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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5915-5916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01114]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Environmental Information 
and Documentation (EID), OMB No. 0915-0324, Extension

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted 
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB 
will accept further comments from the public during the review and 
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day 
comment period for this notice has closed.
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    \2\ For the purposes of this table, we have rounded to the 
nearest hundredth decimal place, which may result in slight 
discrepancies in the total burden hours.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than February 
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18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: HRSA Environmental 
Information and Documentation, OMB No. 0915-0324--Extension.
    Abstract: HRSA proposes an extension of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
approval for the Environmental Information and Documentation (EID) 
checklist, which consists of information that the agency is required to 
obtain to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 
1969 as amended by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. NEPA 
establishes the federal government's national policy for protection of 
the environment. The EID checklist must be completed and submitted by 
applicants for HRSA funds that plan to engage in construction or other 
projects that will potentially impact the environment. HRSA uses the 
checklist to ensure that decision-making processes are consistent with 
NEPA and other related environmental and historic preservation laws. 
The extension will support HRSA's implementation of programs with 
capital improvements that have the potential to significantly affect 
the human environment, such as construction/expansion and alteration/
renovation activities, as defined in the associated HRSA program 
guidance, or installation of fixed equipment.
    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on October 24, 
2024, 89 FR 84898, No. 2024-24732; pp. 84898 and 84899. There were no 
public comments.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Applicants for HRSA funds 
must provide information and assurance of compliance with NEPA on the 
EID checklist. This information is reviewed during the Pre-Award stage 
(and/or prior to the implementation of the project). The information is 
reviewed in the Post Award stage for project changes and the 
information is reviewed before the implementation of the project 
changes.

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    Likely Respondents: HRSA applicants applying for federal loan 
guarantees, federal construction grants, and cooperative agreements.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
    Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:

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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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NEPA EID Checklist..............           1,500               1           1,500               1           1,500
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    Total.......................           1,500  ..............           1,500  ..............           1,500
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2025-01114 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
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