Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; BEACH Act Grants (Renewal), 25257-25258 [2019-11348]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 105 / Friday, May 31, 2019 / Notices agreements to conduct activities allowed under both assessment and cleanup cooperative agreements; cooperative agreements to capitalize revolving loan funds and provide subgrants for cleanup activities; areawide planning cooperative agreements to develop revitalization plans for brownfields; and environmental workforce and development job training and placement programs. Under subtitle C of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, states and tribes can receive cooperative agreements to establish and enhance their response programs through the four elements and meet the public record requirements under the statute. Cooperative agreement recipients (‘‘recipients’’) have general reporting and record keeping requirements as a condition of their cooperative agreement that result in burden. A portion of this reporting and record keeping burden is authorized under 2 CFR part 1500 and identified in the EPA’s general grants ICR (OMB Control Number 2030–0020). EPA requires Brownfields program recipients to maintain and report additional information to EPA on the uses and accomplishments associated with funded brownfields activities. EPA uses several forms to assist recipients 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 Land Revitalization 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 program. Form Numbers: 6200–03, 6200–04, 6200–14, 6200–17. Respondents/affected entities: State/ local/tribal governments; Non-Profits. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Required to obtain or Retain Benefits (2 CFR part 1500). Estimated number of respondents: 5,438 (total). Frequency of response: Bi-annual for subtitle C recipients; quarterly for subtitle A recipients. Total estimated burden: 5,765 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $667,181 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,888 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:42 May 30, 2019 Jkt 247001 OMB. This increase is partially the result of adding the new Program Activity Levels Form for 128(a) recipients to fill out annually. The remainder of the burden increase is the result of an overall increase in wages and the large increase in the number of responses submitted to ACRES annually due to more grants being awarded. Even with this increase, respondents indicated that improvements in the ACRES reporting system and increased familiarity with the program lead to a lower burden per individual entry. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–11350 Filed 5–30–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 25257 EIS No. 20190120, Final, BIA, WI, Beloit Fee-to-Trust and Casino Project, Review Period Ends: 07/01/2019, Contact: Scott Doig 612–725–4514. EIS No. 20190121, Final, BIA, CA, Tule River Indian Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Eagle Mountain Casino Relocation Project, Review Period Ends: 07/01/ 2019, Contact: Chad Broussard 916– 978–6165. EIS No. 20190122, Final, USACE, NY, East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay Reformulation, Atlantic Coast of New York, Review Period Ends: 07/01/2019, Contact: Peter Weppler 917–790–8634. Dated: May 28, 2019. Candi Schaedle, Acting Director, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 2019–11381 Filed 5–30–19; 8:45 am] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BILLING CODE 6560–50–P [ER–FRL–9045–1] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information 202– 564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa/ . Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 05/20/2019 Through 05/24/2019. Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. Notice: Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters on EISs are available at: https:// cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ action/eis/search. EIS No. 20190116, Final, FRA, VA, DC to Richmond Southeast High Speed Rail, Review Period Ends: 07/01/2019, Contact: John A. Winkle 202–493– 6067. EIS No. 20190117, Final, NOAA, MD, Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary Designation Final Environmental Impact Statement and Final Management Plan, Review Period Ends: 07/01/2019, Contact: Paul Orlando 240–460–1978. EIS No. 20190118, Final, USFWS, WA, Skookumchuck Wind Energy Project Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan and Incidental Take Permit for Marbled Murrelet, Bald Eagle, and Golden Eagle Lewis and Thurston Counties, Washington, Review Period Ends: 07/01/2019, Contact: Curtis Tanner 360–753–4326. EIS No. 20190119, Draft, BLM, OR, Draft Southeastern Oregon RMP/EIS, Comment Period Ends: 08/28/2019, Contact: Brent Grasty 541–473–3144. PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [EPA–HQ–OW–2015–0641; FRL–9992–40– OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; BEACH Act Grants (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), BEACH Act Grants (EPA ICR Number 2048.06, OMB Control Number 2040– 0244) 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 July 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 21, 2018, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 1, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OW–2015–0641, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1 khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES 25258 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 105 / Friday, May 31, 2019 / Notices Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Bone, OW, 4305T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564–5257; email address: bone.tracy@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 information about EPA’s public docket, visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. Abstract: The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act amends the Clean Water Act (CWA) in part and authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award BEACH Act Program Development and Implementation Grants to coastal and Great Lakes states, tribes, and territories (collectively referred to as jurisdictions) for their beach monitoring and notification programs. The grants assist those jurisdictions to develop and implement a consistent approach to monitor recreational water quality; assess, manage, and communicate health risks from waterborne microbial contamination; notify the public of pollution occurrences, and post beach advisories and closures to prevent public exposure to microbial pathogens. To qualify for a BEACH Act Grant, a jurisdiction must submit information to the EPA documenting that its beach monitoring and notification program is consistent with performance criteria outlined in the National Beach Guidance and Required Performance Criteria for Grants, 2014 Edition. