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OMB Control No: 2060-0586	ICR Reference No: 201907-2060-003
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201302-2060-005
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2193.04
Title: Energy Star Program in the Residential Sector (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 01/20/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/17/2019
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. OMB requests that the Agency update the supporting statement to the standard 18 question format in the next ICR renewal.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2024	36 Months From Approved
Responses	282,224	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	177,847	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: ENERGY STAR is a voluntary energy efficiency labeling and public outreach program aimed at forming public-private partnerships that prevent air pollution rather than control it after its creation. This ICR covers information collection activities under the ENERGY STAR Program within the new residential construction and existing residential construction markets. ENERGY STAR promotes energy efficient new home construction and cost-effective energy efficiency improvements in existing homes.

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:
	83 FR 676	01/05/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 19556	05/03/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	282,224	-3,694	-456	286,374
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	177,847	-5,615	-505	183,967
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	-600	0	600

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: EPAs program changes include the sunsetting of several programs and collections that were burdened in ICR 2193.03, including the Lender Partnership Program, the Designed to Earn Program, and the Outreach Partnership. In addition, the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (HPwES) Program was transferred from EPA to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 2015. Eliminating or transferring these programs reduced respondent hourly burden and O&M costs (postage) under the program. Also, EPA will no longer collect homeowner information related to ENERGY STAR certified homes or other programmatic information under this ICR. In addition, EPA reorganized and streamlined a number of the checklists and the documentation process used to verify homes for the ENERGY STAR label and provided for greater independent verification of the results. This included, among other things, eliminating a water management system builder checklist. Finally, EPA made other modifications to its collections to improve the programs performance, such as the addition of a new respondent category (Multifamily High Rise Review Organizations or MROs) to oversee MFHR developers and the addition of annual reporting for certain respondent types. EPAs adjustments include updating the number of respondents and burdens in ICR 2193.04 based on improved data and analysis. The burden estimates in ICR 2193.04 reflect EPA's program experience gained over the past three years. In particular, EPA adjusted the number of respondents involved in the certification process and homes being certified (e.g., site-built) and their associated burdens. The burden estimates in ICR 2193.04 reflect EPA's expectation for the same general level of participation by home builders and others in site built and low-rise homes certification as ICR 2193.03. EPA also improved its analysis of the proportion of site-built and low-rise homes that will be individually and collectively rated and their respective burdens.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $67,874

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

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

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