[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 193 (Thursday, October 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52180-52181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24789]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5312-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting
the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described
below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 28, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Office of Air and Radiation, Atmospheric Pollution
Prevention Division, Mail Code: 6202J, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC
20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE ICR CONTACT:
Denessa Moses at EPA, (202) 233-9789, FAX number (202) 233-9578
Internet address: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are the participants in the EPA Green Lights
Program, and financing companies who volunteer information on their
services.
Office of Air and Radiation
Title: Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements under EPA's Green
Light Program, OMB# 2060-0255, ICR# 1614, expires March, 1996.
Abstract
Green Lights is a voluntary EPA program that encourages
corporations, state and local governments, colleges and universities,
and other organizations to adopt energy efficient lighting as a
profitable means of preventing pollution and improving lighting
quality. The program organization consists of three types of Green
Lights participants: ``partners'', ``allies'', and ``endorsers''. Green
Lights Partners agree to survey and upgrade lighting fixtures and
procedures, if profitable. Allies work with EPA to increase awareness
of energy-efficient lighting and provide information on products and
services. Allies (except ``Surveyor Allies'') also agree to survey and
upgrade their lighting. Endorsers agree to encourage their members to
promote the Green Lights goal of using lighting in the most energy-
efficient and environmentally-protective manner possible.
Partners and allies in the Green Lights program must complete, sign
and submit to EPA a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines the
responsibilities of both the Green Lights participant and EPA. The MOU
commits a Green Lights participant to survey all of its U.S. facilities
and consider a full set of lighting options that maximize energy
savings while being profitable and not compromising lighting quality.
The participant agrees to complete lighting upgrades within five years
of signing the MOU in 90 per cent of the square footage of its
facilities that meet these criteria. Upon completion of a lighting
upgrade, or annually if the project is not completed after a year,
partners and allies must complete and submit to EPA an implementation
report that documents energy-efficient improvements and cost savings.
In addition, participants agree to re-survey facilities and re-analyze
options at their facilities no later than five years after completing
an upgrade.
EPA has developed this ICR to obtain authorization to collect
information from Green Lights participants. EPA needs to collect
initial information in the MOU to formally establish
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participation in the Green Lights Program and to obtain general
information on new Green Lights participants. EPA uses information
obtained in the MOU to identify a Green Lights Implementation Manager
and Media Liaison and to obtain data on the size and type of buildings
subject to the Green Lights agreement. By agreeing to participate in
the Green Lights Program, the participant agrees to the terms of
various information collections specified by EPA in the MOU.
EPA needs to collect information in the Implementation Report to
evaluate a participant's progress and performance, and overall program
results. The information provided in the Implementation Report also
allows EPA to identify the fixture types, lighting controls,
maintenance methods, and implementation methods most commonly utilized,
and to provide technical and other assistance to participants in
completing their planned upgrades. By agreeing to participate in the
Green Lights Program, the participant agrees to complete and submit
this form upon completion of a project, or annually if the project is
not completed after a year.
EPA needs to collect information from allies on energy-efficient
lighting products and services to develop a directory and provide
program partners with this information. EPA needs to collect case
studies on successful energy-efficient lighting investments to provide
examples of profitable, energy-saving investments. EPA needs to review,
prior to public distribution, any materials that carry the Green Lights
logo or mention the program to ensure that the program is being
represented in an appropriate manner.
EPA needs to collect information from organizations that provide
financing products and services. This information will be used by EPA
to develop a directory describing these financing services that are
available to assist program participants in accomplishing their
lighting upgrades. This information will be collected (via a
questionnaire) and is strictly voluntary.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit comments 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 responses.
Burden Statement
The estimated annual burden to the respondent for this collection
of information will vary, depending upon whether the respondent is a
Green Lights Partner, Ally, Endorser, or financing company, and the
length of time the respondent has participated in the Green Lights
program. With this in mind, the respondent burden is estimated at a
total of 348,102 hours per year. The average annual respondent burden
is estimated at 141 to 145 hours (per partner or ally). New partners
and allies will incur a one-time burden averaging 10.92 hours for
reviewing and completing the MOU. New endorsers will incur a one-time
burden averaging 0.2 hours for reviewing and completing the endorser
agreement. These estimates include the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to
be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents
Green Lights Partners and Endorsers include corporations, state and
local government, colleges and universities, and other organizations.
Green Lights Allies include lighting manufacturers, lighting management
companies, and utilities. Companies appearing the EPA financial
directory include utility companies and other financing companies.
Estimated number of Respondents
EPA estimates that there will be an average of 1,717 partners, 575
allies, and 395 endorsers during the period covered by this ICR, for a
total of 2,687 participants. EPA also estimates that 615 lighting
financing providers will submit information to EPA for future
publication in a directory.
Frequency of Response
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is completed and submitted
once, upon joining the Green Lights program. The implementation
progress report is submitted upon project completion or annually if the
project is not completed within one year. Case studies and other
information on products and services from lighting manufacturers,
lighting service providers, and utilities are obtained upon joining the
Green Lights program. The lighting financing providers will gather
information and submit a financing directory form to EPA four times per
year.
Dated: September 29, 1995.
Jerry Lawson,
Acting Deputy Director, Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Division.
[FR Doc. 95-24789 Filed 10-4-95; 8:45 am]
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