[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65683-65684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26612]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0858; FRL]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's Design for the Environment 
(DfE) Partner of the Year Awards Program

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: EPA's Design for the 
Environment (DfE) Partner of the Year Awards Program; EPA ICR No. 
2450.01, OMB No. 2070-NEW. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection activity and its 
expected burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 29, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2011-0858 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected] or by mail to: 
Document Control Office (DCO), Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Pamela Myrick, Deputy Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 7408-M, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-554-
1404; email 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 
1320.10. On January 13, 2012 (77 FR 2058), EPA sought comments on this 
proposed information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 
received one supportive comment during the comment period. Any comments 
related to 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 EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-0858, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person inspection at the OPPT Docket in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open 
from 8 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 Pollution Prevention and Toxics Docket 
is 202-566-0280. Use www.regulations.gov to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public 
docket, and to access those

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documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once 
in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in 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. 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 www.regulations.gov. 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 
www.regulations.gov. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) Partner of the Year 
Awards Program.
    ICR Status: This is a request to establish a new information 
collection activity.
    Abstract: EPA has developed the Partner of the Year Awards to 
recognize DfE stakeholders who have furthered the goals of DfE through 
active and exemplary participation in and promotion of the DfE program. 
Making DfE's mission known to the widest possible audience, through its 
safer product label and in other forms of communication, is critical to 
fully realizing the program's goals of protecting human health and the 
environment, promoting a sustainable economy, and creating green jobs, 
especially in the small business sector.
    The Partner of the Year Awards will be an annual event, with 
recognition for DfE stakeholder organizations from five broad 
categories: (1) Formulators/product manufacturers (of both consumer and 
institutional/industrial (I/I) products), (2) purchasers and 
distributors, (3) retailers, (4) influencers (e.g., non-governmental 
organizations, including environmental and health advocates, trade 
associations, academia, sports teams, and others), and (5) innovators 
(e.g., chemical manufacturers, technology developers, and others). 
Within these categories and based on the criteria, DfE may elect to 
give additional awards in the subcategories of ``small business'' and 
``sustained excellence.'' This information collection activity 
addresses the reporting burden associated with making application to 
EPA for recognition in the Partner of the Year Awards program.
    Responses to this information collection are voluntary. Respondents 
may claim all or part of a notice as CBI. EPA will disclose information 
that is covered by a CBI claim only to the extent permitted by, and in 
accordance with, the procedures in 40 CFR part 2.
    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, 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
15 hours per response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are establishments engaged in the production, use, and/or 
advancement of safer chemicals, that have furthered the goals of DfE 
through active and exemplary participation in and promotion of the 
program, and that wish to receive recognition for their achievements.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 110.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,650 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $69,790.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: Since this is a new ICR, change in 
respondent burden is not applicable.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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