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supporting measurements reporting and 

recordkeeping activities associated with 

the 40 CFR 58 Ambient Air Quality 

Surveillance rule. These data and 

information are collected by various 

state and local air quality management 

agencies and reported to the Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards 

within the Office of Air and Radiation, 

U.S. EPA. 

This ICR reflects revisions of the 

previous ICR update of 2011, and it 

covers the period of 2013–2015. The 

number of monitoring stations, 

sampling parameters, and frequency of 

data collection and submittal is 

expected to remain relatively stable for 

2013–2015, with minor increases and 

decreases expected for several ambient 

air monitoring networks as air 

monitoring agencies review their 

monitoring networks. 

The data collected through this 

information collection consist of 

ambient air concentration 

measurements for the seven air 

pollutants with national ambient air 

quality standards (i.e., ozone, sulfur 

dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, carbon 

monoxide, PM2.5 and PM10), ozone 

precursors, meteorological variables at a 

select number of sites, and other 

supporting measurements. 

Accompanying the pollutant 

concentration data are quality 

assurance/quality control data and air 

monitoring network design information. 

The EPA and others (e.g., state and 

local air quality management agencies, 

tribal entities, environmental groups, 

academic institutions, industrial groups) 

use the ambient air quality data for 

many purposes. Some of the more 

prominent uses include informing the 

public and other interested parties of an 

area’s air quality, judging an area’s (e.g., 

county, city, neighborhood) air quality 

in comparison with the established 

health or welfare standards (including 

both national and local standards), 

evaluating an air quality management 

agency’s progress in achieving or 

maintaining air pollutant levels below 

the national and local standards, 

developing and revising State 

Implementation Plans in accordance 

with 40 CFR 51, evaluating air pollutant 

control strategies, developing or revising 

national control policies, providing data 

for air quality model development and 

validation, supporting enforcement 

actions, documenting episodes and 

initiating episode controls, air quality 

trends assessment, and air pollution 

research. 

The state and local agencies and tribal 

entities with responsibility for reporting 

ambient air quality data and information 

as requested in this ICR submit these 

data electronically to the EPA’s Air 

Quality System (AQS) database. Quality 

assurance/quality control records and 

monitoring network documentation are 

also maintained by each state and local 

agency in AQS electronic format where 

possible. 

Although the state and local air 

pollution control agencies and tribal 

entities are responsible for the operation 

of the air monitoring networks, the EPA 

funds a portion of the total costs 

through federal grants. These grants 

generally require an appropriate level of 

contribution, or ‘‘match,’’ from the state/ 

local agencies or tribal entities. The 

costs shown in this renewal are the total 

costs incurred for the monitoring 

program regardless of the source of the 

funding. This practice of using the total 

cost is consistent with prior ICR 

submittals and renewals. 

This Information Collection is 

estimated to involve 168 respondents 

for a total cost of approximately 

$194,490,047 (total capital, and labor 

and non-labor operation and 

maintenance) plus a total burden of 

1,790,021 hours. The labor costs 

associated with the hours is 

$126,733,274. Included in the total are 

other costs of non-labor operations and 

maintenance of $13,090,237 and 

equipment and contract costs of 

$54,666,536. In addition to the costs at 

the state and local air pollution control 

agencies and tribal entities, there is a 

burden to the EPA of 192,769 hours and 

$11,014,728. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 6,742 hours per 

respondent. 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 168 

Frequency of response: Data 

submissions are required quarterly, but 

may occur more frequently. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,790,021 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$194,490,047. This includes an 

estimated labor burden cost of 

$126,733,274 and an estimated cost of 

$54,666,536 for equipment and contract 

costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

Yes. There is a decrease of 289,469 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This decrease reflects the EPA’s 

consolidation of monitors into fewer 

sites, termination of unnecessary 

monitors, and more efficient procedures 

for measuring and reporting data. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

The EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to the OMB for 

review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, the EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

the OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to the OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: February 14, 2013. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Air Quality Assessment 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04008 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0500; FRL 9527–5] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; EPA’s 

ENERGY STAR Program in the 

Residential Sector (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘EPA’s 

ENERGY STAR Program in the 

Residential Sector’’ (EPA ICR No. 

2193.03, OMB Control No. 2060–0586), 


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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 28, 2013. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (77 FR 50495) on 

August 21, 2012 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 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2004–0500, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@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: 

Brian Ng, Energy Star Residential 

Branch, Mailcode 6202J, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9162; fax 

number: (202) 343–2200; email address: 

ng.brian@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 http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: EPA first developed energy 

efficiency guidelines for new homes in 

1995. ENERGY STAR’s existing homes 

effort was rolled out in 2000 to promote 

cost-effective upgrades in the existing 

homes market. Both of these efforts 

promote cost effective, whole house 

energy efficiency improvements that are 

independently verified by third parties. 

