5890 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 20 / Tuesday, January 30, 2024 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0500; FRL–11705–01– 

OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget 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 (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

EPA’s ENERGY STAR Program in the 

Residential Sector (EPA ICR Number 

2193.05, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0586) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through January 30, 2024. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

April 18, 2023, during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before February 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2004–0500 to EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to a-and-r-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zachary Shadid, Energy Star Residential 

Branch, Mail code 6202A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 343– 

9058; fax number: (202) 343–2204; 

email address: shadid.zachary@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through January 31, 

2024. 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. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

April 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment 

period (88 FR 23671). This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 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. 

Abstract: ENERGY STAR® is a 

voluntary energy efficiency labeling and 

public outreach program aimed at 

forming public-private partnerships that 

prevent air pollution rather than control 

it after its creation. This ICR covers 

information collection activities under 

the ENERGY STAR program within the 

new residential construction and 

existing residential construction 

markets. ENERGY STAR promotes 

energy efficient new home construction 

and cost-effective energy efficiency 

improvements in existing homes. 

Form Numbers: 5900–188, 5900–266, 

5900–268, 5900–269, 5900–270, 5900– 

420, 5900–421, 5900–422, 5900–423, 

5900– 424, 5900– 425, 5900–426, 5900– 

427, 5900–428, 5900–429, 5900–446, 

5900–447. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Respondents in this ICR include 

ENERGY STAR partners, including 

home builders, multifamily high rise 

developers, manufactured home plants, 

verification organizations, and energy 

efficiency program sponsors. Also 

included are oversight organizations 

and HVAC contractors. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

1,256 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once, 

quarterly, annually, and on occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 208,824 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $20,656,339 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 30,976 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to increasing 

energy codes and a shift to more 

individually verified homes. EPA 

updated program technical 

specifications to be more rigorous in the 

verification process while trying to 

reduce the number of items required to 

verify homes for the ENERGY STAR 

label. Additionally, a natural market 

shift occurred, resulting in an increase 

in individually verified homes and a 

reduction in sampled homes. The 

sampling protocol enables partners to 

test one in seven homes in what is 

termed a ‘sample set.’ ENERGY STAR 

partners have a choice when verifying 

homes to use a sampling or individually 

verified protocol. Due to various market 

forces, ENERGY STAR partners 

increasingly choose to individually 

verify homes instead of using the 

sampling protocol. EPA expects this 

trend to continue as ENERGY STAR 

partners become more Environmental, 

Social and Governance (ESG) and datadriven-focused. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Information Engagement Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01805 Filed 1–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2018–0638; FRL–11710–01– 

OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Waiver From Tier 4 Emission 

Standards for Marine Diesel Engines 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Waiver from Tier 4 Emission Standards 

for Marine Diesel Engines (EPA ICR 

Number 2602.03, OMB Control Number 

2060–0726) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through January 31, 


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