[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68880-68881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23665]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0478, FRL-8502-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel 
Additives: Gasoline Volatility (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1367.08, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0178

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 January 7, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0478, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation

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Docket and Information Center, Mailcode 2822T, 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: James W. Caldwell, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Mailcode: 6406J, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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 July 23, 2007 (72 FR 40146), EPA sought comments on this 
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-2007-0478, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket 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, and the telephone number for the Air and 
Radiation Docket is 202-566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://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 in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility 
(Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1367.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0178.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008. 
Under 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, 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: 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 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 
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 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: Parties which produce or import 
gasoline containing ethanol, and parties seeking a testing exemption.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,997.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $916,845, includes $20 in annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 7,550 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects EPA's updating of burden 
estimates. The increase is due to an increase in the use of ethanol in 
gasoline due to (1) the discontinued use of methyl tertiary butyl ether 
in gasoline and (2) the renewable fuels requirements which recently 
took effect.

    Dated: November 29, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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