Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility (Renewal)

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility (Renewal)

Topics: Gasoline

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility (Renewal)

Courtney Kerwin
Environmental Protection Agency
29 August 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41022-41023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18296]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0478, FRL- 9967-03-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives:
Gasoline Volatility (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Regulation of Fuels and Fuel
Additives: Gasoline Volatility (EPA ICR No. 1367.12, OMB Control No.
2060-0178) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is
a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through
August 31, 2017. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register (82 FR 29548) on June 29, 2017 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 September 28,
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0478, online using https://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: James W. Caldwell, Compliance
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6406J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number:
(202) 343-2801; email address: caldwell.jim@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 https://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: 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 a 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 9 volume
percent to 10 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 in the 9 to 10 percent range with
gasoline which does not contain ethanol in that range. Such mixing
would likely result in a gasoline which is in violation of its RVP
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.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are those who produce or import gasoline containing
ethanol, or who wish to obtain a testing exemption.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR 80.27(d)
and (e).
Estimated number of respondents: 2,000.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 12,330 hours per year. Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).

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Total estimated cost: $1.1 million, includes $20 annualized capital
or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in estimates: There is no change in the hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. The use of ethanol in gasoline has increased slightly, but that
has been offset by a slight decrease in gasoline consumption.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-18296 Filed 8-28-17; 8:45 am]
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