[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4621-4622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01523]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0736; FRL-9941-60-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; EPA's Safer Choice Partner of the Year
Awards Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has submitted the following information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ``EPA's
Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards Program'' and identified by EPA
ICR No. 2450.02 and OMB Control No. 2070-0184. The ICR, which is
available in the docket along with other related materials, provides a
detailed explanation of the collection activities and the burden
estimate that is only briefly summarized in this document. EPA has
addressed the comments received in response to the previously provided
public review opportunity issued in the Federal Register on October 2,
2015 (80 FR 59773). With this submission, EPA is providing an
additional 30 days for public review.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2014-0736, to both EPA and OMB as follows:
To EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
To OMB via email to [email protected]. Address
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
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. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be CBI or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Environmental
Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-1404; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in
detail the information collection activities and the related burden and
cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in
the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is (202)
566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on January
31, 2016. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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 for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: EPA developed the Partner of the Year Awards to recognize
Safer Choice stakeholders who have furthered the goals of Safer Choice
through active and exemplary participation in and promotion of the
Safer Choice program. Making the mission of the Safer Choice program
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 Safer Choice 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) supporters (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, EPA 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 completing the
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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 response confidential. EPA will disclose
information that is covered by a claim of confidentiality only to the
extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures in TSCA
section 14 and 40 CFR part 2.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this ICR are establishments engaged in the production, use, and/or
advancement of safer chemicals, that have furthered the goals of EPA's
Safer Chemical program through active and exemplary participation in
and promotion of the program, and that wish to receive recognition for
their achievements.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 50.
Frequency of response: Annual.
Estimated total burden: 750 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Estimated total costs: $45,486 (per year), includes no annualized
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 900 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the
ICR currently approved by OMB.
This decrease reflects the experience of EPA's Safer Choice program
since OMB first approved this information collection. The Safer Choice
program conducted its first Partner of the Year Awards in 2015, at
which time EPA had received applications from 35 respondents. Based
upon revised estimates, EPA has reduced the estimated number of
respondents from 110 to 50, with a corresponding decrease in the
associated burden. This change is an adjustment.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-01523 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
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