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OMB Control No: 2060-0586	ICR Reference No: 201302-2060-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200910-2060-009
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2193.03
Title: Energy Star Program in the Residential Sector (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 08/06/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/21/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2014
Responses	286,374	0	141,511
Time Burden (Hours)	183,967	0	180,958
Cost Burden (Dollars)	600	0	17,439

Abstract: ENERGY STAR is a voluntary energy efficiency labeling program aimed at forming public-private partnerships that prevent air pollution rather than control it after its creation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced ENERGY STAR in 1992. Since then, EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have expanded the ENERGY STAR Program to promote energy efficiency in over 60 product categories and in commercial and residential buildings. President Obama has made energy efficiency a key element of his effort to address energy independence and reliability and climate change. Increased energy efficiency through ENERGY STAR provides cost savings to businesses and consumers, reduces greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, and increases U.S. energy security and reliability. EPA announced ENERGY STAR for New Homes in 1995 as part of its effort to promote energy efficient new home construction within the residential sector. EPA rolled out an existing homes initiative in 1999 to promote cost-effective energy efficiency retrofits. With the help of ENERGY STAR, American families and businesses have saved about $230 billion on utility bills and prevented more than 1.7 billion metric tons of carbon pollution.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7403 Name of Law: Clean Air Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 50495	08/21/2012
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 12054	02/21/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	286,374	141,511	83,072	61,791
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	183,967	180,958	112,566	-109,557
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	600	17,439	-781	-16,058

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a program change increase in hours resulting primarily from EPA's new, more rigorous guidelines for new homes looking to earn the ENERGY STAR. Compared to homes built to the prior guidelines, homes built to the new guidelines are at least 10 percent more energy efficient. As part of these new guidelines, EPA is asking verification organizations to use four checklists (of which 3 are new) that are necessary for ensuring that critical details and systems that impact a home's efficiency, comfort, and durability are not missed or installed incorrectly during the design and construction phases. There is a program change reduction in costs resulting from the fact that ENERGY STAR increasingly offers respondents the option of submitting information electronically. This saves them postage costs. Please refer to Section 6(f) of the supportinig statement for additional information on both program changes and adjustments.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $124,158

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Brian Ng 202 343-9162 ng.brian@epa.gov

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