[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32154-32155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15014]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5223-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection and its expected 
cost and burden; where appropriate, it includes the actual data 
collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 20, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, (please refer to ICR #1367.04).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

    Title: Gasoline Volatility Enforcement (EPA ICR #1367.04; OMB 
#2060-0178). This ICR requests renewal of the existing clearance.
    Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency's gasoline volatility 
regulations provide for a one pound per square inch allowance above the 
otherwise applicable standard for ethanol blends. This information 
collection request seeks approval for the requirement that facilities 
handling ethanol blends label invoices with the ethanol content; the 
required label identifies gasoline products that contain ethanol and 
thereby qualify for the allowance. Changes in the regulations since the 
previous ICR stated that it was probably overestimating costs. Now that 
the rule has been in effect for several years, there is only the simple 
clerical act (generally automatically computer generated) of stating on 
CBP records that the gasoline contains 10% ethanol. The previous ICR 
removed over half of the respondents since ethanol is rarely 
[[Page 32155]] blended to gasoline at the refinery level except for 
local use in areas where ethanol blends are common. The labelling 
requirement now provides purchasers of ethanol blends with the 
information necessary to manage their own compliance with the 
volatility regulations and to defend themselves from Agency actions on 
violations which they did not cause.
    Burden Statement: The public reporting burden for this collection 
of information is estimated to average .3 hours per response, (assuming 
that half of the respondents will have no burden because of the use of 
automated equipment), including time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, and labelling the invoices.

Respondents: Entities that produce or handle ethanol blends.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,792
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,319
Frequency of Collection: No reporting requirement. Inspections as 
needed.

    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
this information collection, including suggestions for reducing burden, 
to:

Sandy Farmer, ICR Number 1367.04, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Regulatory Information Division (2136), 401 M Street SW., Washington, 
D.C. 20460

      and

Chris Wolz, OMB #2060-0178, Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, 
D.C. 20530.

    Dated: June 13, 1995.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 95-15014 Filed 6-19-95; 8:45 am]
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