[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47058-47059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20164]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0176, FRL-7541-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; 
Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, EPA ICR 
Number 309.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0150

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 EPA is planning to submit a 
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 
2004. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0176, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to 
[email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 6102T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Caldwell, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6406J, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-9303; fax number: (202) 565-2085; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0176, which is available for public 
viewing at the Office of Air and Radiation Docket 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 Office of Air and Radiation Docket 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 obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, 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 within 
60 days of this notice. 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, confidential business 
information (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

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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 http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those who (1) manufacture or import gasoline or diesel fuel for use in 
motor vehicles, or (2) manufacture or import an additive for gasoline 
or diesel fuel for use in motor vehicles.
    Title: Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Requirements for 
Manufacturers (40 CFR part 79)
    Abstract: In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR part 79, 
subparts A, B, C, and D, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, 
manufacturers (including importers) of gasoline or diesel fuel for use 
in motor vehicles, and manufacturers (including importers) of additives 
for such gasoline or diesel fuel, are required to have these products 
registered by the EPA prior to their introduction into commerce. 
Registration involves providing a chemical description of the fuel or 
additive, certain technical and marketing information, and any health-
effects information in possession of the manufacturer. The development 
of heath-effects data, as required by 40 CFR part 79, subpart F, is 
covered by a separate information collection. Manufacturers are also 
required to submit periodic reports (annually for additives, quarterly 
and annually for fuels) on production volume and related information. 
The information is used to identify products whose evaporative or 
combustion emissions may pose an unreasonable risk to public health, 
thus meriting further investigation and potential regulation. The 
information is also used to ensure that gasoline additives comply with 
EPA requirements for protecting catalytic converters and other 
automotive emission controls. The data have been used to construct a 
comprehensive data base on fuel and additive composition. The Mine 
Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor restricts 
the use of diesel additives in underground coal mines to those 
registered by EPA. Most of the information is confidential. 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 in 40 CFR 
are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: There are approximately 160 fuel manufacturers, 
660 additive manufacturers, 350 registered fuels, and 5,800 registered 
additives. For each additive that is not a relable of a registered 
additive, about 4,000 additives, an annual report is required, at an 
estimated burden of one hour and cost of $66 each. For each fuel, 
quarterly and annual reports are required, at an estimated burden of 
three hours and $198 each. EPA estimates that there will be 500 new 
additives registered each year, with a reporting burden of eight hours 
and $528 each. EPA estimates that there will be 200 additive update 
letters each year, with a burden of one hour and $66 each. EPA 
estimates that there will be 70 new gasolines and diesel fuels 
registered each year, with a burden of eight hours and $528 each. EPA 
estimates that there will be 500 fuel update letters each year, with a 
burden of one hour and $66 each. There are no capital and start-up 
costs. There are no operation and maintenance costs beyond copying and 
postage. The total annual estimated burden for industry is 14,810 hours 
and $1 million. 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.

    Dated: July 31, 2003.
Deborah K. Wood,
Acting Director, Transportation and Regional Programs Division.
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