[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34154-34155]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14658]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0278, FRL-9929-09-OSWER]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal
Facilities and Practices, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), Criteria for
Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices,
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements--40 CFR part 257, subpart B
(EPA ICR No. 1745.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0154) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before
doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of
the proposed information collection as described below. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through
September 30, 2015. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2015-0278, online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>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
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential

Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Dufficy, Materials Recovery and
Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery, mailcode 5304P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-
9037; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information 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<PHONE_NUMBER>. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, the EPA will issue another Federal
Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: In order to effectively implement and enforce final
changes to 40 CFR part 257--Subpart B on a State level, owners/
operators of construction and demolition waste landfills that receive
CESQG hazardous wastes will have to comply with the final reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. 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. The OMB
control number for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48
CFR chapter 15. This continuing ICR documents the recordkeeping and
reporting burdens associated with the location and ground-water
monitoring provisions contained in 40 CFR part 257--Subpart B.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are States.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under Section 4010(c)
and 3001(d)(4) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of
1976.
    Estimated number of respondents: 152 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 11,215 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost (in thousands of dollars): $1,577,659 which
includes $936,491 annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The burden hours are likely to stay
substantially the same.

    Dated: June 1, 2015.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7788-7791]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03102]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2016-0015; FRL-9942-34-OECA]

Inquiry To Learn Whether Businesses Assert Business
Confidentiality Claims Regarding Waste Import and Export

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) receives from time
to time Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documentation
received or issued by EPA or data contained in EPA database systems
pertaining to the export and import of Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste from/to the United States, the
export of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and spent lead acid batteries
(SLABs) from the United States, and the export and import of RCRA
universal waste from/to the United States. These documents and data may
identify or reference multiple parties, and describe transactions
involving the movement of specified materials in which the parties
propose to participate or have participated. The purpose of this notice
is to inform ``affected businesses'' about the documents and/or data
sought by these types of FOIA requests in order to provide the
businesses with the opportunity to assert claims that any of the
information sought that pertains to them is entitled to treatment as
confidential business information (CBI), and to send comments to EPA
supporting their claims for such treatment. Certain businesses,
however, do not meet the definition of ``affected business,'' and are
not covered by today's notice. They consist of any business that
actually submitted to EPA any document at issue pursuant to applicable
RCRA regulatory requirements and did not assert a CBI claim as to
information that pertains to that business in connection with the
document at the time of its submission; they have waived their right to
do so at a later time. Nevertheless, other businesses identified or
referenced in the documents that were submitted to EPA by the
submitting business may have a right to assert a CBI claim concerning
information that pertains to them and may do so in response to this
notice.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 17, 2016. The
period for submission of comments may be extended if, before the
comments are due, you make a request for an extension of the comment
period and it is approved by the EPA legal office. Except in
extraordinary circumstances, the EPA legal office will not approve such
an extension without the consent of any person whose request for
release of the information under the FOIA is pending.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OECA-2016-0015, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
     Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>     Address: Eva Kreisler, International Compliance Assurance
Division, Office of Federal Activities, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2254A,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2016-0015. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or email. Instructions about how to submit comments
claimed as CBI are given later in this notice.
    The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an email comment directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment. Please include your name and
other contact information with any disk or CD-ROM you submit by mail.
If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and
cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider
your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the
EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the HQ EPA Docket
Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone
number for the docket for this notice is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva Kreisler, International Compliance
Assurance Division, Office of Federal Activities, Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
2254A, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today's notice relates to any documents or
data in the following areas: (1) Export of Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste, during calendar year 2015 or
before, under 40 CFR part 262, subparts E and H; (2) import of RCRA
hazardous waste, during calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part
262, subparts F and H; (3) transit of RCRA hazardous waste, during
calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, through
the United States and foreign countries; (4) export of cathode ray
tubes, during calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part 261,
subpart E; (5) exports of non-crushed, spent lead acid batteries with
intact casings, during calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part
266 subpart G; (6) export and import of RCRA universal waste, during
calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part 273, subparts B, C, D,
and F; (7) submissions from transporters, during calendar year 2015 or
before, under 40 CFR part 263, or from treatment, storage or disposal
facilities under 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, related to exports or
imports of hazardous waste which occurred during calendar year

2015 or before, including receiving facility notices under 40 CFR
264.12(a)(1) and 265.12(a)(1) and import consent documentation under 40
CFR 264.71(a)(3) and 265.71(a)(3).

