Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Program Reporting Templates: Supplemental Project Application Template and Project Reporting Templates for Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), Clean School Bus (CSB), Clean Heavy Duty (CHD), and Clean Ports Grant Programs; EPA ICR No. 2793.02 OMB Control No. 2060-0754, 101-102 [2024-31491]
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American Industrial Classification
System (NAICS) codes identified in
question 12 of the ICR.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory, per FIFRA sections 4(i)(5)
and 33.
Estimated number of potential
respondents: 2,252.
Frequency of response: Annually and
on occasion.
Total estimated burden: 9,058 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated costs: $822,010 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an
increase in the number of respondents
by 369 and a corresponding increase of
518 hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with that
identified in the ICR currently approved
by OMB. There is also an increase in
costs for the regulated community by
$138,709. The increase in costs ae based
on updated BLS wage rates. These
changes are adjustments.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
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Transportation and Climate Division
(TCD) Grant Program Reporting
Templates: Supplemental Project
Application Template and Project
Reporting Templates for Diesel
Emission Reduction Act (DERA), Clean
School Bus (CSB), Clean Heavy Duty
(CHD), and Clean Ports Grant
Programs; EPA ICR No. 2793.02 OMB
Control No. 2060–0754
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a
revised information collection request
(ICR), ‘‘Transportation and Climate
Division (TCD) Grant Programs ICR’’
(EPA ICR No. 2793.02, OMB Control No.
2060–0754) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing
so, EPA is soliciting public comments
on specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described
below. This is a revision of ICR No.
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2793.01, which is currently approved
through April 30, 2027. 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: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2023–0492, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
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:
Timothy Thomas, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality,
(6406A), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 734–214–4465; fax number:
202–343–2803; email address:
thomas.tim.l@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
request for approval of a revised
collection. 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.
This notice allows 60 days for public
comments. 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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
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information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. The ICR package will be
submitted to OMB for review and
approval.
Abstract: This supporting statement is
for a revision to an existing Information
Collection Request (ICR) for four mobile
source related grant programs
administered by the Transportation and
Climate Division (TCD), within
Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) Office of Transportation and Air
Quality (OTAQ). These four programs
include: Diesel Emission Reduction Act
(DERA) Grant Program, Clean School
Bus (CSB) Grant Program, Clean HeavyDuty Vehicles (CHDV) Grant Program,
and Clean Ports Grant Program.
The EPA currently uses ICR No.
2060–0754 to collect information for
most major elements of grants
administration for these programs, but
to reflect the final program design and
to further ease the burden for
applicants, awardees, and Agency staff,
the Agency needs to update this ICR to
be able to use improved versions of
previously approved instruments and
collect information via 3 new reporting
instruments to reflect final program
design. This ICR revision aims to
enhance project reporting instruments
to ensure that the project reporting
templates align with the final program
design and requirements and
incorporate user feedback received
during the application period for the
CHDV and Clean Ports Grant Programs.
TCD uses approved procedures and
forms to collect necessary information
to operate its grant programs and has
been providing grants under DERA
since 2008. EPA launched the 2024
Clean Port Program in late winter 2024,
the 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Program in early spring 2024, and the
2024 DERA grant program in summer
2024, and is overseeing the 2023 Clean
School Bus Grantees, who began
reporting in mid-2024.
While these programs each have
unique statutory requirements, there are
key aspects that unite them as mobile
source emissions reduction efforts, and
by combining them as a cohort of
programs under one ICR, EPA aims to
enrich data quality across our programs
and to ease burden on applicants and
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awardees considering applying for
multiple programs and agency staff
overseeing multiple programs.
Additionally, collecting data via these
program-specific, fillable data templates
will enhance the Agency’s oversight of
these projects as directed by Congress.
Further, doing so will also provide
critical real-world performance data that
the Agency would not otherwise be able
to procure, which can inform future
research and policy decisions related to
OTAQ’s mission to protect human
health and the environment by reducing
air pollution and greenhouse gas
emissions from mobile sources and
advancing clean fuels and technology.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
those interested in applying for grants
under EPA’s CSB, DERA, Clean Heavy
Duty, and Clean Ports programs and
include but are not limited to the
following NAICS (North American
Industry Classification System) codes:
23 Construction; 482 Rail
Transportation; 483 Water
Transportation; 484 Truck
Transportation; 485 Transit and Ground
Passenger Transportation; 4854 School
and Employee Bus Transportation;
48831 Port and Harbor Operations;
61111 Elementary and Secondary
Schools; 61131 Colleges, Universities,
and Professional Schools; 9211
Executive, Legislative, and Other
Government Support; and 9221 Justice,
Public Order, and Safety Activities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory for grant recipients.
Estimated number of respondents:
623 DERA, 267 CSB, 70 CHDV, and 55
Clean Ports Program respondents
annually.
Frequency of response: Up to 4 annual
responses per year the grant is active.
Total estimated burden: 9,108 hours
per year; 27,323 hours over ICR Period.
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $552,072 per
year; $1,656,217 over ICR Period which
includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is
revision results in a decrease of 38% of
the original estimated temporal burden
and 33% reduction in the original
estimated cost burden.
Michael Moltzen,
Acting Director, Transportation and Climate
Division, Office of Air and Radiation.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Standards for Pesticide Containers
and Containment (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Standards for Pesticide Containers and
Containment (EPA ICR Number 1632.07
and OMB Control Number 2070–0133)
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through January 31, 2025.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
April 22, 2024. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
EPA, referencing Docket ID Number
EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0023, to EPA
online using https://
www.regulations.gov or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
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.
