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OMB Control No: 2030-0020	ICR Reference No: 202405-2030-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202103-2030-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OMS	Agency Tracking No: 0938.23
Title: General Administrative Requirements for Assistance Programs (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 05/29/2024

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	50,060	14,957
Time Burden (Hours)	302,030	94,606
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 40 USC 35 Name of Law: Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Pollution Abatement and Control Programs
   US Code: 40 USC 30 Name of Law: Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit
   US Code: 40 USC 31 Name of Law: Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments
   US Code: 40 USC 33 Name of Law: Participation by DBE in Procurement Under EPA Financial Assistance Agreements
   US Code: 2 USC 200 Name of Law: Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
   US Code: 2 USC 1500 Name of Law: Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	50,060	14,957	35,103
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	302,030	94,606	207,424
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The overall respondent burden has increased from the previous ICR by 207,424 hours. This change occurred for several reasons. First, EPA received unprecedented levels of funding to award grants under the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL), and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This led to a significant increase in number of grant applications received and awards made under various EPA grant programs. EPA also revised its approach to more accurately estimate the number of ongoing grant recipients who are subject to the requirements for record keeping and submittal of quarterly progress reports, which resulted in a significant increase in burden under those requirements (which was also due to the increase in annual grant awards since the last ICR).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $11,224,052

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Amanda Kemp 415 564-4096 kemp.amanda@epa.gov