Document ID: EPA-HQ-OA-2010-0757-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees Serving on Advisory Committees
Posted Date: 2011-05-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28770-28771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12209]

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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OA-2010-0757; FRL-9307-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Confidential Financial Disclosure 
Form 3110.48 for Special Government Employees (SGE) Serving on Federal 
Advisory Committees at the Environmental Protection Agency (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 17, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2010-0757, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28227T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicki Ellis, Office of Federal 
Advisory Committee Management and Outreach, Mail Code 1601M, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-1203; fax number: 202-
564-8129; e-mail address: ellis.vicki@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On November 24, 2010, 75 FR 71687, EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OA-2010-0757, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Environmental 
Information Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 
202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Environmental 
Information Docket is 202-566-9744.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Confidential Financial Disclosure Form 3110.48 for Special 
Government Employees (SGE) Serving on Federal Advisory Committees at 
the Environmental Protection Agency (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2260.04, OMB Control No. 2090-0029.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on 5/31/2011. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The purpose of this information collection is to assist 
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) 
in selecting Federal advisory committee members who will be appointed 
as Special Government Employees (SGEs), mostly to EPA's scientific and 
technical committees. To select SGE members as efficiently and cost 
effectively as possible, the Agency needs to evaluate potential 
conflicts of interest before a candidate is hired as an SGE and 
appointed as a member to a committee by EPA's Administrator or Deputy 
Administrator. Agency officials developed the ``Confidential Financial 
Disclosure Form for Special Government Employees serving on Federal 
Advisory Committees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,'' also 
referred to as Form 3110-48, for greater inclusion of information to 
discover any potential conflicts of interest as recommended by the 
Government Accountability Office.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average one 
hour per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train 
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search 
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
     Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially 
affected by this action are approximately 300 candidates

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for membership as Special Government Employees (SGEs) on EPA Federal 
Advisory Committees.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 257.
     Frequency of Response: Annual.
     Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 257.
     Estimated Total Annual Cost: $27,139. There is no capital 
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The burden estimates have been changed to 
reflect an increase of respondent costs to complete the form to cover 
the next three years. There is no increase of hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR 
currently approved by OMB.

    Dated: May 12, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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