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significant financial and environmental 

benefits. Americans, with the help of 

ENERGY STAR, prevented 210 million 

metric tons of GHG emissions in 2011 

alone—equivalent to the annual 

emissions from 41 million vehicles— 

and reduced their utility bills by $23 

billion. 

EPA first developed energy efficiency 

guidelines for new homes in 1995. 

ENERGY STAR’s existing homes effort 

was rolled out in 2000 to promote costeffective upgrades in the existing homes 

market. Both of these efforts promote 

cost effective, whole house energy 

efficiency improvements that are 

independently verified by third parties. 

Through 2011 there have been more 

than 1.3 million ENERGY STAR 

certified new homes built in the U.S., 

and more than 50,000 existing homes 

have been improved through the whole 

house retrofit program, Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR. 

Since participation in the ENERGY 

STAR program is voluntary, 

organizations are not required to submit 

information to EPA. Information 

received to date has been submitted 

voluntarily to EPA and is not of a 

confidential nature. EPA has developed 

this ICR to obtain authorization to 

collect information from the public, 

including businesses, for the following 

activities: 

ENERGY STAR Partnership and 

Related Activities: An organization 

interested in joining ENERGY STAR as 

a partner is asked to submit a 

partnership agreement establishing its 

commitment to ENERGY STAR. 

Partners agree to undertake efforts such 

as educating their staff and the public 

about their partnership with ENERGY 

STAR, developing and implementing a 

plan to improve energy performance in 

homes, and highlighting achievements 

utilizing the ENERGY STAR brand. 

Evaluation: Partners and other 

program participants are asked to 

periodically submit information to EPA 

as needed to assist in evaluating 

ENERGY STAR’s effectiveness in 

helping organizations promote energy 

efficiency in homes, to assess partners’ 

level of interest and ability in promoting 

ENERGY STAR in the residential sector, 

and to determine the impact that 

ENERGY STAR has on residential 

energy use and the supply and demand 

for energy-efficient homes and home 

improvement products and services. 

Periodic Reporting: Partners are asked 

to submit information to EPA 

periodically to assist EPA in tracking 

and measuring progress in building and 

promoting ENERGY STAR certified 

homes and installing and promoting 

energy-efficient improvements. This 

includes submitting quarterly updates 

on partners’ level of activity in 

certifying new homes for the ENERGY 

STAR label and activity in improving 

the energy efficiency of existing homes 

under Home Performance with ENERGY 

STAR and ENERGY STAR’s HVAC 

Quality Installation program. 

ENERGY STAR Awards: Each year, 

partners are eligible for an ENERGY 

STAR award, which recognizes 

organizations demonstrating 

outstanding support in promoting 

ENERGY STAR. This award program 

provides partners public recognition 

and market differentiation. An 

application form is submitted to EPA by 

partners interested in being eligible for 

an award. 

Burden Statement: The annual burden 

for joining ENERGY STAR and 

conducting related activities is 

estimated to range from about 1 to 40 

hours per respondent. This includes 

time for preparing and submitting the 

Partnership Agreement and related 

information, if requested. However, the 

majority of this time is for verification 

organization partners to verify that sitebuilt, modular, and manufactured 

homes meet specified energy efficiency 

standards. The annual burden for 

partner evaluations is estimated to be 

about 15 minutes per respondent. This 

includes time for responding to EPA’s 

questions posed during a phone 

interview or other method. The annual 

burden for quarterly reporting is 

estimated to be about 75 hours per 

respondent. This includes time for 

submitting specified information to EPA 

on a quarterly basis. The annual burden 

for the annual awards is estimated to be 

about 13 hours per respondent. This 

includes time for preparing and 

submitting the application materials 

and, if requested, an annual report. 

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: 56,000. 

Frequency of response: Once, 

quarterly, annually, and occasionally. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

180,958. 

Estimated total annual costs: $10.9 

million. This includes an estimated cost 

of approximately $10.9 million for labor 

and $17,000 for capital investment, 

operation and maintenance. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

The burden estimates presented in 

this notice are from the last approval. 

EPA is currently evaluating and 

updating these estimates as part of the 

ICR renewal process. EPA will discuss 

its updated estimates, as well as changes 

from the last approval, in the next 

Federal Register notice to be issued for 

this renewal. 

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: August 13, 2012. 

Elizabeth Craig, 

Director, Climate Protection Partnerships 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20512 Filed 8–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2012–0187; FRL–9522–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; General Hazardous Waste 

Facility Standards (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 


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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 September 20, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2012–0187, to (1) EPA, either 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to rcradocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: RCRA 

Docket (28221T), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue 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: 

Norma Abdul-Malik, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 703–308–8753; fax 

number: 703–308–8617; email address: 

abdul-malik.norma@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 April 5, 2012 (77 FR 20623), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment, which has been addressed in 

the ICR. 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–RCRA–2012–0187, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) 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 RCRA Docket is (202) 

566–0270. 

