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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline Commingling Provisions (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2228.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0587

 [Federal Register: November 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 228)]
[Notices]
[Page 68814-68815]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0745; FRL-8247-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline Commingling
Provisions (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2228.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0587

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 28, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0745, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket,
Environmental Protection Agency; 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geanetta Heard, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Transportation and Regional Programs
(6406J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9017; fax
number: (202) 343-2801; e-mail address: heard.geanetta@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12.
    On September 28, 2006 (71 FR 56969), EPA sought comments on this
proposed ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0745, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, and for in-person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744. The telephone number for the Air Docket
is (202) 566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or on paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business
information (CBI), or other information for which public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Reformulated Gasoline Commingling Provisions (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2228.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0587.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2006.
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OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: With this ICR, we are seeking permission to accept
notifications from gasoline retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers
related to commingling of ethanol blended and non-ethanol-blended
reformulated gasoline (RFG) under section 1513 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (EPAct) and 40 CFR 80.78(a)(8)(ii)(B); and to provide for a
compliance option whereby a retailer or wholesale purchaser-consumer
may demonstrate compliance via test results under 40 CFR
80.78(a)(8)(iii)(A). These provisions are designed to grant compliance
flexibility. An emergency ICR has been put in place and expires on
November 30, 2006. We are requesting that the OMB renew this ICR and
request that it be effective for three years after approval.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.25
hours (15 minutes) per response. Burden means the total time, effort,
or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain,
retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency.
This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are gasoline retailers, wholesale purchaser-consumers,
gasoline stations with convenience stores and gasoline stations without
convenience stores.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56,700.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 27,675.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,964,925, includes no capital or O&M
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.

    Dated: November 16, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-19878 Filed 11-27-06; 8:45 am]
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