1
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
REQUEST
(
ICR)
Part
A
of
the
Supporting
Statement
(
November
2003)

1.
IDENTIFICATION
OF
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
1(
a)
Title:
Registration
of
Fuels
and
Fuel
Additives:
Requirements
for
Manufacturers
(
40
CFR
79)
EPA
ICR
Number
0309.11,
OMB
Control
Number
2060­
0150
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
Number
OAR­
2003­
0176
1(
b)
Abstract
In
accordance
with
the
regulations
at
40
CFR
79,
subparts
A,
B,
C,
D
and
F,
Registration
of
Fuels
and
Fuel
Additives,
manufacturers
of
(
1)
motor
vehicle
gasoline,
(
2)
motor
vehicle
diesel
fuel,
and
(
3)
additives
for
those
fuels,
are
required
to
have
their
products
registered
by
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
prior
to
their
introduction
into
commerce.
Registration
involves
providing
(
1)
a
chemical
description
of
the
fuel
or
additive,
(
2)
certain
technical
and
marketing
information,
and
(
3)
any
health­
effects
information
in
company
files.
(
The
portion
of
subpart
F
requiring
the
development
of
health­
effects
data
is
covered
by
a
separate
information
collection.)
Manufacturers
are
also
required
to
submit
periodic
reports
on
production
and
related
information.
The
program
is
run
by
the
Transportation
and
Regional
Programs
Division,
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality,
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation.
The
information
is
used
to
(
1)
identify
products
whose
evaporative
or
exhaust
emissions
pose
a
particular
threat
to
public
health,
thus
meriting
further
investigation
and/
or
regulation,
(
2)
ensure
that
EPA
compositional
requirements
for
unleaded
gasoline
are
met
before
a
product
is
registered
and
introduced
into
commerce,
and
(
3)
maintain
a
comprehensive
data
base
of
motor
vehicle
fuel
and
additive
composition.
Most
of
the
compositional
information
is
confidential.
Lists
of
registered
fuels
and
additives
are
available
at
www.
epa.
gov/
otaq/
fuels.
The
information
is
collected
and
stored
in
hard
copy,
with
most
entered
into
a
computer
data
base.
There
are
approximately
160
fuel
manufacturers,
660
additive
manufacturers,
350
registered
fuels,
and
5800
registered
additives.
These
numbers
change
daily.
The
annual
cost
to
industry
is
estimated
at
$
1
million.
The
annual
cost
to
the
government
is
estimated
at
$
550,000.

This
program
also
serves
as
a
vehicle
for
the
administration
of
the
program
for
the
certification
of
deposit
control/
detergent
gasoline
additives
at
40
CFR
80.
By
using
this
existing
registration
program
the
EPA
avoided
having
to
establish
an
additional
registration
program
for
gasoline
detergent
additives.
The
reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements
unique
to
this
certification
program
are
covered
by
a
separate
information
collection.

In
addition,
per
30
CFR
75.1901(
c),
only
registered
diesel
fuel
additives
may
be
used
in
diesel­
powered
equipment
for
underground
coal
mining.
Thus
the
Mine
Safety
and
Health
Administration
of
the
Department
of
Labor
is
able
to
utilize
this
program.
2
For
the
response
to
OMB's
Terms
of
Clearance,
which
accompanied
the
approval
of
the
currently
active
ICR,
please
see
section
3(
h).

2.
NEED
FOR
AND
USE
OF
THE
COLLECTION
2(
a)
Need/
Authority
for
the
Collection
Motor
vehicles
comprise
the
major
source
of
air
pollution
in
most
urban
areas,
and
account
for
about
half
the
toxic
air
emissions
in
the
United
States.
Congress
demonstrated
its
strong
concern
for
the
protection
of
public
health
by
providing
broad
legislative
authority
to
monitor
and
regulate
fuels,
fuel
additives,
and
their
emissions.
This
registration
program
was
established
by
the
Air
Quality
Act
of
1967,
carried
forward
into
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
Act)
of
1970,
and
strengthened
in
the
Act's
1977
and
1990
reauthorizations.

