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respectively. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

o. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as 

applicable; (2) set forth in the heading 

the name of the applicant and the 

project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person commenting, 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

All comments, motions to intervene, or 

protests must set forth their evidentiary 

basis. Any filing made by an intervenor 

must be accompanied by proof of 

service on all persons listed in the 

service list prepared by the Commission 

in this proceeding, in accordance with 

18 CFR 385.2010. 

Dated: September 17, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPAHQ–OAR–2004–0501; FRL–8938–01– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Information Collection Request for 

Green Power Partnership and 

Combined Heat and Power 

Partnership; EPA ICR Number 2173.07 

(Renewal); OMB Control No. 2060–0578 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Information Collection Request for 

Green Power Partnership and Combined 

Heat and Power Partnership’’ (EPA ICR 

Number 2173.07 (Renewal), OMB 

Control No. 2060–0578) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before 

doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through March 31, 2019. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2004–0501, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

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

epamail.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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Taylor, Climate Protection 

Partnerships Division, Office of 

Atmospheric Programs, MC 6202A 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

5211; fax number: 202–343–2208; email 

address: taylor.rebecca@epa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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. 

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

the 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 automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 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 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: In 2001, EPA’s Energy 

Supply and Industry Branch (ESIB) 

launched two partnership programs 

with industry and other stakeholders: 

The Green Power Partnership (GPP) and 

the Combined Heat and Power 

Partnership (CHPP). These voluntary 

partnership programs, along with others 

in the ESIB, encourage organizations to 

invest in clean, efficient energy 

technologies, including renewable 

electricity and combined heat and 

power. To continue to be successful, it 

is critical that EPA collect information 

from these program stakeholders to 

ensure these organizations are meeting 

their clean energy goals and to assure 

the credibility of these voluntary nonregulatory programs. 

EPA has developed this ICR to obtain 

authorization to collect information 

from organizations participating in the 

GPP and CHPP, and other ESIB 

voluntary programs. Organizations that 

join these programs voluntarily agree to 

the following respective actions: (1) 

Designating a Green Power or CHP 

liaison and filling out a Partnership 

Agreement or Letter of Intent (LOI) 

respectively, (2) for the GPP, reporting 

to EPA, on an annual basis, their 

progress toward their green power 

commitment via a 3-page reporting 

form; (3) for the CHP Partnership, 

reporting to EPA information on their 

existing CHP projects, new project 

development, and other CHP-related 

activities via a one-page reporting form 

(for projects) or via an informal email or 

phone call (for other CHP-related 

activities). In addition to these actions, 

organizations may voluntarily apply for 

recognition to the programs’ established 

annual recognition events, which 

require submitting additional 

information. EPA uses the data obtained 

from its Partners to assess the success of 

these programs in achieving their 

national energy and greenhouse gas 

(GHG) reduction goals. Partners are 

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volunteered to participate in either 

Partnership program. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

company, institutional, and publicsector organizations that voluntarily 

participate in the EPA’s Green Power 

Partnership (GPP) or Combined Heat 

and Power Partnership (CHPP). These 

include both service and goods 

providing industries, educational 

institutions and non-governmental 

organizations, commercial and 

industrial organizations, and local, state, 

or federal government agencies. 

Forms: EPA–430–K–013, EPA–430–F– 

05–034; EPA–5900–353. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

761 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually, on 

occasion, one time. 

Total estimated burden: 1,445 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $81,314 (per 

year), includes annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

substantial decrease in hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. Since the last ICR renewal, both 

the GPP and CHPP have updated their 

program requirements to reduce 

program burden and simplified 

collection forms into pre-populated 

spreadsheets or documents. As a result 

of these changes, the average number of 

hours per Partner has decreased from 

2.87 hours to 1.89 hours, additionally 

the total number of partners has been 

drastically reduced in both programs. 

For perspective on the magnitude of 

Partner decline, the number of Partners 

at year-end of 2018 there was an 

estimated 1959 (GPP has 1546, and CHP 

has 413). As of submitting this ICR the 

total of partners reporting annually is 

761 (GPP has 751, and CHP has 10). The 

decrease in cost is due to O&M cost 

being mistakenly included in the past 

ICR. This ICR does not include O&M 

due to them not being relevant. 

Jean Lupinacci Rausch, 

Acting Director, Climate Protection 

Partnership Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0978; FRL–8994– 

01–OECA] 

Access by United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) Contractor and Subcontractors 

to Information Claimed as Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) Submitted 

Under Clean Air Act (CAA) and Act To 

Prevent Pollution From Ships (APPS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA’s) Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance (OECA) plans to 

authorize a contractor and several 

subcontractors to access information 

that will be submitted to the EPA under 

the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Act to 

Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) 

that may be claimed as, or may be 

determined to be, confidential business 

information (CBI). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 28, 2021. The 

contractor’s and subcontractors’ access 

to information collected under the CAA 

and the APPS, will begin on September 

29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA HQ– 

OECA–2012–0978, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: docket.oeca@epa.gov. 

Include Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA– 

2012–0978 in the subject line of the 

message. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Kimes, Air Enforcement 

Division, Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance (Mail Code 

8MSU), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1595 Wynkoop St., Denver, CO 

80202; telephone number: (303) 312– 

6445; email address: kimes.jeffrey@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this notice apply to me? 

This action is directed to the general 

public. However, this action may be of 

particular interest to certain parties, 

including the following parties: owners 

and operators of stationary sources 

subject to the CAA including, but not 

limited to, State Implementation Plans 

(SIPs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs, 

MACT Rules) under Section 112, 

permits including New Source Review 

and Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (NSR/PSD), New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS), and 

Prevention of Accidental Releases under 

Section 112(r); motor vehicle 

manufacturers and importers; engine 

manufacturers and importers; motor 

vehicle fuel and fuel additive producers 

and importers; manufacturers, 

importers, users and distributors of 

hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); 

manufacturers, importers and 

distributors of motor vehicle and engine 

emission control equipment and parts; 

and any other parties subject to the 

regulations found in 40 CFR parts 52, 

60, 63–80, 85, 86, 89–92, 94, 1033, 1036, 

1037, 1039, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1048, 

1051, 1054, 1060, 1065, 1068, and 1090. 

This Federal Register notice may be 

of particular relevance to parties that 

have submitted data to the EPA under 

the above-listed regulations. Because 

other parties may also be interested, the 

EPA has not attempted to describe all 

the specific parties that may be affected 

by this action. If you have further 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular party, please 

contact the person listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

A. Electronically 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for this Federal Register notice 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA– 

2012–0978. 

All documents in the docket are 

identified in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, such as CBI or 

other information for which disclosure 

is restricted by statute. 

B. EPA Docket Center 

The EPA is temporarily suspending 

its Docket Center and Reading Room for 

public visitors, with limited exceptions, 

to reduce the risk of transmitting 

COVID–19. Our Docket Center staff will 

continue to provide remote customer 

service via email, phone, and webform. 

For further information and updates on 

EPA Docket Center services, please visit 

us online at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 


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