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for the Public Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the OEI Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available on EPA’s website at 

www.epa.gov/dockets and also through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ It is important to note that 

EPA’s policy is that public comments, 

whether submitted electronically or in 

paper, will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. 

EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov 

website to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: August 10, 2018. 

Steven Neugeboren, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2006–0037; FRL–9982–33– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Exchange Network Grants Progress 

Reports (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), Exchange 

Network Grants Progress Reports (EPA 

ICR No. 2207.07, OMB Control No. 

2025–0006) 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 

March 5, 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–OEI–2006–0037, to (1) EPA 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, 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: 

Edward Mixon, Information Exchange 

Services Division, Office of Information 

Management (2823T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–2142; fax 

number: 202–566–1684; email address: 

mixon.edward@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: 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 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17872 Filed 8–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

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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