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Federal Coordinator, at the address and 

phone number listed above. Minutes 

will also be available at the following 

Web site: http://inlcab.energy.gov/

pages/meetings.php. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on January 21, 

2016. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01652 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Agency information collection 

activities: information collection 

extension with no changes; notice and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The EIA invites public 

comment on the proposed collection of 

information, EIA–882T, ‘‘Generic 

Clearance for Questionnaire Testing, 

Evaluation, and Research’’ that EIA is 

developing for submission to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(2) 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; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before February 26, 

2016. If you anticipate difficulty in 

submitting comments within that 

period, contact the person listed in 

ADDRESSES as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Jacob Bournazian, Energy 

Information Administration, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Washington 

DC 20585 or by fax at 202–586–0552 or 

by email at jacob.bournazian@eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Jacob Bournazian, Energy 

Information Administration, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., Washington 

DC 20585, phone: 202–586–5562, email: 

jacob.bournazian@eia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This information collection request 

contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1905–0186; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Generic Clearance for 

Questionnaire Testing, Evaluation, and 

Research; 

(3) Type of Request: Renewal; 

(4) Purpose: The U.S. Energy 

Information Administration (EIA) is 

planning to request a three-year 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to utilize qualitative 

and quantitative methodologies to 

pretest questionnaires and validate the 

quality of the data collected on EIA 

forms. This authority would allow EIA 

to conduct pretest surveys, pilot 

surveys, respondent debriefings, 

cognitive interviews, usability 

interviews, and focus groups. Through 

the use of these methodologies, EIA will 

improve the quality of data being 

collected for measuring market activity 

and assessing supply conditions in 

energy markets, reduce or minimize 

respondent burden, increase agency 

efficiency, and improve responsiveness 

to the public. This authority also 

improves EIA’s ability to collect 

relevant and timely information that 

meets the data needs of EIA’s customers. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 2,000; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 2,000; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 2,000; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There are 

no additional costs associated with 

these survey methods other than the 

burden hours. The information is 

maintained in the normal course of 

business. The cost of burden hours to 

the respondents is estimated to be 

$144,040 (2,000 burden hours times 

$72.02 per hour), which represents a 

reduction of 1,006 burden hours from 

the prior renewal of this collection. 

Therefore, other than the cost of burden 

hours, EIA estimates that there are no 

additional costs for generating, 

maintaining and providing the 

information. 

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 January 21, 

2016. 

Nanda Srinivasan, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U. S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01645 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9941–71 OLEM] 

Access to Confidential Business 

Information By Eastern Research 

Group, Incorporated 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of access to data and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will authorize its 

contractor Eastern Research Group, 

Incorporated (ERG) to access 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

which has been submitted to EPA under 

the authority of all sections of the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended. EPA 

has issued regulations that outline 

business confidentiality provisions for 

the Agency and require all EPA Offices 

that receive information designated by 

the submitter, as CBI to abide by these 

provisions. 

DATES: Access to confidential data 

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner 

than February 8, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaShan Haynes, Document Control 

Officer, Office of Resource Conservation 

and Recovery, (5305P), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, 703–605–0516. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Access to Confidential Business 

Information 

Under EPA Contract No. EP–W–10– 

055, ERG, Incorporated will assist the 

Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery (ORCR), Resource 

Conservation and Sustainability 

Division (RCSD) in developing the 

Advancing Sustainable Materials 

Management: Facts and Figures Report 

to analyze the composition and amounts 

of the United States’ Municipal Solid 

Waste (MSW) and other wastes, and 

how these materials are recycled, 

combusted, and landfilled. The 

methodology used in this report is a 

‘‘top-down’’ materials flow approach to 

estimate the size of the waste stream 


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data. This report may typically involve 

one or more of the following statutes: 

CAA, CWA, RCRA, TSCA, FIFRA, 

EPCRA and the SDWA. Some of the data 

collected voluntarily from industry, may 

be claimed by industry to contain trade 

secrets or CBI. In accordance with the 

provisions of 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, 

ORCR has established policies and 

procedures for handling information 

collected from industry, under the 

authority of RCRA, including RCRA 

Confidential Business Information 

Security Manuals. 

ERG, Incorporated shall protect from 

unauthorized disclosure all information 

designated as confidential and shall 

abide by all RCRA CBI requirements, 

including procedures outlined in the 

RCRA CBI Security Manual. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency has issued regulations (40 CFR 

part 2, subpart B) that outline business 

confidentiality provisions for the 

Agency and require all EPA Offices that 

receive information designated by the 

submitter as CBI to abide by these 

provisions. ERG, Incorporated will be 

authorized to have access to RCRA CBI 

under the EPA ‘‘Contractor 

Requirements for the Control and 

Security of RCRA Confidential Business 

Information Security Manual.’’ 

EPA is issuing this notice to inform 

all submitters of information under all 

sections of RCRA that ERG, 

Incorporated under the contract may 

have access to RCRA CBI. Access to 

RCRA CBI under this contract will take 

place at ERG’s Chantilly, Virginia and 

Prairie View, Kansas offices, and when 

necessary, EPA Headquarters only. 

Contractor personnel at each location 

will be required to sign non-disclosure 

agreements and will be briefed on 

appropriate security procedures before 

they are permitted access to confidential 

information. 

Dated: November 17, 2015. 

Barnes Johnson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation & 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01568 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0736; FRL–9941–60– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; EPA’s 

Safer Choice Partner of the Year 

Awards Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has submitted the 

following information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA): ‘‘EPA’s Safer 

Choice Partner of the Year Awards 

Program’’ and identified by EPA ICR No. 

2450.02 and OMB Control No. 2070– 

0184. The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized in this document. 

EPA has addressed the comments 

received in response to the previously 

provided public review opportunity 

issued in the Federal Register on 

October 2, 2015 (80 FR 59773). With 

this submission, EPA is providing an 

additional 30 days for public review. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 26, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0736, to 

both EPA and OMB as follows: 

• To EPA online using http://

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• To 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 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. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Lintner, Environmental 

Assistance Division (7408M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Docket: Supporting documents, 

including the ICR that explains in detail 

the information collection activities and 

the related burden and cost estimates 

that are summarized in this document, 

are available in the docket for this ICR. 

The docket can be viewed online at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in person 

at the EPA Docket Center, West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on January 31, 

2016. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq., 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 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 for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: EPA developed the Partner 

of the Year Awards to recognize Safer 

Choice stakeholders who have furthered 

the goals of Safer Choice through active 

and exemplary participation in and 

promotion of the Safer Choice program. 

Making the mission of the Safer Choice 

program known to the widest possible 

audience, through its safer product label 

and in other forms of communication, is 

critical to fully realizing the program’s 

goals of protecting human health and 

the environment, promoting a 

sustainable economy, and creating green 

jobs, especially in the small business 

sector. 

The Partner of the Year Awards will 

be an annual event, with recognition for 

Safer Choice stakeholder organizations 

from five broad categories: (1) 

Formulators/product manufacturers (of 

both consumer and institutional/

industrial (I/I) products), (2) purchasers 

and distributors, (3) retailers, (4) 

supporters (e.g., non-governmental 

organizations, including environmental 

and health advocates, trade associations, 

academia, sports teams, and others), and 

(5) innovators (e.g., chemical 

manufacturers, technology developers, 

and others). Within these categories and 

based on the criteria, EPA may elect to 

give additional awards in the 

subcategories of ‘‘small business’’ and 

‘‘sustained excellence.’’ This 

information collection activity 

addresses the reporting burden 

associated with completing the 


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