Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection;
Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, EPA ICR
Number 309.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0150
[Federal Register: August 7, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 152)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0176, FRL-7541-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection;
Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, EPA ICR
Number 309.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0150
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31,
2004. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 6, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0176, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to
a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 6102T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Caldwell, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6406J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564-9303; fax number: (202) 565-2085; email
address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0176, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 Office of Air and Radiation Docket is
(202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within
60 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET 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. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the
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official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those who (1) manufacture or import gasoline or diesel fuel for use in
motor vehicles, or (2) manufacture or import an additive for gasoline
or diesel fuel for use in motor vehicles.
Title: Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Requirements for
Manufacturers (40 CFR part 79)
Abstract: In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR part 79,
subparts A, B, C, and D, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives,
manufacturers (including importers) of gasoline or diesel fuel for use
in motor vehicles, and manufacturers (including importers) of additives
for such gasoline or diesel fuel, are required to have these products
registered by the EPA prior to their introduction into commerce.
Registration involves providing a chemical description of the fuel or
additive, certain technical and marketing information, and any health-
effects information in possession of the manufacturer. The development
of heath-effects data, as required by 40 CFR part 79, subpart F, is
covered by a separate information collection. Manufacturers are also
required to submit periodic reports (annually for additives, quarterly
and annually for fuels) on production volume and related information.
The information is used to identify products whose evaporative or
combustion emissions may pose an unreasonable risk to public health,
thus meriting further investigation and potential regulation. The
information is also used to ensure that gasoline additives comply with
EPA requirements for protecting catalytic converters and other
automotive emission controls. The data have been used to construct a
comprehensive data base on fuel and additive composition. The Mine
Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor restricts
the use of diesel additives in underground coal mines to those
registered by EPA. Most of the information is confidential. 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 40 CFR
are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: There are approximately 160 fuel manufacturers,
660 additive manufacturers, 350 registered fuels, and 5,800 registered
additives. For each additive that is not a relable of a registered
additive, about 4,000 additives, an annual report is required, at an
estimated burden of one hour and cost of $66 each. For each fuel,
quarterly and annual reports are required, at an estimated burden of
three hours and $198 each. EPA estimates that there will be 500 new
additives registered each year, with a reporting burden of eight hours
and $528 each. EPA estimates that there will be 200 additive update
letters each year, with a burden of one hour and $66 each. EPA
estimates that there will be 70 new gasolines and diesel fuels
registered each year, with a burden of eight hours and $528 each. EPA
estimates that there will be 500 fuel update letters each year, with a
burden of one hour and $66 each. There are no capital and start-up
costs. There are no operation and maintenance costs beyond copying and
postage. The total annual estimated burden for industry is 14,810 hours
and $1 million. 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; 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.
Dated: July 31, 2003.
Deborah K. Wood,
Acting Director, Transportation and Regional Programs Division.
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