[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65276-65277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28911]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0176, FRL-7588-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; 
Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline: 
Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of 
Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network 
(40 CFR 80--Subparts D, E and F) EPA ICR Number 1591.15, OMB Control 
Number. 2060-0277

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 
proposed 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 4-30-04. 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 January 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0213, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 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: Jose M. Solar, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6406J, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-9027; fax number: (202) 565-2084; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0213, 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, 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

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31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which produce, import, or distribute gasoline.
    Title: Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline: 
Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of 
Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network 
(40 CFR 80--Subparts D, E and F), EPA ICR No. 1591.13, OMB Control No. 
2060-0277, expiration date: 4-30-04.
    Abstract: Gasoline combustion is the major source of air pollution 
in most urban areas. The Clean Air Act (Act) requires that gasoline 
dispensed in certain areas with severe air quality problems be 
reformulated to reduce toxic and ozone-forming (smog) emissions. The 
Act also requires that in the process of producing reformulated 
gasoline (RFG), dirty components removed in the reformulation process 
not be ``dumped'' into the remainder of the country's gasoline, known 
as conventional gasoline (CG). The EPA promulgated regulations at 40 
CFR 80 establishing standards for RFG and CG, as specified in the Act, 
and establishing mandatory reporting and record keeping requirements 
for demonstrating compliance and as an aid to enforcement. The primary 
requirements are to test each batch of gasoline for various properties, 
report the results to EPA, and demonstrate compliance with the 
standards on an annual basis. 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: EPA estimates the respondent population at 75 RFG 
refineries, 25 RFG import facilities, 25 RFG oxygenate blenders, 225 CG 
refineries, 50 CG import facilities, 250 pipelines and terminals, 500 
truckers, 19 independent laboratories, 20 auditors, and the RFG Survey 
Association, Inc. The typical RFG or CG respondent will have around 100 
to 130 reports per year, depending primarily on the number of batches 
of gasoline involved. The total number of reports is estimated at 
53,170 and the total burden at 101,585 hours. While this gives an 
average burden per report of about two hours, about 95% of the reports 
have an estimated burden of one hour. At $65 per hour, the labor cost 
is about $6.6 million. Most start-up costs were incurred at the start 
of the program in 1995. However, there is an estimated annualized 
capital cost for analysis equipment of $4.8 million. Annual operating 
and maintenance costs are estimated at about $5 million, and annual 
purchase of services costs are estimated at about $13.2 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: October 24, 2003.
Suzanne Rudzinski,
Director, Transportation and Regional Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 03-28911 Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
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