[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15972-15974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6687]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0482; FRL-9284-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; SmartWay Transport Partnership
(New Collection)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new
collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 21,
2011.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0482, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to: [email protected], or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB by mail to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Kearns, Office of Air and
Radiation, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Transportation and
Regional Programs Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone: 734-214-4240; Fax:
734-214-4906; e-mail: kearns.denise @epa.gov.
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 April 28, 2009 (74 FR 19222), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0482, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Docket is 202-566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential
business information (CBI), or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: SmartWay Transport Partnership (New Collection).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2265.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW.
ICR status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) supports the
SmartWay Transport Partnership, an energy conservation deployment
program that aims to improve fuel efficiency and curb greenhouse gas
emissions generated by the freight goods movement industry. OAR
developed the SmartWay Transport Partnership under directives outlined
in Subtitle D of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which calls on EPA to
assess the energy and air quality impacts of activities within the
freight industry. These activities include long-duration truck idling,
the development and promotion of strategies for reducing idling, fuel
consumption, and negative air quality effects. SmartWay's objectives
also are consistent with the Federal Technology Transfer Act and other
laws that support collaborative partnerships between government and
industry.
The partnership is open to organizations that either use or provide
freight transport services for goods movement. ``Affiliate''
organizations that do not operate freight transport fleets, but that
are working to strengthen the freight industry, such as industry trade
associations, state and local transportation agencies and environmental
groups, also may sign on as SmartWay partners.
All organizations that join SmartWay, including carriers, shippers
and affiliates are asked to provide EPA with information.
Specifically, as a first step toward partnering with EPA,
organizations that operate fleets, such as freight carriers, shippers
and logistics management companies, commit to assessing and improving
the environmental performance of their freight transport activities. A
company joins SmartWay when it: (1) Conducts an assessment of its
transportation and freight-based management activities and inputs its
results into SmartWay's online environmental measurement tracking
system; and (2) provides a signed partnership agreement to EPA. Data
outputs from the environmental tracking system are used by companies to
establish a baseline and set goals for reducing fuel use and emissions.
Under their partnership agreement, companies also agree to annually
update the environmental performance tracking system and provide those
updated results to EPA.
Data outputs from the environmental tracking system are vital to
the SmartWay Partnership for several reasons. First, the data provides
confirmation that EPA's SmartWay partners have set a baseline,
established objectives and are meeting those objectives as outlined in
their partnership agreement. The environmental measurement tracking
system also makes it possible for EPA to assist our partners in
adjusting their commitments, as appropriate, and to update them with
environmental performance and technology information that will empower
them to improve their efficiency and achieve their environmental goals.
This information also improves EPA's knowledge and understanding of the
environmental and energy impacts associated with goods movement, and
the effectiveness of both proven and emerging strategies to lessen
those impacts.
In addition to requesting tracking updates on fuel consumption and
environmental performance, EPA may from time to time provide
opportunities to encourage SmartWay partners to provide other kinds of
information, to improve the program's services. These opportunities may
be made available to all SmartWay partners, including affiliates. Some
examples of the kinds of information and topics that partners might
provide input to EPA on could include opinions and test data on the
effectiveness of new and emerging technology applications; the reach
and value of partnering with EPA through the SmartWay program; and
awareness of the SmartWay brand. In some instances, EPA might also
query other freight industry representatives (not just SmartWay
partners), including trade and professional associations, nonprofit
environmental groups, energy, and
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community organizations, and schools and universities, and a small
sampling of the general public on these topics.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, and financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose
and 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: Transportation carriers; retail and
industrial shippers that contract with transportation carriers;
logistics and supply chain management companies; and non-profit and
other affiliates organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,225.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,301.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $531,089, which includes $1,350
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Dated: March 16, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-6687 Filed 3-21-11; 8:45 am]
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