Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0494-0018
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2023-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11911-11912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03818]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0494; FRL-10743-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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 has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Tips and Complaints Regarding 
Environmental Violations (Renewal) (EPA ICR Number 2219.07, OMB Control 
Number 2020-0032), 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 February 28, 2023. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register on June 13, 2022 during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID Number 
EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0494, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Le Desma; Legal Counsel 
Division; Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training;

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Environmental Protection Agency, Building 25, Box 25227, Denver Federal 
Center, Denver, CO 80025; telephone number: (303) 462-9453; fax number: 
(303) 462-9075; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through February 28, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on June 13, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 35763). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 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: 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: 1,585 per month (total).
    Frequency of response: Generally, a one-time response.
    Total estimated burden: 9,510 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $487,673 (per year), includes no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 924 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the 
ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase reflects the fact that 
tips and complaints are being filed at a higher rate than originally 
anticipated, a strong indication of the success of this program. Some 
questions have been removed and a single question has been added, with 
no expected net change in estimated burden per respondent.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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