This change to the General Administration Requirements for Assistance Programs ICR, to implement provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), is approved. This change transfers 20,066 hours of burden from Emergency ICR 2030-0046, which expires on Sept 30, 2009, to this ICR, and approves EPAÂs collection of 4 additional data items required by EPA to meet the requirements of ARRA that were not previously approved under this ICR. These are: Site Assessments Initiated; Site Assessments Completed; Cleanups Initiated, and Cleanups Completed. Additionally, EPAÂs requirement for information for each LUST site (latitude/longitude), and reporting is also approved. The additional burden primarily reflects the increase in grant applicants and awards expected as a result of ARRA, as well as accounting for the new reporting requirements.
OMB approves this collection for six (6) months. If EPA decides to continue use of the collection past the six month approval time period, it must resubmit to OMB under the normal PRA clearance process, and include the two requests for public comment. New recordkeeping or requirements, like those listed above, will be incorporated into the supporting statement for the ICR. Additionally, EPA will include these specific items in the two requests for public comment that precede the submission of the ICR to OMB.
OMB recognizes EPAs review of the forms covered by this request and encourages EPA to be as rigorous in the review of each form prior to resubmission of this ICR in future years.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2012
04/30/2012
04/30/2012
51,664
0
49,378
134,597
0
114,531
0
0
0
This is a request for a renewal of an existing Information Collection Request (ICR) due to expire on April 30, 2009. This ICR authorizes the collection of information under EPA's General Regulation for Assistance Programs that establishes the minimum management requirements for all recipients of EPA grants or cooperative agreements (assistance agreements). 40 CFR Part 30, "Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations," establishes the management requirements for institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations, as well as procurement requirements for non-governmental recipients. 40 CFR Part 31, "Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments," includes the management requirements for States, local governments, and Indian Tribal governments. These regulations include only those provisions mandated by statute, required by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, or added by EPA to ensure sound and effective financial assistance management.
In addition, under Executive Orders 11625, 12138, and 12432, EPA is required to promote and report on programs to assist minority and women-owned enterprises. Under P.L. 101-507 and P.L. 102-389, EPA is required to set aside funds for socially and disadvantaged individuals/firms under the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 537(a) (5) and (6). This ICR combines all of these requirements under OMB Control Number 2030-0020. EPA award officials will use the information required by these regulations to make assistance awards, to make assistance payments, and to verify that the recipient is using Federal funds appropriately to comply with Federal requirements.
Justification for increase: This increase is due to the ARRA increase in grants that was previously approved under an Emergency ICR (OMB #2030-0046) that expires 09/30/2009.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form SF-270 General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs: State, Local, Tribal Governments
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General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs: State, Local, Tribal Governments