Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a Council-Selected Restoration Component Award, 51890-51891 [2021-20066]

Download as PDF 51890 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 178 / Friday, September 17, 2021 / Notices North America, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (‘‘CDP’’). CDP administers the questionnaire annually on behalf of over 590 institutional investors, 200 major corporations, and several large governmental purchasing organizations in addition to GSA. CDP’s most recent annual survey was directed to over 20,000 companies, with over 9,600 electing to respond. Under previously approved information collection requests, GSA has directed CDP since 2017 to include several hundred major Federal contractors annually among its potential survey respondents. In accordance with 31 U.S. Code § 3512(c)(1)(b), GSA uses information received from these companies via CDP to inform and develop purchasing policies and contract requirements necessary to safeguard Federal assets against waste, loss, and misappropriation resulting from unmitigated exposure to supply chain energy market and environmental risks. GSA also uses the information in accordance with Executive Orders 13990, 14008, and 14030 to inform development of policies and programs to reduce climate risks and greenhouse gas emissions associated with federal procurement activities. For example, GSA has used CDP information in recent years to perform critical market research in connection with multi-billion-dollar strategic contracting efforts. In one case, GSA determined that data center facilities used by potential network infrastructure providers could be at risk due to flooding, extreme heat, or lack of available cooling water sources, placing Federal client operations at risk. In another case, GSA used information from the CDP survey to research potential contractors’ existing risk mitigation and greenhouse gas reduction practices and to design appropriate contract requirements to ensure that contractors assess and mitigate these risks and reduce greenhouse gases associated with their federal contract activities. In another case, GSA determined that energy savings practices available to potential information technology service providers could significantly lower their overhead costs and that this would likely reduce contract costs for GSA and other Federal agencies. GSA uses the information collected to research development of similar policies and programs and to verify contractor compliance with existing programs. B. Annual Burden Hours GSA expects to direct CDP to request voluntary survey responses from up to 500 large and medium-sized businesses VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:19 Sep 16, 2021 Jkt 253001 per year. Estimates of response time per respondent vary greatly depending on whether each requested respondent (a) elects not to respond; (b) responds, but would have responded to CDP regardless of GSA’s request (because the respondent was also requested to respond to CDP by other customer and/ or investor stakeholders); or (c) responds to CDP because of GSA’s request. Analysis of total response time is thus based on estimates for each of these categories. (a) Requested respondents who elect not to respond. Based on historical CDP response rates and GSA’s intended recipients, GSA estimates that 250 out of 500 annual requested respondents will be in this category. Hour burden for this category: 250 non-responses; time per respondent 0; total time 0. (b) Respondents who would have responded to CDP regardless of GSA’s request. These respondents will complete some or all of the collection instrument, but would have done so regardless of GSA’s request. In addition, some of these respondents will answer a small number of additional questions (requiring a small fraction of their overall response time to CDP) based on GSA’s request. In addition, all of these respondents will need to complete one additional question in order to direct CDP to share their responses with GSA. Based on historical CDP response rates and GSA’s intended recipients, GSA estimates that 220 out of 500 annual requested respondents will be in this category. Hour burden for this category: 220 responses; average time per respondent 5 minutes; total burden 18 hours. (c) Respondents who respond to CDP because of GSA’s request. These respondents may need to invest significant time drafting their responses and gathering facts, including searching and compiling existing data sources such as utility bills, and completing and reviewing the collection instrument. Based on historical CDP response rates and GSA’s intended recipients, GSA estimates that 30 out of 500 annual requested respondents will be in this category. Based on discussions with several dozen previous respondents to CDP’s questionnaire, as well as public input received in response to a related information collection request notice (see 82 FR 3794), time burden for this collection is estimated to average 120 hours per response. Hour burden for this category: 30 responses; average time per respondent 120 hours; total burden 3,600 hours. Based on the individual category response times above, the total estimated response burden for all 500 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 requested respondents is summarized below. Frequency: Annual. Affected Public: Federal contractors. Number of Respondents: 500. Responses per Respondent: 1. Total Annual Responses: 250. Estimated Time Per Respondent: 14.5. Total Burden Hours: 3,618. C. Public Comments Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary, whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Beth Anne Killoran, Deputy Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2021–20140 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–14–P GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL [Docket No.: 109132021–1111–03] Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a Council-Selected Restoration Component Award Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) publishes notice of proposed subawards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the Gulf of Mexico Conservation Enhancement Grant Program (GMCEGP), which is an approved project on the Initial Funded Priorities List. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send questions to Joshua Easton by email joshua.easton@ restorethegulf.gov or phone: (504) 252– 7717. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321(t)) (RESTORE Act) and Treasury’s implementing regulation at 31 CFR 34.401(b), require that, for purposes of SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17SEN1.SGM 17SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 178 / Friday, September 17, 2021 / Notices awards made under the CouncilSelected Restoration Component, a State or Federal award recipient may make a grant or subaward to or enter into a cooperative agreement with a nongovernmental entity that equals or exceeds ten (10) percent of the total amount of the award provided to the State or Federal award recipient only if certain notice requirements are met. Specifically, at least 30 days before the State or Federal award recipient enters into such an agreement, the Council must publish in the Federal Register and deliver to specified Congressional Committees the name of the recipient and subrecipient; a brief description of the activity, including its purpose; and the amount of the award. This notice accomplishes the Federal Register requirement. Description of Proposed Action As specified in the Initial Funded Priorities List, which is available on the Council’s website at Initial (2015) Funded Priorities List | Restore The Gulf, RESTORE Act funds in the amount of $2,472,917 to implement the Gulf of Mexico Conservation Enhancement Grant Program (GMCEGP) will be provided through an interagency agreement (IAA) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The GMCEGP will support the primary RESTORE Comprehensive Plan goal of restoring and conserving habitat. Under the GMCEGP Interagency Agreement, EPA will provide subawards to non-profit organizations in the amounts of $501,464 to the Atlanta Botanical Garden; $300,000 to the Galveston Bay Foundation; $250,000 to the Nature Conservancy; and $500,000 to the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation. Through these subawards, the GMCEGP will: (1) Enhance land protection and conservation in priority landscapes, (2) improve habitats and water quality; and (3) enhance the understanding of the benefit of land protection to communities through focused outreach and education supporting conservation and stewardship. Keala Hughes, Director of External Affairs and Tribal Relations. [FR Doc. 2021–20066 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–58–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:19 Sep 16, 2021 Jkt 253001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice of meeting and request for comment. AGENCY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board). This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. The public is welcome to submit written comments in advance of the meeting, to the contact person below. Written comments received in advance of the meeting will be included in the official record of the meeting. The public is also welcomed to listen to the meeting by joining the teleconference (information below). The audio conference line has 150 ports for callers. DATES: The meeting will be held on October 20, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., EDT. The public may submit written comments from September 17, 2021 through October 13, 2021. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Sherri Diana, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. Meeting Information: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1–866–659–0537; the pass code is 9933701. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated Federal Official, NIOSH, CDC, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C–24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: (513) 533–6800, Toll Free: 1 (800) CDC– INFO, Email: ocas@cdc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to advise the President on a variety of policy and technical functions required to implement and effectively manage the new compensation program. Key functions of the Advisory Board include providing advice on the development of probability of causation guidelines PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 51891 which have been promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final rule, advice on methods of dose reconstruction which have also been promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice on the scientific validity and quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts being performed for purposes of the compensation program, and advice on petitions to add classes of workers to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for funding, staffing, and operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which subsequently delegated this authority to the CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility for CDC. The Advisory Board’s charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, rechartered on March 22, 2020, and will terminate on March 22, 2022. Purpose: This Advisory Board is charged with (a) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction efforts performed for this program; and (c) upon request by the Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary on whether there is a class of employees at any Department of Energy facility who were exposed to radiation but for whom it is not feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and on whether there is reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the health of members of this class. Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on the following: Work Group and Subcommittee Reports; Update on the Status of SEC Petitions; and plans for the December 2021 Advisory Board Meeting. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. The Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Kalwant Smagh, Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2021–20150 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P E:\FR\FM\17SEN1.SGM 17SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 178 (Friday, September 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51890-51891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20066]


