[Federal Register: December 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 250)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2002-0090; FRL-7432-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR
No. 1718.04 (OMB No. 2060-0308) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment
Request
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements for the Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in
2001 and Later Years (OMB Control No. 2060-0308, EPA ICR No. 1718.04).
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 29,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Pastorkovich, Transportation and
Regional Programs Division (Mail Code 6406J), telephone number: (202)
564-8987, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 565-2085; fax number:
(202) 565-2085; e-mail address: pastorkovich.anne-marie@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 May 23, 2001 (66 FR 28461), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OAR-2002-0090, which is available for public viewing at the Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center 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 Air and Radiation Docket and Information
Center 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 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 and OMB
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to www.epa.gov/oar/docket.html, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail
your comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
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, 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
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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for the Fuel
Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 and Later Years (Final
Rule) (OMB Control No. 2060-0308, EPA ICR Number 1718.04). This is a
request for a revised collection. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency
may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while
this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: The pollution emitted by diesel engines contributes
greatly to our nation's continuing air quality problems. New emissions
standards for these engines and vehicles will apply starting with model
year 2007. Since the new technology requires low sulfur diesel fuel
containing 15 parts per million (ppm) sulfur or less, the regulations
at 40 CFR part 80, subpart I, require the availability of 15 ppm by no
later than 2006, with all motor vehicle diesel fuel required to meet
the 15 ppm standard by 2010. The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements associated with this program are necessary to ensure its
environmental benefits. They are designed to be consistent with
existing requirements. Many reporting items represent one-time burdens,
including applications for exemptions or specific flexibilities
(including small refiner status). In addition, annual reporting
requirements associated with this program cease after 2010, when all
motor vehicle diesel fuel must meet the 15 ppm standard.
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
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control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 166
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; 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: Domestic and foreign refiners,
importers, and fuel additives manufacturers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 450
Frequency of Response: On occasion/annual
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 72,648 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,208,880, includes $4,800,000
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: This rule increases the estimate by
72,648 hours over the burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved ICR Burdens for this program.
Dated: December 18, 2002.
Oscar Morales, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-32900 Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]
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