[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71402-71403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24351]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0595; FRL-8507-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel 
Additives: Detergent Gasoline (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1655.06, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0275

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 16, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0595, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
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: Jaimee Dong, Office of Transportation 
and Air Quality, (Mailcode: 6406J), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
(202) 343-9672; fax number: (202) 343-2802; 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 21, 2007 (72 FR 46629), 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-2007-0595, 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: Detergent Gasoline 
(Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1655.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0275.
    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, 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: Gasoline combustion results in the formation of engine 
deposits that contribute to increased emissions. Detergent additives 
deter deposit formation. The Clean Air Act requires gasoline to contain 
a detergent additive. The regulations at 40 CFR part 80--subpart G 
specify certification requirements for manufacturers of detergent 
additives, recordkeeping or reporting requirements for blenders of 
detergents into gasoline or post-refinery component (any gasoline 
blending stock or any oxygenate which is blended with gasoline 
subsequent to the gasoline refining process), and reporting or 
recordkeeping requirements for manufacturers, transferors, or 
transferees of detergents, gasoline, or post-refinery component (PRC). 
These requirements ensure that (1) a detergent is effective before it 
is certified by EPA, (2) a certified detergent, at the minimum 
concentration necessary to be effective

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(known as the lowest additive concentration (LAC)), is blended into 
gasoline, and (3) only gasoline which contains a certified detergent at 
its LAC is delivered to the consumer. The EPA maintains a list of 
certified gasoline detergents, which is publicly available. As of June 
2007 there were 393 certified detergents and 18 detergent 
manufacturers.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3.2 
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 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: Manufacturers, transferors and 
transferees, and blenders into gasoline or post-refinery component of 
detergent additives; Manufacturers, transferors, and transferees of 
gasoline or post-refinery components; and detergent additive 
researchers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1368.
    Frequency of Response: 50.8
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 220,608.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $15,547,566, includes $335,180 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1200 hours and an 
increase in total cost of $2,269,962 in the total estimated burden 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 
These changes are due to a decrease in annual certification 
applications, from 30 to 10, and an update in labor costs.

    Dated: December 10, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E7-24351 Filed 12-14-07; 8:45 am]
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