[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56818-56819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28346]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7102-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 
Gasoline Volatility; Reporting Requirements

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: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel 
Additives: Gasoline Volatility; Reporting Requirements for Refiners, 
Blenders, Importers, and Transferors of Gasoline Containing Ethanol, 
and Reporting Requirements for Parties Seeking a Testing Exemption (40 
CFR 80.27), EPA ICR Number 1367.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0178, 
expiration date: December 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 December 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR Number 1367.06 and OMB 
Control Number 2060-0178 to the following addresses: Susan Auby, United 
States 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 Susan 
Auby 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 Number 1367.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact James W. Caldwell, (202) 564-9303, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility; 
(40 CFR 80.27), EPA ICR Number 1367.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0178, 
expiring December 31, 2001. This is a request for an extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Gasoline volatility, as measured by Reid Vapor Pressure 
(RVP) in pounds per square inch (psi), is controlled in the spring and 
summer in order to minimize evaporative carbon hydrocarbon emissions 
from motor vehicles. RVP ranges generally from about 7 psi to 9 psi, 
depending on location. The addition of ethanol to gasoline increases 
the RVP by about 1 psi. Gasoline that contains at least 9 volume 
percent ethanol is subject to a standard that is 1 psi greater. As an 
aid to industry compliance and EPA

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enforcement, the product transfer document (PTD), that accompanies a 
shipment of gasoline containing ethanol, is required by regulation to 
contain a legible and conspicuous statement that the gasoline contains 
ethanol and the percentage concentration of ethanol. This is intended 
to deter the mixing within the distribution system, particularly in 
retail storage tanks, of gasoline which contains ethanol with gasoline 
which does not contain ethanol. Such mixing would likely result in a 
gasoline with an ethanol concentration of less than 9 volume percent 
but with an RVP above the standard. Parties wishing a testing exemption 
must submit certain information to EPA. EPA estimates that 3,000,000 
PTDs are generated annually for gasoline blended with ethanol. 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 July 3, 2001 (66 FR 35239). 
No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 
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: Refiners, Blenders, and Importers of 
gasoline blended with ethanol.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Frequency of Response: Daily.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,178 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 1367.06 and OMB Control Number 2060-0178 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 29, 2001.
Oscar Morales, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28346 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
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