DOC National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Questionnaire and Checklist

ICR 201404-0690-001 · OMB 0690-0028 · Historical Active

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Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form CD-593 DOC NEPA Environmental Questionnaire and Checklist	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
0690.0028.SupportingStmt.REVISED.061814.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2014-06-23	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
191361	DOC NEPA Environmental Questionnaire and Checklist	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0690-0028	ICR Reference No: 201404-0690-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201005-0690-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/OS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: DOC National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Questionnaire and Checklist
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/25/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/29/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2017	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2014
Responses	1,000	0	200
Time Burden (Hours)	3,000	0	400
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,000	0	0

Abstract: The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Environmental Questionnaire and Checklist (EQC) will allow for a more rapid review of infrastructure projects and facilitate DOC in evaluating the potential environmental impacts of a project and determining if a Categorical Exclusion (CE) to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) applies to the project.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 9159	02/18/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 23930	04/29/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
DOC NEPA Environmental Questionnaire and Checklist	CD-593	U.S. DOC National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Questionnaire and Checklist

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,000	200	800
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,000	400	2,600
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,000	0	1,000

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: Adjustments: The estimated respondents, and time to respond, have both been adjusted upward because more DOC bureaus will use the EQC. Costs have been corrected to reflect that some respondents mail attachments. Program change: the checklist has been revised to improve understanding and clarity of the questions. No change in estimated respondents/responses/burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $72,000

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Gwellnar Banks 202 482-3781 [email protected]

Common Form ICR: No