
number of affected sources and a
decrease in the estimated number of
additional sources that will startup over
the next three years.
Dated: June 27, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Brownfields Program—
Revitalization Grantee Reporting
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2104.02,
OMB Control Number 2050–0192
Environmental Protection
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ACTION:
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Notice.
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 August 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–2005–0003, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to
superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, OSWER Docket,
5202T, 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:
Jennifer Wilbur, Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response (OSWER),
Office of Brownfields Cleanup and
Redevelopment (OBCR) 5105T, U.S.
EPA Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 566–2756; fax number:
(202) 566–2757; email address:
wilbur.jennifer@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 17, 2005 (70 FR 60335), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received two
comments during the comment period,
which are addressed in the ICR. Any
additional comments on this ICR should
be submitted to EPA and OMB within
30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–SFUND–2005–0003, which is
available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the OSWER 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 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Reading Room
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is 202–566–1744, and the telephone
number for the OSWER Docket is 202–
566–0276.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: Brownfields Program—
Revitalization Grantee Reporting
(Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.02,
OMB Control No. 2050–0192.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on August 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: The Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act (Pub. L. 107–118) (‘‘the Brownfields
Amendments’’) was signed into law on
January 11, 2002. The Act amends the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA), as amended, and
authorizes EPA to award grants to
States, tribes, local governments, and
other eligible entities to assess and clean
up brownfields sites. Under the
Brownfields Amendments, a
brownfields site means real property,
the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the
presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or
contaminant. For grant funding
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purposes, EPA uses the term
‘‘brownfields property(ies)’’
synonymously with the term
‘‘brownfields sites.’’ The Brownfields
Amendments authorize EPA to award
several types of grants to eligible entities
on a competitive basis.
Under subtitle A of the Small
Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act, States,
tribes, local governments, and other
eligible entities can receive assessment
grants to inventory, characterize, assess,
and conduct planning and community
involvement related to brownfields
properties; cleanup grants to carry out
cleanup activities at brownfields
properties; grants to capitalize revolving
loan funds and provide subgrants for
cleanup activities; and job training
grants to support the creation and
implementation of environmental job
training and placement programs. Under
subtitle C of the Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act, State and tribes can
receive grants to establish and enhance
their response programs. The grants
support activities necessary to establish
or enhance four elements of state and
tribal response programs and to meet
the public record requirements under
the statute. The four elements include:
(a) Timely survey and inventory of
brownfield sites in the State or in the
tribal land; (b) oversight and
enforcement authorities or other
mechanisms and resources; (c)
mechanisms and resources to provide
meaningful opportunities for public
participation; and (d) mechanisms for
approval of a cleanup plan and
verification and certification that
cleanup is complete. States and tribes
that receive funding under subtitle C
must establish a public record system
during the grant funding period unless
an adequate public record system is
already established.
Grant recipients have general
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements as a condition of their
grant that result in burden. A portion of
this reporting and record keeping
burden is authorized under 40 CFR
parts 30 and 31 and identified in the
EPA’s general grants ICR (OMB Control
Number 2030–0020). EPA requires
Brownfields program grant recipients to
maintain and report additional
information to EPA on the uses and
accomplishments associated with the
funded brownfields activities. EPA uses
several forms to assist grantees in
reporting the information and to ensure
consistency of the information
collected. EPA uses this information to
meet Federal stewardship
responsibilities to manage and track
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how program funds are being spent, to
evaluate the performance of the
Brownfields Cleanup and
Redevelopment Program, to meet the
Agency’s reporting requirements under
the Government Performance Results
Act, and to report to Congress and other
program stakeholders on the status and
accomplishments of the grants program.
This ICR addresses the burden
imposed on grant recipients that are
associated with those reporting and
recordkeeping requirements that are
specific to grants awarded under the
Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. This
ICR renewal modifies the annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden
under the previous ICR. The modified
burden reflects an increase in the
number of respondents subject to the
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, and improvements to the
reporting forms based on EPA’s
experience implementing the grant
program. Specifically, subtitle C grant
recipients are now subject to the
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements previously established for
subtitle A grant recipients. By using the
same form to report information on
grant activities, EPA is adopting a
streamlined approach that avoids
potential confusion among grant
recipients and allows the Agency to
collect and report program information
consistently across all brownfields
grants. EPA is also modifying the
reporting form to simplify and clarify
the reporting requirements, which will
improve the accuracy of information
reported and minimize the burden to
grant recipients.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 5 hours per
response for job training grant
recipients. The annual reporting and
record keeping burden for this
collection of information is estimated to
average 1.25 hours per response for
subtitle A assessment, cleanup, and
revolving loan fund grant recipients and
subtitle C grant recipients. 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
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requirements which have subsequently
changed; 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:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are States, tribes, local
governments, and certain nongovernmental organizations that apply
for and receive grants from EPA to
support the assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment of brownfields
properties.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
294.
Frequency of Response: Bi-annual for
subtitle C grant recipients; quarterly for
subtitle A grant recipients.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
8,683.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$547,000 includes $0 annualized capital
or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 1,363 hours in the total
estimated annual burden currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This is a
program change due to an expanded
number of respondents from the
inclusion of subtitle C grant recipients
into the information collection.
Dated: June 27, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Agency Information Collection
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Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Clay Ceramics
Manufacturing, EPA ICR Number
2023.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0513
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (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
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collection and the estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2005–0067, to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to:
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental
Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center, mail code 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at:
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:
Learia Williams, Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs
Division (CAMPD), Office of
Compliance, (Mail Code 2223A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
williams.learia@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 September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368),
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 docket
for this ICR under docket ID number
EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0067, which is
available for public viewing online at
https://www.regulations.gov, in person
viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center 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
Enforcement and Compliance Docket is
(202) 566–1927.
