84 FR 25039 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (Renewal)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership (EPA ICR Number 2349.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0702) 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, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 20, 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.

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25039-25040]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11273]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0655; FRL-9990-22-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration 
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), GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration 
Partnership (EPA ICR Number 2349.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0702) 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, 2019. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
August 20, 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 July 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0655, 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: Tom Land, Stratospheric Protection 
Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (Mail Code 6205T), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9185; fax number: (202) 343-2362; 
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: GreenChill is a voluntary partnership program sponsored 
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that encourages 
supermarket companies to adopt cost effective technologies and 
practices that reduce refrigerant emissions and improve operational 
efficiency. The GreenChill Program works with the supermarket

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industry to lower remove barriers inhibiting the implementation of 
technologies and practices that reduce refrigerant emissions. The 
Program effectively promotes the adoption of emission reduction 
practices and technologies by engaging GreenChill partners to set an 
annual refrigerant emission reduction goal and develop a Refrigerant 
Management Plan reflecting the company's implementation objectives. 
Implementation of the partners' Refrigeration Management Plan to reduce 
refrigerant emissions enhances the protection of the environment and 
may save Partners money and improve operational efficiency. The 
GreenChill Program offers the opportunity for any individual store to 
be GreenChill certified at the silver-, gold- or platinum-level when it 
demonstrates that the amount of refrigerant used is below a specified 
limit, based on the store's MBTU/hour cooling load, and that the 
refrigerant emitted from the store in the prior 12 months is below a 
specified percentage depending on each GreenChill store certification 
level. Information submitted for the certification of individual stores 
is compared to these set criteria for each certification level. The 
certification of a store provides the opportunity for broad recognition 
within the supermarket industry and with the store's customers. All 
information submitted to EPA is treated in accordance with the EPA 
regulations at 40 CFR part 2, that include provisions on protecting 
confidential business information (CBI).
    Form Numbers: 5900-213, 5900-214.
    Respondents/affected entities: Supermarkets, NAICS code: 445110.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 232 (per year).
    Frequency of response: Annual, and when desired.
    Total estimated burden: 2,608 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $110,940 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: Due to the inclusion of voluntary submissions 
by individual supermarkets to become GreenChill certified, and 
recognizing these submissions are increasing annually, the total number 
of hours increases by 920 per year compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. In addition, the number of companies submitting 
information voluntarily under the Corporate Emission Reduction Program 
(the Partnership) is reduced due to industry consolidation, 
acquisitions, and bankruptcy, as well as a reduction in the number of 
companies joining the partnership each year. The costs associated with 
labor categories reflect generally higher salaries across Respondents 
and the Agency.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-11273 Filed 5-29-19; 8:45 am]
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