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information that the EPA will be 

collecting, are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at https://

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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

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

the Paper Reduction Act (PRA), EPA is 

soliciting comments and information to 

enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the 

proposed 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 forms of 

information technology. 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 document to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. 

Abstract: EPA’s Pollution Prevention 

(P2) Program is a voluntary program that 

encourages businesses/facilities to adopt 

P2 projects that reduces both financial 

costs (waste management and cleanup) 

and environmental costs (health 

problems and environmental damage). 

In passing the Pollution Prevention Act 

(PPA) in 1990, Congress found that 

‘‘(T)here are significant opportunities 

for industry to reduce or prevent 

pollution at the source through costeffective changes in production, 

operation, and raw materials use. Such 

changes offer industry substantial 

savings in reduced raw material, 

pollution control, and liability costs as 

well as help protect the environment 

and reduce risks to worker health and 

safety.’’ 42 U.S.C. 13101(a)(2). 

Furthermore, the PPA states the 

Administrator shall ‘‘establish an 

annual award program to recognize a 

company or companies which operate 

outstanding or innovative source 

reduction programs’’ (PPA section 6604) 

42 U.S.C. 13103(b)(13). The EPA P2 

Awards Program is an annual, 

voluntary, and non-monetary awards 

program that will recognize companies 

that demonstrate leadership in 

innovative P2 practices and encourage 

other entities to consider P2 approaches. 

This ICR may be applicable to HQ, as 

well as any of the 10 Regional Offices 

that choose to participate and 

implement a P2 Awards Program. 

Form numbers: EPA P2 Award 

Program Application—5800–005. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Intended Respondents include various 

types of businesses, companies, 

organizations, both for-profit and nonprofit, from all North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) codes. 

However, businesses need to be from a 

state in an EPA Region implementing 

this awards program. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Respondents are not obligated to 

respond. This is done on a voluntary 

basis. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

Approximately 7 per region (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually on a 

voluntary basis. 

Total estimated burden: Average of 10 

hours per respondent (per year). Burden 

is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $776.95 per 

respondent (per year), includes $0 

annualized capital or operation and 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is a 

decrease of 9.5 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is due to 

adjustments to the estimates and 

receiving input from respondents over 

the past three years. The original 

consultations were with state 

recognition programs, which are more 

rigorous than the regional P2 award 

program. Regions who are currently 

implementing Regional P2 Programs, 

consulted with applicants who provided 

an average estimate of 10.9 hours to 

respond to questions in the application. 

Based off these consultations we are 

decreasing the respondent burden by 9.5 

hours. 

Kimberly Pardue Welch, 

Branch Manager, Chemical, Safety 

Environmental Stewardship Branch, EPA 

Region 8. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2022–0415; FRL–9825– 

01–OLEM] 

Draft National Strategy for Reducing 

Food Loss and Waste and Recycling 

Organics: Request for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) have developed 

the Draft National Strategy for Reducing 

Food Loss and Waste and Recycling 

Organics (‘‘draft Strategy’’) to help 

prevent the loss and waste of food, 

where possible, increase recycling of 

food and other organic materials to 

support a more circular economy for all, 

reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save 

households and businesses money, and 

build cleaner and healthier 

communities. Individually and 

collectively, the EPA, USDA and FDA 

are working toward reducing food loss 

and waste through their Federal 

interagency collaboration. This Notice 

provides the public with an opportunity 

to share input on the draft Strategy, 

which identifies the EPA, USDA and 

FDA actions and asks where they can 

work collaboratively with each other 

and partners to reduce food loss and 

waste and recycle organics. These 

Federal agencies are seeking public 

comment from diverse partners across 

the food system. The EPA, USDA and 

FDA will consider the comments 

received on this draft Strategy, finalize 

it, and begin implementation of the final 

Strategy in 2024. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OLEM–2022–0415, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, 

Office of Land and Emergency 

Management Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: EPA 

Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operations are 8:30 

a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday (except 

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Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

action. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information, 

see the ‘‘Public Participation’’ heading 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hannah Blaufuss, Resource 

