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North America, Inc., a 501(c)(3) 

nonprofit organization (‘‘CDP’’). CDP 

administers the questionnaire annually 

on behalf of over 590 institutional 

investors, 200 major corporations, and 

several large governmental purchasing 

organizations in addition to GSA. CDP’s 

most recent annual survey was directed 

to over 20,000 companies, with over 

9,600 electing to respond. 

Under previously approved 

information collection requests, GSA 

has directed CDP since 2017 to include 

several hundred major Federal 

contractors annually among its potential 

survey respondents. In accordance with 

31 U.S. Code § 3512(c)(1)(b), GSA uses 

information received from these 

companies via CDP to inform and 

develop purchasing policies and 

contract requirements necessary to 

safeguard Federal assets against waste, 

loss, and misappropriation resulting 

from unmitigated exposure to supply 

chain energy market and environmental 

risks. GSA also uses the information in 

accordance with Executive Orders 

13990, 14008, and 14030 to inform 

development of policies and programs 

to reduce climate risks and greenhouse 

gas emissions associated with federal 

procurement activities. 

For example, GSA has used CDP 

information in recent years to perform 

critical market research in connection 

with multi-billion-dollar strategic 

contracting efforts. In one case, GSA 

determined that data center facilities 

used by potential network infrastructure 

providers could be at risk due to 

flooding, extreme heat, or lack of 

available cooling water sources, placing 

Federal client operations at risk. In 

another case, GSA used information 

from the CDP survey to research 

potential contractors’ existing risk 

mitigation and greenhouse gas reduction 

practices and to design appropriate 

contract requirements to ensure that 

contractors assess and mitigate these 

risks and reduce greenhouse gases 

associated with their federal contract 

activities. In another case, GSA 

determined that energy savings 

practices available to potential 

information technology service 

providers could significantly lower their 

overhead costs and that this would 

likely reduce contract costs for GSA and 

other Federal agencies. GSA uses the 

information collected to research 

development of similar policies and 

programs and to verify contractor 

compliance with existing programs. 

B. Annual Burden Hours 

GSA expects to direct CDP to request 

voluntary survey responses from up to 

500 large and medium-sized businesses 

per year. Estimates of response time per 

respondent vary greatly depending on 

whether each requested respondent (a) 

elects not to respond; (b) responds, but 

would have responded to CDP 

regardless of GSA’s request (because the 

respondent was also requested to 

respond to CDP by other customer and/ 

or investor stakeholders); or (c) 

responds to CDP because of GSA’s 

request. Analysis of total response time 

is thus based on estimates for each of 

these categories. 

(a) Requested respondents who elect 

not to respond. Based on historical CDP 

response rates and GSA’s intended 

recipients, GSA estimates that 250 out 

of 500 annual requested respondents 

will be in this category. Hour burden for 

this category: 250 non-responses; time 

per respondent 0; total time 0. 

(b) Respondents who would have 

responded to CDP regardless of GSA’s 

request. These respondents will 

complete some or all of the collection 

instrument, but would have done so 

regardless of GSA’s request. In addition, 

some of these respondents will answer 

a small number of additional questions 

(requiring a small fraction of their 

overall response time to CDP) based on 

GSA’s request. In addition, all of these 

respondents will need to complete one 

additional question in order to direct 

CDP to share their responses with GSA. 

Based on historical CDP response rates 

and GSA’s intended recipients, GSA 

estimates that 220 out of 500 annual 

requested respondents will be in this 

category. Hour burden for this category: 

220 responses; average time per 

respondent 5 minutes; total burden 18 

hours. 

(c) Respondents who respond to CDP 

because of GSA’s request. These 

respondents may need to invest 

significant time drafting their responses 

and gathering facts, including searching 

and compiling existing data sources 

such as utility bills, and completing and 

reviewing the collection instrument. 

Based on historical CDP response rates 

and GSA’s intended recipients, GSA 

estimates that 30 out of 500 annual 

requested respondents will be in this 

category. Based on discussions with 

several dozen previous respondents to 

CDP’s questionnaire, as well as public 

input received in response to a related 

information collection request notice 

(see 82 FR 3794), time burden for this 

collection is estimated to average 120 

hours per response. Hour burden for 

this category: 30 responses; average time 

per respondent 120 hours; total burden 

3,600 hours. 

Based on the individual category 

response times above, the total 

estimated response burden for all 500 

requested respondents is summarized 

below. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Affected Public: Federal contractors. 

Number of Respondents: 500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 250. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 14.5. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,618. 

C. Public Comments 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary, whether it will 

have practical utility; whether our 

estimate of the public burden of this 

collection of information is accurate, 

and based on valid assumptions and 

methodology; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways in 

which we can minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, through the use of 

appropriate technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Beth Anne Killoran, 

Deputy Chief Information Officer. 

