Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; SmartWay Transport Partnership (Renewal)

Topics:  SmartWay

Erin Collard
Environmental Protection Agency
May 27, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30132-30133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12174]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0482; FRL 9911-11-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; SmartWay Transport Partnership (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), SmartWay Transport Partnership 
(Renewal) (EPA ICR No. 2265.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0663), to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through May 31, 2014. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 7181) on February 6, 2014 
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 June 26, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0482 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method) 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 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: Patty Klavon, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; 
telephone number: 734-214-4476; Fax: 734-214-

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4052; email address: klavon.patty@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 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004. 
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: The EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) developed the 
SmartWay Transport Partnership (``SmartWay'') 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.
    SmartWay is open to organizations that own, operate, or contract 
with fleet operations, including truck and multi-modal carriers, 
logistics companies, and shippers. Organizations that do not operate 
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 join as SmartWay Affiliates. All 
organizations that join SmartWay are asked to provide EPA with 
information as part of their SmartWay registration to annually 
benchmark their transportation-related operations and improve the 
environmental performance of their freight activities.
    A company joins SmartWay when it completes and submits a SmartWay 
Excel-based Partnership Tool (``reporting tool'') to EPA. The data 
outputs from the submitted tool are used by Partners and SmartWay in 
several ways. The data provides confirmation that SmartWay Partners are 
meeting established objectives as in their Partnership Agreement. The 
reporting tool outputs enable EPA to assist SmartWay Partners in 
adjusting their commitments, as appropriate, and to update them with 
environmental performance and technology information that empower them 
to improve their efficiency. 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 annual transportation-related data, EPA 
may ask its SmartWay Partners for other kinds of information, which 
could include opinions and test data on the effectiveness of new and 
emerging technology applications, sales volumes associated with 
SmartWay-recommended vehicle equipment and technologies, the reach and 
value of partnering with EPA through the SmartWay Partnership, and 
awareness of the SmartWay brand. In some instances, EPA might query 
other freight industry representatives (not just SmartWay Partners), 
including trade and professional associations, nonprofit environmental 
groups, energy, and community organizations, and universities, and a 
small sampling of the general public.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected entities: Private and public organizations 
that join the SmartWay Transport Partnership; freight industry 
representatives who engage in activities related to the SmartWay 
Partnership; and representative samplings of consumers in the general 
public.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of Program respondents: 3,961 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 11,504 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $628,477 (per year), which includes $1,651 in 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is an increase of 3,203 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase reflects the following adjustments and 
program changes: (1) adjustments associated with increased interest in 
SmartWay, and thus, an increase in new annual respondents and 
applications for the SmartWay Excellence Award, as well as robust 
Program retention practices, leading to increased number of Respondent 
partners reporting annually; (2) increased burden associated with the 
SmartWay Tractor & Trailer program; and (3) reduced burden due to EPA's 
streamlined Partnership Annual Agreement process.

    Dated: May 16, 2014.
Erin Collard,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-12174 Filed 5-23-14; 8:45 am]
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