Submit written comments and
recommendations to OMB for the
proposed information collection 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.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carolyn Siu, Office of Program Support
(7602M), Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001;
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email address: siu.carolyn@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
request to renew the approval of an ICR
currently approved through January 31,
2025. 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.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
April 22, 2024, establishing a 60-day
comment period (89 FR 29323). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments. Supporting
documents, which explain in detail the
information collection activities and
related estimated burden and costs that
are summarized in this document, are
available in the docket. 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: This ICR covers the
information collection activities
associated with the pesticide container
design and residue removal
requirements and containment structure
requirements. With respect to the
container design and residue removal
requirements, the information collection
activities are associated with the
requirement that businesses subject to
the container regulations (pesticide
registrants) and repackaging regulations
(pesticide registrants and refillers)
maintain records of test data, cleaning
procedures, certain data when a
container is refilled, and other
supporting information. These records
are subject to both call-in by EPA and
on-site inspection by EPA and its
representatives. EPA has not established
a regular schedule for the collection of
these records, and there is no reporting.
With respect to the containment
structure requirements, the information
collection activities are associated with
the requirement that businesses subject
to the containment structure regulations
maintain records of the: (1) Monthly
inspection and maintenance of each
containment structure and all stationary
bulk containers; (2) Duration over which
non-stationary bulk containers holding
pesticide and not protected by a
secondary containment unit remain at
the same location; and (3) Construction
date of the containment structure. The
businesses subject to the containment
structure regulations include
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0492; FRL 12479-01-OAR]
Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Program Reporting
Templates: Supplemental Project Application Template and Project
Reporting Templates for Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), Clean
School Bus (CSB), Clean Heavy Duty (CHD), and Clean Ports Grant
Programs; EPA ICR No. 2793.02 OMB Control No. 2060-0754
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit a revised information collection request (ICR), ``Transportation
and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Programs ICR'' (EPA ICR No. 2793.02,
OMB Control No. 2060-0754) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a
revision of ICR No. 2793.01, which is currently approved through April
30, 2027. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before March 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2023-0492, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
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: Timothy Thomas, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, (6406A), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 734-214-4465; fax number: 202-343-2803; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a revised
collection. 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.
This notice allows 60 days for public comments. 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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) 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
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) 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, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The
ICR package will be submitted to OMB for review and approval.
Abstract: This supporting statement is for a revision to an
existing Information Collection Request (ICR) for four mobile source
related grant programs administered by the Transportation and Climate
Division (TCD), within Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office
of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ). These four programs include:
Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) Grant Program, Clean School Bus
(CSB) Grant Program, Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles (CHDV) Grant Program,
and Clean Ports Grant Program.
The EPA currently uses ICR No. 2060-0754 to collect information for
most major elements of grants administration for these programs, but to
reflect the final program design and to further ease the burden for
applicants, awardees, and Agency staff, the Agency needs to update this
ICR to be able to use improved versions of previously approved
instruments and collect information via 3 new reporting instruments to
reflect final program design. This ICR revision aims to enhance project
reporting instruments to ensure that the project reporting templates
align with the final program design and requirements and incorporate
user feedback received during the application period for the CHDV and
Clean Ports Grant Programs.
TCD uses approved procedures and forms to collect necessary
information to operate its grant programs and has been providing grants
under DERA since 2008. EPA launched the 2024 Clean Port Program in late
winter 2024, the 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program in early spring
2024, and the 2024 DERA grant program in summer 2024, and is overseeing
the 2023 Clean School Bus Grantees, who began reporting in mid-2024.
While these programs each have unique statutory requirements, there
are key aspects that unite them as mobile source emissions reduction
efforts, and by combining them as a cohort of programs under one ICR,
EPA aims to enrich data quality across our programs and to ease burden
on applicants and
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awardees considering applying for multiple programs and agency staff
overseeing multiple programs. Additionally, collecting data via these
program-specific, fillable data templates will enhance the Agency's
oversight of these projects as directed by Congress. Further, doing so
will also provide critical real-world performance data that the Agency
would not otherwise be able to procure, which can inform future
research and policy decisions related to OTAQ's mission to protect
human health and the environment by reducing air pollution and
greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources and advancing clean fuels
and technology.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are those interested in applying for grants under EPA's
CSB, DERA, Clean Heavy Duty, and Clean Ports programs and include but
are not limited to the following NAICS (North American Industry
Classification System) codes: 23 Construction; 482 Rail Transportation;
483 Water Transportation; 484 Truck Transportation; 485 Transit and
Ground Passenger Transportation; 4854 School and Employee Bus
Transportation; 48831 Port and Harbor Operations; 61111 Elementary and
Secondary Schools; 61131 Colleges, Universities, and Professional
Schools; 9211 Executive, Legislative, and Other Government Support; and
9221 Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for grant recipients.
Estimated number of respondents: 623 DERA, 267 CSB, 70 CHDV, and 55
Clean Ports Program respondents annually.
Frequency of response: Up to 4 annual responses per year the grant
is active.
Total estimated burden: 9,108 hours per year; 27,323 hours over ICR
Period. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $552,072 per year; $1,656,217 over ICR Period
which includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is revision results in a decrease of
38% of the original estimated temporal burden and 33% reduction in the
original estimated cost burden.
Michael Moltzen,
Acting Director, Transportation and Climate Division, Office of Air and
Radiation.
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