Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2018-0774-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Evaluating End User Satisfaction of EPA's Research Products
Posted Date: 2020-04-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19761-19762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07329]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2018-0774; FRL-10007-87-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submittal to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Evaluating End User Satisfaction of EPA's 
Research Products (New)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Evaluating End User Satisfaction 
of EPA's Research Products (EPA ICR Number 2593.01, OMB Control Number 
2080-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a new 
request. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on September 13, 2019 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 in this notice, including the ICR's 
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 May 8, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2018-0774, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred 
method), by email to ow-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: Sean Paul, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Program Accountability and Resource 
Management, Office of Research and Development, Mail Code 41182, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-7099; fax number: (202) 565-2910; email address: paul.sean@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that 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 purpose of this information collection is to survey 
stakeholders currently using the EPA's Office of Research and 
Development's (ORD) scientific research products to increase 
transparency and public participation, and to ascertain the quality, 
usability, and timeliness of the research products. ORD will collect 
these data to inform the annual end of year performance reporting to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that will be published each 
year in the Annual Performance Report (APR), which is part of the 
President's Budget Request and mandated under the Government 
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). The survey results will be used to 
estimate the degree to which ORD research products meet customer needs 
and will enable the improvement of the development and delivery of 
products. Some of the information reported on the form is confidential, 
which will be withheld from the public pursuant to Section 107(1) of 
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Participation is voluntary.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Life, physical and social science 
professionals.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 250 (total).

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    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Total estimated burden: 83 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,785 (per year) which includes $0 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in estimates: The new burden in this ICR survey of 
individuals currently using ORD's products, which is part of a new 
framework to evaluate ORD's scientific research products.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-07329 Filed 4-7-20; 8:45 am]
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