Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With EPA's ENERGY STAR® Product Labeling (Renewal)
| Published date | 26 May 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 28339 |
| Record Number | 2021-11071 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Environmental Protection Agency |
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forty (40) members appointed by the
Secretary.
William Burwell,
Deputy Executive Director, SelectUSA.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB122]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY
: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice of public meeting via
webinar.
SUMMARY
: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Herring Advisory Panel via webinar to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ). Recommendations from this
group will be brought to the full Council
for formal consideration and action, if
appropriate.
DATES
: This webinar will be held on
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 9 a.m.
Webinar registration URL information:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/
register/7279047766408535051.
ADDRESSES
: Council address: New
England Fishery Management Council,
50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport,
MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Agenda
The Advisory Panel will meet to
continue development of Framework 9,
an action to implement a rebuilding
plan for Atlantic herring that was
declared overfished, and potentially
adjust herring accountability measures
to improve flexibility and optimize
yield in the herring fishery. The Panel
will also continue development of
Framework 7, an action to protect
spawning Atlantic herring on Georges
Bank. They will discuss 2020–2024
herring research priority
recommendations for Council
consideration. Other business will be
discussed as necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
978–465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 20, 2021.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0033; FRL–10023–63–
OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Activities
Associated With EPA’s ENERGY
STAR
®
Product Labeling (Renewal)
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘EPA’s ENERGY STAR Product
Labeling’’ (EPA ICR No. 2078.07, OMB
Control No. 2060–0528), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before
doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through January 31, 2022. 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
: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2003–0033, online using
www.regulation.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@
epa.gov, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
James Kwon, Climate Protection
Partnerships Division, Office of Air and
Radiation, Mailcode 6202A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: 202–564–
8538; fax number: 202–343–2200 email
address: kwon.james@epa.gov.
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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
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responses. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
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. The
program’s emphasis on testing and
third-party product review ensures that
consumers can trust ENERGY STAR
certified products to deliver the energy
savings promised by the label. In rare
circumstances where product brand
licensee’s wish to partner with EPA, the
Agency establishes the appropriate
contacts and relationships for the brand
owner and licensee through a joint
brand owner and licensee template that
both parties are required to sign.
As part of the Agency’s contribution
to the overall success of the program,
EPA facilitates the sale of certified
products by providing consumers with
easy-to-use information about the
products. To perform this function, EPA
must obtain data on certified products.
Prior to EPA adopting a third-party
certification process, product brand
owners were required to submit
individual product information directly
to the Agency. Since 2011, product
information has been recorded by
Certification Bodies and shared with
EPA using XML-based web services that
validate and save the information in
EPA’s database. EPA believes the
improved process of submission has
reduced the burden time for Partners
and the Agency by taking advantage of
the infrastructure in place for certifying
products. With the automated process of
obtaining certified product data,
certified model data is automatically
updated daily on the ENERGY STAR
website. To ensure that products are
certified properly, the certification
process also includes requirements for
Certification Bodies to report to EPA
products that were reviewed, but not
eligible for certification. 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.
In order to monitor progress and
support the best allocation of resources,
EPA also asks manufacturers to submit
annual shipment data for their ENERGY
STAR qualifying products. EPA is
flexible as to the methods by which
manufacturers may submit unit
shipment data. For example, many
manufacturers are given the option of
arranging for shipment data to be sent
to EPA via a third party to ensure
confidentiality. In using any shipment
data received directly from a partner,
EPA only shares aggregate information
from multiple partners so as to protect
confidentiality.
Finally, Partners that wish to receive
recognition for their efforts in ENERGY
STAR may submit an application for the
Partner of the Year Award.
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, 5900–254, 5900–255, 5900–
415, 5900–416, 5900–417, 5900–438,
5900–439, 5900–440, 5900–501.
Respondents/affected entities:
Respondents for this information
collection request include Partners in
ENERGY STAR.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents:
2,732.
Frequency of response: Initially/one-
time, on occasion, semi-annually, and
annually.
Estimated total annual hour burden:
40,391 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Estimated total annual cost:
$2,531,810 (per year), includes $0
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: The burden
estimates presented in this notice are
from the last approval. EPA is currently
evaluating and updating these estimates
as part of the ICR renewal process. EPA
will discuss its updated estimates, as
well as changes from the last approval,
in the next Federal Register notice to be
issued for this renewal.
Carolyn Snyder,
Director, Climate Protection Partnerships
Division.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Extension Without Change
of an Existing Collection; Comments
Request
AGENCY
: Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC or Commission)
announces that it intends to submit to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request for a three-year
extension without change of the existing
recordkeeping requirements under its
regulations. The Commission is seeking
public comments on the proposed
extension.
DATES
: Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before July 26,
2021.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods—
please use only one method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
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