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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2011–0795; FRL–9481–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; General 

Administrative Requirements for 

Assistance Programs 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 

2012. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 

for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 19, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2011–0795, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: oei.docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Environmental Information, 

Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: Office of 

Environmental Information Docket in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OARM–2011– 

0795. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

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, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. 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. 

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 EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexandra Raver, Office of Grants and 

Debarment, National Policy, Training 

and Compliance Division, Mail Code: 

3903R, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–5296; fax number: 

(202) 565–2470; e-mail address: 

Raver.Alexandra@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OARM–2011–0795, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is 202– 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Office of Environmental Information 

Docket is 202–566–1752. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

(i) Evaluate 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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are institutions of 


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higher education, hospitals, and other 

non-profit organizations; State, local, 

and Indian tribal governments. 

Title: General Administrative 

Requirements for Assistance Programs. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0938.18, 

OMB Control No. 2030–0020. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012. 

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: The information is collected 

from applicants/recipients of EPA 

assistance to monitor adherence to the 

programmatic and administrative 

requirements of the Agency’s financial 

assistance program. It is used to make 

awards, pay recipients, and collect 

information on how Federal funds are 

being spent. EPA needs this information 

to meet its Federal stewardship 

responsibilities. This ICR renewal 

requests authorization for the collection 

of information under EPA’s General 

Regulation for Assistance Programs, 

which establishes minimum 

management requirements for all 

recipients of EPA grants or cooperative 

agreements (assistance agreements). 

Recipients must respond to these 

information requests to obtain and/or 

retain a benefit (Federal funds). 40 CFR 

part 30, ‘‘Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals and Other Non-profit 

Organizations,’’ includes the 

management requirements for potential 

grantees from non-profit organizations. 

40 CFR part 31, ‘‘Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and Local Governments,’’ includes the 

management responsibilities for 

potential State and local government 

grantees. These regulations include only 

those provisions mandated by statute, 

required by OMB Circulars, or added by 

EPA to ensure sound and effective 

financial assistance management. This 

ICR combines all of these requirements 

under OMB Control Number 2030–0020. 

The information required by these 

regulations will be used by EPA award 

officials to make assistance awards and 

assistance payments and to verify that 

the recipient is using Federal funds 

appropriately to comply with OMB 

Circulars A–21, A–87, A–102, A–110, 

A–122, and A–133, which set forth the 

pre-award, post-award, and after-thegrant requirements. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 19 hours 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: 6,105. 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

quarterly, and annually. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 8. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

114,531 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$5,930,031. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $5,930,031 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

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: October 13, 2011. 

Howard Corcoran, 

Director of the Office of Grants and 

Debarment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27053 Filed 10–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9481–2] 

Proposed Cercla Administrative Cost 

Recovery Settlement; ACM Smelter 

and Refinery Site, Located in Cascade 

County, MT 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), 

notice is hereby given of a proposed 

administrative settlement for recovery of 

past and projected future response costs 

concerning the ACM Smelter and 

Refinery NPL Site (Site), Operable Unit 

1, located near Great Falls, in Cascade 

County, Montana, with the following 

settling parties: Atlantic Richfield 

Company and ARCO Environmental 

Remediation, L.L.C. The settlement 

requires the settling parties to perform 

a remedial investigation and feasibility 

study in portions of Operable Unit 1 of 

the Site, and to pay $1,050,000.00 to the 

Hazardous Substance Superfund for 

past response costs, as well as future 

response costs under the settlement. 

The settlement includes a covenant not 

to sue the settling parties pursuant to 

sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 

U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a). For thirty (30) 

days following the date of publication of 

this document, the Agency will receive 

written comments relating to the 

settlement. The Agency will consider all 

comments received and may modify or 

withdraw its consent to the settlement 

if comments received disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. The Agency’s response to 

any comments received will be available 

for public inspection at the Black Eagle 

Community Center, in the Black Eagle 

community, Cascade County, Montana, 

and at the EPA Region 8 Records Center 

located on the second floor at 1595 

Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202 during normal business hours. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 18, 2011. 


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