81_FR_8093 81 FR 8062 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's ENERGY STAR® Product Labeling (Renewal)

81 FR 8062 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's ENERGY STAR® Product Labeling (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 31 (February 17, 2016)

Page Range8062-8063
FR Document2016-03155

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``EPA's ENERGY STAR Product Labeling'' (EPA ICR No. 2078.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0528) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed revision of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 29, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 65752) on October 27, 2015, 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 81 Issue 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2016)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0033; FRL 9941-75-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; EPA's ENERGY STAR[supreg] Product Labeling 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``EPA's ENERGY STAR Product 
Labeling'' (EPA ICR No. 2078.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0528) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed revision of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through February 29, 2016. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register (80 FR 65752) on October 27, 2015, 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 March 18, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0033, 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: Kirsten Hesla, Climate Protection 
Partnerships Division, Office of Air and Radiation, Mailcode 6202J,

[[Page 8063]]

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-2984; fax number: 202-
343-2200; 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: ENERGY STAR is a voluntary program developed in 
collaboration with industry to create a self-sustaining market for 
energy efficient products. The center piece of the program is the 
ENERGY STAR label, a registered certification label that helps 
consumers identify products that save energy, save money, and help 
protect the environment without sacrificing quality or performance. In 
order to protect the integrity of the label and enhance its 
effectiveness in the marketplace, EPA must ensure that products 
carrying the label meet appropriate program requirements.
    Program participants submit signed Partnership Agreements 
indicating that they will adhere to logo-use guidelines and program 
requirements. Retail partners commit to selling, marketing and 
promoting ENERGY STAR certified products. Product brand owner partners, 
who are usually the manufacturer of the products, commit to having 
participating products certified to meet specified energy performance 
criteria based on a standard test method and EPA's third party 
certification requirements. These requirements for ENERGY STAR product 
certification also include provisions for verifying the performance of 
certified products through verification testing.
    Now, product information is recorded by Certification Bodies and 
shared with EPA using XML-based web services that validate and save the 
information in EPA's database. With this new process of obtaining 
certified product data, certified model data is automatically updated 
daily on the ENERGY STAR Web site. To ensure continued product 
performance after initial certification, EPA requires Certification 
Bodies to conduct post-market verification testing of a sampling of 
ENERGY STAR certified products. Certification Bodies are required to 
share information with EPA on products subjected to this post-market 
testing twice a year and to immediately report any certified products 
that no longer meet the program requirements. This process allows EPA 
to monitor the ongoing performance of products and take necessary steps 
to maintain consumer confidence in the ENERGY STAR label and protect 
the investment of partners.
    Form Numbers: 5900-252, 5900-251, 5900-33, 5900-253, 5900-168, 
5900-206, 5900-207, 5900-28, 5900-208, 5900-210, 5900-228, 5900-234, 
5900-229, 5900-235, 5900-47, 5900-349, 5900-350, 5900-351, 5900-348, 
5900-35, 5900-36, 5900-37, 5900-38, 5900-39, 5900-41, 5900-42, 5900-43, 
5900-44, 5900-48, 5900-49, 5900-50, 5900-51, 5900-53, 5900-54, 5900-55, 
5900-56, 5900-57, 5900-58, 5900-230, 5900-224, 5900-227, 5900-166, 
5900-165, 5900-164, 5900-226, 5900-163, 5900-34, 5900-216, 5900-217, 
5900-218, 5900-388.
    Respondents/affected entities: Respondents for this information 
collection request include Partners in ENERGY STAR.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,080.
    Frequency of response: Initially/one-time and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 41,209 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,118,166 (per year), includes $17,285 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 24,129 hours in 
the total estimated burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. Although participation in the ENERGY STAR program has steadily 
increased, the automated process of sharing information between 
Certification Bodies and the Agency has reduced the overall burden for 
Partners.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-03155 Filed 2-16-16; 8:45 am]
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8062 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 17, 2016 / Notices Hazardous Waste Facility Standards Abstract: Section 3004 of the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1571.11, OMB Resource Conservation and Recovery AGENCY Control No. 2050–0120) to the Office of Act (RCRA), as amended, requires that [EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0033; FRL 9941–75– Management and Budget (OMB) for the U.S. Environmental Protection OEI] review and approval in accordance with Agency develop standards for hazardous the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. waste treatment, storage, and disposal Information Collection Request 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed facilities (TSDFs) as may be necessary to Submitted to OMB for Review and extension of the ICR, which is currently protect human health and the Approval; Comment Request; EPA’s approved through February 29, 2016. environment. Subsections 3004(a)(1), ENERGY STAR® Product Labeling Public comments were previously (3), (4), (5), and (6) specify that these (Renewal) requested via the Federal Register (80 standards include, but not be limited to, FR 65999) on October 28, 2015 during the following requirements: AGENCY: Environmental