Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network (Renewal)

Courtney Kerwin
Environmental Protection Agency
December 22, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76326-76327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29791]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0548; FRL--9920-74-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional 
Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers 
of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution 
Network (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Reformulated Gasoline and 
Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, 
and Importers of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline 
Distribution Network (Renewal) (EPA ICR No. 1591.26, OMB Control No. 
2060-0277) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed revision of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through 12/31/2014. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 52317) on September 3, 2014 
during a 60 day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comment. 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 must be submitted on or before January 21, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2014-0548, 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: Jose Solar, Compliance Division, 
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, (Mail Code 6405A), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9027; fax number: 202-
343-2801; email address: Solar.Jose@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, 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: Gasoline combustion is the major source of air pollution 
in most urban areas. In the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act (Act), 
section 211(k), Congress required that gasoline dispensed in nine areas 
with severe air quality problems, and areas that opt-in, be 
reformulated to reduce toxic and ozone-forming emissions. Congress also 
required that, in the process of producing reformulated gasoline (RFG), 
dirty components removed in the reformulation process not be ``dumped'' 
into the remainder of the country's gasoline, known as conventional 
gasoline (CG). The Environmental Protection Agency promulgated 
regulations at 40 CFR part 80, subpart D--Reformulated Gasoline, 
subpart E--Anti-Dumping, and subpart F--Attest Engagements, 
implementing the statutory requirements, which include standards for 
RFG (80.41) and CG (80.101). The regulations also contain reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements for the production, importation, transport 
and storage of gasoline, in order to demonstrate compliance and 
facilitate compliance and enforcement. This program excludes 
California, which has separate requirements for gasoline.
    The United States has an annual gasoline consumption of about 133 
billion gallons, of which about 30% is RFG. In 2013 EPA received 
reports from 255 refineries, 60 importer facilities/facility groups, 51 
oxygenate blending facilities, 25 independent laboratory facilities, 
and the RFG Survey Association, Inc. under this program.
    Section 211(k) of the Act requires the Administrator to promulgate 
regulations establishing requirements for RFG to be used in gasoline-
fueled vehicles in the nine specified nonattainment areas, and opt-in 
areas. The Act specifically provides that recordkeeping, reporting, and 
sampling and testing requirements are among the tools EPA may use in 
enforcement of the provisions, and also provides that EPA must develop 
an enforceable scheme. Sections 114 and 208 of the Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7414 and 7542, authorize EPA to require recordkeeping and 
reporting regarding enforcement of the provisions of Title II of the 
Clean Air Act.
    Information claimed as confidential is handled in accordance with 
EPA Freedom of Information Act regulations at 40 CFR 2. Most of the 
information submitted is claimed as such. Data submitted electronically 
are encrypted and housed in a secure area.
    Form: Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline reporting is 
now required to be completed electronically. The reporting is to be 
made through The EPA Fuels Programs Reporting Forms: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/reporting/index.htm.
    Respondents/affected entities: Gasoline marketing-related 
industries, SIC codes: refiners (2911), importers (5172), terminals 
(5171), pipelines (4613), truckers and other distributors (4212), and 
retailers/wholesale purchaser-consumers (5541). NAICS codes: refiners 
(324110), pipelines (486910) and terminals (424710). Not all NAICS 
codes for the responsible reporting parties were found. These are, 
however, parties which are obligated to report: importers, truckers and 
other distributors and retailers/wholesale

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purchaser-consumers. Some refiners are importers but that is not always 
the case. Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR part 
80.
    Estimated number of respondents: 4,283.
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, Annually, on Occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 127,246 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $39,223,076 (per year), includes $24,713,032 
in non-labor costs.
    Changes in Estimates: Compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB, there is an increase in the total estimated burden. The increase 
from 127,041 hours to 127,246 hours is because additional regulations 
that were introduced through rule making.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-29791 Filed 12-19-14; 8:45 am]
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