[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1059-1060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-434]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 9

[FRL-5943-2]


OMB Approval Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 
technical amendment amends the table that lists the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the PRA for 
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives, Standards for Reformulated and 
Conventional Gasoline.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is effective February 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ervin Pickell (telephone: (303) 969-
6485).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is today amending the table of currently 
approved information collection request (ICR) control numbers issued by 
OMB for various EPA regulations. Today's amendment updates the table to 
list those information requirements promulgated in the rulemaking Fuels 
and Fuel Additives, Standards for Reformulated and Conventional 
Gasoline which appeared in the Federal Register on February 16, 1994 
(59 FR 7716-7878). The information collection associated with this rule 
was approved by OMB on March 18, 1994 and a notice of OMB approval, 
which displayed the OMB No. 2060-0277, was published in the Federal 
Register on April 18, 1994 (59 FR 18392). The affected regulations are 
codified at 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 80 and part 9. 
EPA will continue to present OMB control numbers in a consolidated 
table

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format to be codified in 40 CFR part 9 of the Agency's regulations, and 
in each CFR volume containing EPA regulations. The table lists the 
section numbers with reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and the 
current OMB control numbers. The notice in the Federal Register of the 
OMB control numbers and their subsequent codification in the CFR 
satisfy the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.) and OMB's implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
    These ICRs were previously subject to public notice and comment 
prior to OMB approval. As a result, EPA finds that there is ``good 
cause'' under section 553(b)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 
U.S.C. 553(b)(B)) to amend this table without prior notice and comment. 
Due to the technical nature of the table, further notice and comment 
would be unnecessary.
    Under Executive Order 12866, this action is not a ``significant 
regulatory action'' and is therefore not subject to review by the 
Office of Management and Budget. In addition, this action does not 
impose annual costs of $100 million or more, will not significantly or 
uniquely affect small governments, and is not a significant federal 
intergovernmental mandate. The Agency thus has no obligations under 
sections 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 
Moreover, since this action is not subject to notice-and-comment 
requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other 
statute, it is not subject to sections 603 or 604 of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act.

Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office

    Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) as added by the Small Business 
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, EPA submitted a report 
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, 
the U.S. House of Representatives and the Comptroller General of the 
General Accounting Office prior to publication of the rule in today's 
Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 
U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 9

    Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Regulation of fuels and fuel additives.

    Dated: December 22, 1997.
Sylvia K. Lowrance,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 9 is amended 
as follows:

PART 9--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003, 
2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330, 
1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR 
1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g, 
300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2, 
300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542, 
9601-9657, 11023, 11048.

    2. Section 9.1 is amended by adding in numerical order the new 
entries to the table under the indicated heading to read as follows:


Sec. 9.1  OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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                                                             OMB control
                      40 CFR citation                            No.    
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           Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives                       
                                                                        
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80.40......................................................    2060-0277
80.46......................................................    2060-0277
80.65......................................................    2060-0277
80.68-80.69................................................    2060-0277
80.74-80.77................................................    2060-0277
80.79......................................................    2060-0277
80.83......................................................    2060-0277
80.91-80.93................................................    2060-0277
80.101-80.106..............................................    2060-0277
80.125.....................................................    2060-0277
80.127-80.130..............................................    2060-0277
                                                                        
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