Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Program, 4621-4622 [2016-01523]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2016 / Notices data. This report may typically involve one or more of the following statutes: CAA, CWA, RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA and the SDWA. Some of the data collected voluntarily from industry, may be claimed by industry to contain trade secrets or CBI. In accordance with the provisions of 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, ORCR has established policies and procedures for handling information collected from industry, under the authority of RCRA, including RCRA Confidential Business Information Security Manuals. ERG, Incorporated shall protect from unauthorized disclosure all information designated as confidential and shall abide by all RCRA CBI requirements, including procedures outlined in the RCRA CBI Security Manual. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued regulations (40 CFR part 2, subpart B) that outline business confidentiality provisions for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive information designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions. ERG, Incorporated will be authorized to have access to RCRA CBI under the EPA ‘‘Contractor Requirements for the Control and Security of RCRA Confidential Business Information Security Manual.’’ EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information under all sections of RCRA that ERG, Incorporated under the contract may have access to RCRA CBI. Access to RCRA CBI under this contract will take place at ERG’s Chantilly, Virginia and Prairie View, Kansas offices, and when necessary, EPA Headquarters only. Contractor personnel at each location will be required to sign non-disclosure agreements and will be briefed on appropriate security procedures before they are permitted access to confidential information. Dated: November 17, 2015. Barnes Johnson, Director, Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery. [FR Doc. 2016–01568 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0736; FRL–9941–60– OEI] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA’s Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Program Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:41 Jan 26, 2016 Jkt 238001 ACTION: Notice. EPA has submitted the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ‘‘EPA’s Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Program’’ and identified by EPA ICR No. 2450.02 and OMB Control No. 2070– 0184. The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized in this document. EPA has addressed the comments received in response to the previously provided public review opportunity issued in the Federal Register on October 2, 2015 (80 FR 59773). With this submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days for public review. DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0736, to both EPA and OMB as follows: • To EPA online using https:// www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. • To OMB via email to oira_ submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the 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. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 564–1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in detail the information collection activities and the related burden and cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in the docket for this ICR. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4621 The docket can be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is (202) 566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/ dockets. ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on January 31, 2016. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 are displayed either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. Abstract: EPA developed the Partner of the Year Awards to recognize Safer Choice stakeholders who have furthered the goals of Safer Choice through active and exemplary participation in and promotion of the Safer Choice program. Making the mission of the Safer Choice program known to the widest possible audience, through its safer product label and in other forms of communication, is critical to fully realizing the program’s goals of protecting human health and the environment, promoting a sustainable economy, and creating green jobs, especially in the small business sector. The Partner of the Year Awards will be an annual event, with recognition for Safer Choice stakeholder organizations from five broad categories: (1) Formulators/product manufacturers (of both consumer and institutional/ industrial (I/I) products), (2) purchasers and distributors, (3) retailers, (4) supporters (e.g., non-governmental organizations, including environmental and health advocates, trade associations, academia, sports teams, and others), and (5) innovators (e.g., chemical manufacturers, technology developers, and others). Within these categories and based on the criteria, EPA may elect to give additional awards in the subcategories of ‘‘small business’’ and ‘‘sustained excellence.’’ This information collection activity addresses the reporting burden associated with completing the E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1 4622 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2016 / Notices application to EPA for recognition in the Partner of the Year Awards program. Responses to this information collection are voluntary. Respondents may claim all or part of a response confidential. EPA will disclose information that is covered by a claim of confidentiality only to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures in TSCA section 14 and 40 CFR part 2. Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this ICR are establishments engaged in the production, use, and/or advancement of safer chemicals, that have furthered the goals of EPA’s Safer Chemical program through active and exemplary participation in and promotion of the program, and that wish to receive recognition for their achievements. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntary. Estimated total number of potential respondents: 50. Frequency of response: Annual. Estimated total burden: 750 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Estimated total costs: $45,486 (per year), includes no annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs. Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 900 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects the experience of EPA’s Safer Choice program since OMB first approved this information collection. The Safer Choice program conducted its first Partner of the Year Awards in 2015, at which time EPA had received applications from 35 respondents. Based upon revised estimates, EPA has reduced the estimated number of respondents from 110 to 50, with a corresponding decrease in the associated burden. This change is an adjustment. