[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11352]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0501; FRL-9892-01-OMS]


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 2173.08, 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 May 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on September 23, 2021 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 June 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2004-0501, online using 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. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Taylor, Climate Protection 
Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, MC 6202A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-5211; 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 encourage 
organizations to invest in renewable energy and combined heat and 
power.
    EPA has developed this ICR to obtain authorization to collect 
information from organizations participating in the GPP, CHPP, and 
other ESIB programs. Organizations that join these programs voluntarily 
agree to the following respective actions: (1) Designating a GPP or 
CHPP liaison and filling out a Partnership Agreement; (2) for the CHPP, 
information from stakeholders that download Partnership tools and for 
the GPP, (3), reporting to EPA, on an annual basis, their progress 
toward their green power commitment. 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.
    EPA needs to collect the information in the Partnership Agreements 
to formally establish participation in the GPP or CHPP program and to 
obtain general information about new Partners. Additional information 
collected through information forms is needed to allow EPA to track 
Partner progress toward meeting their GPP commitments, to enable GPP to 
facilitate and encourage green power use, to assess whether actions are 
worthy of recognition, and to determine progress in meeting GPP's 
national energy and GHG reduction goals. EPA uses the information 
submitted in additional forms to monitor the progress of current 
participation and projects and identify new opportunities. EPA also 
uses the data submitted by GPP and CHPP Partners to prepare reports on 
GPP progress and determine the GHG reductions achieved by the program. 
General information on the Partners, green power, and CHP is also 
provided on the respective websites, making it available to other 
Partners and the public.
    Form Numbers: EPA-430-K-05-013, 5900-583, 5900-584, 5900-585.
    Respondents/affected entities: Companies, 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 
industrial organizations, and local, state, or federal government 
agencies.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 761 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, on occasion, one time.
    Total estimated burden: 1,445 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $81,314 (per year), which includes no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 5,635 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease results from both the GPP and CHPP 
having updated their program requirements 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 2.87 hours to 1.89 hours. Additionally, 
the total number of partners was significantly reduced in both 
programs. The number of respondents has declined from 1,959 to 761. The 
decrease in cost is due to O&M cost being mistakenly included in the 
past ICR. This ICR does not include O&M due to them not being relevant.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-11352 Filed 5-25-22; 8:45 am]
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