48266 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 182 / Tuesday, September 22, 2009 / Notices 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are all recipients 

of EPA financial assistance agreements, 

and any entities receiving identified 

loans under a financial assistance 

agreement capitalizing a revolving loan 

fund. 

Title: MBE/WBE Utilization Under 

Federal Grants, Cooperative 

Agreements, and Interagency 

Agreements (Renewal) 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2212.03, 

OMB Control No. 2090–0025. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on October 31, 

2009. 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. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 

of the CFR, after appearing in the 

Federal Register when approved, are 

listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed 

either by publication in the Federal 

Register or by other appropriate means, 

such as on the related collection 

instrument or form, if applicable. The 

display of OMB control numbers in 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: All EPA financial assistance 

agreement recipients are required to 

make good faith efforts to assure that 

small, minority and women owned 

businesses are used, when possible, as 

sources of construction, services, 

equipment, and supplies. The 

completion and submission of EPA 

Form 5700–52A is mandatory. The 

information collected by EPA Form 

5700–52A is used to compile data 

concerning the utilization of minority 

and women owned businesses as 

contractors under procurements funded 

by EPA financial assistance agreements 

pursuant to Executive Orders 11625, 

12138, and 12432, and Public Laws 

101–507 and 102–389. The effectiveness 

of EPA’s MBE/WBE Program is 

measured through this reporting 

requirement. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average one (1) hour per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 3600 

Frequency of response: Depending on 

the type of financial assistance received, 

respondents either report on an annual, 

semiannual, or quarterly basis. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 3600. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

3600 (one burden hour per respondent). 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$146,916. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $146,916, and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

There is no change in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: September 16, 2009. 

Kimberly Y. Patrick, 

Deputy Director, Office of Small Business 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–22812 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–FRL–8960–3] 

Environmental Laboratory Advisory 

Board; Notice of Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal. 

SUMMARY: The Charter for the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Environmental Laboratory 

Advisory Board (ELAB) will be renewed 

for an additional two-year period, as a 

necessary committee which is in the 

public interest, in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2. 

The purpose of ELAB is to provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Administrator of EPA, the EPA Science 

Advisor, and/or the Forum on 

Laboratory Accreditation (FEM) on 

issues associated with the enhancement 

of EPA’s measurement programs and 

national accreditation for environmental 

laboratories. 

It is determined that ELAB is in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

Agency by law. 

Inquiries may be directed to Lara P. 

Autry, Senior Advisor, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of the Science Advisor, 109 T W 

Alexander Drive (E243–05), Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27709 or by e-mail: 

autry.lara@epa.gov. 

Dated: August 10, 2009. 

Kevin Teichman, 

EPA Acting Science Advisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–22816 Filed 9–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Comments Requested 

September 14, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 


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