Document ID: EPA-HQ-OMS-2022-0277-0009
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Ethnicity, Race, Gender and Disability Form
Posted Date: 2022-10-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65059-65060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23370]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OMS-2022-0777; FRL-10373-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request, Ethnicity, Race, Gender and Disability Form

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Ethnicity, Race, Gender and 
Disability Form (EPA ICR Number 2717.01, OMB Control Number 2030-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 March 2, 2022, and another notice was 
published on April 21, 2022 to extend the public comment period to 
allow for a 60-day comment period on supplemental documents that were 
added to the docket. 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 November 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OMS-2022-0277, 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.

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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: Gina Moore, Office of Resources and 
Business Operations, Federal Advisory Committee Management Division, 
Mail Code 1601M, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-0462; email 
address: [email protected].

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 public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Agency officials developed this form to comply with 
Executive Order (14035): Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility 
in the Federal Workforce, Section 5(e) that directs the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency to collect and analyze voluntarily 
self-reported demographic data regarding the membership of federal 
advisory committees to pursue opportunities to increase diversity, 
equity, inclusion, and accessibility. When creating the ethnicity, race 
and demographic items for the form, EPA followed the format of the 
Employee Viewpoint Survey administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel 
Management.
    This information collection request will assist EPA when selecting 
members to EPA's scientific and technical federal advisory committees 
to strengthen opportunities so that members and future nominees reflect 
the diversity of the American people in terms of gender, race, 
ethnicity, geography, and other characteristics.
    Form Numbers: 5800-068.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are approximately 200 candidates for membership on EPA's 
federal advisory committees. In an effort to strive for federal 
advisory committees where future nominees reflect the diversity of 
America, all nominees are encouraged to complete and submit the form 
when applying for membership in accordance with Executive Order 14035 
of June 25, 2021: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in 
the Federal Workforce.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 200 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Total estimated burden: 16.6 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $651 (per year). There are no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in burden because this 
is a new information collection request.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-23370 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
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