Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations (Renewal), 8063-8064 [2016-03156]

Download as PDF asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 17, 2016 / Notices Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 2984; fax number: 202–343–2200; email address: hesla.kirsten@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, WJC 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: ENERGY STAR is a voluntary program developed in collaboration with industry to create a self-sustaining market for energy efficient products. The center piece of the program is the ENERGY STAR label, a registered certification label that helps consumers identify products that save energy, save money, and help protect the environment without sacrificing quality or performance. In order to protect the integrity of the label and enhance its effectiveness in the marketplace, EPA must ensure that products carrying the label meet appropriate program requirements. Program participants submit signed Partnership Agreements indicating that they will adhere to logo-use guidelines and program requirements. Retail partners commit to selling, marketing and promoting ENERGY STAR certified products. Product brand owner partners, who are usually the manufacturer of the products, commit to having participating products certified to meet specified energy performance criteria based on a standard test method and EPA’s third party certification requirements. These requirements for ENERGY STAR product certification also include provisions for verifying the performance of certified products through verification testing. Now, product information is recorded by Certification Bodies and shared with EPA using XML-based web services that validate and save the information in EPA’s database. With this new process of obtaining certified product data, certified model data is automatically updated daily on the ENERGY STAR Web site. To ensure continued product performance after initial certification, EPA requires Certification Bodies to conduct post-market verification testing of a sampling of ENERGY STAR certified products. Certification Bodies are required to share information with VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:05 Feb 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 EPA on products subjected to this postmarket testing twice a year and to immediately report any certified products that no longer meet the program requirements. This process allows EPA to monitor the ongoing performance of products and take necessary steps to maintain consumer confidence in the ENERGY STAR label and protect the investment of partners. Form Numbers: 5900–252, 5900–251, 5900–33, 5900–253, 5900–168, 5900– 206, 5900–207, 5900–28, 5900–208, 5900–210, 5900–228, 5900–234, 5900– 229, 5900–235, 5900–47, 5900–349, 5900–350, 5900–351, 5900–348, 5900– 35, 5900–36, 5900–37, 5900–38, 5900– 39, 5900–41, 5900–42, 5900–43, 5900– 44, 5900–48, 5900–49, 5900–50, 5900– 51, 5900–53, 5900–54, 5900–55, 5900– 56, 5900–57, 5900–58, 5900–230, 5900– 224, 5900–227, 5900–166, 5900–165, 5900–164, 5900–226, 5900–163, 5900– 34, 5900–216, 5900–217, 5900–218, 5900–388. Respondents/affected entities: Respondents for this information collection request include Partners in ENERGY STAR. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntary. Estimated number of respondents: 2,080. Frequency of response: Initially/onetime and annually. Total estimated burden: 41,209 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $3,118,166 (per year), includes $17,285 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 24,129 hours in the total estimated burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. Although participation in the ENERGY STAR program has steadily increased, the automated process of sharing information between Certification Bodies and the Agency has reduced the overall burden for Partners. Courtney Kerwin, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2016–03155 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8063 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0494; FRL–9942– 05–OEI] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2219.05, OMB Control No. 2020–0032) 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 April 30, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 80 FR 67400 on November 2, 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 March 18, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2009–0494, 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 Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael LeDesma, Legal Counsel Division, Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training; SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1 asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 8064 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 17, 2016 / Notices Environmental Protection Agency, Building 25, Box 25227, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80025; telephone number: 303–462–9453 or fax number: 303–462–9075; email address: mailto:ledesma.michael@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, WJC 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: The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) is responsible for administrative, civil and criminal enforcement of the environmental laws that EPA administers. EPA’s criminal enforcement and civil enforcement programs are dependent on tips and complaints from concerned citizens and members of the regulated community. The OECA Tips & Complaints Web page provides a convenient means by which these individuals can voluntarily submit tips and complaints regarding suspected violations of environmental law. Tips or complaints received are used by civil and/or criminal enforcement personnel at EPA to determine whether an investigation is warranted into the suspected or alleged misconduct. In some cases, EPA may decide to refer tips or complaints for investigation to other federal agencies or to State or local authorities within whose jurisdiction the matter may appropriately fall. The OECA Tips and Complaints Web page does not replace or otherwise supplant other means of providing tips or complaints to EPA; it merely provides a convenient means by which to supply these tips or complaints. As with complaints provided by phone, fax, or electronic mail, we expect that tippers or complainants are already in the possession of information that leads them to suspect a violation of environmental law when they contact EPA to report the matter. Accordingly, EPA believes that the burden associated with the reporting is merely that arising from the need to read the instructions and type or select information into the appropriate fields. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Anyone wishing to file a tip or complaint. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntary. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:05 Feb 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 Estimated number of respondents: 10,286 (total). Frequency of response: Occasionally. Total estimated burden: 5,143 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $102,242 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 542 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase reflects that tips and complaints are being filed at a higher rate, which is a strong indication of the success of this program. Courtney Kerwin, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2016–03156 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2012–0534, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or 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 Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0534; FRL—9942– 44–OEI] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business Machines (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘NSPS for Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business Machines (40 CFR part 60, subpart TTT) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1093.11, OMB Control No. 2060–0162), 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 February 29, 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 neither conduct nor 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 March 18, 2016. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of the NSPS (40 CFR part 60, subpart A) and any changes, or additions to the Provisions are specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart TTT. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make an initial notification report, performance tests, periodic reports, and 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. Reports are also required semiannually. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Facilities that perform industrial surface coating on plastic parts for business machines. E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8063-8064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03156]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0494; FRL-9942-05-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental 
Violations (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Tips and Complaints Regarding 
Environmental Violations (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2219.05, OMB Control 
No. 2020-0032) 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 April 30, 2016. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register 80 FR 67400 on November 
2, 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 March 18, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0494, 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 Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael LeDesma, Legal Counsel 
Division, Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training;

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Environmental Protection Agency, Building 25, Box 25227, Denver Federal 
Center, Denver, CO 80025; telephone number: 303-462-9453 or fax number: 
303-462-9075; email address: mailto:ledesma.michael@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, WJC 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: The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) 
is responsible for administrative, civil and criminal enforcement of 
the environmental laws that EPA administers. EPA's criminal enforcement 
and civil enforcement programs are dependent on tips and complaints 
from concerned citizens and members of the regulated community. The 
OECA Tips & Complaints Web page provides a convenient means by which 
these individuals can voluntarily submit tips and complaints regarding 
suspected violations of environmental law. Tips or complaints received 
are used by civil and/or criminal enforcement personnel at EPA to 
determine whether an investigation is warranted into the suspected or 
alleged misconduct. In some cases, EPA may decide to refer tips or 
complaints for investigation to other federal agencies or to State or 
local authorities within whose jurisdiction the matter may 
appropriately fall. The OECA Tips and Complaints Web page does not 
replace or otherwise supplant other means of providing tips or 
complaints to EPA; it merely provides a convenient means by which to 
supply these tips or complaints. As with complaints provided by phone, 
fax, or electronic mail, we expect that tippers or complainants are 
already in the possession of information that leads them to suspect a 
violation of environmental law when they contact EPA to report the 
matter. Accordingly, EPA believes that the burden associated with the 
reporting is merely that arising from the need to read the instructions 
and type or select information into the appropriate fields.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Anyone wishing to file a tip or 
complaint.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 10,286 (total).
    Frequency of response: Occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 5,143 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $102,242 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 542 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase reflects that tips and complaints are 
being filed at a higher rate, which is a strong indication of the 
success of this program.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-03156 Filed 2-16-16; 8:45 am]
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