Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0494-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-08-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43805-43806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18133]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0494; FRL-9998-79-OECA]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Tips 
and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Tips and Complaints Regarding 
Environmental Violations'' (EPA ICR No. 2219.06, OMB Control No. 2020-
0032), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing 
so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the 
proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 21, 
2020. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before October 21, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2009-0494, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Le Desma; Legal Counsel 
Division; Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training; 
Environmental Protection Agency, Building 25, Box 25227, Denver Federal

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Center, Denver, CO 80025; telephone number: (303) 462-9453; fax number: 
(303) 462-9075; email address: ledesma.michael@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 public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA 
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. 
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and 
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice 
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: EPA tips and complaints web form is intended to provide 
an easy and convenient means by which members of the public can supply 
information to EPA regarding suspected violations of environmental law. 
The decision to provide a tip or complaint is entirely voluntary and 
use of the webform when supplying a tip or complaint is also entirely 
voluntary. Tippers need not supply contact information or other 
personal identifiers. Those who do supply such information, however, 
should know that this information may be shared by EPA with appropriate 
administrative, law enforcement, and judicial entities engaged in 
investigating or adjudicating the tip or complaint.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Respondents are expected to be 
members of the general public as well as employees of any company 
subject to federal environmental regulation. There is no specific 
industry or group of industries about which EPA expects tips or 
complaints.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,431 per month (total).
    Frequency of response: generally, a one-time response.
    Total estimated burden: 8,586 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $343,165 (per year), includes no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 3,443 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase reflects the fact that tips and 
complaints are being filed at a higher rate as the website becomes more 
widely known, a strong indication of the success of this program. There 
has been no change in the information being reported or the estimated 
burden per respondent.

    Dated: August 13, 2019.
Henry Barnet,
Director, Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training.
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