I. General Information

    EPA has previously published notices similar to this one in the
Federal Register, the latest one being at 80 FR 19080, April 9, 2015,
that address issues similar to those raised by today's notice. The
Agency did not receive any comments on the previous notices. Since the
publication of the April 9, 2015, Federal Register notice, the Agency
has continued to receive FOIA requests for documents and data contained
in EPA's database related to hazardous waste exports and imports.

II. Issues Covered by This Notice

    Specifically, EPA receives FOIA requests from time to time for
documentation or data related to hazardous waste exports and imports
that may identify or reference multiple parties, and that describe
transactions involving the movement of specified materials in which the
parties propose to participate or have participated. This notice
informs ``affected businesses,'' \1\ which could include, among others,
``transporters,'' \2\ and ``consignees,'' \3\ of the requests for
information in EPA database systems and/or contained in one or more of
the following documents: (1) Documents related to the export of
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste, during
calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subparts E and H,
including but not limited to the ``notification of intent to export,''
\4\ ``manifests,'' \5\ ``annual reports,'' \6\ ``EPA acknowledgements
of consent,'' \7\ ``any subsequent communication withdrawing a prior
consent or objection,'' \8\ ``responses that neither consent nor
object,'' ``exception reports,'' \9\ ``transit notifications,'' \10\
and ``renotifications''; \11\ (2) documents related to the import of
hazardous waste, during calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part
262, subparts F and H, including but not limited to notifications of
intent to import hazardous waste into the U.S. from foreign countries;
(3) documents related to the transit of hazardous waste, during
calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part 262, subpart H,
including notifications from U.S. exporters of intent to transit
through foreign countries, or notifications from foreign countries of
intent to transit through the U.S.; (4) documents related to the export
of cathode ray tubes (CRTs), during calendar year 2015 or before, under
40 CFR part 261, subpart E, including but not limited to notifications
of intent to export CRTs; (5) documents related to the export of non-
crushed spent lead acid batteries (SLABs) with intact casings, during
calendar year 2015 or before, under 40 CFR part 266 subpart G,
including but not limited to notifications of intent to export SLABs;
(6) submissions from transporters under 40 CFR part 263, or from
treatment, storage or disposal facilities under 40 CFR parts 264 and
265, related to exports or imports of hazardous waste which occurred
during calendar year 2015 or before, including receiving facility
notices under 40 CFR 264.12(a)(1) and 265.12(a)(1) and import consent
documentation under 40 CFR 264.71(a)(3) and 265.71(a)(3); and (7)
documents related to the export and import of RCRA ``universal waste''
\12\ under 40 CFR part 273, subparts B, C, D, and F.

    \1\ The term ``affected business'' is defined at 40 CFR 2.201(d),
and is set forth in this notice, below.
    \2\ The term ``transporter'' is defined at 40 CFR 260.10.
    \3\ The term ``consignee'' is defined, for different purposes, at
40 CFR 262.51 and 262.81(c).
    \4\ The term ``notification of intent to export'' is described at
40 CFR 262.53.
    \5\ The term ``manifest'' is defined at 40 CFR 260.10.
    \6\ The term ``annual reports'' is described at 40 CFR 262.56.
    \7\ The term ``EPA acknowledgement of consent'' is defined at 40
CFR 262.51.
    \8\ The requirement to forward to the exporter ``any subsequent
communication withdrawing a prior consent or objection'' is found at 42
U.S.C. 6938(e).
    \9\ The term ``exception reports'' is described at 40 CFR 262.55.
    \10\ The term ``transit notifications'' is described at 40 CFR
262.53(e).
    \11\ The term ``renotifications'' is described at 40 CFR 262.53(c).
    \12\ The term ``universal waste'' is defined at 40 CFR 273.9.

