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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
AmeriCorps Program Life Cycle
Evaluation—Puerto Rico Bundled
Evaluation
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Corporation for National
and Community Service, operating as
AmeriCorps, has submitted a public
information collection request (ICR)
entitled AmeriCorps Program Life Cycle
Evaluation—Puerto Rico Bundled
Evaluation for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by
August 7, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
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for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation, may be
obtained by calling AmeriCorps, Dr.
Jehyra M. Asencio Yace, 202–956–9736,
or by email at jasencioyace@
americorps.gov.
The OMB
is particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of CNCS, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
• Propose ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Propose ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
A 60-day Notice requesting public
comment was published in the Federal
Register on March 26, 2024 at 89 FR
20952, with a comment period ending
May 28, 2024. No public comments
were received from that Notice.
Title of Collection: AmeriCorps
Program Life Cycle Evaluation—Puerto
Rico Bundled Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 3045–NEW.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and households (national
service members, national service
member alumni, community members),
businesses and organizations (grantee
and sponsor organization project
director and staff, partner organization
staff, non-supported organizations), and
State, local, or Tribal governments (the
Puerto Rico service commission staff).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 697 responses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 530 hours.
Abstract: The purpose of this
evaluation is to provide insight on the
context, implementation, and outcomes
of 13 AmeriCorps-supported
organizations in Puerto Rico with
AmeriCorps State and National formula
grants (funded through the Puerto Rico
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service commission, Comisión de
Voluntariado y Servicio Comunitario),
as well as those that have both
AmeriCorps State and National grants
and AmeriCorps VISTA projects. The
evaluation will also explore the
effectiveness of evaluation capacitybuilding workshops to be provided to
the bundle participants.
AmeriCorps will conduct a 15 month
long bundled evaluation of grantees and
sponsors in Puerto Rico. Bundling
combines programs and projects in a
similar place into a single evaluation.
The bundled evaluation will use
surveys, interviews, and focus groups
with a wide range of stakeholders,
including grantee and sponsor
organization project directors and staff,
national service members, national
service member alumni, community
members, partner organization staff,
non-supported organizations, and the
Puerto Rico service commission staff.
This is a new information collection.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. Comments are invited on: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, 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 purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able 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. All written comments will
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be available for public inspection on
regulations.gov.
Mary Hyde,
Director, Office of Research and Evaluation.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Adoption of Electric Vehicle
Charging Stations Categorical
Exclusion Under the National
Environmental Policy Act
Defense Threat Reduction
Agency (DTRA), Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Notice of adoption of categorical
exclusion.
AGENCY:
DTRA is adopting the
Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Electric
Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations
Categorical Exclusion (CE) under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) to use in DTRA programs and
funding opportunities administered by
DTRA. This notice describes the
categories of proposed actions for which
DTRA intends to use DOE’s CEs and
describes the consultation between the
agencies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sherry Davis, 703–767–7122,
sherry.j.davis3.civ@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Background
National Environmental Policy Act and
Categorical Exclusions
The NEPA, as amended at 42 U.S.C.
4321–4347, requires all Federal agencies
to assess the environmental impact of
their actions. Congress enacted NEPA in
order to encourage productive and
enjoyable harmony between humans
and the environment, recognizing the
profound impact of human activity and
the critical importance of restoring and
maintaining environmental quality to
the overall welfare of humankind (42
U.S.C. 4321, 4331). NEPA’s twin aims
are to ensure agencies consider the
environmental effects of their proposed
actions in their decision-making
processes and inform and involve the
public in that process (42 U.S.C. 4331).
NEPA created the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ), which
promulgated NEPA implementing
regulations, 40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508 (CEQ regulations).
To comply with NEPA, agencies
determine the appropriate level of
review—an Environmental Impact
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Statement (EIS), Environmental
Assessment (EA), or CE (42 U.S.C.
4336). If a proposed action is likely to
have significant environmental effects,
the agency must prepare an EIS and
document its decision in a record of
decision (42 U.S.C. 4336). If the
proposed action is not likely to have
significant environmental effects or the
effects are unknown, the agency may
instead prepare an EA, which involves
a more concise analysis and process
than an EIS (42 U.S.C. 4336). Following
the EA, the agency may conclude the
process with a finding of no significant
impact if the analysis shows that the
action will have no significant effects. If
the analysis in the EA finds that the
action is likely to have significant
effects, however, then an EIS is
required.
Under NEPA and the CEQ regulations,
a Federal agency also can establish
CEs—categories of actions that the
agency has determined normally do not
significantly affect the quality of the
human environment—in their agency
NEPA procedures (42 U.S.C. 4336(e)(1);
40 CFR 1501.4, 1507.3(e)(2)(ii),
1508.1(d)). If an agency determines that
a CE covers a proposed action, it then
evaluates the proposed action for
extraordinary circumstances in which a
normally excluded action may have a
significant effect (40 CFR 1501.4(b)). If
no extraordinary circumstances are
present or if further analysis determines
that the extraordinary circumstances do
not involve the potential for significant
environmental impacts, the agency may
apply the CE to the proposed action
without preparing an EA or EIS (42
U.S.C. 4336(a)(2), 40 CFR 1501.4). If the
extraordinary circumstances have the
potential to result in significant effects,
the agency is required to prepare an EA
or EIS.
