The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request for the SmartWay Transport Partnership to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This request is part of an extension previously approved through April 21, 2021, and now allows for an additional 30-day public comment period. The SmartWay program involves organizations in the freight industry providing transport-related data to the EPA to improve environmental performance. The estimated annual burden of this data collection is 12,830 hours, with a cost of $861,881, and it includes 4,925 respondents.
Simple Explanation
The EPA is asking permission from another government office to keep collecting data from companies that move things on trucks and trains. This helps the EPA learn how to make moving stuff cleaner and better for the environment.