[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 954-955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00029]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) will submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Comments
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the
review and approval period. To request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Office at (301) 443-1984.
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Information Collection Request Title: HRSA Environmental Information
and Documentation (EID) (OMB No. 0915-0324)--Revision
Abstract: HRSA is requesting an extension of the approval for the
Environmental Information and Documentation (EID) checklist, which
consists of information that the agency is required to obtain to comply
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). NEPA
establishes the federal government's national policy for protection of
the environment. HRSA has developed the EID for applicants of funding
that would potentially impact the environment and to ensure that their
decision-making processes are consistent with NEPA. Applicants must
provide information and assurance of compliance with NEPA on the EID
checklist. The estimated annual burden is as follows:
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
The annual estimate of burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Form name respondents respondent responses response hours
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NEPA EID Checklist.............. 1,847 1 1,847 .75 1,385.25
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Total....................... 1,847 1 1,847 .75 1,385.25
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to the desk officer for HRSA, either by
email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-5806. Please
direct all correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for
HRSA.''
Deadline: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of
this notice.
Dated: December 28, 2012.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-00029 Filed 1-4-13; 8:45 am]
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