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be addressed throughout their projects. 

Additionally, the Quality Assurance 

Reporting Form is derived from 

guidelines provided in the NEIEN 2018 

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: 

172 (total). 

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: 280 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $16,187 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 60 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This is due to a slight decrease in 

the number of grants (from 200 to 172) 

that are expected to be awarded 

annually during the period of this ICR. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2017–0752; FRL– 

9982–48–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Background Checks for Contractor 

Employees (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Background Checks for Contractor 

Employees (EPA ICR No. 2159.07, OMB 

Control No. 2030–0043) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through August 31, 

2018. Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

February 13, 2018, 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 September 20, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OARM–2017–0752, 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: 

Thomas Valentino, Policy, Training and 

Oversight Division, Office of 

Acquisition Management (3802R), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

4522; email address: valentino.thomas@

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. 

Abstract: The EPA uses contractors to 

perform services throughout the nation 

with regard to environmental 

emergencies involving the release, or 

threatened release, of oil, radioactive 

materials, or hazardous chemicals that 

may potentially affect communities and 

the surrounding environment. The 

Agency may request contractors 

responding to any of these types of 

incidents to conduct background checks 

and apply Government-established 

suitability criteria in Title 5 CFR 

Administrative Personnel 731.104 

Appointments Subject to Investigation, 

732.201 Sensitivity Level Designations 

and Investigative Requirements, and 

736.102 Notice to Investigative Sources 

when determining whether employees 

are acceptable to perform on given sites 

or on specific projects. In addition to 

emergency response contractors, EPA 

may require background checks for 

contractor personnel working in 

sensitive sites or sensitive projects. The 

background checks and application of 

the Government’s suitability criteria 

must be completed prior to contract 

employee performance. The contractor 

shall maintain records associated with 

all background checks. Background 

checks cover citizenship or valid visa 

status, criminal convictions, weapons 

offenses, felony convictions, and parties 

prohibited from receiving federal 

contracts. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

Contractors. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain a benefit per Title 5 

CFR Administrative Personnel 731.104 

Appointments Subject to Investigation, 

732.201 Sensitivity Level Designations 

and Investigative Requirements, and 

736.102 Notice to Investigative Sources. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

1,000 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 1,000 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $195,070 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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