[Federal Register: January 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 5)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 1059-1060] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr08ja98-3] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 9 [FRL-5943-2] OMB Approval Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this technical amendment amends the table that lists the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the PRA for Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives, Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline. EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is effective February 9, 1998. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ervin Pickell (telephone: (303) 969- 6485). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is today amending the table of currently approved information collection request (ICR) control numbers issued by OMB for various EPA regulations. Today's amendment updates the table to list those information requirements promulgated in the rulemaking Fuels and Fuel Additives, Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline which appeared in the Federal Register on February 16, 1994 (59 FR 7716-7878). The information collection associated with this rule was approved by OMB on March 18, 1994 and a notice of OMB approval, which displayed the OMB No. 2060-0277, was published in the Federal Register on April 18, 1994 (59 FR 18392). The affected regulations are codified at 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 80 and part 9. EPA will continue to present OMB control numbers in a consolidated table [[Page 1060]] format to be codified in 40 CFR part 9 of the Agency's regulations, and in each CFR volume containing EPA regulations. The table lists the section numbers with reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and the current OMB control numbers. The notice in the Federal Register of the OMB control numbers and their subsequent codification in the CFR satisfy the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and OMB's implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. These ICRs were previously subject to public notice and comment prior to OMB approval. As a result, EPA finds that there is ``good cause'' under section 553(b)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B)) to amend this table without prior notice and comment. Due to the technical nature of the table, further notice and comment would be unnecessary. Under Executive Order 12866, this action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore not subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. In addition, this action does not impose annual costs of $100 million or more, will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments, and is not a significant federal intergovernmental mandate. The Agency thus has no obligations under sections 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. Moreover, since this action is not subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other statute, it is not subject to sections 603 or 604 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) as added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, EPA submitted a report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office prior to publication of the rule in today's Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 9 Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Regulation of fuels and fuel additives. Dated: December 22, 1997. Sylvia K. Lowrance, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 9 is amended as follows: PART 9--[AMENDED] 1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330, 1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR 1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g, 300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2, 300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542, 9601-9657, 11023, 11048. 2. Section 9.1 is amended by adding in numerical order the new entries to the table under the indicated heading to read as follows: Sec. 9.1 OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act. * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OMB control 40 CFR citation No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * * * * Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives * * * * * 80.40...................................................... 2060-0277 80.46...................................................... 2060-0277 80.65...................................................... 2060-0277 80.68-80.69................................................ 2060-0277 80.74-80.77................................................ 2060-0277 80.79...................................................... 2060-0277 80.83...................................................... 2060-0277 80.91-80.93................................................ 2060-0277 80.101-80.106.............................................. 2060-0277 80.125..................................................... 2060-0277 80.127-80.130.............................................. 2060-0277 * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [FR Doc. 98-434 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P