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586–5271) or e-mail 

(alethea.jennings@eia.doe.gov) is also 

recommended. The mailing address is 

Statistics and Methods Group (EI–70), 

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Ave, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0670. Ms. 

Jennings may be contacted by telephone 

at (202) 586–5879. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

section contains the following 

information about the energy 

information collection submitted to 

OMB for review: (1) The collection 

numbers and title; (2) the sponsor (i.e., 

the Department of Energy component); 

(3) the current OMB docket number (if 

applicable); (4) the type of request (i.e., 

new, revision, extension or 

reinstatement); (5) response obligation 

(i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required 

to obtain or retain benefits); (6) a 

description of the need for and 

proposed use of the information; (7) a 

categorical description of the likely 

respondents; (8) estimate number of 

respondents and (9) an estimate of the 

total annual reporting burden (i.e., the 

estimated number of likely respondents 

times the proposed frequency of 

response per year times the average 

hours per response). 

1. Forms EIA–63A, ‘‘Annual Solar 

Thermal Collector Manufacturers 

Survey,’’ EIA–63B, ‘‘Annual 

Photovoltaic Module/Cell 

Manufacturers Survey,’’ and the EIA– 

902, ‘‘Annual Geothermal Heat Pump 

Manufacturers Survey.’’ 

2. Energy Information Administration. 

3. OMB Number 1905–0196. 

4. Three-year extension to an existing 

approved request. 

5. Mandatory. 

6. Forms EIA–63A and EIA–63B 

collect data on the manufacture, 

shipment, stocks, and import/export of 

solar thermal collectors and 

photovoltaic modules/cells and the 

status of the industry. The data are used 

by the private sector, the renewable 

energy industry, the DOE, and other 

government agencies. Respondents are 

U. S. companies that manufactured, 

shipped, and/or imported solar thermal 

collectors and/or photovoltaic modules 

and cells. The EIA–902 is used to collect 

data about the manufacture, shipment, 

stocks, and import/export of geothermal 

heat pumps and the status of the 

industry. The information collected will 

be used by public and private analysts 

that are interested in geothermal heat 

pumps and related energy issues. 

7. Business or other for-profit 

institutions. 

8. 283 respondents. 

9. 1,415 hours. 

Please refer to the supporting 

statement as well as the proposed forms 

and instructions for more information 

about the purpose, who must report, 

when to report, where to submit, the 

elements to be reported, detailed 

instructions, provisions for 

confidentiality, and uses (including 

possible nonstatistical uses) of the 

information. For instructions on 

obtaining materials, see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Public Law 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 

772(b). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 9, 

2010. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Statistics and Methods Group, 

Energy Information Administration. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–0768; FRL–8847–1] 

EPA’s Role in Advancing Sustainable 

Products 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is interested in soliciting 

individual stakeholder input regarding 

the Agency’s role in the ‘‘green’’ or 

sustainable products movement. The 

Agency will consider the information 

gathered from this notice and other 

sources as it works to define its role and 

develop a strategy that identifies how 

EPA can make a meaningful 

contribution to the development, 

manufacture, designation, and use of 

sustainable products. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 19, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–0768, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–0768. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2010–0768. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available on-line 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 regulations.gov or email. The 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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the 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 and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 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, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

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legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information contact: 

Thomas Tillman, Pollution Prevention 

Division Mail Code (7409M), Office 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–8263; e-mail address: 

tillman.thomas@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

Pollution Prevention Information 

Clearinghouse (7409M), 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 566–0799; e-mail address: 

PPIC@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you manufacture, 

distribute, label, certify, verify, and 

purchase or use consumer, commercial, 

or industrial products that may be 

considered as ‘‘green,’’ ‘‘sustainable,’’ or 

‘‘environmentally preferable.’’ 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to: 

• Manufacturing (NAICS codes 31– 

33). 

• Construction (NAICS code 23). 

• Wholesale trade (NAICS code 42). 

• Retail trade (NAICS codes 44–45). 

• Professional, scientific and 

technical services (NAICS code 54). 

• Accommodations and food services 

(NAICS code 72). 

• Other services, except public 

administration (NAICS code 81). 

• Public administration (NAICS code 

92). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or e-mail. 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. In addition to 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. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background 

A. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is interested in soliciting 

individual stakeholder input regarding 

the Agency’s role in the ‘‘green’’ or 

sustainable products movement. The 

Agency will consider the information 

gathered from this notice and other 

sources as it works to define its role and 

develop a strategy that identifies how 

EPA can make a meaningful 

contribution to the development, 

manufacture, designation, and use of 

sustainable products. 

More specifically, EPA would 

appreciate your individual views 

regarding the following types of 

questions: 

1. What do you see as the major 

policy and research challenges, 

opportunities, and trends impacting the 

development, manufacture, designation, 

and use of sustainable products? 

2. What do you see as EPA’s overall 

role in addressing these challenges and 

opportunities? 

3. In particular, how do you see EPA’s 

role in: 

• Assembling information and 

databases. 

• Identifying sustainability ‘‘hotspots’’ 

and setting product sustainability 

priorities. 

• Evaluating the multiple impacts of 

products across their entire life cycle. 

• Defining criteria for more 

sustainable products. 

• Generating eco-labels and/or 

standards. 

• Establishing the scientific 

foundation for these eco-labels and/or 

standards. 

• Verifying that products meet 

standards. 

• Stimulating the market. 

• Developing end-of-life management 

systems (reuse, recycling, etc.). 

• Measuring results, evaluating 

programs. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 13103(b) of the Pollution 

Prevention Act of 1990 requires the 

Administrator of EPA to facilitate the 

adoption of source reduction techniques 

by businesses and to identify 

opportunities to use Federal 

procurement to encourage source 

reduction. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

environmentally preferable products, 

green products, procurement, 

sustainable products. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, 

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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