Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline, Gasoline Additives, Denatured Fuel Ethanol and Other Oxygenates, Certified Ethanol Denaturant, and Blender-Grade Pentane (Renewal) |
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Courtney Kerwin
Environmental Protection Agency
15 March 2019
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9514-9515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04795]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0135; FRL--9981-94-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline,
Gasoline Additives, Denatured Fuel Ethanol and Other Oxygenates,
Certified Ethanol Denaturant, and Blender-Grade Pentane (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), Sulfur Content of Motor
Vehicle Gasoline, Gasoline Additives, Denatured Fuel Ethanol and Other
Oxygenates, Certified Ethanol Denaturant, and Blender-Grade Pentane
(EPA ICR Number 1907.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0437) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed reinstatement of
the ICR, which was approved through May 31, 2018. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on April 10, 2018 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: Comments must be submitted on or before April 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2011-0135, online using
[[Page 9515]]
www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
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: Thomas J. Boylan, Fuels Compliance
Policy Center, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, 6405A, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-1075; fax
number: 202-565-2085; email address: boylan.thomas@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: The requirements covered under this ICR are included in
the Tier 3 Final Rule (79 FR 23414, April 28, 2014) and corresponding
regulations at 40 CFR subparts H and O. The scope of the recordkeeping
and reporting requirements for each party in the gasoline, gasoline
additive, oxygenate, certified ethanol denaturant, and blender-grade
pentane distribution systems, and therefore the cost to that party,
reflects the party's opportunity to create, control or alter the
product's sulfur content. As a result, petroleum refiners/importers,
gasoline additive producers/importers, oxygenate producers/importers,
certified ethanol denaturant producers/importers, and blender-grade
pentane producers and importers have more significant requirements,
which are necessary both for their own tracking and that of downstream
parties, and for EPA enforcement. The Tier 3 program contains
recordkeeping and reporting requirements that apply to gasoline
additive manufacturers, oxygenate producers/importers, blender-grade
pentane producers/importers, and producers/importers of certified
ethanol denaturants that are used to produce denatured fuel ethanol. In
large part these requirements are consistent with common business
practices.
Form Numbers:
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OMB Control No. EPA Form ID EPA Form No.
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2060-0437 GSF0302 5900-312
2060-0437 GSF0402 5900-321
2060-0437 RFG1800 5900-345
2060-0437 RFG1900 5900-346
2060-0437 RFG2600 5900-347
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Respondents/affected entities: Gasoline Refiners/Importers,
Oxygenate Producers, Oxygenate Blenders, Gasoline Additive
Manufacturers, Certified Ethanol Denaturant Producers, Butane and
Pentane Manufacturers.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
Estimated number of respondents: 3,953 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually, monthly, and on occasion.
Total estimated burden: 55,656 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,354,200 (per year), includes no annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an increase in responses due to a
more comprehensive understanding of the scale of the oxygenate
production and importation industry. Despite this growth in responses,
total burden hours decreased due to Agency experience in implementing
the Tier 3 gasoline sulfur program.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-04795 Filed 3-14-19; 8:45 am]
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