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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 105 / Friday, May 30, 2008 / Notices compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. 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E8–12040 Filed 5–29–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0094; FRL–8573–1] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under EPA’s Climate Leaders Partnership (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2100.03, OMB Control No. 2060–0532 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved information request ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 30, 2008. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 30, 2008. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2002–0094, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, MC 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Manuel J. Oliva, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 6202J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343–9094; fax number: (202) 565–2134; e-mail address oliva.manuel@epa.gov. EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On June 1, 2006 (71 FR 31177), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional comments on sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:52 May 29, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31087 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–2002–0094, which is available for online viewing at https:// 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 B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 https:// 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 https://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: Reporting Requirements Under EPA’s Climate Leaders Partnership (Renewal). ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2100.03, OMB Control No. 2060–0532. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 30, 2008. 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’s 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. Abstract: In an effort to aid implementation of U.S. commitments in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the President announced a Climate Change Strategy on February 14, 2002, wherein he set a national U.S. GHG intensity goal of 18 percent by 2012. Part of that E:\FR\FM\30MYN1.SGM 30MYN1 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 31088 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 105 / Friday, May 30, 2008 / Notices strategy challenges companies to set GHG reduction goals by working with EPA through the voluntary Climate Leaders program. EPA has developed this renewal ICR to ensure that the program remains credible by obtaining continued authorization to collect information from Climate Leaders Partners to ensure that Partners are meeting their GHG goals. Companies that join Climate Leaders voluntarily agree to the following: completing and submitting a Partnership Agreement; negotiating a corporate GHG reduction goal; submitting a GHG inventory management plan; participating in an onsite review of the inventory management plan, and reporting to EPA, on an annual basis, the company’s GHG emissions inventory, and progress toward their GHG reduction goal via Climate Leaders Annual GHG Inventory Summary and Goal Tracking Form. The information contained in the inventories of the companies that join Climate Leaders may be considered confidential business information and is maintained as such. EPA uses the data obtained from the companies to assess the success of the program in achieving its GHG reduction goals. Responses to the information collection are voluntary. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to equal 19,636 hours and to average 87.27 hours per year per respondent. The average number of annual burden hours on first year partners for each type of one-time response is: 9 hours to complete and submit a Partnership Agreement, 47 hours for documenting and submitting an Inventory Management Plan, 22 hours participating in an on-site verification of the Inventory Management Plan, 42 hours for negotiating and setting a GHG reduction goal, 117.25 hours for establishing a base year inventory, and 4.25 hours to submit a company profile that is posted on the Web. For all other partners who have been part of the program for longer than one year, the average number of annual burden hours is 62 hours for verifying and updating the Annual GHG Inventory Summary and Goal Tracking Form one time per year. Partners may also submit voluntary updates of company profiles or contact information, via the Climate Leaders Web site or e-mail. These updates are estimated to take not more than 2 hours per response. All of these activities are included in the annual burden estimate. There are no capital or start-up costs associated with this information collection. The average annual operation and maintenance cost VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:52 May 29, 2008 Jkt 214001 resulting for this collection of information is $3 for each first time respondent. The average annual labor cost is $8,212 per respondent. The resulting total annual cost averaged over the three year period is $1,847,771. 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 of 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: Climate Leaders Partner Corporations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 225. Frequency of Response: Annually, on occasion, one-time. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 19,636. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,847,721, includes $0 annualized capital/startup costs, $105 annualized Operating and Maintenance (O&M) costs and $1,847,616 annualized labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 7,681 hours in the total estimated burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. Although the reporting requirements of the Climate Leader Partnership have been streamlined to reduce the individual burden for each reporter, the increase in overall costs are due to the continued growth in the number of companies participating in the Partnership. EPA has collaborated with partners to develop these revised reporting requirements, which are better suited for establishing and tracking progress of corporate GHG reduction goals. This change is result of a more interactive program approach between EPA and Climate Leaders partners and a larger number of partners in the program since the currently approved ICR. Dated: May 22, 2008. Kathleen Hogan, Director, Climate Protection Partnership Division. [FR Doc. E8–12092 Filed 5–29–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [Docket ID Numbers: EPA–HQ–OECA– 2008–0277 to 0295, 0297 to 0301, 0363 to 0377, and 0421 to 0434; FRL–8573–8] Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on Fifty-Two Proposed Information Collection Requests (ICRs) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following fifty-two existing, approved, continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the purpose of renewing the ICRs. Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the information collections as described under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2008. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or through hand delivery/courier service. Follow the detailed instructions as provided under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section A. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The contact individuals for each ICR are listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section II.C. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. How Can I Access the Docket and/ or Submit Comments? 1. Docket Access Instructions EPA has established a public docket for the ICRs listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section II.B. The docket is available for online viewing at https:// www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC), in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) docket is (202) 566–1752. Use https://www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public E:\FR\FM\30MYN1.SGM 30MYN1

