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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0940; FRL 9512–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Federal Supplier (Small 

Business) Greenhouse Gas Inventory 

Pilot (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0940, 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, Air and Radiation 

Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 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: John 

Sottong, Climate Protection Partnerships 

Division, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, (6202J), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9397; fax 

number: (202) 343–2208; email address: 

sottong.john@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On November 30, 2011 (76 FR 74053), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments. Any additional 

comments on this ICR 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–2011–0940, which is 

available for online viewing at 

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 8:30 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 

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 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 www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Federal Supplier (Small 

Business) Greenhouse Gas Inventory 

Pilot (Renewal) 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2100.05, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0532. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2012. 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: On September 30, 2011, the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) officially ended its Climate 

Leaders program. One element of the 

Climate Leaders program was the Small 

Business Network (SBN), which offered 

small businesses tools and resources to 

assist them with managing and reducing 

their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. 

In direct response to E.O. 13514, EPA 

and the U.S. General Services 

Administration (GSA) utilized the 

Climate Leaders SBN as the foundation 

to launch the Federal Supplier 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 

Pilot (‘‘the Pilot’’) in August 2010 to 

assess the benefits and challenges 

experienced by small businesses in 

completing and reporting a GHG 

emissions inventory. The Pilot is a 

voluntary, three-year program in which 

small businesses are required to develop 

annual GHG emissions inventories 

through September 2013. The small 

businesses are also required to develop 

and implement GHG emissions 

reductions strategies and review their 

progress towards meeting their 

reduction goals and the associated 

benefits. Through this interagency 

agreement, EPA continues to support 

the Pilot with education and technical 

assistance. EPA has developed this 

renewal ICR to ensure that the Pilot 

remains credible by obtaining continued 

authorization to collect information 

from its participants to ensure that they 

are meeting their GHG goals. Companies 

that joined the Pilot voluntarily agree to 

the following: Setting a corporate GHG 

reduction goal; submitting a GHG 

inventory management plan; reporting 

to EPA, on an annual basis, the 

company’s GHG emissions inventory, 

and progress toward their GHG 

reduction goal via the Annual GHG 

Inventory Summary and Goal Tracking 

Form. The information contained in the 

inventories of the companies that 

participate in the Pilot may be 

considered confidential business 

information and is maintained as such. 

EPA uses the data obtained from the 

companies to assess the success of the 

Pilot in achieving its goals and to 

identify the type of outreach, training, 

and other direct assistance and 

incentives that will help small business 

federal suppliers meet the objectives of 

E.O. 13514. Responses to the 

information collection are voluntary. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 31 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 


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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: Small 

businesses participating in the joint 

EPA-GSA Federal Suppliers Greenhouse 

Gas Emissions Inventory Pilot. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

46. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

966. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $90,804 

in labor costs and no annualized capital 

or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 18,670 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease reflects EPA’s 

phase down of the Climate Leaders 

program on September 30, 2011. As a 

result, the number of respondents to this 

ICR decreased to include only those 46 

small businesses participating in the 

joint EPA-GSA Federal Supplier 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 

Pilot. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6879 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2007–0706; FRL–9513–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; State Small Business 

Stationary Source Technical and 

Environmental Compliance Assistance 

Programs (SBTCP) Annual Reporting 

Form (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that and Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2007–0706, to: (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to 

oei.docket@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 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: 

Angela Suber, Office of Small Business 

Programs, Mail Code: 1230T, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202 566– 

2827; fax number: 202 566–1505; email 

address: suber.angela@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On November 17, 2011 (76 FR 71339), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments. Any additional 

comments on this ICR 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–OA–2007–0706 which is available 

for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information 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 8:30 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 OEI Docket is 202–566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

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 www.regulations.gov as EPA 

received 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 www.regulations.gov. 

Title: State Small Business Stationary 

Source Technical and Environmental 

Compliance Assistance Programs 

(SBTCP) Annual Reporting Form 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1748.09, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0337. 

ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2012. 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: As part of the Clean Air Act 

Amendments of 1990, the U.S. Congress 

included, as part of Section 507, the 

requirement that each state establish a 

Small Business Stationary Source 

Technical and Environmental 

Compliance Assistance Program to 

assist small businesses in complying 

with the Act. These programs are 

generally known as Small Business 

Environmental Assistance Programs 

(SBEAPs). EPA must provide the 

Congress with period reports from the 

EPA Small Business Ombudsman (SBO) 

on these programs, including their 

effectiveness, difficulties encountered, 

and other relevant information. Each 

state assistance program will submit 

requested information to EPA for 

compilation and summarization. This 

collection of information is mandatory 

under Section 507(a), (d), and (e) of the 

Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, 

Public Law 101–549, November 15, 

1990. This Act directs EPA to monitor 

the SBTCPs and to provide a report to 

Congress. This responsibility has been 

delegated to the EPA SBO. Response to 

the collection is not required to obtain 

or retain a benefit. Information in the 

annual report to Congress is aggregated 

and is not of a confidential nature. None 

of the information collected by this 


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