

[Federal Register: April 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 68)]
[Notices]               
[Page 17893-17895]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0171; FRL-8296-7]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission 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 (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1907.04, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0437

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a renewal of an 
existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 4/30/
07. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 10, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0171, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn Bennett, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6406J, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-343-9624; fax number: 202-343-2802; e-mail 
address: bennett.marilyn@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On December 1, 2006, (71 FR 69558), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0171, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 
Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number 
for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for 
the Office of Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Regarding the 
Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline under the Tier 2 Rule 
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1907.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0437.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9
    Abstract: The requirements covered under this ICR are included in 
the final Tier 2 rule, published on the February 10, 2000 (65 FR 6698). 
A minor additional ICR requirement was added to the Tier 2 rule on June 
12, 2002 (67 FR 40169).
    The scope of the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for each 
type of party (e.g., refiners, importers, distributors, or retailers of 
gasoline), and therefore the cost to that party, reflects the party's 
opportunity to create, control or alter the sulfur content of gasoline. 
As a result, refiners and importers have significant requirements, 
which are necessary both for their own tracking and that of downstream 
parties, and for EPA enforcement, while parties downstream from the 
gasoline production or import point, such as retailers, have minimal 
burdens under the rule. Many of the reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements for refiners and importers regarding the sulfur content of 
gasoline on which the Tier 2 sulfur program relies currently exist 
under EPA's reformulated gasoline (RFG) and conventional gasoline (CG) 
anti-dumping programs. The ICR for the RFG/CG programs covered the 
majority of the start-up costs associated with the reporting of 
gasoline sulfur content. Consequently, much of the cost associated with 
the sulfur-control requirements under the sulfur program has already 
been accounted for under the ICR for the RFG/CG programs.
    The information under this ICR will be collected by EPA's 
Compliance and Innovative Strategies Division (CISD), Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), and 
by EPA's Air Enforcement Division, Office of Regulatory Enforcement, 
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). The information 
collected will be used by EPA to evaluate compliance with the gasoline 
sulfur control requirements under the Tier 2 rule. This oversight by 
EPA is necessary to ensure attainment of the air quality goals of the 
Tier 2 program. Proprietary information will be submitted by refiners 
and importers for demonstrating compliance with the sulfur standards, 
and for establishing baseline sulfur levels under the credit trading 
and hardship programs associated with the rule. Confidentiality is 
handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and EPA 
regulations at 40 CFR part 2.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
between 12 and 500 hours per respondent, depending on the information 
collection requirements of the particular party. The average number of 
hours per response is estimated to be approximately 1 hour. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed 
to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements 
which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond 
to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and

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review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Refiners, Importers, Gasoline 
Terminals, Pipelines, Users of R&D Gasoline.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,380.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, monthly and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 38,573.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,573,954, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 169 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens because some activities are no longer required 
under the rule.

    Dated: April 2, 2007.
Robert Gunter,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-6711 Filed 4-9-07; 8:45 am]

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