[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10823-10824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05514]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0501; FRL-9989-10-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Green Power Partnership and Combined Heat 
and Power Partnership (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Green Power Partnership and 
Combined Heat and Power Partnership (EPA ICR Number 2173.07, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0578) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through March 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on September 14, 2018 during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 22, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ -OAR-2004-0501, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov 
(our preferred method), by email to [email protected], or 
by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
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 
public 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Kent, Climate Protection 
Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, MC 6202A 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9046; fax number: 202-343-2208; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 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.
    Abstract: In 2002, EPA's Energy Supply and Industry Branch (ESIB) 
launched two partnership programs with industry and other stakeholders: 
The Green Power Partnership (GPP) and the Combined Heat and Power 
Partnership (CHPP). These voluntary partnership programs, along with 
others in the ESIB, encourage organizations to invest in clean, 
efficient energy technologies, including renewable energy and combined 
heat and power. To continue to be successful, it is critical that EPA 
collect information from these program stakeholders to ensure these 
organizations are meeting their clean energy goals and to assure the 
credibility of these voluntary non-regulatory programs.
    EPA has developed this ICR to obtain authorization to collect 
information from organizations participating in the GPP and CHPP, and 
other ESIB voluntary programs. Organizations that join these programs 
voluntarily agree to the following respective actions: (1) Designating 
a Green Power or CHP liaison and filling out a Partnership Agreement or 
Letter of Intent (LOI) respectively, (2) for the GPP, reporting to EPA, 
on an annual basis, their progress toward their green power commitment 
via a 3-page reporting form; (3) for the CHP Partnership, reporting to 
EPA information on their existing CHP projects, new project 
development, and other CHP-related activities via a one-page reporting 
form (for projects) or via an informal email or phone call (for other 
CHP-related activities). In addition to these actions, organizations 
may voluntarily apply for recognition to the programs' established 
annual recognition events, which require submitting additional 
information. EPA uses the data obtained from its Partners to assess the 
success of these programs in achieving their national energy and 
greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. Partners are organizational 
entities that have volunteered to participate in either Partnership 
program.
    Form numbers: EPA-430-K-013, EPA-430-F-05-034; EPA-5900-353.
    Respondents/affected entities: Company, institutional, and public-
sector organizations that voluntarily participate in the EPA's Green 
Power Partnership (GPP) or Combined Heat and Power Partnership (CHPP). 
These include both service and goods providing industries, educational 
institutions and non-governmental organizations, commercial and

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industrial organizations, and local, state, or federal government 
agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 6,871 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, on occasion, one time.
    Total estimated burden: 6,598 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $731,382 (per year), which includes no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is minimal decrease in hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. Since the last ICR renewal, both the GPP and CHPP have 
introduced program efficiencies to reduce program burden and simplified 
collection forms into pre-populated spreadsheets or documents. As a 
result of these changes, the average number of hours per Partner has 
decreased from 3.2 hours to 2.87 hours, even though the total hour 
burden for Partners increased due to an increase in the number of 
Partners.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05514 Filed 3-21-19; 8:45 am]
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