EPA's WasteWise Program (Renewal)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
1698ss07.doc Supporting Statement A	2007-07-18

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
23909	EPA's WasteWise Program (Private Sector) Other-partner registration	Modified
181268	EPA's WasteWise Program (State) Other-partner registration	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2050-0139	ICR Reference No: 200707-2050-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200511-2050-002
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OLEM	Agency Tracking No: 1698.07
Title: EPA's WasteWise Program (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/24/2008
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/24/2007
Terms of Clearance: EPA¿s intended uses of the information collected through this ICR are: ¿1) identify and recognize outstanding waste reduction achievements by individual organizations; 2) compile aggregate results that indicate overall accomplishments of WasteWise partners; 3) identify cost-effective waste reduction strategies to share with other organizations; and 4) identify topics on which to develop assistance and information efforts.¿ This information collection is approved for 3 years in order to allow EPA to develop a program evaluation method for the WasteWise program, consistent with all relevant OMB guidance, including OMB¿s Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Survey and OMB¿s Guidance on Agency Survey and Statistical Information Collections, and OMB's program evaluation guidance (e.g., evaluation under the Program Assessment Tool). EPA should also take into account the peer review comments the agency received on the last proposed method. In drafting the method, EPA must address the following issues: appropriate baseline, appropriate entity boundary for reporting, conditions for additionality, self-selection bias, and low response rates from the partners and low item response rates from the partners. Before resubmitting the method, EPA must subject the program evaluation protocol to an external peer review. Such peer review shall comport with standards for peer review of influential scientific information as found in the OMB Peer Review Bulletin. EPA shall share with OMB its draft charge to the peer reviewers, all comments received from the peer reviewers, and the Agency¿s response to the comments of the peer reviewers. When the agency submits the next submission, EPA must provide the program evaluation method, the external peer review comments, the agency¿s response to the peer review comments, and an explanation of the revisions adopted in the information collection to address past OMB concerns and the peer review comments. If the agency decides to aggregate and disseminate aggregated results information, such dissemination must be accompanied by the following caveat: ¿This figure represents the total amount of waste reduction, waste prevention, recycling and buy-recycled efforts reported by those WasteWise partners who submitted annual reports to EPA for 20XX. EPA is not claiming that all of the waste reduction, waste prevention, recycling and buy-recycled efforts achieved by WasteWise partners are attributable to the WasteWise program. EPA is working on a method to better quantify the impact of WasteWise on business behavior and waste reduction.¿ When the agency submits the next ICR for renewal, the agency must provide the following information or their equivalent if the forms are amended: Overall response rate from the participants; Item non-response rates for each question in Section II of the Registration Form and Sections II through IV in the Assessment Form; Descriptive statistics (including but not limited to mean, median, mode) of the responses for each question in Section II of the Registration Form and Sections II through IV in the Assessment Form.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2011	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2008
Responses	1,875	0	1,625
Time Burden (Hours)	70,350	0	56,700
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: EPA needs to collect this information to evaluate the success of the voluntary WasteWise program and the progress of members participating in the program. The information is used to recognize members' achievements and identify successful waste reduction strategies to share with others. Members are predominantly businesses, as well as some non-profits, trade associations, institutions, and federal, state, local and tribal governments.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 13101-13103 Name of Law: null
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 9326	03/01/2007
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 40294	07/24/2007
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
EPA's WasteWise Program (Private Sector)
EPA's WasteWise Program (State)

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	1,875	1,625	0	0	250	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	70,350	56,700	0	0	13,650	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $615,025

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 07/24/2007

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