[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75534-75535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27670]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0090, FRL-7849-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuel and Fuel 
Additives: Gasoline Volatility (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1367.07, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0178

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). This is a request to renew an existing collection. This ICR is 
scheduled to expire on December 31, 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 18, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0090, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, Mail code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: James W. Caldwell, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6406J, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 343-9303; 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 August 25, 2004 (69 FR 52253), 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 
number OAR-2004-0090, 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 Avenue, 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, 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 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 Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility 
(40 CFR 80.27) (Renewal).
    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 hydrocarbon emissions from 
motor vehicles. RVP is subject to a Federal standard of 7.8 psi or 9.0 
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 1.0 psi 
greater. As an aid to industry compliance and EPA enforcement, the 
product transfer document, which is prepared by the producer or 
importer and which 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. Also, a party wishing a testing exemption for research on 
gasoline that is not in compliance with the applicable volatility 
standard, must submit certain information to EPA. 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, and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual reporting and recordkeeping burden for 
this collection of information is estimated to average five 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, and parties seeking a testing exemption.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.

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    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,447.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $419,075, which includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $20 annual O&M costs, and $419,055.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 2,269 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the increased use of 
ethanol in gasoline since the previous ICR.

    Dated: December 4, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27670 Filed 12-16-04; 8:45 am]
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