Section
211(
a)
of
the
Act
provides
EPA
with
the
authority
to
designate
any
mobile
source
fuel
or
additive
for
registration.
Any
fuel
or
additive
with
the
potential
for
a
significant
emissions
impact
on
the
public
would
be
an
appropriate
candidate.
Once
designated,
it
may
not
be
introduced
into
commerce
until
it
has
been
registered
by
EPA.
Section
211(
b)
requires,
for
the
purpose
of
registration,
that
the
manufacturer
provide
certain
compositional
and
related
information,
and
available
health­
effects
data.
Section
211(
b)
also
provides
EPA
with
the
authority
to
require
health­
effects
testing.
The
original
regulations
were
promulgated
by
the
Department
of
Health,
Education,
and
Welfare
in
1970,
and
transferred
to
the
EPA
shortly
thereafter.
They
ultimately
resided
at
40
CFR
79
(
available
at
www.
access.
gpo.
gov/
nara)
and
were
revised
in
1975,
1976,
and
1978.
Due
to
their
broad
public
emissions
exposure,
motor
vehicle
gasolines
and
diesel
fuels,
and
their
additives,
were
designated.
Section
211(
e)
(
1977
amendments)
directs
EPA
to
establish
health­
effects
testing
requirements,
and
those
regulations
were
promulgated
in
1994
as
subpart
F
of
40
CFR
79.
(
Changes
to
the
regulations
have
reduced
the
burdens,
particularly
for
small
businesses.)
They
are
structured
into
three
tiers
of
requirements
for
specific
fuel/
additive
categories.
Tier
1,
due
in
May
1997,
required
an
emissions
characterization
and
a
literature
search
for
health­
effects
information
on
those
emissions.
Tier
2,
due
in
May
2000,
required
short­
term
inhalation
exposures
of
laboratory
animals
to
emissions
to
screen
for
adverse
health
effects.
The
regulations
also
allow
for
alternative
Tier
2
testing
if
more
appropriate.
The
major
gasoline
oxygenates
and
a
manganese
additive
for
gasoline
are
undergoing
such
alternative
testing.
Follow­
up
studies,
if
required,
would
occur
under
Tier
3.
(
The
reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements
of
these
tiers
are
covered
by
a
separate
information
collection.)
The
objective
of
the
program
is
to
determine
if
there
are
any
fuels
and/
or
additives
whose
evaporative
emissions
or
products
of
combustion
pose
a
particular
danger
to
public
health
or
welfare.
Section
211(
c)
of
the
Act
provides
EPA
with
the
authority
to
regulate
such
fuels
and
additives.
For
example,
the
use
of
lead
additives
in
gasoline,
gasoline
volatility,
and
the
sulphur
content
of
gasoline
and
diesel
fuel,
have
been
regulated.
In
order
to
assist
the
EPA
in
assessing
the
extent
of
public
exposure
to
a
given
fuel
or
additive,
the
regulations
require
additive
manufacturers
to
submit
annual
reports
on
production.
Fuel
manufacturers
are
required
3
to
submit
quarterly
production
reports.
The
manufacturers
are
also
required
to
report
annually
on
any
new
health
effects
data
they
may
have
acquired.
Copies
of
the
sections
of
the
Act
mentioned
above
are
available
at
www.
epa.
gov/
otaq.

Another
objective
of
the
program
is
the
review
of
an
unleaded
gasoline
additive's
composition
for
compliance
with
EPA
restrictions.
In
order
to
protect
catalytic
converters
and
other
emission
control
devices,
there
are
specific
compositional
limitations.
On
a
number
of
occasions
the
EPA
has
informed
a
manufacturer
that
its
additive
could
not
be
registered
until
the
formulation
was
modified
to
comply
with
those
requirements.

