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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 4738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01041]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OCFO-2024-0072; FRL-12560-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving and 
Government to Government Programs: Progress and Final Reporting 
Information Collections (New)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Environmental Justice CPS and G2G 
Programs: Progress and Final Reporting Information Collections (EPA ICR 
Number 2807.01, OMB Control Number 2035-NEW) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new 
collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on February 21, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OEJECR-2023-0531, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aarti Iyer, Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; email address: [email protected]; 
phone: 202-564-0214.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new 
collection. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on February 21, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 13079). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes 
competitive financial assistance awards to support projects that tackle 
environmental, public health, and energy challenges across the country. 
This is accomplished by working directly with community-based 
organizations (CBOs) and state, local, territorial, and tribal 
governments that have strong ties to the communities in which they are 
working. EPA fosters a collaborative approach to tackling some of the 
most critical challenges in the most overburdened communities by 
encouraging projects that involve multiple stakeholders including 
States, local governments, and tribal governments. To help get 
resources and funding to underserved and overburdened communities EPA 
offers Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving (EJCPS) and 
Environmental Justice Government to Government (EJG2G) cooperative 
agreement programs. With this Information Collection Request (ICR), EPA 
seeks authorization to collect post-award information in the form of 
semi-annual progress reports and final reports from each grantee to 
track their progress, with respect to effectiveness (e.g., the extent 
to which projects achieved their objectives, goals, and targets), 
efficiency (e.g., the extent to which projects delivered activities and 
outputs on schedule and within budget), and equity (e.g., the extent to 
which investments and benefits flowed to disadvantaged communities that 
are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution). 
Collection of this information enables EPA to assess and manage the 
EJCPS and EJG2G programs, which ensures responsible stewardship of 
public funds; rigorous evidence-based learning and improvement; and 
transparent accountability to the American public.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Recipients of financial assistance 
awards.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory for recipients of 
financial awards to obtain or retain a benefit (2 CFR parts 200 and 
1500).
    Estimated number of respondents: 217.
    Frequency of response: Varies.
    Total estimated burden: 17,360 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $994,554 (per year), including $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection, and so does not 
involve any program changes or burden adjustments.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01041 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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