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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4737-4738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01040]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEJECR-2024-0235; FRL-12561-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant 
Program: Post-Award Reporting (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 and Climate Justice 
Community Change Grant Program: Post-Award Reporting (EPA ICR Number 
7781.01, 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 
August 6, 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-2024-0235, 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 August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 63940). 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. 
Historically, these investments have not reached communities and groups 
who are overburdened by the effects of pollution, environmental 
hazards, and climate change. To help get resources and funding to 
underserved and overburdened communities, the Inflation Reduction Act 
(IRA) created the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program 
(ECJP)--the largest investment in environmental and climate justice in 
U.S. history--when it was signed into law by President Biden on August 
16, 2022. The Community Change Grants (CCG) are the final and most 
comprehensive piece of EPA's implementation of ECJP IRA funding. The 
CCG program will provide funding to communities and their partners to 
design, develop, and implement multi-faceted, community-driven projects 
to protect public health and the environment. With this Information 
Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks approval to collect performance 
information from CCG grantees via progress reports and final reports. 
Collection of this information enables EPA to assess and manage the CCG 
program, 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: 105.
    Frequency of response: Varies.
    Total estimated burden: 9,100 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).

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    Total estimated cost: $521,339 (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. 2025-01040 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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