An
added
benefit
of
the
program
has
been
the
development
of
a
comprehensive
data
base
of
gasoline
and
diesel
fuel/
additive
composition.
These
data
have
proven
useful
in
a
number
of
fuels
issues,
such
as
the
identification
of
additives
with
a
high
sulfur
content.

2(
b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
of
the
Data
The
lists
of
registered
fuels
and
additives
are
available
to
the
public
at
www.
epa.
gov/
otaq/
fules.
The
fuel,
additive,
and
motor
vehicle
industries
are
well
aware
that
gasolines,
diesel
fuels,
and
their
additives,
must
be
registered
before
they
may
be
introduced
into
commerce
for
use
in
motor
vehicles.
A
separate
list
of
registered
gasoline
detergent
additives
is
also
available.
These
lists
are
frequently
requested
by
consumers
and
the
manufacturers
in
order
to
maintain
an
awareness
of
competing
products.
In
accordance
with
regulations
promulgated
by
the
Mine
Safety
and
Health
Administration,
only
registered
diesel
additives
may
be
used
in
dieselpowered
equipment
for
underground
coal
mining.

Most
of
the
data
have
been
claimed
as
business
confidential
by
the
manufacturers.
Thus
access
is
restricted
to
authorized
EPA
personnel
and
contractors.
The
data
have
been
extremely
valuable
in
EPA's
evaluation
of
certain
fuels
issues.
Most
notably,
the
compositional
data
required
since
the
program's
inception
were
instrumental
in
establishing
the
fuel/
additive
testing
categories
in
the
1994
health­
effects
testing
rules
(
subpart
F,
40
CFR
79).
If
these
data
indicate
a
particular
threat
to
public
health
from
the
evaporative
or
exhaust
emissions
of
a
fuel
or
additive,
they
will
be
used
to
support
regulatory
action
under
section
211(
c)
of
the
Act.

Section
211(
f)
of
the
Act
prohibits
the
introduction
into
commerce
of
fuels
and
additives
which
are
not
"
substantially
similar"
to
those
used
by
the
vehicle
manufacturers
in
emissions
certification
(
unless
a
waiver
is
granted).
The
objective
is
to
protect
emission
controls
from
potentially
damaging
fuels
and
additives.
The
term
"
substantially
similar"
for
unleaded
gasoline
has
been
defined
via
interpretive
rule.
Elemental
composition
is
restricted
to
carbon,
hydrogen,
oxygen,
nitrogen,
and
sulphur.
On
a
number
of
occasions
additive
manufacturers
have
attempted
to
register
additives
for
unleaded
gasoline
which
did
not
meet
these
requirements.
Thus,
the
registration
program
has
been
instrumental
in
enforcing
requirements
that
were
established
independently
of
the
registration
regulations
at
40
CFR
79.
4
The
fuel/
additive
data
base
has
proven
extremely
useful
in
the
analysis
of
other
fuels
issues.
For
example,
the
data
have
been
used
to
assess
the
development
and
use
of
gasoline
detergent
additives.

3.
NONDUPLICATION,
CONSULTATIONS,
AND
OTHER
COLLECTION
CRITERIA
3(
a)
Nonduplication
To
our
knowledge,
this
is
the
only
program
which
requires
additive
manufacturers
to
report
the
composition
of
their
additives,
and
gasoline
and
diesel
fuel
manufacturers
to
report
the
usage
of
additives
in
their
fuels.
It
is
the
only
program
under
which
these
manufacturers
must
develop
information
on
the
emissions
health
effects
of
their
products.
Production
volumes
for
additives
are
not
reported
elsewhere.
Nowhere
else
are
the
production
volumes
for
gasoline
and
diesel
fuels
reported
in
conjunction
with
additive
usage
in
those
fuels.
Such
data
are
necessary
in
order
to
gauge
the
extent
of
public
exposure
to
the
emissions
of
a
fuel,
additive,
or
particular
fuel/
additive
combinations.