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are environmental and public health VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:42 May 30, 2019 Jkt 247001 agencies in coastal and Great Lakes states, territories, and tribes. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Required to obtain the grants as directed by the BEACH Act amendment to the CWA. Estimated number of respondents: 39 (total). Frequency of response: Annual; however, the Agency encourages more frequent reporting to provide more upto-date information to the public. Total estimated burden: 88,569 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $14,865,812 (per year), includes $11,063,780 (per year) operation & maintenance costs. There are no capital costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,707 hours in the total respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to the respondents no longer needing to prepare and submit schedules for the adoption of new or revised water quality standards (WQS) and identification and use of a beach notification threshold (BNT). The EPA no longer requests respondents submit these schedules because they are using BNTs or alternate BNTs and have either adopted new or revised WQS or are in the process of doing so. This decrease in hours is partially offset by one additional tribe having qualified for a BEACH grant. The total respondent cost decreased by $587,496. The decrease in cost is partially offset by slight increases in the salary rates. The O&M decreased by $289,366 due to a reduction in the total number of beaches. The number of beaches reported by the jurisdictions varies from year to year for many reasons. Reasons for removing beaches include the destruction of beaches by natural disasters, change in beach ownership, and existing beaches being combined within a jurisdiction’s monitoring and notification program. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–11348 Filed 5–30–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0014; FRL–9993–41] Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ACTION: Notice. In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide product registrations and to amend certain product registrations to terminate uses. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been cancelled and uses terminated only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order. DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 1, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0014, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Information Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. ATTN: Christopher Green. • Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/ dockets. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Information Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 347–0367; email address: green.christopher@epa.gov. E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 105 (Friday, May 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25257-25258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11348]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0641; FRL-9992-40-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; BEACH Act Grants (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), BEACH Act Grants (EPA ICR Number 
2048.06, OMB Control Number 2040-0244) 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 July 31, 2019. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on November 21, 2018, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given 
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2015-0641, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental

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Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Bone, OW, 4305T, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-564-5257; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
information about EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health 
(BEACH) Act amends the Clean Water Act (CWA) in part and authorizes the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award BEACH Act Program 
Development and Implementation Grants to coastal and Great Lakes 
states, tribes, and territories (collectively referred to as 
jurisdictions) for their beach monitoring and notification programs. 
The grants assist those jurisdictions to develop and implement a 
consistent approach to monitor recreational water quality; assess, 
manage, and communicate health risks from waterborne microbial 
contamination; notify the public of pollution occurrences, and post 
beach advisories and closures to prevent public exposure to microbial 
pathogens. To qualify for a BEACH Act Grant, a jurisdiction must submit 
information to the EPA documenting that its beach monitoring and 
notification program is consistent with performance criteria outlined 
in the National Beach Guidance and Required Performance Criteria for 
Grants, 2014 Edition.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are environmental and public health agencies in coastal and 
Great Lakes states, territories, and tribes.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain the grants 
as directed by the BEACH Act amendment to the CWA.
    Estimated number of respondents: 39 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual; however, the Agency encourages more 
frequent reporting to provide more up- to-date information to the 
public.
    Total estimated burden: 88,569 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $14,865,812 (per year), includes $11,063,780 
(per year) operation & maintenance costs. There are no capital costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,707 hours in the 
total respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. This decrease is due to the respondents no longer needing to 
prepare and submit schedules for the adoption of new or revised water 
quality standards (WQS) and identification and use of a beach 
notification threshold (BNT). The EPA no longer requests respondents 
submit these schedules because they are using BNTs or alternate BNTs 
and have either adopted new or revised WQS or are in the process of 
doing so. This decrease in hours is partially offset by one additional 
tribe having qualified for a BEACH grant. The total respondent cost 
decreased by $587,496. The decrease in cost is partially offset by 
slight increases in the salary rates. The O&M decreased by $289,366 due 
to a reduction in the total number of beaches. The number of beaches 
reported by the jurisdictions varies from year to year for many 
reasons. Reasons for removing beaches include the destruction of 
beaches by natural disasters, change in beach ownership, and existing 
beaches being combined within a jurisdiction's monitoring and 
notification program.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-11348 Filed 5-30-19; 8:45 am]
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