[Federal Register: April 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 73)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0501; FRL-8893-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under
EPA's Green Power Partnership and Combined Heat and Power Partnership
(Renewal); EPA ICR Number 2173.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0578
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted on or
before May 18, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0501, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center, MC 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue,
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NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Bellins, Climate Protection
Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 6202J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9526; fax number: 202-
343-2208; e-mail address bellins.Allison@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On October 31, 2008 (73 FR 64941), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0501, which is available for viewing at http://
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA/DC 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 reading room is 202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the
Air and Radiation Docket is 202-566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential
business information (CBI), or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Reporting Requirements under EPA's Green Power Partnership
and Combined Heat and Power Partnership (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2173.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0538.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2009.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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 numbers for EPA regulations
in Title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and included on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: In an effort to aid implementation of the President's May
2001 National Energy Strategy, as well as the President's February 2002
Climate Change Strategy, EPA launched two new partnership programs with
industry and other stakeholders: the Green Power Partnership and the
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership. These voluntary partnership
programs encourage organizations to invest in clean, efficient energy
technologies, including renewable energy and combined heat and power.
To continue to be successful, it is critical that EPA collect
information from Green Power and CHP Partners to ensure these
organizations are meeting their renewable energy and CHP goals and to
assure the creditability of these voluntary partnership programs.
EPA has developed this ICR to obtain authorization to collect
information from organizations participating in the Green Power
Partnership and CHP Partnership. 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 Green Power
Partnership, reporting to EPA, on an annual basis, their progress
toward their green power commitment via a 2-page reporting form; (3)
for the CHP Partnership, reporting to EPA information on their existing
CHP projects and CHP development activity. EPA uses the data obtained
from its partners to assess the success of these programs in achieving
that national energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. Partners
are organizational entities that have volunteered to participate in
either Partnership program.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to equal 5,823
hours and to average 3.25 hours per year per response.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes if collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements
which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond
to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the Information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Companies, institutions, non-
governmental organizations, and State/local governments that
participate in the Green Power and Combined Heat and Power
Partnerships.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,794.
Frequency of Response: Annual, on occasion, once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,823.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $517,118, which includes $0 annualized
Capital Startup costs, $5,466 annualized Operating and Maintenance
(O&M) costs and $511,652 annualized Labor costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 1,824 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. Since the last ICR renewal, both the Green Power
Partnership and CHP Partnership have introduced program efficiencies 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 3.4 hours to
3.25 hours but the total hourly burden still increased because of an
increase in the number of Partners. For perspective on the magnitude of
partner growth, the number of Partners at the end of 2004 was 865,
whereas by year-end there will be an estimated 1,308.
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Dated: April 13, 2009.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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