Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection;
Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline:
Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of
Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network
(40 CFR 80--Subparts D, E and F) EPA ICR Number 1591.15, OMB Control
Number. 2060-0277
[Federal Register: November 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 223)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0176, FRL-7588-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection;
Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline:
Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of
Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network
(40 CFR 80--Subparts D, E and F) EPA ICR Number 1591.15, OMB Control
Number. 2060-0277
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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
proposed 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 4-30-04. 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 January 20, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0213, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 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: Jose M. Solar, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6406J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564-9027; fax number: (202) 565-2084; e-mail
address: Solar.Jose@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0213, 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, 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
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31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those which produce, import, or distribute gasoline.
Title: Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline:
Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of
Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network
(40 CFR 80--Subparts D, E and F), EPA ICR No. 1591.13, OMB Control No.
2060-0277, expiration date: 4-30-04.
Abstract: Gasoline combustion is the major source of air pollution
in most urban areas. The Clean Air Act (Act) requires that gasoline
dispensed in certain areas with severe air quality problems be
reformulated to reduce toxic and ozone-forming (smog) emissions. The
Act also requires 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 EPA promulgated regulations at 40
CFR 80 establishing standards for RFG and CG, as specified in the Act,
and establishing mandatory reporting and record keeping requirements
for demonstrating compliance and as an aid to enforcement. The primary
requirements are to test each batch of gasoline for various properties,
report the results to EPA, and demonstrate compliance with the
standards on an annual basis. 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: EPA estimates the respondent population at 75 RFG
refineries, 25 RFG import facilities, 25 RFG oxygenate blenders, 225 CG
refineries, 50 CG import facilities, 250 pipelines and terminals, 500
truckers, 19 independent laboratories, 20 auditors, and the RFG Survey
Association, Inc. The typical RFG or CG respondent will have around 100
to 130 reports per year, depending primarily on the number of batches
of gasoline involved. The total number of reports is estimated at
53,170 and the total burden at 101,585 hours. While this gives an
average burden per report of about two hours, about 95% of the reports
have an estimated burden of one hour. At $65 per hour, the labor cost
is about $6.6 million. Most start-up costs were incurred at the start
of the program in 1995. However, there is an estimated annualized
capital cost for analysis equipment of $4.8 million. Annual operating
and maintenance costs are estimated at about $5 million, and annual
purchase of services costs are estimated at about $13.2 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: October 24, 2003.
Suzanne Rudzinski,
Director, Transportation and Regional Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 03-28911 Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
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