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Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Minority Business Enterprise/
Woman Business Enterprise (MBE/
WBE) Utilization Under Federal Grants,
Cooperative Agreements, and
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2090–0025
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ACTION: Notice.
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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 August 16, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OA–2006–0278, (1) to EPA online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to
oei.docket@epamail.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, MBE/WBE
Utilization Under Federal Grants,
Cooperative Agreements, and
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Interagency Agreements, Mailcode:
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:
Kimberly Y. Patrick, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization,
Mailcode: 1230N, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–564–5386; fax
number: 202–501–0139; e-mail address:
Patrick.Kimberly@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On April 3, 2006 (71 FR 16574), 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 No. EPA–
HQ–OA–2006–0278, which is available
for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Office of Environmental
Information 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 is 202–
566–1744, and the telephone number for
the Office of Environmental Information
Docket is 202–566–1752.
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, Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to www.regulations.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: Minority Business Enterprise/
Woman Business Enterprise (MBE/
WBE) Utilization Under Federal Grants,
Cooperative Agreements, and
Interagency Agreements (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2212.02,
OMB Control No. 2090–0025.
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: All EPA financial assistance
agreement recipients are required to
make good faith efforts to assure that
small, minority and women owned
businesses are used, when possible, as
sources of construction, services,
equipment, and supplies. The
completion and submission of EPA
Form 5700–52A is mandatory. The
information collected by EPA Form
5700–52A is used to compile data
concerning the utilization of minority
and women owned businesses as
contractors and subcontractors under
procurements funded by EPA financial
assistance agreements pursuant to
Executive Orders 11625, 12138, and
12432, and Public Laws 101–507 and
102–389. The effectiveness of EPA’s
MBE/WBE Program is measured through
this reporting requirement. The
modifications to the form were made to
simplify and shorten the form itself. The
instructions in the modified form also
provide more information about
questions frequently asked by
respondents.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 1.5 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;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
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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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 3600.
Frequency of response: Depending on
the type of financial assistance received,
respondents either report on an annual
or quarterly basis.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 2.5
average responses per year, including
annual and quarterly respondents.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
10,800.
Estimated total annual costs:
$548,532. This includes $0 annualized
capital startup costs, $0 annualized
O&M costs, and $548,532 annualized
labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The
estimates reflect an increase in
Respondent burden hours and costs due
to extra time needed to review the new
instructions for the form. Even though
we received no comments regarding the
form from our consultation efforts, or
from public comments, hours to gather
information to complete the form were
increased in response to past comments
about the form. The total change in
burden represents an increase from 1
burden hour to 1.5 burden hours.
Dated: July 8, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Notice of Intent for
Stormwater Discharges Associated
With Construction Activity Under a
NPDES General Permit, EPA ICR No.
1842.05, OMB Control No. 2040–0188
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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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. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on September 30, 2006. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB. This ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 16, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OW–2003–0011, to (1) EPA online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to owdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail
Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
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:
Lynn Stabenfeldt, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–564–0602; fax
number: 202–501–2399; e-mail address:
stabenfeldt.lynn@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 March 7, 2006 (71 FR 11401–11411),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received one set of comments on the
draft ICR. EPA’s response to those
comments is reflected in the ICR
supporting statement. 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–OW–2003–0011, which is available
for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
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
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holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Water
Docket is (202) 566–2426.
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 comments 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: Notice of Intent for Stormwater
Discharges Associated with
Construction Activity Under a NPDES
General Permit.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1842.05,
OMB Control No. 2040–0188.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on September 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, 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: EPA’s National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Permitting Program, as authorized by
the Clean Water Act (CWA), establishes
regulations for the discharge of
pollutants or combinations of pollutants
to waters of the United States, including
discharges of stormwater from
construction activities disturbing five
acres or more. The primary permitting
mechanism for construction site
operators is the Construction General
Permit (CGP), issued by EPA or a state
authorized to administer the NPDES
Program. To obtain coverage under the
CGP, a construction site operator must
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2006-0278; FRL-8197-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Minority Business Enterprise/
Woman Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) Utilization Under Federal Grants,
Cooperative Agreements, and Interagency Agreements (Renewal); EPA ICR
No. 2212.02, OMB Control No. 2090-0025
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 16,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2006-0278, (1) to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to oei.docket@epamail.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, MBE/WBE Utilization Under
Federal Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Interagency Agreements,
Mailcode: 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: Kimberly Y. Patrick, Office of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Mailcode: 1230N, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-564-5386; fax number: 202-501-0139; e-mail
address: Patrick.Kimberly@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 April 3, 2006 (71 FR 16574), 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
No. EPA-HQ-OA-2006-0278, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of
Environmental Information 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 is 202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Office of
Environmental Information Docket is 202-566-1752.
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, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Minority Business Enterprise/Woman Business Enterprise (MBE/
WBE) Utilization Under Federal Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and
Interagency Agreements (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2212.02, OMB Control No. 2090-0025.
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: All EPA financial assistance agreement recipients are
required to make good faith efforts to assure that small, minority and
women owned businesses are used, when possible, as sources of
construction, services, equipment, and supplies. The completion and
submission of EPA Form 5700-52A is mandatory. The information collected
by EPA Form 5700-52A is used to compile data concerning the utilization
of minority and women owned businesses as contractors and
subcontractors under procurements funded by EPA financial assistance
agreements pursuant to Executive Orders 11625, 12138, and 12432, and
Public Laws 101-507 and 102-389. The effectiveness of EPA's MBE/WBE
Program is measured through this reporting requirement. The
modifications to the form were made to simplify and shorten the form
itself. The instructions in the modified form also provide more
information about questions frequently asked by respondents.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5
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; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
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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.
The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 3600.
Frequency of response: Depending on the type of financial
assistance received, respondents either report on an annual or
quarterly basis.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent:
2.5 average responses per year, including annual and quarterly
respondents.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 10,800.
Estimated total annual costs: $548,532. This includes $0 annualized
capital startup costs, $0 annualized O&M costs, and $548,532 annualized
labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The estimates reflect an increase in
Respondent burden hours and costs due to extra time needed to review
the new instructions for the form. Even though we received no comments
regarding the form from our consultation efforts, or from public
comments, hours to gather information to complete the form were
increased in response to past comments about the form. The total change
in burden represents an increase from 1 burden hour to 1.5 burden
hours.
Dated: July 8, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11250 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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