Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline Under the Tier 2 Rule

Richard T. Westlund
Environmental Protection Agency
February 19, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9464-9465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03489]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0258; FRL-9906-43-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements 
Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline Under the Tier 2 
Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Requirements Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline 
under the Tier 2 Rule'' (EPA ICR No.1907.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0437) 
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 April 30, 2014. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (78FR 72675) on December 3, 2013 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 March 21, 
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 a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public 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: 
202-566-1744 email address: heard.geanetta@epa.gov.

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, EPA 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 ICR renewal, EPA is seeking permission to 
continue recordkeeping and reporting

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requirements for refiners and importers as they relate to gasoline 
sulfur content of motor vehicles under Section 211(e) (1) of the Clean 
Air Act and 40 CFR part 80, subpart H, and to provide a compliance 
option whereby a refiner or importer may demonstrate compliance with 
the gasoline sulfur control requirement via test results. These 
provisions, which have been in effect since 2006, are designed to grant 
compliance flexibility.
    Form Numbers:

5900-312 Gasoline Sulfur Facility Summary report
5900-313 Gasoline sulfur Corporate Pool Facility Identification Report
5900-314 Overhead for Facility Level Reports
5900-315 Gasoline Sulfur Corporate Pool Averaging Report
5900-316 Overhead for Company Level Reports
5900-317 Gasoline Sulfur Allotment Banking Report
5900-318 Gasoline Sulfur Allotment Transfer/Conversion Report
5900-319 Gasoline Sulfur Credit Banking Allotment Generation Report
5900-320 Gasoline Sulfur Report for Batches Containing Previously 
Certified Gasoline
5900-321 Gasoline Sulfur and Benzene Batch Report
5900-322 Gasoline Sulfur Credit Transfer/Conversion Report

    Respondents/affected entities: Gasoline Refiners, Importers, 
Gasoline Terminals, Pipelines, Truckers and Users of Research and 
Development Gasoline.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,380 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, Monthly and on occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 38,573 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,158,252 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The total number of responses for this ICR 
increased by 60 compared to the previously approved ICR in the renewal. 
The responses increased from 37,605 to 37,665 responses. Also, the 
burden increased by 75 from 38,498 in the previously approved ICR to 
38,573 in this renewal. These increases are due to the inclusion of the 
Geographic Phase-in Areas (GPA) refineries that were left out of the 
previous ICR renewal. The cost of this ICR compared with the currently 
approved OMB collection increased by $584,298 due to better numbers 
used to calculate burden.

Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-03489 Filed 2-18-14; 8:45 am]
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