[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 85 (Monday, May 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24154-24155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9965]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0213; FRL-7656-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuel and Fuel 
Additives (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1591.15, OMB Control Number 2060-
0277

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2004. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 2, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0213, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected] or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

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) 343-9027; fax number: (202) 343-2801; 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 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 (68 FR 65276), 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-2003-0213, 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. 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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives (Renewal).
    Abstract: Gasoline combustion is the major source of air pollution 
in most urban areas. In the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act (Act), 
section 211(k), Congress required that gasoline dispensed in nine areas 
with severe air quality problems, and areas that opt in, be 
reformulated to reduce toxic and ozone-forming emissions. (Ozone is 
also known as smog.) Congress also required 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 
Environmental Protection Agency promulgated regulations at 40 CFR part 
80, subpart D--Reformulated Gasoline, subpart E--Anti-Dumping, and 
subpart F--Attest Engagements, implementing the statutory requirements, 
which include standards for RFG (80.41) and CG (80.101). The 
regulations also contain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for 
the production, importation, transport and storage of gasoline, in 
order to demonstrate compliance and facilitate compliance and 
enforcement. The program is run by the Transportation and Regional 
Programs Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of 
Air and Radiation. Enforcement is done by the Air Enforcement Division, 
Office of Regulatory Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance. This program excludes California, which has separate 
requirements for gasoline.
    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 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 1.8 
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: Entities that produce, import or 
distribute gasoline.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,190.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, quarterly, on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 96,625.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $29,266,307 includes $4,800,000 
annualized capital costs, $18,184,357 O&M costs, and $6,281,950 
Respondent Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 4,946 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to adjustments, primarily in 
that the date for filing petitions had passed, so no burden for those 
activities could be expected.

    Dated: April 13, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-9965 Filed 4-30-04; 8:45 am]
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