Protection a 60-day comment period. This notice • Maintaining records of all Agency (EPA). allows for an additional 30 days for hazardous wastes identified or listed ACTION: Notice. public comments. A fuller description under subtitle C that are treated, stored, of the ICR is given below, including its or disposed of, and the manner in which SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection estimated burden and cost to the public. such wastes were treated, stored, or Agency has submitted an information An Agency may not conduct or sponsor disposed of; collection request (ICR), ‘‘EPA’s and a person is not required to respond • Operating methods, techniques, and ENERGY STAR Product Labeling’’ (EPA to a collection of information unless it practices for treatment, storage, or ICR No. 2078.06, OMB Control No. displays a currently valid OMB control disposal of hazardous waste; 2060–0528) to the Office of Management number. • Location, design, and construction and Budget (OMB) for review and of such hazardous waste treatment, approval in accordance with the DATES: Additional comments may be disposal, or storage facilities; Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. submitted on or before March 18, 2016. • Contingency plans for effective 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, action to minimize unanticipated revision of the ICR, which is currently referencing Docket ID Number EPA– damage from any treatment, storage, or approved through February 29, 2016. HQ–RCRA–2015–0606, to (1) EPA disposal of any such hazardous waste; Public comments were previously online using www.regulations.gov (our and requested via the Federal Register (80 preferred method), by email to rcra- • Maintaining or operating such FR 65752) on October 27, 2015, during docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA facilities and requiring such additional a 60-day comment period. This notice Docket Center, Environmental qualifications as to ownership, allows for an additional 30 days for Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, continuity of operation, training for public comments. A fuller description 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., personnel, and financial responsibility of the ICR is given below, including its Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via as may be necessary or desirable. estimated burden and cost to the public. email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. The regulations implementing these An Agency may not conduct or sponsor Address comments to OMB Desk Officer requirements are codified in 40 CFR and a person is not required to respond for EPA. parts 264 and 265. The collection of this to a collection of information unless it EPA’s policy is that all comments information enables the EPA to properly displays a currently valid OMB control received will be included in the public determine whether owners/operators or number. docket without change including any hazardous waste treatment, storage, and DATES: Additional comments may be personal information provided, unless disposal facilities meet the requirements submitted on or before March 18, 2016. the comment includes profanity, threats, of Section 3004(a) of RCRA. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, information claimed to be Confidential Form Numbers: None. referencing Docket ID Number EPA– Business Information (CBI) or other Respondents/affected entities: HQ–OAR–2003–0033, to (1) EPA online information whose disclosure is Hazardous Waste Operators, State/ using www.regulations.gov (our restricted by statute. Local/Tribal governments. preferred method), by email to a-and-r- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Respondent’s obligation to respond: Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Norma Abdul-Malik, Environmental Mandatory (RCRA section 3004). Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Estimated number of respondents: Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 1,872. 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., telephone number: 703–308–8753; fax Frequency of response: On occasion. Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via number: 703–308–8617; email address: Total estimated burden: 672,417 email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. abdul-malik.norma@epamail.epa.gov. hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 Address comments to OMB Desk Officer CFR 1320.03(b). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: for EPA. Total estimated cost: $41,759,144 (per Supporting documents which explain in EPA’s policy is that all comments year), includes $533,525 annualized detail the information that the EPA will received will be included in the public capital or operation & maintenance be collecting are available in the public docket without change including any costs. docket for this ICR. The docket can be personal information provided, unless Changes in the Estimates: There is no viewed online at www.regulations.gov the comment includes profanity, threats, asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES change in hours in the total estimated or in person at the EPA Docket Center, information claimed to be Confidential respondent burden compared with the WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Business Information (CBI) or other ICR currently approved by OMB. Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, information whose disclosure is DC. The telephone number for the Courtney Kerwin, restricted by statute. Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For Acting Director, Collection Strategies FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: additional information about EPA’s Division. Kirsten Hesla, Climate Protection public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ [FR Doc. 2016–03151 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] Partnerships Division, Office of Air and dockets. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Radiation, Mailcode 6202J, VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:05 Feb 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 17, 2016 / Notices 8063 Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 EPA on products subjected to this post- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, market testing twice a year and to AGENCY DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– immediately report any certified [EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0494; FRL–9942– 2984; fax number: 202–343–2200; email products that no longer meet the 05–OEI] address: hesla.kirsten@epa.gov. program requirements. This process SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: allows EPA to monitor the ongoing Information Collection Request Supporting documents which explain in performance of products and take Submitted to OMB for Review and detail the information that the EPA will necessary steps to maintain consumer Approval; Comment Request; Tips and be collecting are available in the public confidence in the ENERGY STAR label Complaints Regarding Environmental docket for this ICR. The docket can be and protect the investment of partners. Violations (Renewal) viewed online at www.regulations.gov Form Numbers: 5900–252, 5900–251, AGENCY: Environmental Protection or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 5900–33, 5900–253, 5900–168, 5900– Agency (EPA). WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 206, 5900–207, 5900–28, 5900–208, ACTION: Notice. DC. The telephone number for the 5900–210, 5900–228, 5900–234, 5900– 229, 5900–235, 5900–47, 5900–349, SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 5900–350, 5900–351, 5900–348, 5900– Agency has submitted an information additional information about EPA’s 35, 5900–36, 5900–37, 5900–38, 5900– collection request (ICR), ‘‘Tips and public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 39, 5900–41, 5900–42, 5900–43, 5900– Complaints Regarding Environmental dockets. 44, 5900–48, 5900–49, 5900–50, 5900– Violations (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. Abstract: ENERGY STAR is a 51, 5900–53, 5900–54, 5900–55, 5900– 2219.05, OMB Control No. 2020–0032) voluntary program developed in 56, 5900–57, 5900–58, 5900–230, 5900– to the Office of Management and Budget collaboration with industry to create a 224, 5900–227, 5900–166, 5900–165, (OMB) for review and approval in self-sustaining market for energy accordance with the Paperwork efficient products. The center piece of 5900–164, 5900–226, 5900–163, 5900– Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). the program is the ENERGY STAR label, 34, 5900–216, 5900–217, 5900–218, This is a proposed extension of the ICR, a registered certification label that helps 5900–388. which is currently approved through consumers identify products that save Respondents/affected entities: April 30, 2016. Public comments were energy, save money, and help protect Respondents for this information previously requested via the Federal the environment without sacrificing collection request include Partners in Register 80 FR 67400 on November 2, quality or performance. In order to ENERGY STAR. 2015 during a 60-day comment period. protect the integrity of the label and Respondent’s obligation to respond: This notice allows for an additional 30 enhance its effectiveness in the Voluntary. days for public comments. A fuller marketplace, EPA must ensure that description of the ICR is given below, products carrying the label meet Estimated number of respondents: including its estimated burden and cost appropriate program requirements. 2,080. to the public. An Agency may not Program participants submit signed Frequency of response: Initially/one- conduct or sponsor and a person is not Partnership Agreements indicating that time and annually. required to respond to a collection of they will adhere to logo-use guidelines Total estimated burden: 41,209 hours information unless it displays a and program requirements. Retail (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR currently valid OMB control number. partners commit to selling, marketing and promoting ENERGY STAR certified 1320.03(b). DATES: Additional comments may be products. Product brand owner partners, submitted on or before March 18, 2016. Total estimated cost: $3,118,166 (per who are usually the manufacturer of the ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, year), includes $17,285 annualized products, commit to having referencing Docket ID Number EPA– capital or operation & maintenance participating products certified to meet HQ–OECA–2009–0494, to (1) EPA costs. online using www.regulations.gov (our specified energy performance criteria based on a standard test method and Changes in the Estimates: There is a preferred method), by email to EPA’s third party certification decrease of 24,129 hours in the total docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA requirements. These requirements for estimated burden compared with the Docket Center, Environmental ENERGY STAR product certification ICR currently approved by OMB. Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, also include provisions for verifying the Although participation in the ENERGY 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., performance of certified products STAR program has steadily increased, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via through verification testing. the automated process of sharing email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Now, product information is recorded information between Certification Address comments to OMB Desk Officer by Certification Bodies and shared with Bodies and the Agency has reduced the for EPA. EPA using XML-based web services that overall burden for Partners. EPA’s policy is that all comments validate and save the information in received will be included in the public EPA’s database. With this new process Courtney Kerwin, docket without change including any of obtaining certified product data, Acting Director, Collection Strategies personal information provided, unless certified model data is automatically Division. the comment includes profanity, threats, asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES updated daily on the ENERGY STAR [FR Doc. 2016–03155 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] information claimed to be Confidential Web site. To ensure continued product BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Business Information (CBI) or other performance after initial certification, information whose disclosure is EPA requires Certification Bodies to restricted by statute. conduct post-market verification testing FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of a sampling of ENERGY STAR Michael LeDesma, Legal Counsel certified products. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesAdditional comments may be submitted on or before March 18, 2016.
ContactKirsten Hesla, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, Office of Air and Radiation, Mailcode 6202J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-2984; fax number: 202-
FR Citation81 FR 8062 
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