3(
b)
Public
Notice
A
notice
was
placed
in
the
Federal
Register
(
68
FR
47058,
August
7,
2003)
requesting
public
comment
on
this
draft
ICR.
No
comments
were
received.

3(
c)
Consultations
The
Agency
has
routinely
consulted
with
the
manufacturers
on
the
effort
to
comply
with
the
reporting
requirements.
See
section
6.

The
Mine
Safety
and
Health
Administration
(
MSHA),
U.
S.
Department
of
Labor,
views
this
program
as
beneficial
in
that
it
will
provide
information
on
the
diesel
emissions
to
which
underground
coal
miners
are
exposed.
MSHA
regulations
limit
the
diesel
additives
used
in
underground
coal
mining
to
those
that
have
been
registered
by
EPA.

3(
d)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
Registration
of
a
designated
fuel
or
additive
is
required
only
once,
although
the
manufacturer
is
required
to
notify
EPA
if
changes
occur
in
the
information
provided.
The
quarterly
and
annual
reports
for
fuel
manufacturers,
and
annual
reports
for
additive
manufacturers,
are
appropriate
in
order
to
monitor
patterns
of
fuel
and
additive
usage
in
a
timely
manner.
Should
the
health­
effects
data
indicate
that
certain
fuel/
additive
combinations
are
of
concern,
their
history
of
usage
would
be
necessary
in
order
to
assess
the
extent
of
public
exposure.
If
these
fuel/
additive
combinations
were
to
experience
a
significant
increase
in
usage,
it
would
be
important
to
know
that
on
a
quarterly
basis.
5
With
refiners
and
importers
reporting
their
usage
of
additives
quarterly,
the
annual
production
report
from
the
additive
manufacturers
remains
adequate.
If
an
additive
were
to
experience
a
dramatic
increase
in
production,
it
would
be
important
to
have
that
reported
on
at
least
an
annual
basis.

3(
e)
General
Guidelines
All
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
guidelines
are
met.

3(
f)
Confidentiality
The
availability
to
the
public
of
information
submitted
for
this
program
is
governed
by
the
Freedom
of
Information
Act
(
FOIA)
regulations
for
EPA
at
40
CFR
2,
with
the
exception
that
all
health
and
safety
test
data
and
other
information
concerning
health
and
welfare
effects,
submitted
pursuant
to
subpart
F,
shall
be
public.
Lists
of
the
registered
fuels
and
additives
are
publicly
available.

The
majority
of
the
manufacturers
consider,
for
competitive
reasons,
the
compositional
information
for
their
fuels
and
additives
to
be
confidential.
EPA's
Office
of
General
Counsel
has
consistently
ruled
that
confidentiality
is
justified
when
such
information
has
been
requested
under
the
FOIA.

Because
most
of
the
information
is
confidential,
this
program
is
housed
in
a
separate
office
protected
by
a
multi­
sensor
alarm
system
by
KASTLE
Systems,
Inc.
with
24­
hour
monitoring.
Access
is
via
a
cardlock
system
for
authorized
personnel
only.
Paper
files
are
secured
in
combination
lock,
fireproof
cabinets
with
each
cabinet
requiring
its
own
unique
sequence
to
be
unlocked.

Data
processing
is
performed
solely
on
computers
in
the
secure
area.
These
computers
have
no
connections
outside
the
secure
area
and
employ
password
security
measures.

Contractor
personnel
handle
routine
administrative
tasks,
data
input,
and
data
analysis.
EPA
personnel
work
closely
with
contractor
personnel
and
handle
the
technical
review
of
the
data
and
questions
involving
regulatory
interpretation.

3(
g)
Sensitive
Questions
There
are
no
sensitive
questions.

