[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79606-79607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32900]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2002-0090; FRL-7432-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1718.04 (OMB No. 2060-0308) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

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: Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Requirements for the Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 
2001 and Later Years (OMB Control No. 2060-0308, EPA ICR No. 1718.04). 
The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the 
information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 29, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Pastorkovich, Transportation and 
Regional Programs Division (Mail Code 6406J), telephone number: (202) 
564-8987, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 565-2085; fax number: 
(202) 565-2085; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On May 23, 2001 (66 FR 28461), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OAR-2002-0090, which is available for public viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center 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 Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center 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 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 and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to www.epa.gov/oar/docket.html, or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 
6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail 
your comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    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 
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for the Fuel 
Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 and Later Years (Final 
Rule) (OMB Control No. 2060-0308, EPA ICR Number 1718.04). This is a 
request for a revised collection. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency 
may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while 
this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The pollution emitted by diesel engines contributes 
greatly to our nation's continuing air quality problems. New emissions 
standards for these engines and vehicles will apply starting with model 
year 2007. Since the new technology requires low sulfur diesel fuel 
containing 15 parts per million (ppm) sulfur or less, the regulations 
at 40 CFR part 80, subpart I, require the availability of 15 ppm by no 
later than 2006, with all motor vehicle diesel fuel required to meet 
the 15 ppm standard by 2010. The recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements associated with this program are necessary to ensure its 
environmental benefits. They are designed to be consistent with 
existing requirements. Many reporting items represent one-time burdens, 
including applications for exemptions or specific flexibilities 
(including small refiner status). In addition, annual reporting 
requirements associated with this program cease after 2010, when all 
motor vehicle diesel fuel must meet the 15 ppm standard.
    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

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control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are 
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 166 
hours 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: Domestic and foreign refiners, 
importers, and fuel additives manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 450
    Frequency of Response: On occasion/annual
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 72,648 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,208,880, includes $4,800,000 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This rule increases the estimate by 
72,648 hours over the burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved ICR Burdens for this program.

    Dated: December 18, 2002.
Oscar Morales, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-32900 Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]
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