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[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0094; FRL-8573-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under 
EPA's Climate Leaders Partnership (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2100.03, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0532

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 EPA is planning to 
submit a request to renew an existing approved information request ICR 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 
This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 30, 2008. Before submitting 
the ICR to OMB for review and approval EPA is soliciting comments on 
specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described 
below.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 30, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0094, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov 
(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 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, 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: Manuel J. Oliva, Climate Protection 
Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 6202J, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9094; fax number: 
(202) 565-2134; e-mail address oliva.manuel@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 June 1, 2006 (71 FR 31177), 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-2002-0094, which is available for online viewing at 
https://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 B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Climate Leaders 
Partnership (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2100.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0532.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 30, 2008. 
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's 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.
    Abstract: In an effort to aid implementation of U.S. commitments in 
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the 
President announced a Climate Change Strategy on February 14, 2002, 
wherein he set a national U.S. GHG intensity goal of 18 percent by 
2012. Part of that

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strategy challenges companies to set GHG reduction goals by working 
with EPA through the voluntary Climate Leaders program. EPA has 
developed this renewal ICR to ensure that the program remains credible 
by obtaining continued authorization to collect information from 
Climate Leaders Partners to ensure that Partners are meeting their GHG 
goals. Companies that join Climate Leaders voluntarily agree to the 
following: completing and submitting a Partnership Agreement; 
negotiating a corporate GHG reduction goal; submitting a GHG inventory 
management plan; participating in an onsite review of the inventory 
management plan, and reporting to EPA, on an annual basis, the 
company's GHG emissions inventory, and progress toward their GHG 
reduction goal via Climate Leaders Annual GHG Inventory Summary and 
Goal Tracking Form. The information contained in the inventories of the 
companies that join Climate Leaders may be considered confidential 
business information and is maintained as such. EPA uses the data 
obtained from the companies to assess the success of the program in 
achieving its GHG reduction goals. Responses to the information 
collection are voluntary.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to equal 19,636 
hours and to average 87.27 hours per year per respondent. The average 
number of annual burden hours on first year partners for each type of 
one-time response is: 9 hours to complete and submit a Partnership 
Agreement, 47 hours for documenting and submitting an Inventory 
Management Plan, 22 hours participating in an on-site verification of 
the Inventory Management Plan, 42 hours for negotiating and setting a 
GHG reduction goal, 117.25 hours for establishing a base year 
inventory, and 4.25 hours to submit a company profile that is posted on 
the Web. For all other partners who have been part of the program for 
longer than one year, the average number of annual burden hours is 62 
hours for verifying and updating the Annual GHG Inventory Summary and 
Goal Tracking Form one time per year.
    Partners may also submit voluntary updates of company profiles or 
contact information, via the Climate Leaders Web site or e-mail. These 
updates are estimated to take not more than 2 hours per response. All 
of these activities are included in the annual burden estimate.
    There are no capital or start-up costs associated with this 
information collection. The average annual operation and maintenance 
cost resulting for this collection of information is $3 for each first 
time respondent. The average annual labor cost is $8,212 per 
respondent. The resulting total annual cost averaged over the three 
year period is $1,847,771.
    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 of 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: Climate Leaders Partner 
Corporations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 225.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, on occasion, one-time.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 19,636.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,847,721, includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $105 annualized Operating and Maintenance (O&M) 
costs and $1,847,616 annualized labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: 
There is an increase of 7,681 hours in the total estimated burden 
compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. 
Although the reporting requirements of the Climate Leader Partnership 
have been streamlined to reduce the individual burden for each 
reporter, the increase in overall costs are due to the continued growth 
in the number of companies participating in the Partnership. EPA has 
collaborated with partners to develop these revised reporting 
requirements, which are better suited for establishing and tracking 
progress of corporate GHG reduction goals. This change is result of a 
more interactive program approach between EPA and Climate Leaders 
partners and a larger number of partners in the program since the 
currently approved ICR.

    Dated: May 22, 2008.
Kathleen Hogan,
 Director, Climate Protection Partnership Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-12092 Filed 5-29-08; 8:45 am]
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