Document ID: EPA-R03-CBP-2021-0235-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Chesapeake Bay Program Citizen Stewardship Index, Diversity Profile, and Local Leadership Surveys
Posted Date: 2021-09-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50346-50347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19334]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R03-CBP-2021-0235; FRL-8955-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Chesapeake Bay Program Citizen Stewardship 
Index, Diversity Profile, and Local Leadership Surveys

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Chesapeake Bay Program Citizen 
Stewardship Index, Diversity Profile, and Local Leadership Surveys (EPA 
ICR Number 2679.01, OMB Control Number 2003-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 May 3, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 8, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-R03-
CBP-2021-0235 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
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: Tuana Phillips, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Region III--Chesapeake Bay Program Office, mail code: 
3CB10, Annapolis City Marina, Suite 109, 410 Severn Ave., Annapolis, MD 
21403; telephone number: (410)-267-5704; fax number: 1-410-267-5777; 
email address: Phillips.tuana@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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

[[Page 50347]]

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 
Chesapeake Bay Program (the Program) is interested in tracking its 
progress at attaining its goals under the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed 
Agreement (the Agreement). To do this, the Program plans to implement 
three surveys: The Citizen Stewardship Survey, the Diversity Profile 
Survey, and the Local Leadership Survey.
    EPA has specified the target audience and the implementation 
approach for each to maximize the data that can be obtained. The 
Citizen Stewardship Survey will be implemented as a multi-mode survey 
that includes phone, web, and mail components of residents living the 
Chesapeake Bay area, stratified by jurisdiction (states and the 
District of Columbia). The Diversity Profile Survey will be implemented 
among people who work on partnership efforts within the Bay area as a 
web-based survey. The Local Leadership Survey will be implemented among 
state and local elected officials involved in policy making in the Bay 
area also as a web-based survey.
    The Program will be using the data from these three surveys to 
track it progress under the Stewardship goal of the 2014 Agreement. The 
Stewardship goal includes three outcomes: (1) Citizen Stewardship, (2) 
Local Leadership, and (3) Diversity. Three surveys under this ICR each 
address one of the outcomes and contributes to EPA's Government 
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) goals (EPA Goal 1, A Cleaner, 
Healthier Environment; Objective 1.2: Provide for Clean and Safe 
Water).
    Each of the surveys under this ICR were funded and implemented by 
other partners in the Chesapeake Bay area in prior years. The Program 
determined that the best approach for continued implementation of these 
surveys would be for the EPA assume the responsibility for implementing 
these surveys; thus, EPA is seeking approval for implementing these 
surveys under this ICR.
    Collecting these data and publishing them for public review will 
allow the public to track how well the Agreement is working to preserve 
and protect the Chesapeake Bay region from the standpoint of the 
Stewardship goal outlined in the Agreement. Overall, the Agreement 
contains 10 goals and their associated outcomes; data for the other 
nine goals are collected through other means. Combining the data for 
Stewardship goal outcomes from these surveys with the data for the 
other nine goals will provide the public will have a comprehensive 
picture of the progress being made to preserve and protect Chesapeake 
Bay.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Stewardship survey: Members of the 
general public; Local Leaders survey: Individuals in local government 
leadership roles; Diversity Profile survey: Individuals working at 
organizations to conserve/restore Chesapeake Bay.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 6,430 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once.
    Total estimated burden: 2,298 hours (total). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $100,931 (total), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-19334 Filed 9-7-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P