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Information Requested 

The following questions may guide, 

but should not restrict, responses: 

1. Do clean energy investors see value 

in participating in a structured visit to 

DOE and/or any of its facilities/

laboratories? What kind of information 

would be most useful to obtain/learn 

about during such a visit? 

2. Are you aware of/do you represent 

any organization(s) in the clean energy 

field that would be able to provide 

useful information to the CEIC team? 

What events present the best 

opportunities for the CEIC to engage in 

valuable dialogue/interactions, inform 

the general public about the clean 

energy landscape, and/or connect with 

new or prospective investors? In which 

events, conferences, or settings would 

you like to see CEIC participation? 

3. What kinds of communication 

channels are most useful/effective? 

What is the best way for investors and 

the public to receive information and 

updates? 

4. Do investors obtain most of your 

information from academic articles, data 

aggregators, analytical and advisory 

firms, or other sources? Where do 

investors search for information 

pertaining to innovations, early stage 

research, or clean energy investment? 

5. Are there any other successful 

federal or non-federal models for 

engagement and communication that 

should be adopted by the CEIC? 

Category 4: Open 

Background/Context 

The CEIC recognizes that there may be 

tools and services other than those 

discussed in this RFI that may be useful 

to investors. This category serves as an 

open call for suggestions on how to 

effectively align the CEIC and its 

programs with the needs of its 

customers (the public, investors, and 

industry) and overarching 

Administration goals. 

Information Requested 

The following questions may guide, 

but should not restrict, responses: 

1. What are the greatest concerns with 

investing in the clean energy technology 

space? What sort of information/

assistance would provide greater 

comfort with this category? 

2. In general, how can the CEIC (and 

the federal government more broadly) 

most effectively help to catalyze further 

clean energy investment? In particular, 

how can CEIC most effectively advance 

the following goals: 

a. Unlock new sources of capital and 

foster more effective investment models 

to scale innovative clean energy 

companies; 

b. Facilitate match-making between 

early-stage companies and potential 

investors and customers; 

c. Support the development of 

innovative marketplaces for early-stage 

investment, including crowd-funding 

platforms; 

d. Enhance activity and engagement 

with corporate investors/strategic 

investors, including utilities; 

e. Catalyze the formation of long-term, 

patient capital funds for energy 

technology development; 

f. Leverage philanthropic capital 

through program-related investments, 

mission-related investments, and other 

mechanisms; 

g. Encourage more clean energy 

venture dollars focused on U.S.-based 

companies with high potential for 

domestic economic benefit; and 

h. Leverage existing programs (e.g., 

SBIR) to be of best use to the clean 

energy investment community. 

3. Is there any other information, 

other approaches, or other data that 

would be useful to investors? 

4. Are there any other tools that 

would be useful to investors or key 

stakeholders that were not discussed 

above? 

5. What are the greatest challenges 

when it comes to investing in clean 

energy? 

6. Is there any information about 

investment principles and/or 

investment policy statements as it 

pertains to clean energy investments 

that could be shared with other 

investors and the public? 

7. What DOE (or other state/federal) 

finance and commercialization 

programs are available, and should 

anything about them be changed to 

enhance their utility? 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 25, 

2016. 

Sanjiv Malhotra, 

Director, Clean Energy Investment Center. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04625 Filed 3–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2015–0836; FRL–9943–12– 

Region 3] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Collection of Information on Anaerobic 

Digestion Facilities Processing Wasted 

Food To Support EPA’s Sustainable 

Food Management Programs 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Collection of Information on Anaerobic 

Digestion Facilities Processing Wasted 

Food to support EPA’s Sustainable Food 

Management Programs’’ (EPA ICR No. 

2533.01, OMB Control No. 2050–NEW) 

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.). 

Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a request for 

approval of a new collection. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 2, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2015–0836 online using 

www.regulations.gov or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 228221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

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: 

Melissa Pennington, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 3, Mail Code 

3LC40, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 

PA 19103; telephone number: 215–814– 

3372; fax number: 215–814–3114; email 

address: pennington.melissa@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 http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

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collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: EPA’s Office of Land and 

Emergency Management Sustainable 

Food Management (SFM) program is 

designed to advance sustainable food 

management practices throughout the 

United States by preventing and 

diverting wasted food from landfills. 

The focal point of the SFM program is 

the Food Recovery Challenge in which 

organizations pledge to improve their 

sustainable food management practices. 

The success of the SFM program efforts 

to divert wasted food from landfills 

requires sufficient capacity to process 

the diverted materials which includes 

composting and anaerobic digestion 

operations. In addition to increasing 

opportunity to process wasted food 

diverted from the municipal solid waste 

stream, anaerobic digesters achieve 

social, environmental and economic 

benefits, such as generation of 

renewable energy, reduction of methane 

emissions, and opportunities to improve 

soil health through the production of 

soil amendments. The SFM program 

supports these efforts by educating state 

and local governments and communities 

about the benefits of wasted food 

diversion. The SFM program also builds 

partnerships with state agencies and 

other strategic partners interested in 

developing organics recycling capacity 

and provides tools to assist 

organizations in developing anaerobic 

digestion (AD) projects. 

This information collection consists 

of a request for data not currently 

available on AD facilities processing 

wasted food as well as a review and 

update of the existing SFM AD facility 

inventory. Correspondence will include 

a questionnaire through which 

respondents can provide new 

information on their AD projects and an 

update to the existing AD facility 

inventory, if appropriate. This will be 

the first time the SFM program has 

formally collected data for this 

inventory. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: State 

Liaisons, Industry Representatives, 

Project Owner/Operators, and Other 

Stakeholders (e.g. non-profits). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

460 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually. 

Total estimated burden: 231 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $16,972 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in estimates: There are no 

changes in burden estimates as this is a 

new ICR. 

Dated: February 18, 2016. 

John A. Armstead, 

Director, Land and Chemicals Division, EPA 

Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2016–04603 Filed 3–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0099; FRL–9942–65] 

Premanufacture Notice for a Certain 

New Chemical; Extension of Review 

Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

extension of the review period for a 

premanufacture notice (PMN) P–14– 

0627 under the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA). Based on analysis, 

the Agency requires an extension of the 

review period to investigate further 

potential risk, examine regulatory 

options, and prepare the necessary 

documents, should regulatory action be 

required. 

DATES: The review period is extended to 

May 25, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical information contact: Jeff 

Bauer, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–9042; email address: 

Bauer.Jeff@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the chemical 

manufacturing company that submitted 

the PMN. This action may also be of 

interest to persons concerned about 

health, environmental, and/or economic 

aspects of this new chemical substance. 

Since other entities may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0099, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What chemical is subject to this 

notice? 

On June 19, 2014, EPA received PMN 

number P–14–0627 for a new chemical 

substance, identified as Cyclic amide. 

The submitter claimed the company 

name, specific chemical identity, 

production volume, use information, 

process information, and other 

information to be CBI. 

III. What action is the Agency taking? 

The notice of receipt for this PMN 

was published in the Federal Register of 

September 16, 2014 (79 FR 55460) 

(FRL–9915–80). The running of the 

PMN review period was voluntarily 

suspended by the PMN submitter with 

EPA’s agreement. The PMN review 

period has been resumed. As extended, 

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