[Federal Register: December 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 234)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0478, FRL-8502-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel
Additives: Gasoline Volatility (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1367.08, OMB
Control No. 2060-0178
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 January 7,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0478, 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, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
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Docket and Information Center, Mailcode 2822T, 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: James W. Caldwell, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mailcode: 6406J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number: (202) 343-2801; e-mail
address: caldwell.jim@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 July 23, 2007 (72 FR 40146), EPA sought comments on this
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-2007-0478, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and
Radiation Docket 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, and the telephone number for the Air and
Radiation 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 in 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 whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
.
Title: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1367.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0178.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008.
Under 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, 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: Gasoline volatility, as measured by Reid Vapor Pressure
(RVP) in pounds per square inch (psi), is controlled in the spring and
summer in order to minimize evaporative hydrocarbon emissions from
motor vehicles. RVP is subject to Federal standard of 7.8 psi or 9.0
psi, depending on location. The addition of ethanol to gasoline
increases the RVP by about 1 psi.
Gasoline that contains at least 9 volume percent ethanol is subject
to a standard that is 1.0 psi greater. As an aid to industry compliance
and EPA enforcement, the product transfer document which is prepared by
the producer or importer and which accompanies a shipment of gasoline
containing ethanol, is required by regulation to contain a legible and
conspicuous statement that the gasoline contains ethanol and the
percentage concentration of ethanol. This is intended to deter the
mixing within the distribution system, particularly in retail storage
tanks, of gasoline which contains ethanol with gasoline which does not
contain ethanol. Such mixing would likely result in a gasoline with an
ethanol concentration of less than 9 volume percent but with an RVP
above the standard. Also, a party wishing a testing exemption for
research on gasoline that is not in compliance with the applicable
volatility standard must submit certain information to EPA.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5
seconds 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: Parties which produce or import
gasoline containing ethanol, and parties seeking a testing exemption.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,997.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $916,845, includes $20 in annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 7,550 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects EPA's updating of burden
estimates. The increase is due to an increase in the use of ethanol in
gasoline due to (1) the discontinued use of methyl tertiary butyl ether
in gasoline and (2) the renewable fuels requirements which recently
took effect.
Dated: November 29, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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