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

Topics:  SmartWay

Courtney Kerwin
Environmental Protection Agency
24 February 2021

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11289-11290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03795]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0482-0012; FRL-10020-76-OMS]


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 
(EPA ICR Number 2265.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0663) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through April 21, 2021. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register filed on July 27, 
2020 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 26, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0482-0012, online using www.regulations.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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Herzog, Office of Transportation 
and Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 
Drive, S-68, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4487; fax 
number: 734-214-4906; email address: herzog.erik@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.
    Abstract: SmartWay is open to organizations that own, operate, or 
contract with fleet operations, including truck, rail, barge, air 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 tool (``reporting tool'') to EPA. The data outputs from the 
submitted tool are used by partners and SmartWay in several ways. 
First, the data provides confirmation that SmartWay partners are 
meeting established objectives in their Partnership Agreement. The 
reporting tool outputs enable EPA to assist SmartWay partners 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 freight 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: Excellence Award Application: 5900-488, Smartway 
Signature Page and Tractor Trailer Equipment Checklist: 5900-489, 
Affiliate Agreement: 5900-490, Designated License Agreement: 5900-491.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private and public organizations; 
freight industry representatives who engage in activities related to 
the SmartWay Partnership; and the general public.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 4,925 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once for affiliates and generally annually 
for partners.
    Total estimated burden: 12,830 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $861,881 (per year) for labor costs, includes 
$0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: Elimination of the Affiliate Challenge 
and efficiencies gained through the use of the online reporting tool 
have created burden reductions of 22 and 1,105 respectively for a total 
reduction 1,127 hours. These reductions counteract a total burden 
increase of 733 hours that results from increased participation in the 
program and burden calculation adjustments. In this renewal ICR there 
is an anticipated net reduction of 394 hours.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-03795 Filed 2-23-21; 8:45 am]
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