Through 2011 there have been more 

than 1.3 million ENERGY STAR 

certified new homes built in the U.S., 

and more than 50,000 existing homes 

have been improved through the whole 

house retrofit program, Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR. 

Since participation in the ENERGY 

STAR program is voluntary, 

organizations are not required to submit 

information to EPA. Information 

received is not of a confidential nature. 

EPA has developed this ICR to obtain 

authorization to collect information for 

the following activities: 

Joining the ENERGY STAR Program 

and Related Activities: An organization 

interested in joining ENERGY STAR as 

a partner is asked to submit a 

partnership agreement establishing its 

commitment to ENERGY STAR. 

Partners agree to undertake efforts such 

as educating their staff and the public 

about their partnership with ENERGY 

STAR, developing and implementing a 

plan to improve energy performance in 

homes, and highlighting achievements 

utilizing the ENERGY STAR label. 

Verification of ENERGY STAR 

Guidelines: The purpose of the 

verification process is to ensure the 

quality of home construction and 

improvements with respect to ENERGY 

STAR guidelines. Under ENERGY 

STAR’s Certified Homes program, 

verification of a home’s energy 

efficiency occurs when site-built home 

builders or plants producing 

manufactured and modular homes want 

to apply the ENERGY STAR label on 

homes. The verification process 

involves the home builder, the 

verification organization (Home Energy 

Rating Providers and Home Energy 

Raters), and the Heating, Ventilation, 

and Cooling (HVAC) contractor. These 

organizations complete four checklists 

as part of the verification process. In 

addition, plants producing 

manufactured and modular homes must 

undergo a certification process to ensure 

that they consistently produce and 

install homes that meet ENERGY STAR 

guidelines. Under ENERGY STAR’s 

Home Performance with ENERGY 

STAR, program sponsors promote a 

program of whole house, science-based 

improvements to existing homes. 

Sponsors oversee contractors who carry 

out the improvements, perform tests, 

and report the results to the sponsors. 

Under ENERGY STAR’s HVAC Quality 

Installation program, sponsors promote 

the installation of HVAC systems in new 

and existing homes to meet ENERGY 

STAR guidelines. Sponsors oversee 

contractors who perform the 

installations, perform tests, and report 

the results to the sponsors. Sponsors 

submit quarterly reports to EPA on these 

activities. 

Evaluation: Partners and other 

program participants are asked to 

periodically submit information to EPA 

as needed to assist in evaluating 

ENERGY STAR’s effectiveness in 

helping organizations promote energy 

efficiency in homes, to assess partners’ 

level of interest and ability in promoting 

ENERGY STAR in the residential sector, 

and to determine the impact that 

ENERGY STAR has on residential 

energy use and the supply and demand 

for energy-efficient homes and home 

improvement products and services. In 

addition, EPA offers online tools, such 

as the Home Energy Yardstick and 

Home Energy Advisor, for homeowners 

to learn about and improve their homes’ 

energy efficiency. 

Periodic Reporting: Some partners are 

asked to submit information to EPA 

periodically to assist EPA in tracking 

and measuring progress in building and 

promoting ENERGY STAR certified 

homes and installing and promoting 

energy-efficient improvements. 

ENERGY STAR Awards: Each year, 

partners are eligible for an ENERGY 

STAR award, which recognizes 

organizations demonstrating 

outstanding support in promoting 

ENERGY STAR. An application is 

submitted to EPA by interested partners. 

Outreach Partnership: Partners have 

the option of participating in an 

outreach partnership, whereby partners 

jointly contribute resources to the 

distribution of a public outreach and 

education campaign about ENERGY 

STAR certified homes. 

Form Numbers: 

• Partnership Letter for Home 

Builders, Architects & Home Plan 

Designers, Home Energy Raters & 

Providers (5900–188) 

• Partnership Agreement for EEPS 

(5900–33) 

• Commitment Form for EEPS (5900– 

272) 

• Partnership Agreement for Lenders 

(5900–08) 

• Partnership Agreement for HVAC 

QI Sponsor (5900–183) 

• Partnership Agreement for Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR 

Sponsor (5900–17) 

• Implementation Plan for Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR 

Sponsor (5900–186) 


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• Commitment Form for Outreach 

Partnership (5900–06) 

• Water Management Checklist 

(5900–178) 

