[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41024-41025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19568]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7022-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; 
Requirements for Transferors and Transferees

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: Tax-exempt (Dyed) Highway 
Diesel Fuel; Requirements for Transferors and Transferees (40 CFR 
80.29(c)), (Former Title: Fuel Quality Regs for Highway Diesel Fuel 
Sold in 1993 and Later Calendar Years; Interim Final Rule) (EPA ICR No. 
1718.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0308, expiration date: July 31, 2001. The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data 
collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1718.03 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0308, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by E-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1718.03. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact James W. Caldwell, (202) 564-9303, fax: 
(202) 565-2085, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

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Tax-exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; Requirements for Transferors 
and Transferees, EPA ICR No. 1718.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0308, 
expiring July 31, 2001. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection. 

    Abstract: Diesel fuel for use in motor vehicles, also known as 
highway diesel fuel, is subject to compositional restrictions, per 40 
CFR part 80, in order to reduce emissions. Diesel fuel not intended for 
use in motor vehicles, also known as off-road diesel fuel, has no such 
restrictions. It is required to be dyed red in order to distinguish it 
from highway diesel fuel, and thus deter its use in motor vehicles. The 
Internal Revenue Service requires that highway diesel fuel which is 
tax-exempt contain the same red dye in order to distinguish it from 
taxed highway diesel fuel, and thus deter its use in vehicles which do 
not qualify for tax-exempt fuel. In order to distinguish off-road 
diesel fuel from tax-exempt highway diesel fuel, the product transfer 
document (PTD) for tax-exempt highway diesel fuel must indicate that 
the diesel fuel meets the requirements for highway diesel fuel. 
Typically, a code is used on the PTD to so indicate. The PTD is a 
necessary document produced in the normal course of business for 
reasons other than this requirement. The computers which generate the 
PTDs were programmed in 1993 to display the code for tax-exempt highway 
diesel fuel. Thus, there is only a very small burden because the 
display of the code is automatic. Transferors and transferees of tax-
exempt highway diesel fuel are required to retain the PTDs for five 
years, which is a customary business practice. See 40 CFR 80.29(c). 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 
are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal Register 
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on March 19, 2001 (66 FR 
15422). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average two 
seconds 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: Transferors and transferees of tax-
exempt (dyed) highway diesel fuel.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 222 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: 0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR Number 1718.03 and OMB Control Number 2060-0308 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: July 25, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-19568 Filed 8-3-01; 8:45 am]
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