
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15972-15974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6687]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0482; FRL-9284-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; SmartWay Transport Partnership 
(New Collection)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new 
collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of 
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 21, 
2011.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0482, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
OMB by mail to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Kearns, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Transportation and 
Regional Programs Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 
Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone: 734-214-4240; Fax: 
734-214-4906; e-mail: kearns.denise @epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On April 28, 2009 (74 FR 19222), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0482, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Air Docket is 202-566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index 
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in 
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether 
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without 
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential 
business information (CBI), or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the 
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: SmartWay Transport Partnership (New Collection).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2265.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW.
    ICR status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity. 
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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) supports the 
SmartWay Transport Partnership, an energy conservation deployment 
program that aims to improve fuel efficiency and curb greenhouse gas 
emissions generated by the freight goods movement industry. OAR 
developed the SmartWay Transport Partnership under directives outlined 
in Subtitle D of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which calls on EPA to 
assess the energy and air quality impacts of activities within the 
freight industry. These activities include long-duration truck idling, 
the development and promotion of strategies for reducing idling, fuel 
consumption, and negative air quality effects. SmartWay's objectives 
also are consistent with the Federal Technology Transfer Act and other 
laws that support collaborative partnerships between government and 
industry.
    The partnership is open to organizations that either use or provide 
freight transport services for goods movement. ``Affiliate'' 
organizations that do not operate freight transport fleets, but that 
are working to strengthen the freight industry, such as industry trade 
associations, state and local transportation agencies and environmental 
groups, also may sign on as SmartWay partners.
    All organizations that join SmartWay, including carriers, shippers 
and affiliates are asked to provide EPA with information.
    Specifically, as a first step toward partnering with EPA, 
organizations that operate fleets, such as freight carriers, shippers 
and logistics management companies, commit to assessing and improving 
the environmental performance of their freight transport activities. A 
company joins SmartWay when it: (1) Conducts an assessment of its 
transportation and freight-based management activities and inputs its 
results into SmartWay's online environmental measurement tracking 
system; and (2) provides a signed partnership agreement to EPA. Data 
outputs from the environmental tracking system are used by companies to 
establish a baseline and set goals for reducing fuel use and emissions. 
Under their partnership agreement, companies also agree to annually 
update the environmental performance tracking system and provide those 
updated results to EPA.
    Data outputs from the environmental tracking system are vital to 
the SmartWay Partnership for several reasons. First, the data provides 
confirmation that EPA's SmartWay partners have set a baseline, 
established objectives and are meeting those objectives as outlined in 
their partnership agreement. The environmental measurement tracking 
system also makes it possible for EPA to assist our partners in 
adjusting their commitments, as appropriate, and to update them with 
environmental performance and technology information that will empower 
them to improve their efficiency and achieve their environmental goals. 
This information also improves EPA's knowledge and understanding of the 
environmental and energy impacts associated with goods movement, and 
the effectiveness of both proven and emerging strategies to lessen 
those impacts.
    In addition to requesting tracking updates on fuel consumption and 
environmental performance, EPA may from time to time provide 
opportunities to encourage SmartWay partners to provide other kinds of 
information, to improve the program's services. These opportunities may 
be made available to all SmartWay partners, including affiliates. Some 
examples of the kinds of information and topics that partners might 
provide input to EPA on could include opinions and test data on the 
effectiveness of new and emerging technology applications; the reach 
and value of partnering with EPA through the SmartWay program; and 
awareness of the SmartWay brand. In some instances, EPA might also 
query other freight industry representatives (not just SmartWay 
partners), including trade and professional associations, nonprofit 
environmental groups, energy, and

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community organizations, and schools and universities, and a small 
sampling of the general public on these topics.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, and financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose 
and provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes 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/Affected Entities: Transportation carriers; retail and 
industrial shippers that contract with transportation carriers; 
logistics and supply chain management companies; and non-profit and 
other affiliates organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,225.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,301.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $531,089, which includes $1,350 
annualized capital or O&M costs.

    Dated: March 16, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-6687 Filed 3-21-11; 8:45 am]
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