[Federal Register: November 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 227)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0176; FRL-8499-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline and
Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenated Blenders,
and Importers of Gasoline, Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline
Distribution Network (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 1591.24, OMB Control No.
2060-0277
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 December 27,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0176, 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, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Air and Radiation Docket, 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: Jose M. Solar, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, mail code 6406J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200
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Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
343-9027; fax number: 202-343-2801; e-mail address: Solar.Jose@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 Tuesday, July 31, 2007 (72 FR 41747), 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-2007-0176, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of 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 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 Office of 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: Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline:
Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenated Blenders, and Importers of
Gasoline and Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution
Network (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1591.24, OMB Control No. 2060-0277.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2007.
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 combustion is the major source of air pollution
in most urban areas. In the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act (Act),
section 211(k), Congress required that gasoline dispensed in nine areas
with severe air quality problems, and areas that opt-in, be
reformulated to reduce toxic and ozone-forming emissions. (Ozone is
also known as smog.) Congress also required that, in the process of
producing reformulated gasoline (RFG), dirty components removed in the
reformulation process not be ``dumped'' into the remainder of the
country's gasoline, known as conventional gasoline (CG). The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated regulations at 40 CFR
part 80, Subpart D--Reformulated Gasoline, Subpart E--Anti-Dumping, and
Subpart F--Attest Engagements, implementing the statutory requirements,
which include standards for RFG (Sec. 80.41) and CG (Sec. 80.101).
The regulations also contain reporting and recordkeeping requirements
for the production, importation, transport and storage of gasoline, in
order to demonstrate compliance and facilitate compliance and
enforcement.
The program is run by the Transportation and Regional Programs
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and
Radiation. Enforcement is done by the Air Enforcement Division, Office
of Regulatory Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance. This program excludes California, which has separate
requirements for gasoline.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.4
hours 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: Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and
Importers of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline
Distribution Network.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,068.
Frequency of Response: Once, Quarterly, Annually, On Occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 127,041.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $35,255,669, which includes
$25,092,389 in annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 5,351 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to new requirements.
Dated: November 20, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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