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: General Hazardous Waste 

Facility Standards (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1571.10, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0120. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on August 31, 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: Section 3004 of the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA), as amended, requires that 

the EPA develop standards for 

hazardous waste treatment, storage, and 

disposal facilities (TSDFs) as may be 

necessary to protect human health and 

the environment. Subsections 

3004(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) specify 

that these standards include, but not be 

limited to, the following requirements: 

• Maintaining records of all 

hazardous wastes identified or listed 

under subtitle C that are treated, stored, 

or disposed of, and the manner in which 

such wastes were treated, stored, or 

disposed of; 

• Operating methods, techniques, and 

practices for treatment, storage, or 

disposal of hazardous waste; 

• Location, design, and construction 

of such hazardous waste treatment, 

disposal, or storage facilities; 

• Contingency plans for effective 

action to minimize unanticipated 

damage from any treatment, storage, or 

disposal of any such hazardous waste; 

and 

• Maintaining or operating such 

facilities and requiring such additional 

qualifications as to ownership, 

continuity of operation, training for 

personnel, and financial responsibility 

as may be necessary or desirable. 

The regulations implementing these 

requirements are codified in 40 CFR 

parts 264 and 265. The collection of this 

information enables EPA to properly 

determine whether owners/operators or 

hazardous waste treatment, storage, and 

disposal facilities meet the requirements 

of Section 3004(a) of RCRA. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 359 hours per 

response. The annual public reporting 

burden is estimated to average 293 

hours per respondent, and the annual 

public recordkeeping burden is 

estimated to average 66 hours per 

respondent. 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Businesses and other for-profits, as well 

as State, Local, and Tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,872. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

672,417 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$40,676,696 which includes 

$40,143,171 annualized labor costs and 

$533,525 annualized capital or O&M 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 94,036 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. The reason for this increase is 


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the inclusion of State Agency hours in 

this renewal. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20506 Filed 8–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0227; FRL 9521–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Servicing of Motor Vehicle 

Air Conditioners (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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 20, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2012–0227, 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 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: 

Sally Hamlin, Stratospheric Protection 

Division, Office of Air and Radiation, 

Mail Code 6205J, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9711; fax 

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

Hamlin.Sally@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 May 4, 2012 (77 FR 26544), 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–2012–0227, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air 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 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: Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air 

Conditioners (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1617.07, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0247. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on August 31, 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: Section 609 of the Clean Air 

Act Amendments of 1990 (Act) provides 

general guidelines for motor vehicle air 

conditioning (MVAC) refrigerant 

handling and MVAC servicing. It states 

that ‘‘no person repairing or servicing 

motor vehicles for consideration may 

perform any service on a motor vehicle 

air conditioner involving the refrigerant 

for such air conditioner without 

properly using approved refrigerant 

recovery and/or recovery and recycling 

equipment (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘refrigerant handling equipment’’) and 

no such person may perform such 

service unless such person has been 

properly trained and certified.’’ 

In 1992, EPA developed regulations 

under section 609 (57 FR 31242) that 

were codified at 40 CFR part 82, subpart 

B. Descriptions of the recordkeeping 

and reporting requirements mandated 

by section 609 and delineated in the 

CFR are summarized below. 

Approved Refrigerant Handling 

Equipment: In accordance with Section 

609(b)(2)(A), 40 CFR 82.36 requires that 

refrigerant handling equipment be 

certified by EPA or independent 

standards testing organization. 

Approved independent standards 

testing organizations: Section 

609(b)(2)(A) of the Act requires 

independent laboratory testing of 

refrigerant handling equipment to be 

certified by EPA. Independent 

laboratories must submit an application. 

EPA does not anticipate that any new 

organizations will apply to EPA in the 

future to become approved independent 

standards testing organizations. 

Therefore, related annual hours and 

costs have been eliminated. 

Technician training and certification: 

According to Section 609(b)(4) of the 

Act, automotive technicians are 

required to be trained and certified in 

the proper use of approved refrigerant 

handling equipment. Programs that 

perform technician training and 

certification activities must apply to the 

EPA for approval by submitting 

verification that its program meets EPA 

standards. The information requested is 

used by the EPA to guarantee a degree 

of uniformity in the testing programs for 

motor vehicle service technicians. The 

Agency requires that each approved 

technician certification program 

conducts periodic reviews and updates 

of test material, submitting a written 

summary of the review and program 

changes to EPA every two years. 

Certification, reporting and 

recordkeeping: To facilitate enforcement 

under Section 609, EPA has developed 

several recordkeeping requirements. All 

required records must be retained onsite for a minimum of three years, 

unless otherwise indicated. 


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