Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Related to E15 (Renewal)

Topics:  Ethanol

Courtney Kerwin
Environmental Protection Agency
30 October 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 58152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23620]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0202; FRL-9995-78-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Related to E15 
(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), Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Related to E15 (EPA ICR Number 2408.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0675) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 
2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on March 18, 2019 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 November 29, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2015-0202, 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 
oria_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, 6405A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number: (202) 343-2802; 
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 
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: Under the Clean Air Act, EPA granted partial waivers that 
allow gasoline containing greater than 10 volume percent ethanol and up 
to 15 volume percent ethanol (E15) to be introduced into commerce for 
use in model year 2001 and newer light-duty motor vehicles, subject to 
certain conditions. EPA issued a final rule establishing several 
measures to deter the use of E15 in ineligible vehicles and equipment 
(misfueling). The rule (1) prohibits the use of gasoline containing 
more than 10 volume percent ethanol in vehicles and equipment that are 
not covered by the partial waiver decisions, (2) requires all E15 
dispensers to have a specific label indicating eligible vehicles, (3) 
requires E15 and related product transfer documents to contain certain 
information, and (4) requires ethanol producers, gasoline refiners, 
blenders, and related parties to conduct a survey of retail stations to 
monitor compliance with these requirements and submit periodic reports. 
In addition, to comply with conditions in the partial waivers, each 
survey party must implement a misfueling mitigation plan. This ICR 
covers the associated recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Ethanol producers and importers, 
gasoline refiners, importers, terminals, distributors, retailers, and 
wholesale purchaser-consumers.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 80).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,604 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion, quarterly, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 14,770 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,841,445 (per year), includes $128,125 in 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 1,500 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to an adjustment to an hourly 
estimate and the addition of some burdens not addressed in the current 
ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-23620 Filed 10-29-19; 8:45 am]
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