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possess to perform high quality energy 

efficiency retrofit work for the given 

occupation or job level. 

The Standard Work Specifications are 

organized by section, corresponding to 

the different systems found in 

residential buildings. Within each 

section are subtopics and details that 

contain the critical specification that 

must be achieved to ensure quality 

work. Throughout the Standard Work 

Specifications document are footnotes 

referring to the relevant Technical 

Standards, which are then summarized 

in Appendix D. 

The Job Task Analyses and Essential 

Knowledge Skills and Abilities are made 

up of ‘‘Content Outlines’’ for the four 

common energy efficiency retrofit job 

classifications. They were developed by 

professional psychometricians working 

with experienced technicians from 

WAP, the residential energy efficiency 

retrofit contractor community, and 

organized labor. The Content Outlines 

provide a detailed inventory of the 

minimum knowledge, skills and 

abilities (both cognitive and 

psychomotor) that a worker should 

possess to perform high quality energy 

efficiency retrofit work. 

Once finalized, the Workforce 

Guidelines will: 

1. Enable State and local WAP 

officials and other residential retrofit 

program administrators to strengthen 

their field guides and other work 

manuals by incorporating the high 

quality SWSs contained in the 

Workforce Guidelines. 

2. Assist training providers in 

developing course content and curricula 

consistent with an industry-recognized 

suite of Job Task Analyses. 

3. Increase workforce mobility up 

career ladders and across career lattices 

by establishing a clear set of essential 

KSAs upon which worker credentials 

should be based. 

4. Build confidence among consumers 

and the energy efficiency finance 

community that retrofit work will be 

completed in a quality manner and 

produce the expected energy savings 

and health benefits. 

5. Lay the foundation for a more 

robust worker certification and training 

program accreditation architecture. 

In coordination with the DOE-led 

effort, the EPA has developed a 

keystone document pertaining to health 

considerations in residential energy 

efficiency upgrades. These EPA Healthy 

Indoor Environment Protocols for Home 

Energy Upgrades and the DOE 

Workforce Guidelines were developed 

in conjunction with one another and are 

complementary. Both are intended to 

provide a set of voluntary measures that 

the WAP and other energy efficiency 

retrofit efforts can adopt to increase the 

quality of the retrofit work performed 

while maintaining or improving the 

health and safety of the occupant(s). 

Together, the DOE and EPA 

documents will: provide a robust and 

practical set of resources for retrofit 

contractors, trainers, and program 

administrators; help improve the quality 

of the work performed in this expanding 

industry; promote occupant health and 

safety; and drive consumer demand for 

energy efficiency retrofit services. DOE 

encourages reviewers of the Workforce 

Guidelines with a specific interest in 

healthy indoor environments to also 

review and comment on the EPA 

document, available at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/iaq/homes/retrofits.html. 

Issues on Which DOE Seeks Comment 

DOE is particularly interested in 

receiving comments and views of 

interested parties on the following 

issues: 

• The appropriateness of each of the 

Standard Work Specifications, both at 

the chapter level and at the individual 

task level. 

• The citations of technical standards 

referenced in the Standard Work 

Specifications. 

• The tasks, knowledge skills and 

abilities identified for the four (4) job 

descriptions. 

Submission of Comments 

DOE will accept comments, data, and 

information regarding the proposed 

guidelines no later than January 7, 2011. 

If submitting comments via the DOE 

Web page, please follow all instructions 

on the Web page: http:// 

www.weatherization.energy.gov/ 

retrofit_guidelines. This Web site is 

specifically designed for ease of use to 

facilitate the public comment process. 

DOE will transfer comments received on 

our Web site to Regulations.gov for 

public review. 

Comments, data, and information 

uploaded to Regulations.gov, or 

submitted via DOE’s e-mail address or 

regular mail should be provided in 

WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PDF, or 

text (ASCII) file format. Interested 

parties should avoid the use of special 

characters or any form of encryption, 

and wherever possible, comments 

should include the electronic signature 

of the author. Comments, data, and 

information submitted to DOE via 

regular mail may include one signed 

paper original. 

According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit two copies: One copy of 

the document including all the 

information believed to be confidential, 

and one copy of the document that does 

not include the information believed to 

be confidential. DOE will make its own 

determination as to the confidential 

status of the information and treat it 

according to its determination. 

Factors of interest to DOE when 

evaluating requests to treat submitted 

information as confidential include: 

(1) A description of the items; 

(2) Whether and why such items are 

customarily treated as confidential 

within the industry; 

(3) Whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; 

(4) Whether the information has 

previously been made available to 

others without obligation concerning its 

confidentiality; 

(5) An explanation of the competitive 

injury to the submitting person which 

would result from public disclosure; 

(6) A date upon which such 

information might lose its confidential 

nature due to the passage of time; and 

(7) Why disclosure of the information 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 4, 

2010. 

Cathy Zoi, 

Acting Under Secretary of Energy, Assistant 

Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28289 Filed 11–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0563; FRL- 9224–1; 

EPA ICR No. 1764.04; OMB Control No. 

2060–0348] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; National Volatile Organic 

Compound Emission Standards for 

Consumer Products (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This is 

a request to renew an existing approved 

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expire on February 28, 2011. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 10, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–0563, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center, Mail 

Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

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: Mr. 

Michael K. Ciolek, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, Sector Policies 

and Programs Division, Natural 

Resources and Commerce Group (D243– 

05), Research Triangle Park, North 

Carolina 27711; telephone number: 

(919) 541–4921; fax number: (919) 541– 

1039; e-mail address: 

ciolek.michael@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Previously, EPA submitted the ICR for 

this rulemaking to OMB for review and 

approval according to the procedures 

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On August 

2, 2007 (72 FR 42409), EPA sought 

comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments during the comment period. 

Any additional comments on this ICR 

renewal 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–2007–0563, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., 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 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: National Volatile Organic 

Compound Emission Standards for 

Consumer Products (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1764.04, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0348. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 28, 2011. 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, 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 in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: The information collection 

includes initial reports and periodic 

recordkeeping necessary for EPA to 

ensure compliance with Federal 

standards for volatile organic 

compounds in consumer products. 

Respondents are manufacturers, 

distributors, and importers of consumer 

products. Responses to the collection 

are mandatory under 40 CFR part 59, 

subpart C, National Volatile Organic 

Compound Emission Standards for 

Consumer Products. All information 

submitted to the EPA for which a claim 

of confidentiality is made will be 

safeguarded according to the Agency 

policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2, 

subpart B, Confidentiality of Business 

Information. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 40 hours 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 

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: 

Manufacturers and importers of 

consumer products. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

732. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hours 

Burden: 29,613 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$1,187,537. This includes labor costs of 

$1,187,537 and no capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. 

However, the estimated total annual 

costs are increased by $91,828 due to 

increased costs of employment 

compensation since the previous 

approval. 

Dated: November 3, 2010. 

Penny Lassiter, 

Acting Director, Sectors Policies and 

Programs Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28266 Filed 11–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9223–5] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of List Decisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This action announces the 

availability of EPA decisions identifying 

water quality limited segments and 

associated pollutants in California to be 

listed pursuant to Clean Water Act 

section 303(d)(2), and requests public 

comment. Section 303(d)(2) requires 

that States submit and EPA approve or 


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