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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COUNCIL

[Docket No.: 109132021-1111-03]


Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a Council-Selected Restoration 
Component Award

AGENCY: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) 
publishes notice of proposed subawards from the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the Gulf of Mexico Conservation 
Enhancement Grant Program (GMCEGP), which is an approved project on the 
Initial Funded Priorities List.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please send questions to Joshua Easton 
by email [email protected] or phone: (504) 252-7717.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) of the 
Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and 
Revived Economies Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321(t)) (RESTORE Act) and 
Treasury's implementing regulation at 31 CFR 34.401(b), require that, 
for purposes of

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awards made under the Council-Selected Restoration Component, a State 
or Federal award recipient may make a grant or subaward to or enter 
into a cooperative agreement with a nongovernmental entity that equals 
or exceeds ten (10) percent of the total amount of the award provided 
to the State or Federal award recipient only if certain notice 
requirements are met. Specifically, at least 30 days before the State 
or Federal award recipient enters into such an agreement, the Council 
must publish in the Federal Register and deliver to specified 
Congressional Committees the name of the recipient and subrecipient; a 
brief description of the activity, including its purpose; and the 
amount of the award. This notice accomplishes the Federal Register 
requirement.

Description of Proposed Action

    As specified in the Initial Funded Priorities List, which is 
available on the Council's website at Initial (2015) Funded Priorities 
List [verbar] Restore The Gulf, RESTORE Act funds in the amount of 
$2,472,917 to implement the Gulf of Mexico Conservation Enhancement 
Grant Program (GMCEGP) will be provided through an interagency 
agreement (IAA) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 
The GMCEGP will support the primary RESTORE Comprehensive Plan goal of 
restoring and conserving habitat. Under the GMCEGP Interagency 
Agreement, EPA will provide subawards to non-profit organizations in 
the amounts of $501,464 to the Atlanta Botanical Garden; $300,000 to 
the Galveston Bay Foundation; $250,000 to the Nature Conservancy; and 
$500,000 to the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation. Through 
these subawards, the GMCEGP will: (1) Enhance land protection and 
conservation in priority landscapes, (2) improve habitats and water 
quality; and (3) enhance the understanding of the benefit of land 
protection to communities through focused outreach and education 
supporting conservation and stewardship.

Keala Hughes,
Director of External Affairs and Tribal Relations.
[FR Doc. 2021-20066 Filed 9-16-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-58-P
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