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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 procedures 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: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments; NonProfits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,007. 

Frequency of Response: Bi-Annual for 

subtitle C recipients; Quarterly for 

subtitle A recipients. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

3,167 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$308,926, includes $0 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated hourly 

burden currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

OMB requested the separation of private 

(non-profit) and state/local/tribal 

government burden in the burden tables 

and, as a result, there was an increase 

of $15 in the total cost. This small 

increase is due to rounding. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01829 Filed 1–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0407; FRL 9526–6] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; EPA’s 

ENERGY STAR Program in the 

Commercial and Industrial Sectors 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘EPA’s 

ENERGY STAR Program in the 

Commercial and Industrial Sectors’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 1772.06, OMB Control No. 

2060–0347) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through January 31, 2013. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (77 

FR 46089) on August 2, 2012 during a 

60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. A fuller description 

of the ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 28, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2006–0407, 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, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexandra Sullivan, Climate Protection 

Partnerships Division, Mail Code: 6202J, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–343– 

9040; fax number: 202–343–2204; email 

address: sullivan.alexandra@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that 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, 

EPA 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: EPA created ENERGY STAR 

as a voluntary program to help 

businesses and individuals protect the 

environment through superior energy 

efficiency. The program focuses on 

reducing utility-generated emissions by 

reducing the demand for energy. In 

1991, EPA launched the Green Lights 

Program to encourage corporations, 

State and local governments, colleges 

and universities, and other 

organizations to adopt energy-efficient 

lighting as a profitable means of 

preventing pollution and improving 

lighting quality. Since then, EPA has 

rolled Green Lights into ENERGY STAR 

and expanded ENERGY STAR to 

encompass organization-wide energy 

performance improvement, such as 

building technology upgrades, product 

purchasing initiatives, and employee 

training. At the same time, EPA has 

streamlined the reporting requirements 

of ENERGY STAR and focused on 

providing incentives for improvements 

(e.g., ENERGY STAR Awards Program). 

EPA also makes tools and other 

resources available on the Web to help 

the public overcome the barriers to 

evaluating their energy performance and 

investing in profitable improvements. 

To join ENERGY STAR, organizations 

are asked to complete a Partnership 

Letter or Agreement that establishes 

their commitment to energy efficiency. 

Partners agree to undertake efforts such 

as measuring, tracking, and 

benchmarking their organization’s 

energy performance by using tools such 

as those offered by ENERGY STAR; 

developing and implementing a plan to 

improve energy performance in their 

facilities and operations by adopting a 

strategy provided by ENERGY STAR; 

and educating staff and the public about 

their Partnership with ENERGY STAR, 

and highlighting achievements with the 

ENERGY STAR, where available. 

Partners also may be asked to 

periodically submit information to EPA 

as needed to assist in program 

implementation. 

Partnership in ENERGY STAR is 

voluntary and can be terminated by 

Partners or EPA at any time. EPA does 

not expect organizations to join the 

program unless they expect 

participation to be cost-effective and 

otherwise beneficial for them. 

In addition, Partners and any other 

interested party can seek recognition 

and help EPA promote energy-efficient 

technologies by evaluating the 

efficiency of their buildings using EPA’s 

on-line tools (e.g., Portfolio Manager) 

and applying for recognition. EPA does 

not expect to deem any information 

collected under ENERGY STAR to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI). 

Form Numbers: 

• Attachment to Partnership Letter for 


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C&I Partners (5900–19) 

• Partnership Agreement for EEPs 

(5900–33) 

• ENERGY STAR Building 

Certification Application (5900– 

197) 

• ENERGY STAR Leaders—Eligible 

Facilities List (5900–20) 

• ENERGY STAR Leaders—Facility 

Summary Report (5900–20) 

• ENERGY STAR Leaders—Ineligible 

Facilities List (5900–20) 

• ENERGY STAR Leaders—Leaders 

Story (5900–20) 

• Service and Product Provider (SPP) 

Partnership Application Data Form 

(5900–195) 

• Small Business Network (5900–21) 

• Statement of Energy Design Intent 

(5900–22) 

• Statement of Energy Improvement 

(5900–198) 

• Statement of Energy Performance— 

Plants (5900–89) 

• Challenge for Industry Registration 

Form (5900–263) 

• Challenge for Industry Online 

Recognition Application (5900–262) 

• EPI Application Letter (5900–264) 

• EPI Award Specification Sheet 

(5900–265) 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

participants in EPA’s ENERGY STAR 

Program in the Commercial and 

Industrial Sectors. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

15,000 (total). 

Frequency of response: One-time, 

annually, or on occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 194,509 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $24,408,276 (per 

year), including $10,318,180 in 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs and $14,090,096 in 

annualized labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 69,486 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This 69,486-hour increase 

includes an 18-hour decrease due to 

program changes and a 69,504-hour 

increase due to adjustments resulting 

from program growth. This 69,504-hour 

increase due to adjustments resulted 

primarily from the fact that EPA has 

significantly increased its estimate of 

the number of respondents using the online tool Portfolio Manager and applying 

for ENERGY STAR Certification. There 

are several reasons for this increase. A 

primary reason is that State and local 

governments are increasingly leveraging 

ENERGY STAR as a way for the public 

to respond to rising energy costs and 

global warming. In addition, 

associations, utilities, and third-party 

providers are voluntarily 

communicating ENERGY STAR 

messages and promoting the use of 

ENERGY STAR tools and strategies in 

an effort to help companies reduce their 

energy consumption and find more 

environmentally friendly ways to 

conduct business. Finally, the public 

has demonstrated an increasing desire 

to earn recognition under the ENERGY 

STAR Program. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01798 Filed 1–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0503; FRL–9526–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Emission Guidelines for 

Large Municipal Waste Combustors 

Constructed on or Before September 

20, 1994 (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (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 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 28, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2012–0503, to: (1) EPA online, 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to: 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: 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: 

Learia Williams, Monitoring, 

Assistance, and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2227A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@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 August 9, 2012 (77 FR 47631), 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 both 

EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 

notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0503, which is 

available for either public viewing 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, or 

in person viewing at the Enforcement 

and Compliance Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov to either 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 http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidentiality of 

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: Emission Guidelines for Large 

Municipal Waste Combustors 

Constructed on or before September 20, 

1994 (Renewal). 


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