[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17069-17070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8534]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7169-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Commuter Choice Leadership Initiative

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Information Collection Activities 
Associated With the Commuter Choice Leadership Initiative (CCLI). 
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 10, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Commuter Choice Leadership Initiative, U.S. EPA--Mail Code 
6406J, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Interested parties may obtain a copy of the ICR by writing to the 
above address or sending an email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwen Couts, 202-564-9347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected entities: Entities potentially 
affected by

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this action are those that join the voluntary Commuter Choice 
Leadership Initiative. No other entities are affected.
    Title: Information Collection Activities Associated With the 
Commuter Choice Leadeship Initiative; EPA ICR No. 2053.01
    Abstract: EPA and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) are 
launching the Commuter Choice Leadership Initiative (CCLI), a voluntary 
program for employer-provided commuter benefits in which employers that 
meet or exceed a national standard of excellence are recognized by EPA. 
Employers voluntarily sign an Agreement with EPA committing themselves 
to taking certain actions that will result in reducing the number of 
single-occupancy vehicles being driven to the workplace, thereby 
reducing vehicle emissions. Data collection is required for two 
reasons: to make certain that participating employers are meeting the 
terms of the agreement and to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
program. Respondents can be from any kind of employer. 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 EPA would like to solicit comments 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.
    Burden Statement: Total annual burden is estimated at 46,189 hours 
plus non-labor costs of $493. 41,759 of these hours are projected to 
come from private entities with the remainder from state and local 
governments. The projected number of respondents is 400 per year, with 
fewer in the first year and more in the third. Burden represents once 
annually reporting estimated to incur a burden of 115 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; 
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.

    Dated: March 19, 2002.
Robert E. Larson,
Division Director, Transportation and Regional Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 02-8534 Filed 4-8-02; 8:45 am]
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