This ICR covers the collection of
information from those organizations that receive cooperative
agreements, contracts, and Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA)
funds from EPA under the authority of the section 104(k) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Brownfields Utilization, Investment,
and Local Development (BUILD) Act (Pub. L. 115-141). CERCLA 104(k),
as amended, authorizes EPA to award grants or cooperative
agreements and contract funding to states, tribes, local
governments, other eligible entities, and nonprofit organizations
to support the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites. Under
section 101(39) of CERCLA, a brownfields site means real property,
the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated
by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance,
pollutant, or contaminant. Cooperative agreement recipients
(recipients) have general reporting and record keeping requirements
as a condition of their cooperative agreement that result in
burden. A portion of this reporting and record keeping burden is
authorized under 2 CFR part 1500 and identified in the EPAs general
grants ICR (OMB Control Number 2030-0020). EPA requires Brownfields
program recipients to maintain and report additional information to
EPA on the uses and accomplishments associated with funded
brownfields activities. EPA intends to expand programmatic
reporting requirements to include TBA contractors and technical
assistance contractors. EPA will use several forms to assist
recipients and contractors in reporting the information and to
ensure consistency of the information collected. EPA uses this
information to meet Federal stewardship responsibilities to manage
and track how program funds are being spent, to evaluate the
performance of the Brownfields Cleanup and Land Revitalization
Program, to meet the Agencys reporting requirements under the
Government Performance Results Act, and to report to Congress and
other program stakeholders on the status and accomplishments of the
program.
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 118 1-232 Name of Law: Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act
There is decrease of 2,335
hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease can be attributed to
tremendous improvements in the ACRES database to streamline
reporting requirements. Additional ACRES training and outreach
efforts have also greatly increased grantees familiarity with the
database. Grantees have reported that ACRES is now more intuitive,
and the layout is significantly easier to follow. Grantees
interviewed for this burden estimate self-reported data entry times
at half the burden hours compared to estimates gathered 2 years
ago. These combined factors result in the significant burden
reduction.
$108,011
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Kelly Gorini 415 972-3735
gorini.kelly@epa.gov
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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.