• Thermal Enclosure Checklist (5900– 

176) 

• Multifamily High Rise Developer 

Participation Agreement (5900–267) 

• Multifamily High Rise Project 

Application (5900–266) 

• Multifamily High Rise Testing & 

Verification Worksheet (5900–269) 

• Multifamily High Rise Submittal 

Validation Form (5900–270) 

• Multifamily High Rise Performance 

Path Calculator (5900–268) 

• Modular Home Completion Report 

(5900–189) 

• Manufactured Home Completion 

Report (5900–172) 

• Modular Plant Qualification Form 

(5900–194) 

• HVAC QI Rater Checklist (5900– 

271) 

• HVAC Contractor Checklist (5900– 

175) 

• Commissioning Report (5900–180) 

• HIP Profile (5900–179) 

• Energy Use Authorization Form 

(5900–184) 

Respondents/affected entities: Home 

builders, modular and manufactured 

home manufacturing plants, developers, 

verification organizations, oversight 

organizations, lenders, energy efficiency 

program sponsors (e.g., national, 

regional, state, or local government 

entities, utilities), architects, home plan 

designers, retailers, contractors, and 

homeowners. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

132,000 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once, 

quarterly, annually, and occasionally. 

Total estimated burden: 183,967 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.3(b) 

Total estimated cost: $13,553,809 (per 

year). This includes an estimated cost of 

$13,553,209 for labor and $600 for 

capital investment, operation and 

maintenance. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 3,009 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This includes a 112,566-hour 

increase due to program changes and a 

109,557-hour decrease due to 

adjustments. The 112,566-hour increase 

due to program changes resulted 

primarily from EPA’s new, more 

rigorous guidelines for new homes 

looking to earn the ENERGY STAR. The 

109,557-hour decrease due to 

adjustments resulted primarily from 

updated and improved data and 

analysis. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03959 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9783–1] 

National Environmental Education 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting(s). 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, EPA gives notice of a 

series of teleconference meetings of the 

National Environmental Education 

Advisory Council (NEEAC). The NEEAC 

was created by Congress to advise, 

consult with, and make 

recommendations to the Administrator 

of the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) on matters related to activities, 

functions and policies of EPA under the 

National Environmental Education Act 

(the Act). 

The purpose of these teleconference(s) 

is to discuss specific topics of relevance 

for consideration by the council in order 

to provide advice and insights to the 

Agency on environmental education. 

DATES: The National Environmental 

Education Advisory Council will hold a 

public teleconference(s) on Wednesday, 

February 27, 2013, March 27, 2013, May 

22, 2013, June 19, 2013 and July 24, 

2013, from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Javier Araujo, Designated Federal 

Officer, araujo.javier@epa.gov, 202– 

564–2642, U.S. EPA, Office of 

Environmental Education, Ariel Rios 

North Room 1426, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public wishing to gain access to 

the teleconference, make brief oral 

comments, or provide a written 

statement to the NEEAC must contact 

Javier Araujo, Designated Federal 

Officer, at araujo.javier@epa.gov or 202– 

564–2642 by 10 business days prior to 

each regularly scheduled meeting. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities or to request 

accommodations please contact Javier 

Araujo at araujo.javier@epa.gov or 202– 

564–2642, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Stephanie Owens, 

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of 

External Affairs and Environmental 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04028 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9782–9] 

National Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Request for Nominations to the 

National Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council (NEJAC). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites 

nominations from a diverse range of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment to its National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council 

(NEJAC). The NEJAC was chartered to 

provide advice regarding broad, 

crosscutting issues related to 

environmental justice. This notice 

solicits nominations to fill 

approximately seven (7) new vacancies 

for terms through June 15, 2016. To 

maintain the representation outlined by 

the charter, nominees will be selected to 

represent: Academia (2 vacancies); 

grassroots community-based 

organizations (1 vacancy); nongovernmental/environmental 

organizations (2 vacancies); State 

government agencies (1 vacancy); and 

indigenous community-based 

organizations (1 vacancy). Vacancies are 

anticipated to be filled by May 2013. 

Sources in addition to this Federal 

Register Notice also may be utilized in 

the solicitation of nominees. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

February 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations 

electronically with the subject line 

NEJAC Membership 2013 to 

olp.kevin@epa.gov. You also may 

submit nominations by mail to: Kevin 

Olp, NEJAC Membership Outreach 

Coordinator, Office of Environmental 

Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., (MC 2201A), Washington, DC 

20460. Non-electronic submissions must 

follow the same format and contain the 

same information. The Office of 

Environmental Justice will acknowledge 

receipt of nominations. 


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