3(
h)
Response
to
OMB's
Terms
of
Clearance
For
the
current
clearance,
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
suggested
that
EPA
should
consider
amending
the
regulations
to
change
this
quarterly
report
to
an
annual
report.
6
EPA
still
believes
that
a
quarterly
report
is
appropriate.
For
example,
The
states
of
New
York
and
Connecticut
will
be
banning
the
popular
gasoline
additive
methyl
tertiary
butyl
ether
(
MTBE),
effective
January
1,
2004.
Other
states
are
also
planning
to
ban
MTBE,
and
a
ban
is
being
considered
in
the
new
national
energy
bill.
Refiners
and
importers
will
be
using
other
additives
to
replace
MTBE.
The
Agency
believes
that
with
this
significant
change
in
gasoline,
the
ability
to
monitor
replacement
additives
on
a
quarterly
basis
is
very
important,
and
that
only
an
annual
report
would
not
allow
the
Agency
to
monitor
trends
in
a
timely
fashion.

OMB
also
asked
EPA
to
report
on
its
progress
towards
compliance
with
the
Government
Paperwork
Elimination
Act
(
GPEA).
Issues
concerning
confidential
business
information
have
not
been
resolved,
and
most
of
the
information
in
this
collection
is
confidential.
Once
these
issues
are
resolved,
this
collection
will
be
brought
into
compliance
with
the
GPEA.
Also
all
of
the
forms
are
available
for
downloading
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
otaq/
regs/
fuels/
ffarsfrms.
htm.
Manufacturers
may
also
submit
the
quarterly
and
annual
reports
in
the
format
of
their
choice,
including
on
diskette,
if
they
prefer
not
to
use
the
forms.

4.
THE
RESPONDENTS
AND
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
4(
a)
Respondents/
NAICS
Codes
The
fuel
and
fuel
additive
manufacturers
are
related
to
the
following
major
group
North
American
Industry
Classification
System
(
NAICS)
codes:

324110
­
Petroleum
Refineries
324199
­
All
Other
Petroleum
and
Coal
Products
Manufacturing
325110
­
Petrochemical
Manufacturing
325193
­
Ethyl
Alcohol
Manufacturing
325199
­
All
Other
Basic
Organic
Chemical
Manufacturing
4(
b)
Information
Requested
(
i)
Data
Items
The
following
definitions
at
40
CFR
79.2
are
important
to
the
understanding
of
the
reporting
requirements:

"
Fuel
manufacturer"
means
any
person
who,
for
sale
or
introduction
into
commerce,
produces,
manufacturers,
or
imports
a
fuel
or
causes
or
directs
the
alteration
of
the
chemical
7
composition
of
a
bulk
fuel,
or
the
mixture
of
chemical
compounds
in
a
bulk
fuel,
by
adding
to
it
an
additive,
except:
(
1)
A
party
(
other
than
a
fuel
refiner
or
importer)
who
adds
a
quantity
of
additive(
s)
amounting
to
less
than
1.0
percent
by
volume
of
the
resultant
additive(
s)/
fuel
mixture
is
not
thereby
considered
a
fuel
manufacturer.
(
2)
A
party
(
other
than
a
fuel
refiner
or
importer)
who
adds
an
oxygenate
compound
to
fuel
in
any
otherwise
allowable
amount
is
not
thereby
considered
a
fuel
manufacturer.

"
Additive"
means
any
substance,
other
than
one
composed
solely
of
carbon
and/
or
hydrogen,
that
is
intentionally
added
to
a
fuel
named
in
the
designation
(
including
any
added
to
a
motor
vehicle's
fuel
system)
and
that
is
not
intentionally
removed
prior
to
sale
or
use.

"
Additive
manufacturer"
means
any
person
who
produces,
manufactures,
or
imports
an
additive
for
use
as
an
additive
and/
or
sells
or
imports
for
sale
such
additive
under
the
person's
own
name.

