[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28002-28003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12868]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2002-0094; FRL-7502-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; (EPA ICR No. 2100.01)

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Reporting Requirements Under 
EPA's Climate Leaders Program, (EPA ICR No. 2100.01). This ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 23, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Kerr, Climate Protection 
Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air 
and Radiation, Mailcode 6202J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-0047; fax number: 202-565-2134; e-mail address: [email protected].

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 June 18, 2002 (67 FR 117), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 2 comments and has addressed 
them in the program design.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OAR-2002-0094, which is available for public viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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 Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is 
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing 
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in 
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by 
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 
6202J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail 
your comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,

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725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Climate Leaders Program 
(EPA ICR Number 2100.01). This is a request for a new collection.
    Abstract: Climate Leaders is an EPA-sponsored, voluntary program 
that encourages companies to undertake greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction 
goals and to develop a corporate GHG inventory to demonstrate progress 
towards that goal. It is run through EPA's Climate Protection 
Partnerships Division (CPPD) in the Office of Air & Radiation. 
Companies report their GHG inventories to EPA on an annual basis to 
demonstrate their progress toward their GHG reduction goal. This 
reporting allows EPA to offer highly credible public recognition to 
companies that have demonstrated leadership by meeting or exceeding 
their goals.
    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 OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 73 
hours per response. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: large companies/private entities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 70.
    Frequency of Response: annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,114 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $433,390, includes $5,810 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new information collection, and 
as such, this section is not applicable.

    Dated: May 8, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-12868 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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