Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0838-0041
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Assessment of Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Procurement (Reinstatement)
Posted Date: 2022-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49826-49827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17386]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0838; FRL-10139-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Assessment of Environmental Performance 
Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Procurement (Reinstatement)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted the 
following information collection request (ICR) to

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the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): Assessment of 
Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels for Federal 
Procurement (EPA ICR Number 2516.04 and OMB Control Number 2070-0199). 
This is a request to reinstate a previously approved ICR. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 1, 
2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. The ICR, a copy of which is in 
the docket and briefly summarized in this document, describes the 
covered information collection activities, along with the Agency's 
estimated burden and cost. 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 September 12, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2014-0838, online using https://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 
Docket Center, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460. For additional delivery options and information about EPA's 
dockets, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 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: Katherine Sleasman, Regulatory Support 
Branch, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, 7101M, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone: (202) 566-1204; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://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 accessing the EPA dockets, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR, which seeks to reinstate a previously approved 
ICR, covers the information collection activities associated with the 
Agency's evaluation of private sector standards and ecolabels under the 
updated Framework for the Assessment of Environmental Performance 
Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing. EPA's goal in 
developing this Framework is to create a transparent, fair, and 
consistent approach to evaluate product environmental performance 
standards and ecolabels for inclusion in EPA's Recommendations of 
Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing 
(``Recommendations''). The Recommendations help federal purchasers 
identify and procure environmentally preferable products and services 
which in turn, help to meet their sustainability goals and 
requirements.
    Form Numbers: EPA Form No. 9600-038.
    Respondents/affected entities: Environmental performance standards 
developers and ecolabels.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary. See 15 U.S.C. 3701 
and 42 U.S.C. 13103(b)(11).
    Estimated number of respondents: 100 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 707 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $45,322 (per year), which includes an 
estimated cost of $0 for capital investment or maintenance and 
operational costs.
    Changes in the estimates: This is a reinstatement, so there is 
currently no approved burden and costs. As described in more detail in 
the ICR, the program has been modified based on the previously approved 
activities associated with the 2016 pilot, including changes to the 
criteria/questions, Framework submission template, and the process for 
respondents. With this ICR, EPA is requesting approval for the average 
respondent burden that is estimated to be 8.5 hours per response, based 
on an average 12 hours for respondents that did not previously 
participate in the pilot and an average 5 hours for respondents that 
did previously participate in pilot.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-17386 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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