10952 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 23, 2021 / Notices 

about themselves are required to 

provide adequate identification (e.g., 

driver’s license, military identification 

card, employee badge or identification 

card). Additional identity verification 

procedures may be required, as 

warranted. Requests must meet the 

requirements of EPA regulations that 

implement the Privacy Act of 1974, at 

40 CFR part 16. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Requests for correction or amendment 

must identify the record to be changed 

and the corrective action sought. 

Complete EPA Privacy Act procedures 

are described in EPA’s Privacy Act 

regulations at 40 CFR part 16. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Any individual who wants to know 

whether this system of records contains 

a record about themselves, should make 

a written request to the Attn: Agency 

Privacy Officer, MC 2831T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460, privacy@epa.gov. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

Vaughn Noga, 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03582 Filed 2–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2006–0037; FRL—10019–01– 

OMS] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Exchange Network Grants Progress 

Reports (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Exchange Network Grants Progress 

Reports (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

2207.08, OMB Control No. 2025–0006) 

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 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through September 

30, 2021. 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 April 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2006–0037; FRL—9982–33–OEI 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to oira_

submission@omb.eop.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: 

Edward Mixon or Dipti Singh, 

Information Exchange Services Division, 

Office of Information Management, 

Office of Mission Support (2823T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

2142 or 202–566–0739 respectively; 

email address: mixon.edward@epa.gov 

or singh.dipti@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 http://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) 

Eevaluate 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. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Under the U.S. EPA 

National Environmental Information 

Exchange Network (NEIEN) Grant 

Program, EPA collects information from 

the NEIEN grantees on assistance 

agreements that EPA has awarded. 

Specifically, for each project, EPA 

proposes to have grantees submit semiannual reports on the progress and 

current status of each goal and output, 

completion dates for outputs, and any 

problems encountered. This information 

will help EPA ensure projects are on 

schedule to meet their goals and 

produce high quality environmental 

results. New award recipients will 

complete one Quality Assurance 

Reporting Form for each award. This 

form provides a simple means for grant 

recipients to describe how quality will 

be addressed throughout their projects. 

Additionally, the Quality Assurance 

Reporting Form is derived from 

guidelines provided in the NEIEN 2020 

Grant Solicitation Notice. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 5300–26 

(Semi-Annual Progress Report Form) 

and EPA Form 5300–27 (Quality 

Assurance Reporting Form). 

Respondents/affected entities: State, 

tribal, and territorial environmental 

government offices. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain benefits (2 

CFR part 200 and 2 CFR part 1500). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

149 total per year. 

Frequency of response: Twice per year 

for the Semi-Annual Progress Report 

Form; one time per grant for the Quality 

Assurance Reporting Form. 

Total estimated burden: 258.5 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $15,765.91 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 21.5 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This slight decrease in the burden 

is due to a reduction in the open 

Exchange Network Grants (from 172 to 

149) that are expected to be active per 

year during the period of this ICR. The 

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reduction in the numbers of open grants 

explains the small reduction (of $421) in 

total annual respondent costs despite 

inflation in labor rates. 

Dated: January 27, 2021. 

Jennifer Campbell, 

Director, Office of Information Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10017–77–OMS] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Mission Support 

(OMS), Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA), Office of 

Mission Support (OMS) is giving notice 

that it proposes to create a new system 

of records pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974 (Privacy Act). 

The Online Library System (OLS) is 

being created as a data management 

system that allows the EPA to collect, 

store, retrieve and upload data about the 

collection of the libraries within the 

EPA National Library Network. The 

Circulation module of OLS collects 

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) 

that is subject to the Privacy Act. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this system of records notice must do so 

by March 25, 2021. Routine uses for this 

new system of records will be effective 

March 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No.OMS–2019– 

0646, by one of the following methods: 

Regulations.gov: www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Email: oei.docket@epa.gov. 

Fax: 202–566–1752. 

Mail: OMS Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: OMS Docket, EPA/DC, 

WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. OMS–2019–0646. The 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Controlled Unclassified 

Information (CUI) or other information 

for which disclosure is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information that 

you consider to be CUI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov. 

The www.regulations.gov website is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system for EPA, 

which means the EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. Each agency determines 

submission requirements within their 

own internal processes and standards. 

EPA has no requirement of personal 

information. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, the EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment. If the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. Electronic files should 

avoid the use of special characters, any 

form of encryption, and be free of any 

defects or viruses. For additional 

information about the EPA public 

docket, visit the EPA Docket Center 

homepage at http://www.epa.gov/ 

epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CUI or other information 

for which disclosure is restricted by 

statute. Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OMS Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. The 

Public Reading Room is normally open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday excluding legal holidays. 

The telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the OMS 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

Out of an abundance of caution for 

members of the public and our staff, the 

EPA Docket Center and Reading Room 

are closed to the public, with limited 

exceptions, to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Our Docket 

Center staff will continue to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone, and webform. We encourage the 

public to submit comments via https:// 

www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there 

may be a delay in processing mail and 

faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may 

be received by scheduled appointment 

only. For further information on EPA 

Docket Center services and the current 

status, please visit us online at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Balsamo, OMS, Office of 

Enterprise Information Programs, 109 

T.W. Alexander Dr., Mail code N127– 

05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 

balsamo.deborah@epa.gov, (919) 541– 

9412. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OLS is a 

data management system that serves the 

EPA National Library Network. OLS is 

comprised of the National Library 

Catalog database and four operations 

modules: Serials Management, to track 

library subscriptions; Dispersals 

Management, to track the removal of 

library materials from their collections; 

Catalog Maintenance, which allows 

libraries to manage their specific library 

holdings records; and Circulation 

Management, which allows authorized 

library staff to register individuals who 

wish to borrow materials held in the 

library and track borrowed materials. 

The National Library Catalog database 

allows individuals to search for 

materials available in the collections of 

the 24 libraries within the EPA National 

Library Network. While the library 

holdings records in the National Library 

Catalog are accessible by the public, the 

operations and records management 

tools of the four modules are solely 

maintained by authorized library staff. 

The Circulation Management module is 

the only module of OLS that collects 

and uses PII that is also Privacy Act 

information. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Online Library System (OLS)—EPA– 

82. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

OLS is owned by the Office of 

Mission Support (OMS) and hosted at 

the EPA’s National Computer Center at 

Research Triangle Park, NC. OMS 

Headquarters is located at 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. The EPA’s 

National Computer Center is at 109