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Courtney Kerwin, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2016–01523 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:41 Jan 26, 2016 Jkt 238001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0517; FRL–9941– 77–OEI] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBBB) Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘NSPS for Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBBB) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1901.06, OMB Control No. 2060–0424) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 31, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 26, 2016. SUMMARY: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–2012–2012–0517, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 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 ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. 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, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/ dockets. Abstract: These emission guidelines apply to small municipal waste combustors (MWCs) constructed on or before August 30, 1999, that combust greater than 35 tons per day (tpd) but less than 250 tpd of municipal solid waste. The emission guidelines regulate organics (dioxin/furans), metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, and particulate matter), and acid gases (hydrogen chloride, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides). The emission guidelines require initial reports, semiannual reports, and annual reports. Owners or operators also are required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. Owners or operators subject to these regulations are required to maintain records of measurements and reports for at least five years. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Small municipal waste combustion units. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBBB). Estimated number of respondents: 23 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually and annually. Total estimated burden: 102,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $11,200,000 (per year), includes $1,040,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the respondent E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4621-4622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01523]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0736; FRL-9941-60-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; EPA's Safer Choice Partner of the Year 
Awards Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has submitted the following information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ``EPA's 
Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Program'' and identified by EPA 
ICR No. 2450.02 and OMB Control No. 2070-0184. The ICR, which is 
available in the docket along with other related materials, provides a 
detailed explanation of the collection activities and the burden 
estimate that is only briefly summarized in this document. EPA has 
addressed the comments received in response to the previously provided 
public review opportunity issued in the Federal Register on October 2, 
2015 (80 FR 59773). With this submission, EPA is providing an 
additional 30 days for public review.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0736, to both EPA and OMB as follows:
     To EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
     To OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
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. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Environmental 
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-1404; email 
address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in 
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and 
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in 
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William 
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is (202) 
566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on January 
31, 2016. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 are displayed either by publication in the 
Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related 
collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB 
control numbers for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 
part 9.
    Abstract: EPA developed the Partner of the Year Awards to recognize 
Safer Choice stakeholders who have furthered the goals of Safer Choice 
through active and exemplary participation in and promotion of the 
Safer Choice program. Making the mission of the Safer Choice program 
known to the widest possible audience, through its safer product label 
and in other forms of communication, is critical to fully realizing the 
program's goals of protecting human health and the environment, 
promoting a sustainable economy, and creating green jobs, especially in 
the small business sector.
    The Partner of the Year Awards will be an annual event, with 
recognition for Safer Choice stakeholder organizations from five broad 
categories: (1) Formulators/product manufacturers (of both consumer and 
institutional/industrial (I/I) products), (2) purchasers and 
distributors, (3) retailers, (4) supporters (e.g., non-governmental 
organizations, including environmental and health advocates, trade 
associations, academia, sports teams, and others), and (5) innovators 
(e.g., chemical manufacturers, technology developers, and others). 
Within these categories and based on the criteria, EPA may elect to 
give additional awards in the subcategories of ``small business'' and 
``sustained excellence.'' This information collection activity 
addresses the reporting burden associated with completing the

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application to EPA for recognition in the Partner of the Year Awards 
program.
    Responses to this information collection are voluntary. Respondents 
may claim all or part of a response confidential. EPA will disclose 
information that is covered by a claim of confidentiality only to the 
extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures in TSCA 
section 14 and 40 CFR part 2.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are establishments engaged in the production, use, and/or 
advancement of safer chemicals, that have furthered the goals of EPA's 
Safer Chemical program through active and exemplary participation in 
and promotion of the program, and that wish to receive recognition for 
their achievements.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 50.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Estimated total burden: 750 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Estimated total costs: $45,486 (per year), includes no annualized 
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 900 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the 
ICR currently approved by OMB.
    This decrease reflects the experience of EPA's Safer Choice program 
since OMB first approved this information collection. The Safer Choice 
program conducted its first Partner of the Year Awards in 2015, at 
which time EPA had received applications from 35 respondents. Based 
upon revised estimates, EPA has reduced the estimated number of 
respondents from 110 to 50, with a corresponding decrease in the 
associated burden. This change is an adjustment.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-01523 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
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