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
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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, 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 Clay Ceramics
Manufacturing.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
2023.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0513.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on June 30, 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 request for
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 48 CFR Chapter 15 and 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: The National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Clay Ceramics
Manufacturing were proposed on
July 22, 2002, and promulgated on May
16, 2003. These standards apply to each
new and existing clay ceramic
manufacturing facility that
manufactures pressed floor tile, pressed
wall tile, other pressed tiles, or
sanitaryware (e.g., sinks and toilets).
Clay ceramics facilities typically form,
dry, and fire tile or sanitaryware
products that are composed of clay,
shale, and various additives. Glazes are
applied to some tile and sanitaryware
products. The predominant hazardous
air pollutants (HAP) emitted from clay
ceramics manufacturing facilities
include hydrogen fluoride (HF),
hydrogen chloride (HCl), and metals
(antimony, arsenic, beryllium,
cadmium, chromium, cobalt, mercury,
manganese, nickel, lead, and selenium).
Owners, or operators of the affected
facilities must make the required initial
notifications, performance tests, and
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Brownfields Program--
Revitalization Grantee Reporting (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2104.02, OMB
Control Number 2050-0192
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 August 10,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2005-0003, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, OSWER Docket,
5202T, 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: Jennifer Wilbur, Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response (OSWER), Office of Brownfields Cleanup and
Redevelopment (OBCR) 5105T, U.S. EPA Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
(202) 566-2756; fax number: (202) 566-2757; email address:
wilbur.jennifer@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 17, 2005 (70 FR 60335), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received two comments during the
comment period, which are addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0003, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the OSWER 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 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
The telephone number for the Reading Room
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is 202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the OSWER Docket is 202-
566-0276.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: Brownfields Program--Revitalization Grantee Reporting
(Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.02, OMB Control No. 2050-0192.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 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: The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act (Pub. L. 107-118) (``the Brownfields Amendments'')
was signed into law on January 11, 2002. The Act amends the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA), as amended, and authorizes EPA to award grants to States,
tribes, local governments, and other eligible entities to assess and
clean up brownfields sites. Under the Brownfields Amendments, a
brownfields site means real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or
reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence
of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. For grant funding
purposes, EPA uses the term ``brownfields property(ies)'' synonymously
with the term ``brownfields sites.'' The Brownfields Amendments
authorize EPA to award several types of grants to eligible entities on
a competitive basis.
Under subtitle A of the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act, States, tribes, local governments, and
other eligible entities can receive assessment grants to inventory,
characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community involvement
related to brownfields properties; cleanup grants to carry out cleanup
activities at brownfields properties; grants to capitalize revolving
loan funds and provide subgrants for cleanup activities; and job
training grants to support the creation and implementation of
environmental job training and placement programs. Under subtitle C of
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act,
State and tribes can receive grants to establish and enhance their
response programs. The grants support activities necessary to establish
or enhance four elements of state and tribal response programs and to
meet the public record requirements under the statute. The four
elements include: (a) Timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites
in the State or in the tribal land; (b) oversight and enforcement
authorities or other mechanisms and resources; (c) mechanisms and
resources to provide meaningful opportunities for public participation;
and (d) mechanisms for approval of a cleanup plan and verification and
certification that cleanup is complete. States and tribes that receive
funding under subtitle C must establish a public record system during
the grant funding period unless an adequate public record system is
already established.
Grant recipients have general reporting and recordkeeping
requirements as a condition of their grant that result in burden. A
portion of this reporting and record keeping burden is authorized under
40 CFR parts 30 and 31 and identified in the EPA's general grants ICR
(OMB Control Number 2030-0020). EPA requires Brownfields program grant
recipients to maintain and report additional information to EPA on the
uses and accomplishments associated with the funded brownfields
activities. EPA uses several forms to assist grantees in reporting the
information and to ensure consistency of the information collected. EPA
uses this information to meet Federal stewardship responsibilities to
manage and track how program funds are being spent, to evaluate the
performance of the Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment Program, to
meet the Agency's reporting requirements under the Government
Performance Results Act, and to report to Congress and other program
stakeholders on the status and accomplishments of the grants program.
This ICR addresses the burden imposed on grant recipients that are
associated with those reporting and recordkeeping requirements that are
specific to grants awarded under the Small Business Liability Relief
and Brownfields Revitalization Act. This ICR renewal modifies the
annual reporting and recordkeeping burden under the previous ICR. The
modified burden reflects an increase in the number of respondents
subject to the reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and
improvements to the reporting forms based on EPA's experience
implementing the grant program. Specifically, subtitle C grant
recipients are now subject to the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements previously established for subtitle A grant recipients. By
using the same form to report information on grant activities, EPA is
adopting a streamlined approach that avoids potential confusion among
grant recipients and allows the Agency to collect and report program
information consistently across all brownfields grants. EPA is also
modifying the reporting form to simplify and clarify the reporting
requirements, which will improve the accuracy of information reported
and minimize the burden to grant recipients.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5
hours per response for job training grant recipients. The annual
reporting and record keeping burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.25 hours per response for subtitle A
assessment, cleanup, and revolving loan fund grant recipients and
subtitle C grant recipients. 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
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requirements which have subsequently changed; 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: Entities potentially affected by
this action are States, tribes, local governments, and certain non-
governmental organizations that apply for and receive grants from EPA
to support the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields
properties.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 294.
Frequency of Response: Bi-annual for subtitle C grant recipients;
quarterly for subtitle A grant recipients.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,683.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $547,000 includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,363 hours in
the total estimated annual burden currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This is a program change due to an
expanded number of respondents from the inclusion of subtitle C grant
recipients into the information collection.
Dated: June 27, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-10836 Filed 7-10-06; 8:45 am]
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