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GULF COAST ECOSYSTEM 

RESTORATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No.: 109132021–1111–03] 

Notice of Proposed Subaward Under a 

Council-Selected Restoration 

Component Award 

AGENCY: Gulf Coast Ecosystem 

Restoration Council. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf Coast Ecosystem 

Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) 

publishes notice of proposed subawards 

from the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) to implement the Gulf of 

Mexico Conservation Enhancement 

Grant Program (GMCEGP), which is an 

approved project on the Initial Funded 

Priorities List. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please send questions to Joshua Easton 

by email joshua.easton@

restorethegulf.gov or phone: (504) 252– 

7717. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1321(t)(2)(E)(ii)(III) of the Resources and 

Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist 

Opportunities, and Revived Economies 

Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321(t)) 

(RESTORE Act) and Treasury’s 

implementing regulation at 31 CFR 

34.401(b), require that, for purposes of 

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awards made under the CouncilSelected Restoration Component, a State 

or Federal award recipient may make a 

grant or subaward to or enter into a 

cooperative agreement with a 

nongovernmental entity that equals or 

exceeds ten (10) percent of the total 

amount of the award provided to the 

State or Federal award recipient only if 

certain notice requirements are met. 

Specifically, at least 30 days before the 

State or Federal award recipient enters 

into such an agreement, the Council 

must publish in the Federal Register 

and deliver to specified Congressional 

Committees the name of the recipient 

and subrecipient; a brief description of 

the activity, including its purpose; and 

the amount of the award. This notice 

accomplishes the Federal Register 

requirement. 

Description of Proposed Action 

As specified in the Initial Funded 

Priorities List, which is available on the 

Council’s website at Initial (2015) 

Funded Priorities List | Restore The 

Gulf, RESTORE Act funds in the amount 

of $2,472,917 to implement the Gulf of 

Mexico Conservation Enhancement 

Grant Program (GMCEGP) will be 

provided through an interagency 

agreement (IAA) with the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA). The GMCEGP will support the 

primary RESTORE Comprehensive Plan 

goal of restoring and conserving habitat. 

Under the GMCEGP Interagency 

Agreement, EPA will provide subawards 

to non-profit organizations in the 

amounts of $501,464 to the Atlanta 

Botanical Garden; $300,000 to the 

Galveston Bay Foundation; $250,000 to 

the Nature Conservancy; and $500,000 

to the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land 

Conservation. Through these subawards, 

the GMCEGP will: (1) Enhance land 

protection and conservation in priority 

landscapes, (2) improve habitats and 

water quality; and (3) enhance the 

understanding of the benefit of land 

protection to communities through 

focused outreach and education 

supporting conservation and 

stewardship. 

Keala Hughes, 

Director of External Affairs and Tribal 

Relations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH), National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting and request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

CDC announces the following meeting 

of the Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory 

Board). This meeting is open to the 

public, but without a public comment 

period. The public is welcome to submit 

written comments in advance of the 

meeting, to the contact person below. 

Written comments received in advance 

of the meeting will be included in the 

official record of the meeting. The 

public is also welcomed to listen to the 

meeting by joining the teleconference 

(information below). The audio 

conference line has 150 ports for callers. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 20, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. to 

1:00 p.m., EDT. The public may submit 

written comments from September 17, 

2021 through October 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by mail to: Sherri Diana, National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS 

C–34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. 

Meeting Information: Audio 

Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. 

The USA toll-free dial-in number is 

1–866–659–0537; the pass code is 

9933701. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated 

Federal Official, NIOSH, CDC, 1090 

Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C–24, 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: 

(513) 533–6800, Toll Free: 1 (800) CDC– 

INFO, Email: ocas@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 to advise the 

President on a variety of policy and 

technical functions required to 

implement and effectively manage the 

new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines 

which have been promulgated by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) as a final rule, advice on 

methods of dose reconstruction which 

have also been promulgated by HHS as 

a final rule, advice on the scientific 

validity and quality of dose estimation 

and reconstruction efforts being 

performed for purposes of the 

compensation program, and advice on 

petitions to add classes of workers to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). In 

December 2000, the President delegated 

responsibility for funding, staffing, and 

operating the Advisory Board to HHS, 

which subsequently delegated this 

authority to the CDC. NIOSH 

implements this responsibility for CDC. 

The Advisory Board’s charter was 

issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at 

appropriate intervals, rechartered on 

March 22, 2020, and will terminate on 

March 22, 2022. 

Purpose: This Advisory Board is 

charged with (a) providing advice to the 

Secretary, HHS, on the development of 

guidelines under Executive Order 

13179; (b) providing advice to the 

Secretary, HHS, on the scientific 

validity and quality of dose 

reconstruction efforts performed for this 

program; and (c) upon request by the 

Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary 

on whether there is a class of employees 

at any Department of Energy facility 

who were exposed to radiation but for 

whom it is not feasible to estimate their 

radiation dose, and on whether there is 

reasonable likelihood that such 

radiation doses may have endangered 

the health of members of this class. 

Matters To Be Considered: The agenda 

will include discussions on the 

following: Work Group and 

Subcommittee Reports; Update on the 

Status of SEC Petitions; and plans for 

the December 2021 Advisory Board 

Meeting. Agenda items are subject to 

change as priorities dictate. 

The Director, Strategic Business 

Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 

Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, has been 

delegated the authority to sign Federal 

Register notices pertaining to 

announcements of meetings and other 

committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Kalwant Smagh, 

Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, 

Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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