32020 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 102 / Thursday, May 26, 2022 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0501; FRL–9892–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Green 

Power Partnership and Combined Heat 

and Power Partnership (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Green Power Partnership and Combined 

Heat and Power Partnership (EPA ICR 

Number 2173.08, OMB Control Number 

2060–0578) 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 May 31, 

2022. Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

September 23, 2021 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 June 27, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2004–0501, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) 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: 

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; 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. 

Abstract: In 2002, 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 encourage 

organizations to invest in renewable 

energy and combined heat and power. 

EPA has developed this ICR to obtain 

authorization to collect information 

from organizations participating in the 

GPP, CHPP, and other ESIB programs. 

Organizations that join these programs 

voluntarily agree to the following 

respective actions: (1) Designating a GPP 

or CHPP liaison and filling out a 

Partnership Agreement; (2) for the 

CHPP, information from stakeholders 

that download Partnership tools and for 

the GPP, (3), reporting to EPA, on an 

annual basis, their progress toward their 

green power commitment. 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 organizational entities that 

have volunteered to participate in either 

Partnership program. 

EPA needs to collect the information 

in the Partnership Agreements to 

formally establish participation in the 

GPP or CHPP program and to obtain 

general information about new Partners. 

Additional information collected 

through information forms is needed to 

allow EPA to track Partner progress 

toward meeting their GPP commitments, 

to enable GPP to facilitate and 

encourage green power use, to assess 

whether actions are worthy of 

recognition, and to determine progress 

in meeting GPP’s national energy and 

GHG reduction goals. EPA uses the 

information submitted in additional 

forms to monitor the progress of current 

participation and projects and identify 

new opportunities. EPA also uses the 

data submitted by GPP and CHPP 

Partners to prepare reports on GPP 

progress and determine the GHG 

reductions achieved by the program. 

General information on the Partners, 

green power, and CHP is also provided 

on the respective websites, making it 

available to other Partners and the 

public. 

Form Numbers: EPA–430–K–05–013, 

5900–583, 5900–584, 5900–585. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Companies, 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. 

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), which includes no annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 5,635 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease results from both 

the GPP and CHPP having 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 was 

significantly reduced in both programs. 

The number of respondents has 

declined from 1,959 to 761. 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. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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