[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68814-68815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19878]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0745; FRL-8247-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline Commingling 
Provisions (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2228.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0587

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. 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 December 28, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0745, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket, 
Environmental Protection Agency; 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Geanetta Heard, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Transportation and Regional Programs 
(6406J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9017; 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 September 28, 2006 (71 FR 56969), EPA sought comments on this 
proposed ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0745, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, and for in-person viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC 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. The telephone number for the Air Docket 
is (202) 566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index 
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in 
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether 
submitted electronically or on paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business 
information (CBI), or other information for which public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Reformulated Gasoline Commingling Provisions (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2228.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0587.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2006. 
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OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: With this ICR, we are seeking permission to accept 
notifications from gasoline retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumers 
related to commingling of ethanol blended and non-ethanol-blended 
reformulated gasoline (RFG) under section 1513 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (EPAct) and 40 CFR 80.78(a)(8)(ii)(B); and to provide for a 
compliance option whereby a retailer or wholesale purchaser-consumer 
may demonstrate compliance via test results under 40 CFR 
80.78(a)(8)(iii)(A). These provisions are designed to grant compliance 
flexibility. An emergency ICR has been put in place and expires on 
November 30, 2006. We are requesting that the OMB renew this ICR and 
request that it be effective for three years after approval.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.25 
hours (15 minutes) 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 which have subsequently changed; 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 potentially affected by 
this action are gasoline retailers, wholesale purchaser-consumers, 
gasoline stations with convenience stores and gasoline stations without 
convenience stores.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56,700.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 27,675.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,964,925, includes no capital or O&M 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

    Dated: November 16, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-19878 Filed 11-27-06; 8:45 am]
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