Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Program Reporting Templates: Supplemental Project Application Template and Project Reporting Templates for Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), Clean School Bus (CSB), Clean Heavy Duty (CHD), and Clean Ports Grant Programs (New) Publication: Federal Register Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Courtney Kerwin Date: 6 February 2024 Subjects: American Government , Buses, The Environment

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8197-8198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02396]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0492; FRL-11731-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) Grant Program 
Reporting Templates: Supplemental Project Application Template and 
Project Reporting Templates for Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), 
Clean School Bus (CSB), Clean Heavy Duty (CHD), and Clean Ports Grant 
Programs (New)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Transportation and Climate 
Division (TCD) Grant Program Reporting Templates: Supplemental Project 
Application Template and Project Reporting Templates for Diesel 
Emission Reduction Act (DERA), Clean School Bus (CSB), Clean Heavy Duty 
(CHD), and Clean Ports Grant Programs (EPA ICR Number 2793.01, OMB 
Control Number 2060-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a new ICR. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on October 27, 2023 with a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 7, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2023-0492, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the public docket without change 
including any personal information

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provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Thomas, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, (6406A), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 734-214-4465; fax number: 202-343-2803; email address: 
thomas.tim.l@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new 
collection. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on October 27, 2023 (88 FR 73839). This notice allows for an additional 
30 days for public comments. Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the 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: This ICR is associated with four mobile source-related 
grant programs administered by the Transportation and Climate Division 
(TCD), within EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ). 
Those are the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), Clean School Bus 
(CSB), Clean Heavy-Duty (CHDV), and Clean Ports Grants Programs.
    The DERA Grants Program and the CSB Grant Program currently collect 
information under an existing ICR, the General Administrative 
Requirements for Assistance Programs (OMB Control Number 2030-0020), 
for most major elements of grants administration. But to ease the 
burden for applicants, awardees, and Agency staff, as well as enrich 
data quality across programs, the Agency needs to be able to collect 
information via new reporting instruments, specifically program-
specific, fillable data templates. This ICR is requesting clearance to 
cover fillable data templates for three phases of the grant lifecycle: 
initial application, quarterly reporting, and final reporting. Notably, 
for successful grant applicants, the information in data templates 
collected during the application phase of the grant lifecycle will flow 
into the data templates for the quarterly and final reporting periods, 
enabling these templates to capture data efficiently throughout the 
life of the entire award.
    TCD uses approved procedures and forms to collect necessary 
information to operate its grant programs and has been providing grants 
under DERA since 2008. EPA is preparing to launch the 2024 Clean Port 
Program in late winter 2024, the 2024 CHDV Program in early spring 
2024, as well as the 2024 DERA grant program in summer 2024, and 
overseeing the 2023 CSB Grantees, who are expected to begin reporting 
in mid-2024.
    Form numbers: EPA Form Numbers in this IC: 5900-679, 5900-680, 
5900-681, 5900-682, 5900-683, 5900-684, 5900-685, 5900-686, 5900-687, 
5900-688, 5900-689, 5900-690, 5900-691, 5900-692, and 5900-693 (15 
total).
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are those interested in applying for grants under EPA's 
CSB, DERA, CHDV, and Clean Ports programs.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a 
benefit (Energy Policy Act, Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan 
Infrastructure Law).
    Estimated number of respondents: 312.
    Frequency of response: One initial report, 4 reports annually, and 
one final report.
    Total estimated burden: 14,589 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $822,508 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: This is a new collection.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-02396 Filed 2-5-24; 8:45 am]
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