Section 109 of NEPA, enacted as part
of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,
allows a Federal agency to ‘‘adopt’’ or
use another agency’s CEs for a category
of proposed agency actions (42 U.S.C.
4336(c)). To use another agency’s CEs
under section 109, an agency must
identify the relevant CEs listed in
another agency’s (‘‘establishing agency’’)
NEPA procedures that cover its category
of proposed actions or related actions;
consult with the establishing agency to
ensure that the proposed adoption of the
CE to a category of actions is
appropriate; identify to the public the
CE that the agency plans to use for its
proposed actions; and document
adoption of the CE.
This notice documents DTRA’s
adoption of DOE’s Electric Vehicle
Charging Stations CE under section 109
of NEPA to use in DTRA programs and
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funding opportunities administered by
DTRA Operating Administrations.
II. Identification of the Categorical
Exclusion
DOE’s EV Charging Stations CE
DOE’s EV charging stations CE is
codified in DOE’s NEPA procedures at
10 CFR part 1021, subpart D, appendix
B, B5.23. DOE provides clarification on
the meaning of the phrase, ‘‘previously
disturbed or developed’’ used in the CE
B5.23 at 10 CFR 1021.410(g)(1).
The DOE CE also includes additional
conditions referred to as integral
elements at 10 CFR part 1021, subpart
D, appendix B that should be
considered in order to apply the CE.
Proposed DTRA Category of Actions
DTRA intends to apply this CE to any
DTRA EV charging station project
undertaken directly by DTRA, to any EV
charger action requiring an approval by
DTRA, or to any project that is financed
in whole or in part through Federal
funds made available by DTRA
(including the National Electric Vehicle
Infrastructure Formula Program or the
Charging and Fueling Infrastructure
Discretionary Grant Program).
The CE allows for the installation,
modification, operation, and removal of
EV charging stations. DTRA will
consider each proposal for EV charging
stations to ensure that the proposal is
within the scope of the CE. DTRA
intends to apply this CE in a manner
consistent with DOE’s application—to
the same types of proposals (which have
included a wide variety of locations on
and off Federal property, differences in
local conditions, various numbers of EV
charging stations per proposal, and
different types of equipment and
technologies including Level 1, Level 2,
and DC Fast Charging stations).
III. Consideration of Extraordinary
Circumstances
When applying this CE, DTRA will
evaluate the proposals to ensure
evaluation of integral elements listed in
the DOE’s NEPA procedures at 10 CFR
part 1021, subpart D, appendix B. In
addition, when considering
extraordinary circumstances, DTRA will
consider whether the proposed action
has the potential to result in significant
effects as described at 10 CFR
1021.410(b)(2).
IV. Consultation With DOE and
Determination of Appropriateness
DTRA and DOE consulted on the
appropriateness of DTRA’s adoption of
the CE on September 26, 2023. DTRA
and DOE’s consultation included a
review of DOE’s experience developing
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; AmeriCorps Program Life Cycle Evaluation--Puerto Rico Bundled
Evaluation
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service, operating
as AmeriCorps, has submitted a public information collection request
(ICR) entitled AmeriCorps Program Life Cycle Evaluation--Puerto Rico
Bundled Evaluation for review and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by August 7, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling AmeriCorps, Dr.
Jehyra M. Asencio Yace, 202-956-9736, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB is particularly interested in
comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of CNCS,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions;
Propose ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
Propose ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments
A 60-day Notice requesting public comment was published in the
Federal Register on March 26, 2024 at 89 FR 20952, with a comment
period ending May 28, 2024. No public comments were received from that
Notice.
Title of Collection: AmeriCorps Program Life Cycle Evaluation--
Puerto Rico Bundled Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 3045-NEW. Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and households (national
service members, national service member alumni, community members),
businesses and organizations (grantee and sponsor organization project
director and staff, partner organization staff, non-supported
organizations), and State, local, or Tribal governments (the Puerto
Rico service commission staff).
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 697 responses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 530 hours.
Abstract: The purpose of this evaluation is to provide insight on
the context, implementation, and outcomes of 13 AmeriCorps-supported
organizations in Puerto Rico with AmeriCorps State and National formula
grants (funded through the Puerto Rico service commission,
Comisi[oacute]n de Voluntariado y Servicio Comunitario), as well as
those that have both AmeriCorps State and National grants and
AmeriCorps VISTA projects. The evaluation will also explore the
effectiveness of evaluation capacity-building workshops to be provided
to the bundle participants.
AmeriCorps will conduct a 15 month long bundled evaluation of
grantees and sponsors in Puerto Rico. Bundling combines programs and
projects in a similar place into a single evaluation. The bundled
evaluation will use surveys, interviews, and focus groups with a wide
range of stakeholders, including grantee and sponsor organization
project directors and staff, national service members, national service
member alumni, community members, partner organization staff, non-
supported organizations, and the Puerto Rico service commission staff.
This is a new information collection.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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 purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able 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. All written comments will
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be available for public inspection on regulations.gov.
Mary Hyde,
Director, Office of Research and Evaluation.
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