[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30133-30134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12171]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0258; FRL-9911-33-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Alternative Affirmative Defense Requirements 
for Ultra-low Sulfur Diesel (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Production Outlook Reports for 
Un-Registered Renewable Fuels Producers'' (EPA ICR No.2409.02, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0660) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through May 31, 2014. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (78 FR 2571) on February 
6, 2014 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 
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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 26, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2010-0258, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
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docket without change including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to 
be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geanetta Heard, Fuel Compliance 
Center, 6406J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9017 fax number: 
202-565-2085 email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: With this information collection request (ICR), we are 
seeking permission to accept production outlook reports from domestic 
or foreign renewable fuel producers who are not currently regulated 
parties under the RFS2 program and are, therefore, not required to 
register or report under the RFS2 regulations. Submission of production 
outlook information to EPA under this ICR will be on a voluntary basis.
    The information that respondents provide will allow EPA to more 
accurately project cellulosic biofuel volumes for the following 
calendar year, and these volume projections will form the basis of the 
percentage standards EPA sets under the RFS2 program. Without 
information from these respondents, EPA's volume projections are more 
likely to fall below actual projection volumes. Under such 
circumstances, actual supply for cellulosic biofuel will exceed the 
demand created by the standards EPA sets, and the value of cellulosic 
biofuel Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) will fall. RINs are 
marketable credits that correspond to a given volume of renewable fuel. 
Since RIN market price directly affects the economic viability of 
cellulosic biofuel production, low RIN prices could present economic 
difficulties to producers. Thus, it is in the interests of these 
respondents to provide this information to EPA, as doing so could 
ensure that the market price of RINs appropriately reflects the value 
of their cellulosic biofuel. This information also serves a more 
general program purpose because it will assist EPA in setting the 
annual RFS2 standards more accurately for biomass-based diesel, 
advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. Compiling this information 
may also assist respondents with their planning and compliance 
activities. We believe that many parties would wish to submit this 
information in order to receive better assistance in understanding and 
complying with the RFS2 regulations.
    Form Numbers: 5900-283 (RFS2 0900 Production Outlook Report).
    Respondents/affected entities: Domestic or foreign renewable fuel 
producers who are not currently regulated parties under the RFS2 
program.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2 (total).
    Frequency of response: Yearly.
    Total estimated burden: 24 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,760 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 116 hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden as compared with the ICR currently approved 
by OMB. The decrease in hours is due to a decrease in the respondent 
universe based on the reported number of submissions in the DCFUEL 
database. The number of respondents decreased by 33 per year lowering 
the total number of reports collected. These decreases have lowered the 
total burden even though the cost to report per response has risen due 
to better numbers used to calculate the industry burden and to account 
for inflation.

    Dated: May 16, 2014.
Erin Collard,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-12171 Filed 5-23-14; 8:45 am]
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