Date: April 20, 2015

From: Brian Clapp/DC/USEPA/US To (bcc): Mark Rossolo, UL mark.rossolo@ul.com

Jessica Evans, NSF jevans@nsf.org Mark Petruzzi, Green Seal mpetruzzi@greenseal. org Brad Miller, BIFMA bmiller@bifma.org Dean Thompson, Resilient Floor Coverings de an.thompson@rfci.com Bridgett Luther, Cradle to Cradle bridgett@c2certified.org Robert Frisbee, Green Electronics Council rfrisbee@greenelectronicscouncil.org Steve Mawn, ASTM smawn@astm.org Anne Calas, ANSI acaldas@ansi.org
Subject: Request for Assistance; “Assessment of Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Procurement” I CR

On March 1 9, 2015, EPA published a Notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 06275) titled

“ Agency I nformation Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Assessment of Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Procurement ; EPA I CR No. 2516.01, OMB Control No. 2070

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- 0001 ) This Notice refers to EPA's inten tion to request new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance of an information collection related to the assessment of environmental performance standards and ecolabels for Federal procurement. In addition to public notice and comment requirement t hat the above Notice initiates, OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)) require agencies to consult with potential respondents and data users about specific aspects of an information collection request (I CR) before submitting it to OMB for review and approv al, regardless, in the case of ICR renewals, of whether changes have or have not been made to the collection activity

. As part of this required consultation, I am contacting you to solicit your input. Please note that if yo u take this opportunity to prov ide input, y our name, affiliation, e

- mail address, phone number and an y information you provide (e.g., copies of e

- mails) will be incorporated and attached to the ICR supporting statement, which will be a public document. In addition, the OMB Desk Examine r for the ICR in question may contact y ou to verify

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of any comments EPA identifies in the I CR. EPA solicits y our input on the following questions: Are the data that EPA seeks under this ICR available from an y public source, or alread y collected b y another EPA office or b y another agency ? If so, where can the data be found?Is it clear what is required for data submission? If not, are there an y suggestions for clarifying instructions? Would y ou be interested in an electronic/data s ubmission option? What ty pe of alternative would y ou be most likel y to utilize

– web form, diskette, CD

- ROM? For electronic submission, how should signature requirements be handled

– Private Key In frastructure, PINS and passwords, signed paper cover s heet? Do y ou agree with EPA's estimated burden and costs (the I CR addresses only the costs associated with paperwork)? Are the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labor rates accurate? If yo u have an y reason to consider the BLS labor rates as used b y EPA inaccurate or inappropriate, explain y our rationale. To access the Federal Register Notice, the ICR supporting document, and any public comments received to date, go to: o www.regulations.gov/ o enter EPA

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- 0838 in the Enter Key word or ID field o click on "Search" o then click on an y of the documents listed within the docket to read the document; you will be most interested in the Supporting Statement, identified by its title beginning "Information Collection Request..." Your response will be greatly appreciated. If you have an y comments in response to the above questions, or with respect to any other part of the information collection, please respond b y return e

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May 18, 2015. EPA will consi der those responses, as well as an y public comment received in response to the Federal Register Notice identified above, in preparing a final document for OMB review. Thank y ou for y our assistance. Sincerel y yours, Brian Clapp, Environmental Protection Specialist Chemistry , Economics, and Sustainable Strategies Division Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics/Office of Chemical Safet y and Pollution Prevention Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20460 202

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