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complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 50. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 18–50. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

24,470 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$1,461,658. This is the estimated burden 

cost; there is no cost for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs in this information 

collection. 

IV. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 22 hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects EPA’s updating of 

burden estimates for this collection 

based upon historical information on 

the number of foreign purchaser 

acknowledgement statements. Based 

upon revised estimates, the number of 

foreign purchaser acknowledgement 

statements has decreased from 2,304 to 

2,283, with a corresponding decrease in 

the associated burden from 2,442 hours 

in the previous renewal to 2,420 hours 

in the current renewal. This change is 

an adjustment. 

V. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: November 21, 2011. 

Stephen A. Owens, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30862 Filed 11–29–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0940; FRL–9497–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Reporting 

Requirements Under EPA’s Climate 

Leaders Partnership (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 EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) (EPA ICR No. 2100.05) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) (OMB Control No. 2060–0532). 

This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 

30, 2012. Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0940 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center, Air and 

Radiation Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket—Public 

Reading Room, EPA West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20004. Such 

deliveries are accepted only during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0940. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be captured automatically 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

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: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

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 http:// 

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 http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

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What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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 automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You also may provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

To what information collection activity 

or ICR does this apply? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are participants 

in the U.S. EPA and U.S. GSA Federal 

Supplier Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Inventory Pilot started during EPA’s 

Climate Leaders Program. 

Title: Reporting Requirements Under 

EPA’s Climate Leaders Partnership 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2100.05, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0532. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012. 

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 

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 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 40 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 

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: Responses are expected 

from the 46 small businesses 

participating in the joint EPA–GSA 

Federal Supplier Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions Inventory Pilot. 

Frequency of response: The 

companies will be required to submit 

one response annually. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: One 

response will be received from each 

respondent per year. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1,840 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$171,810. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $171,810 and an 

estimated cost of $0.00 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 


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Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 17,796 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. 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. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

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

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to 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: November 21, 2011. 

Elizabeth Craig, 

Director, Climate Protection Partnerships 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30850 Filed 11–29–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0891; FRL–9498–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Protection of 

Stratospheric Ozone: Recordkeeping 

and Periodic Reporting of the 

Production, Import, Recycling, 

Destruction, Transhipment, and 

Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting 

Substances (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 EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR, 1432.29, is scheduled to expire on 

April 30, 2012. Before submitting the 

ICR to OMB for review and approval, 

EPA is soliciting comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0891 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–1741 

• Mail: EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0891, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2011–0891, Air and Radiation Docket at 

EPA West, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room B108, Mail Code 6102T, 

Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0891. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Staci Gatica, Stratospheric Protection 

Division, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, (6205J), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9469; fax 

number: (202) 343–2338; email address: 

gatica.staci@epa.gov. You may also visit 

the Ozone Depletion Web site of EPA’s 

Stratospheric Protection Division at 

www.epa.gov/ozone/strathome.html for 

further information about EPA’s 

Stratospheric Ozone Protection 

regulations, the science of ozone layer 

depletion, and related topics. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2011–0891, 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 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 Air and 

Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a 

copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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; 


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