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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission To OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline Under the Tier 2 Rule (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1907.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0437

 
[Federal Register: April 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 68)]
[Notices]
[Page 17893-17895]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0171; FRL-8296-7]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission To OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline
Under the Tier 2 Rule (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1907.04, OMB Control
Number 2060-0437

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a renewal of an
existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 4/30/
07. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 10, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0171, 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
Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 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: Marilyn Bennett, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6406J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-343-9624; fax number: 202-343-2802; e-mail
address: bennett.marilyn@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 December 1, 2006, (71 FR 69558), 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. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0171, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 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.
    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, 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: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Regarding the
Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline under the Tier 2 Rule (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1907.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0437.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 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: The requirements covered under this ICR are included in
the final Tier 2 rule, published on the February 10, 2000 (65 FR 6698).
A minor additional ICR requirement was added to the Tier 2 rule on June
12, 2002 (67 FR 40169).
    The scope of the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for each
type of party (e.g., refiners, importers, distributors, or retailers of
gasoline), and therefore the cost to that party, reflects the party's
opportunity to create, control or alter the sulfur content of gasoline.
As a result, refiners and importers have significant requirements,
which are necessary both for their own tracking and that of downstream
parties, and for EPA enforcement, while parties downstream from the
gasoline production or import point, such as retailers, have minimal
burdens under the rule. Many of the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for refiners and importers regarding the sulfur content of
gasoline on which the Tier 2 sulfur program relies currently exist
under EPA's reformulated gasoline (RFG) and conventional gasoline (CG)
anti-dumping programs. The ICR for the RFG/CG programs covered the
majority of the start-up costs associated with the reporting of
gasoline sulfur content. Consequently, much of the cost associated with
the sulfur-control requirements under the sulfur program has already
been accounted for under the ICR for the RFG/CG programs.
    The information under this ICR will be collected by EPA's
Compliance and Innovative Strategies Division (CISD), Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), and
by EPA's Air Enforcement Division, Office of Regulatory Enforcement,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). The information
collected will be used by EPA to evaluate compliance with the gasoline
sulfur control requirements under the Tier 2 rule. This oversight by
EPA is necessary to ensure attainment of the air quality goals of the
Tier 2 program. Proprietary information will be submitted by refiners
and importers for demonstrating compliance with the sulfur standards,
and for establishing baseline sulfur levels under the credit trading
and hardship programs associated with the rule. Confidentiality is
handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and EPA
regulations at 40 CFR part 2.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average
between 12 and 500 hours per respondent, depending on the information
collection requirements of the particular party. The average number of
hours per response is estimated to be approximately 1 hour. 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

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review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Refiners, Importers, Gasoline
Terminals, Pipelines, Users of R&D Gasoline.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,380.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, monthly and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 38,573.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,573,954, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 169 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens because some activities are no longer required
under the rule.

    Dated: April 2, 2007.
Robert Gunter,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-6711 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]
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