    Certain businesses, however, do not meet the definition of
``affected business,'' and are not covered by today's notice. They
consist of any business that actually submitted information responsive
to a FOIA request, under the authority of 40 CFR parts 260 through 266
and 268, and did not assert a claim of business confidentiality
covering any of that information at the time of submission. As set
forth in the RCRA regulations at 40 CFR 260.2(b), ``if no such
[business confidentiality] claim accompanies the information when it is
received by EPA, it may be made available to the public without further
notice to the person submitting it.'' Thus, for purposes of this notice
and as a general matter under 40 CFR 260.2(b), a business that
submitted to EPA the documents at issue, pursuant to applicable
regulatory requirements, and that failed to assert a claim as to
information that pertains to it at the time of submission, cannot later
make a business confidentiality claim.\13\ Nevertheless, other
businesses identified or referenced in the same documents that were
submitted to EPA by the submitting business may have a right to assert
a CBI claim concerning information that pertains to them and may do so
in response to this notice.

    \13\ However, businesses having submitted information to EPA
relating to the export and import of RCRA universal waste are not
subject to 40 CFR 260.2(b) since they submitted information in
accordance with 40 CFR part 273, and not parts 260 through 266 and 268,
as set forth in 40 CFR 260.2(b). They are therefore affected businesses
that could make a claim of CBI at the time of submission or in response
to this notice.

    In addition, EPA may develop its own documents and organize into
its database systems information that was originally contained in
documents from submitting businesses relating to exports and imports of
hazardous waste. If a submitting business fails to assert a CBI claim
for the documents it submits to EPA at the time of submission, not only
does it waive its right to claim CBI for those documents, but it also
waives its right to claim CBI for information in EPA's documents or
databases that is based on or derived from the documents that were
originally submitted by that business.\14\

    \14\ With the exception, noted above, of the submission of
information relating to the export and import of RCRA universal waste.

    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.204(c) and (e), this notice inquires
whether any affected business asserts a claim that any of the requested
information constitutes CBI, and affords such business an opportunity
to comment to EPA on the issue. This notice also informs affected
businesses that, if a claim is made, EPA would determine under 40 CFR
part 2, subpart B, whether any of the requested information is entitled
to business confidential treatment.

1. Affected Businesses

    EPA's FOIA regulations at 40 CFR 2.204(c)(1) require an EPA office
that is responsible for responding to a FOIA

request for the release of business information (``EPA office'') to
determine which businesses, if any, are affected businesses. ``Affected
business'' is defined at 40 CFR 2.201(d) as: With reference to an item
of business information, a business which has asserted (and not waived
or withdrawn) a business confidentiality claim covering the
information, or a business which could be expected to make such a claim
if it were aware that disclosure of the information to the public was
proposed.

2. The Purposes of This Notice

    This notice encompasses two distinct steps in the process of
communication with affected businesses prior to EPA's making a final
determination concerning the business confidentiality of the
information at issue: The preliminary inquiry and the notice of
opportunity to comment.
a. Inquiry To Learn Whether Affected Businesses (Other Than Those
Businesses That Previously Asserted a CBI Claim) Assert Claims Covering
Any of the Requested Information
    Section 2.204(c)(2)(i) provides, in relevant part: If the
examination conducted under paragraph (c)(1) of Sec.  2.204 discloses
the existence of any business which, although it has not asserted a
claim, might be expected to assert a claim if it knew EPA proposed to
disclose the information, the EPA office shall contact a responsible
official of each such business to learn whether the business asserts a
claim covering the information.
b. Notice of Opportunity To Submit Comments
    Sections 2.204(d)(1)(i) and 2.204(e)(1) of Title 40 of the Code of
Federal Regulations require that written notice be provided to
businesses that have made claims of business confidentiality for any of
the information at issue, stating that EPA is determining under 40 CFR
part 2, subpart B, whether the information is entitled to business
confidential treatment, and affording each business an opportunity to
comment as to the reasons why it believes that the information deserves
business confidential treatment.

