Document ID: EPA-HQ-OMS-2020-0454-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Public Health Emergency Workplace Response System
Posted Date: 2020-12-31T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86919-86920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28993]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10018-12-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Public Health Emergency Workplace Response 
System (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), Public Health Emergency Workplace 
Response System (EPA ICR Number 2676.01, 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 
emergency approval of a new collection. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Coogan, Office of Resource and 
Business Operations, Office of Mission Support, Environmental 
Protection Agency; telephone number: 202-564-1862; email address: 
coogan.daniel@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 3507(j) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), as implemented in the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320.13, EPA 
is hereby requesting emergency processing of an information collection 
necessary for contact tracing EPA employees, contractors and grantee 
recipients that perform work in EPA facilities.

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    Abstract: Because of the substantial risk to life, safety, or 
health of the workforce and the public, EPA requests an emergency 
approval to collect the necessary information from Federal employees, 
detailees, interns, volunteers, grantee recipients and contractors that 
perform work in EPA facilities to implement an effective COVID-19 
Contact Tracing program.
    Each item of information requested is based on CDC and industry 
best practice for Contact Tracing. This information is necessary to 
identify individuals in the workforce who are COVID- 19 positive and to 
notify and trace persons in the workforce who were in close contact 
with the COVID-19 positive employee. Including contractors, interns, 
grantees, and volunteers, enables EPA to capture the total workforce 
and take appropriate action.
    The following information will be collected for COVID Contact 
Testing:

--Name;
--Work location;
--Contact information;
--Supervisor;
--Health status;
--Close contacts (as defined by CDC) when in the office; and
--Building and floors visited during period of possible transmission 
(as defined by CDC).

    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: EPA's Contract Tracing Program 
participants, including detailees, interns, volunteers, grantee 
recipients and contractors.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 250 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once.
    Total estimated burden: 63 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $0 (per year), which includes annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection for information 
necessary for contact tracing EPA employees, contractors and grantee 
recipients that perform work in EPA facilities.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-28993 Filed 12-30-20; 8:45 am]
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