Conservation and Sustainability 

Division, Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery, Office of 

Land and Emergency Management 

(5306T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–564–5614; email address: 

SMMFood@epa.gov. For more 

information on this strategy and others 

developed as part of EPA’s Series on 

Building a Circular Economy for All, 

please visit https://www.epa.gov/

circulareconomy. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

A. Written Comments 

Response to this request for public 

comment is voluntary. Submit your 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OLEM–2022–0415 at https://

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), or the other methods 

identified in the ADDRESSES section. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from the docket. The 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit to 

EPA’s docket at https://

www.regulations.gov any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), Proprietary 

Business Information (PBI), or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). Please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets for additional 

submission methods; the full EPA 

public comment policy; information 

about CBI, PBI, or multimedia 

submissions; and general guidance on 

making effective comments. 

II. General Information 

A. What is the purpose of this request 

for public comment? 

The Draft National Strategy for 

Reducing Food Loss and Waste and 

Recycling Organics aims to prevent the 

loss and waste of food, where possible; 

increase recycling of food and other 

organic materials to support a more 

circular economy for all, reduce 

greenhouse gas emissions, save 

households and businesses money, and 

build cleaner, healthier communities. 

The three Federal agencies have a 

formal interagency agreement focusing 

on the cooperation and coordination of 

efforts to reduce food loss and waste. To 

achieve the desired results, the EPA, 

USDA and FDA are seeking input from 

diverse partners—including local, State, 

Tribal, and territorial governments; 

professional and industry associations; 

individuals, private companies, and 

those working in food and agricultural 

industries; academic institutions; and 

non-governmental and communitybased organizations. The actions 

detailed in this draft Strategy will help 

the U.S. meet its National Food Loss 

and Waste Reduction Goal to halve food 

loss and waste and contribute to the 

National Recycling Goal to achieve a 50 

percent recycling rate by 2030, as well 

as contribute to global achievement of 

the United Nations Sustainable 

Development Goal Target 12.3. 

Preventing food loss and waste and 

recycling food and other organic waste 

will also reduce landfill methane 

emissions, in support of the U.S. 

Methane Emissions Reduction Action 

Plan, which identified food waste 

prevention and organic waste diversion 

as the top two methane emissions 

reduction strategies for municipal solid 

waste. 

The draft Strategy identifies concrete 

steps, and complementary EPA, USDA, 

and FDA actions, that will help 

accelerate the prevention of food loss 

and waste, where possible, and 

recycling of the remainder with other 

organic waste, across the entire supply 

chain. 

The EPA, USDA and FDA are seeking 

input from individuals and partners on 

what additional EPA, USDA and FDA 

actions should be included or modified 

in the Strategy and how best to 

collaborate on those efforts with each 

other and partners across the food 

system. Specific actions ultimately 

adopted will be informed by evidencebased research to the extent available 

and partner engagement, implemented 

through technical and financial 

assistance, pilots and programs, and 

policies, where appropriate and be 

within each agencies’ legal authorities. 

The EPA, USDA and FDA will consider 

the comments received on this draft 

Strategy, finalize it, and begin 

implementation of the final Strategy in 

2024. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Carolyn Hoskinson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

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ADVISORY BOARD 

Notice of Issuance of Statement of 

Federal Financial Accounting 

Standards 62, Transitional Amendment 

to SFFAS 54 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board has issued Statement of 

Federal Financial Accounting Standards 

(SFFAS) 62 titled Transitional 

Amendment to SFFAS 54. 

ADDRESSES: SFFAS 62 is available on 

the FASAB website at http://

www.fasab.gov/accounting-standards/. 

Copies can be obtained by contacting 

FASAB at (202) 512–7350. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica R. Valentine, Executive 

Director, 441 G Street NW, Suite 1155, 

Washington, DC 20548, or call (202) 

512–7350. 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3511(d); Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

1001–1014. 

Dated: November 30, 2023. 

Monica R. Valentine, 

Executive Director. 

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COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1283; FR ID 187764] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 


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