Environmental Justice Grants CPS Program and Environmental Justice G2G Program: Post-Award Reporting and Public Outreach Information Collections (NEW)
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
01/16/2025
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Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
434
0
17,360
0
0
0
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes competitive financial assistance awards to support projects that tackle environmental, public health, and energy challenges across the country. This is accomplished by working directly with community-based organizations (CBOs) and state, local, territorial, and tribal governments that have strong ties to the communities in which they are working. EPA fosters a collaborative approach to tackling some of the most critical challenges in the most overburdened communities by encouraging projects that involve multiple stakeholders including States, local governments, and tribal governments. To help get resources and funding to underserved and overburdened communities EPA offers Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving (EJCPS) and Environmental Justice Government to Government (EJG2G) cooperative agreement programs. With this Information Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks authorization to collect post-award information in the form of semi-annual progress reports and final reports from each grantee to track their progress, with respect to effectiveness (e.g., the extent to which projects achieved their objectives, goals, and targets), efficiency (e.g., the extent to which projects delivered activities and outputs on schedule and within budget), and equity (e.g., the extent to which investments and benefits flowed to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution). Collection of this information enables EPA to assess and manage the EJCPS and EJG2G programs, which ensures responsible stewardship of public funds; rigorous evidence-based learning and improvement; and transparent accountability to the American public.
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.