3. The Use of Publication in the Federal Register

    Section 2.204(e)(1) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
requires that this type of notice be furnished by certified mail
(return receipt requested), by personal delivery, or by other means
which allows verification of the fact and date of receipt. EPA,
however, has determined that in the present circumstances the use of a
Federal Register notice is a practical and efficient way to contact
affected businesses and to furnish the notice of opportunity to submit
comments. The Agency's decision to follow this course was made in
recognition of the administrative difficulty and impracticality of
directly contacting potentially thousands of individual businesses.

4. Submission of Your Response in the English Language

    All responses to this notice must be in the English language.

5. The Effect of Failure To Respond to This Notice

    In accordance with 40 CFR 2.204(e)(1) and 2.205(d)(1), EPA will
construe your failure to furnish timely comments in response to this
notice as a waiver of your business's claim(s) of business
confidentiality for any information in the types of documents
identified in this notice.

6. What To Include in Your Comments

    If you believe that any of the information contained in the types
of documents which are described in this notice and which are
currently, or may become, subject to FOIA requests, is entitled to
business confidential treatment, please specify which portions of the
information you consider business confidential. Information not
specifically identified as subject to a business confidentiality claim
may be disclosed to the requestor without further notice to you.
    For each item or class of information that you identify as being
subject to your claim, please answer the following questions, giving as
much detail as possible:
    1. For what period of time do you request that the information be
maintained as business confidential, e.g., until a certain date, until
the occurrence of a specified event, or permanently? If the occurrence
of a specific event will eliminate the need for business
confidentiality, please specify that event.
    2. Information submitted to EPA becomes stale over time. Why should
the information you claim as business confidential be protected for the
time period specified in your answer to question no. 1?
    3. What measures have you taken to protect the information claimed
as business confidential? Have you disclosed the information to anyone
other than a governmental body or someone who is bound by an agreement
not to disclose the information further? If so, why should the
information still be considered business confidential?
    4. Is the information contained in any publicly available material
such as the Internet, publicly available data bases, promotional
publications, annual reports, or articles. Is there any means by which
a member of the public could obtain access to the information? Is the
information of a kind that you would customarily not release to the
public?
    5. Has any governmental body made a determination as to the
business confidentiality of the information? If so, please attach a
copy of the determination.
    6. For each category of information claimed as business
confidential, explain with specificity why and how release of the
information is likely to cause substantial harm to your competitive
position. Explain the specific nature of those harmful effects, why
they should be viewed as substantial, and the causal relationship
between disclosure and such harmful effects. How could your competitors
make use of this information to your detriment?
    7. Do you assert that the information is submitted on a voluntary
or a mandatory basis? Please explain the reason for your assertion. If
the business asserts that the information is voluntarily submitted
information, please explain whether and why disclosure of the
information would tend to lessen the availability to EPA of similar
information in the future.
    8. Any other issue you deem relevant.
    Please note that you bear the burden of substantiating your
business confidentiality claim. Conclusory allegations will be given
little or no weight in the determination. If you wish to claim any of
the information in your response as business confidential, you must
mark the response ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' or with a similar
designation, and must bracket all text so claimed. Information so
designated will be disclosed by EPA only to the extent allowed by, and
by means of, the procedures set forth in, 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. If
you fail to claim the information as business confidential, it may be
made available to the requestor without further notice to you.

III. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
http://www.regulations.gov or email. Please submit this information by
mail to the address identified in the ADDRESSES section of today's
notice for inclusion in the non-public CBI docket. Clearly mark

the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside
of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within
the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
the procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. In addition to
the submission of one complete version of the comment that includes
information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain
the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket.
    2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
     Identify the notice by docket number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
     Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the
use of profanity or personal threats.
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical
information and/or data that you used.
     Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

    Dated: January 14, 2016.
Shari Wilson,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPAHQ-OAR-2004-0501; FRL-8938-01-OAR]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request for Green Power Partnership and Combined
Heat and Power Partnership; EPA ICR Number 2173.07 (Renewal); OMB
Control No. 2060-0578

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR), ``Information Collection Request
for Green Power Partnership and Combined Heat and Power Partnership''
(EPA ICR Number 2173.07 (Renewal), OMB Control No. 2060-0578) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is
soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension
of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2019. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0501, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by
email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>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
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Taylor, Climate Protection
Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, MC 6202A
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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<PHONE_NUMBER>. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate.
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: In 2001, EPA's Energy Supply and Industry Branch (ESIB)
launched two partnership programs with industry and other stakeholders:
The Green Power Partnership (GPP) and the Combined Heat and Power
Partnership (CHPP). These voluntary partnership programs, along with
others in the ESIB, encourage organizations to invest in clean,
efficient energy technologies, including renewable electricity and
combined heat and power. To continue to be successful, it is critical
that EPA collect information from these program stakeholders to ensure
these organizations are meeting their clean energy goals and to assure
the credibility of these voluntary non-regulatory programs.
    EPA has developed this ICR to obtain authorization to collect
information from organizations participating in the GPP and CHPP, and
other ESIB voluntary programs. Organizations that join these programs
voluntarily agree to the following respective actions: (1) Designating
a Green Power or CHP liaison and filling out a Partnership Agreement or
Letter of Intent (LOI) respectively, (2) for the GPP, reporting to EPA,
on an annual basis, their progress toward their green power commitment
via a 3-page reporting form; (3) for the CHP Partnership, reporting to
EPA information on their existing CHP projects, new project
development, and other CHP-related activities via a one-page reporting
form (for projects) or via an informal email or phone call (for other
CHP-related activities). In addition to these actions, organizations
may voluntarily apply for recognition to the programs' established
annual recognition events, which require submitting additional
information. EPA uses the data obtained from its Partners to assess the
success of these programs in achieving their national energy and
greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. Partners are organizational
entities that have

volunteered to participate in either Partnership program.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are company, institutional, and public-sector organizations
that voluntarily participate in the EPA's Green Power Partnership (GPP)
or Combined Heat and Power Partnership (CHPP). These include both
service and goods providing industries, educational institutions and
non-governmental organizations, commercial and industrial
organizations, and local, state, or federal government agencies.
    Forms: EPA-430-K-013, EPA-430-F-05-034; EPA-5900-353.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 761 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, on occasion, one time.
    Total estimated burden: 1,445 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $81,314 (per year), includes annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a substantial decrease in hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. Since the last ICR renewal, both the GPP and CHPP have
updated their program requirements to reduce program burden and
simplified collection forms into pre-populated spreadsheets or
documents. As a result of these changes, the average number of hours
per Partner has decreased from 2.87 hours to 1.89 hours, additionally
the total number of partners has been drastically reduced in both
programs. For perspective on the magnitude of Partner decline, the
number of Partners at year-end of 2018 there was an estimated 1959 (GPP
has 1546, and CHP has 413). As of submitting this ICR the total of
partners reporting annually is 761 (GPP has 751, and CHP has 10). The
decrease in cost is due to O&M cost being mistakenly included in the
past ICR. This ICR does not include O&M due to them not being relevant.

Jean Lupinacci Rausch,
Acting Director, Climate Protection Partnership Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-20562 Filed 9-22-21; 8:45 am]
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