Document ID: EPA-HQ-OARM-2018-0028-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Contractor Conflicts of Interest
Posted Date: 2018-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30446-30447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13921]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2018-0028; FRL-9979-95-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Contractor Conflicts of Interest (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Contractor Conflicts of 
Interest'' (EPA ICR No. 1550.11, OMB Control No. 2030-0023) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 
2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on March 2, 2018 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

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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 July 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OARM-2018-0028, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), [email protected], 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 
[email protected]. 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: Pamela Leftrict, Policy, Training, and 
Oversight Division, Acquisition Policy and Training Service Center 
(3802R), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-9463; 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: EPA contractors are required to disclose business 
relationships and corporate affiliations to determine whether EPA's 
interests are jeopardized by such relationships. Because EPA has the 
dual responsibility of cleanup and enforcement and because its 
contractors are often involved in both activities, it is imperative 
that contractors are free from conflicts of interest so as not to 
prejudice response and enforcement actions. Contractors are required to 
maintain a database of business relationships and report information to 
EPA on either an annual basis or when each work order is issued.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Businesses or organizations 
performing contracts for the EPA.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain 
benefits.
    Estimated number of respondents: 45.
    Frequency of response: Annually and on occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 56,055 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,139,627 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is a significant reduction in expected 
respondents (135 to 45), burden hours (164,525 to 50,055), and costs 
associated with this proposed renewal package compared to the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. These reductions are solely a result of 
corrections to the ICR's burden calculations; they are not a product of 
modifications to the collection methodology or the actual respondent 
universe.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-13921 Filed 6-27-18; 8:45 am]
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