Document ID: EPA-HQ-OEI-2011-0096-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2015-03-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16384-16385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07029]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEI-2011-0096; FRL-9924-15-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
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collection request (ICR), ``Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2002.06, OMB Control No. 2025-0003) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through April 30, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (79 FR 65391) on November 4, 2014 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 April 27, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OEI-2011-0096, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    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: Karen Seeh, Office of Environmental 
Information, (2823T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-
1175; fax number: 202-566-1684; email address: seeh.karen@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.
    Abstract: The scope of this ICR is the electronic reporting 
components of CROMERR, which is designed to: (i) Allow EPA to comply 
with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998; (ii) provide a 
uniform, technology-neutral framework for electronic reporting across 
all EPA programs; (iii) allow EPA programs to offer electronic 
reporting as they become ready for CROMERRR; and (iv) provide states 
with a streamlined process--together with a uniform set of standards--
for approval of their electronic reporting provisions for all their 
EPA-authorized programs. In order to accommodate CBI, the information 
collected must be in accordance with the confidentiality regulations 
set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. Additionally, EPA will ensure 
that the information collection procedures comply with the Privacy Act 
of 1974 and the OMB Circular 108.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities that report electronically 
to EPA and state or local government authorized programs; and state and 
local government authorized programs implementing electronic reporting.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a 
benefit (Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) established to 
ensure compliance with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act 
(GPEA)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 102,387 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 49,604 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,995,642 (per year), including $1,121,481 
in annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 9,841 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase occurred due to a change in the 
respondent burden estimation based on data from the previous ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-07029 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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