2434ss59 ICIS Justification

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Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery (Revision)

2434ss59 ICIS Justification

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Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB Control Number: 2010-0042)

Shape1 TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: ICIS-Air Post-Implementation Review User Satisfaction Survey


PURPOSE: Conduct a user satisfaction survey to support a Post-Implementation Review for a CPIC major investment, ICIS


The Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) maintains compliance and enforcement data and supports the program for the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), all federal enforcement and compliance (FE&C), and as of October 2014 the Clean Air Act (CAA) Stationary Source program. The Clean Air Act Stationary Source program was added to ICIS as a new module called ICIS-Air. Users include EPA headquarters, EPA Region, State, Tribal, and Local Control Agency (LCON) Government personnel.


This user satisfaction survey is designed to collect that feedback about ICIS-Air and provide useful information to improve the quality and value of future investments.


DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: The survey will be open to all ICIS users, which includes State, Tribal, and Local Government employees.


TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)


[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [X] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software) [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [ ] Other: ______________________


CERTIFICATION:


I certify the following to be true:

  1. The collection is voluntary.

  2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

  3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

  4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

  5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

  6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.


Name: Steve Hufford [email protected]


To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:


Personally Identifiable Information:

  1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [ x ] No

  2. If Yes, is the information that will be collected included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ ] No

  3. If Applicable, has a System or Records Notice been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No


Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [ x ] No


BURDEN HOURS

Assumption: 50% response rate from the universe of active ICIS users

Category of Respondent

No. of Respondents

Participation Time

Burden Hours

State, local, and tribal governments

896

15 min

224

Totals

896


224


FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is: $20,000, including analysis of the results.


If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:


The selection of your targeted respondents

  1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [ x ] Yes [ ] No


If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?


The universe is all active ICIS users, and the user list was exported and classified into State, Local Control Area, Tribal, users.


Administration of the Instrument

  1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[x] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

  1. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [ x ] No

The proposed survey will be available at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ICISAirSurveyTest




Instructions for completing Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback”


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TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Provide the name of the collection that is the subject of the request. (e.g. Comment card for soliciting feedback on xxxx)


PURPOSE: Provide a brief description of the purpose of this collection and how it will be used. If this is part of a larger study or effort, please include this in your explanation.


DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Provide a brief description of the targeted group or groups for this collection of information. These groups must have experience with the program.


TYPE OF COLLECTION: Check one box. If you are requesting approval of other instruments under the generic, you must complete a form for each instrument.


CERTIFICATION: Please read the certification carefully. If you incorrectly certify, the collection will be returned as improperly submitted or it will be disapproved.


Personally Identifiable Information: Provide answers to the questions.


Gifts or Payments: If you answer yes to the question, please describe the incentive and provide a justification for the amount.


BURDEN HOURS:

Category of Respondents: Identify who you expect the respondents to be in terms of the following categories: (1) Individuals or Households;(2) Private Sector; (3) State, local, or tribal governments; or (4) Federal Government. Only one type of respondent can be selected.

No. of Respondents: Provide an estimate of the Number of respondents.

Participation Time: Provide an estimate of the amount of time required for a respondent to participate (e.g. fill out a survey or participate in a focus group)

Burden: Provide the Annual burden hours: Multiply the Number of responses and the participation time and divide by 60.


FEDERAL COST: Provide an estimate of the annual cost to the Federal government.


If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:


The selection of your targeted respondents. Please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them. If the answer is yes, to the first question, you may provide the sampling plan in an attachment.


Administration of the Instrument: Identify how the information will be collected. More than one box may be checked. Indicate whether there will be interviewers (e.g. for surveys) or facilitators (e.g., for focus groups) used.


Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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