Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 216 / Wednesday, November 7, 2012 / Notices 66831 

Manufacturing (Renewal); 40 CFR part 

63 subparts A and FFFFF; was approved 

on 10/02/2012; OMB Number 2060– 

0517; expires on 10/31/2015; Approved 

without change. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collections Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27158 Filed 11–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2006–0278; FRL—9523–6] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Participation by Disadvantaged 

Business Enterprises in Procurement 

Under EPA Financial Assistance 

Agreements (Reinstatement) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Participation 

by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises 

in Procurement under EPA Financial 

Assistance Agreements (Reinstatement)’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 2047.04, OMB Control No. 

2090–0030) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This ICR expired on 

January 31, 2011. This is a request for 

reinstatement of a previously approved 

collection. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (77 FR 32087) on May 31, 2012 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 7, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2006–0278, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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: 

Teree Henderson, Office of Small 

Business Programs, Mailcode: 1230T, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number:202–566– 

2222 fax number: 202–566–0548; email 

address: Henderson.Teree@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, 

EPA 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. 

Abstract: EPA currently requires an 

entity to be certified in order to be 

considered a Minority Business 

Enterprise (MBE) or Women’s Business 

Enterprise (WBE) under EPA’s 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 

(DBE) Program. EPA currently requires 

an entity to first attempt to become 

certified by a federal agency (e.g., the 

Small Business Administration (SBA), 

or the Department of Transportation 

(DOT)), or by a State, locality, Indian 

Tribe or independent private 

organization so long as their applicable 

criteria match those under Section 

8(a)(5) and (6) of the Small Business Act 

and applicable implementing 

regulations. EPA only certifies firms that 

are denied certification by one of these 

entities. To qualify as an MBE or WBE 

under EPA’s programs an entity must 

establish that it is owned and/or 

controlled by socially and economically 

disadvantaged individuals who are of 

good character and are citizens of the 

United States. Entities that meet the 

aforementioned requirements and wish 

to obtain an EPA DBE certification must 

submit a DBE Certification Application 

to the Office of Small Business Programs 

based on business type: Sole 

Proprietorship (6100–1a); Limited 

Liability Company (6100–1b); 

Partnership (6100–1c); Corporation 

(6100–1d); Alaska Native Corporation 

(6100–1e); Tribally Owned Business 

(6100–1f); Private and Voluntary 

Organization (6100–1g); Native 

Hawaiian Organization (6100–1h); or 

Community Development Corporation 

(6100–1i). 

The EPA DBE Program also includes 

contract administration requirements 

designed to prevent unfair practices that 

adversely affect DBEs. There are three 

forms associated with these 

requirements: EPA Form 6100–2 (DBE 

Subcontractor Participation Form), EPA 

Form 6100–3 (DBE Subcontractor 

Performance Form), and EPA Form 

6100–4 (DBE Subcontractor Utilization 

Form). The requirements to complete 

these forms are intended to prevent any 

‘‘bait and switch’’ tactics at the 

subcontract level by prime contractors 

which may circumvent the spirit of the 

DBE Program. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 6100–1a, 

6100–1b, 6100–1c, 6100–1d, 6100–1e, 

6100–1f, 6100–1g, 6100–1h, 6100–1i, 

6100–2, 6100–3, 6100–4. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: All 

recipients of EPA financial assistance 

agreements, and entities receiving 

identified loans under a financial 

assistance agreement capitalizing a 

revolving loan fund. 

Respondent’s Obligation to Respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,046 

Frequency of Response: Certification: 

Every three years or more often as 

required. Form 6100–2: As needed, 

Form 6100–3 and Form 6100–4: At the 

time of bid or proposal. 

Total Estimated Burden: 334,804 

hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total Estimated Cost: $8,491,016 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: This is a 

reinstatement of a previously approved 

ICR. This reinstatement is an increase of 

10,662 hours in the total estimated 

burden over the previously approved 

ICR. This increase is due to a new 

burden estimate for the revised forms 

(EPA Forms 6100–2, 6100–3, and 6100– 

4) and a correction of a previous 

miscalculation from the prior approved 

ICR 2047.02. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27161 Filed 11–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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