Motor
vehicle
gasolines,
motor
vehicle
diesel
fuels,
and
additives
to
those
fuels,
have
been
designated
at
40
CFR
79.
For
the
purpose
of
registration,
the
following
is
required
to
be
submitted
by
each
manufacturer
of
a
designated
fuel
(
40
CFR
79.11):
(
See
EPA
Form
3520­
12,
Fuel
Manufacturer
Notification
for
Motor
Vehicle
Fuel,
Attachment
1,
and
instructions,
Attachment
2)

1.
Brand
name(
s)
of
the
fuel:
2.
Company
name;
3.
Company
identification
number
(
issued
by
EPA);
4.
Address;
5.
Type
of
fuel;
6.
Fuel
properties
as
specified
in
the
regulations;
7.
A
list
of
additives
the
manufacturer
intends
to
use,
additive
manufacturer
names,
purposein
use
of
each
additive,
and
range
of
additive
concentration;
8.
To
the
extent
known,
information
on
analytical
techniques
that
can
be
used
to
detect
the
presence
of
the
additives
listed
above
in
the
fuel;
9.
To
the
extent
known
to
the
manufacturer,
information
on
the
mechanisms
of
action
of
the
additives
listed,
reactions
between
the
additives
and
the
fuel,
emission
products,
additive
effects
on
emissions,
health
or
welfare
effects
of
additive
emission
products,
and
effects
of
additive
emission
products
on
emission
controls;
10.
Anticipated
sales,
in
percent,
by
Petroleum
Administration
for
Defense
Districts;
11.
Yes/
no
response
on
if
fuel
is
derived
only
from
conventional
petroleum,
heavy
oil
deposits,
coal,
tar
sands,
and/
or
oil
sands:
12.
If
applying
for
a
small
business
provision,
annual
sales
revenue
for
the
past
three
years
and
identification
of
any
parent
company;
13.
If
not
applicable
for
a
small
business
provision,
identification
of
membership
in
a
testing
group:
8
14.
Indication
of
which
portions
of
the
form
are
confidential:
15.
List
of
attachments:
16.
Assurances
that
the
information
is
correct,
EPA
will
be
notified
in
writing
if
certain
information
were
to
change,
and
that
registration
will
not
be
used
in
advertising
to
imply
government
approval;
17.
Signature,
date,
printed
name,
title,
phone
number,
fax
number,
and
e­
mail
address
of
signer.

Note
that
in
item
16
above
the
manufacturer
is
required
to
notify
EPA
in
writing
if
certain
information,
listed
in
the
regulations,
were
to
change.
This
usually
involves
updating
the
list
of
additives
being
used,
and
is
accomplished
with
a
brief
letter.
This
will
be
referred
to
later
in
this
ICR
as
a
"
fuel
notification
update."

For
the
purpose
of
registration,
the
following
is
required
to
be
submitted
by
each
manufacturer
of
a
designated
fuel
additive
(
40
CFR
79.21):
(
See
EPA
Form
3520­
13,
Fuel
Additive
Manufacturer
Notification,
Attachment
3,
and
instructions,
Attachment
4)

1.
Commercial
name(
s)
of
the
additive;
2.
Company
name
and
company
identification
number
(
issued
by
EPA);
3.
Address;
4.
Method
of
use
(
bulk
and/
or
aftermarket);
5.
Fuels
for
which
the
additive
is
recommended
and
range
of
concentration;
6.
Recommended
purpose­
in­
use
of
the
additive;
7.
Chemical
composition
of
the
additive;
8.
Chemical
structure
of
the
additive;
9.
To
the
extent
known,
impurities
at
greater
0.1%
by
weight;
10.
To
the
extent
known,
information
on
analytical
techniques
that
can
be
used
to
detect
the
additive
in
fuel;
11.
To
the
extent
known
to
the
manufacturer,
information
on
additive
mechanisms
of
action,
reactions
between
the
additive
and
fuel,
identification
and
measurement
of
additive
emission
products,
effects
of
the
additive
on
emissions,
toxicity
or
any
other
health
effects
of
the
additive
emission
products,
and
effects
on
emission
controls;
12.
Yes/
no
response
on
if
the
additive
is
a
relabel
of
a
currently
registered
additive;
13.
Estimated
annual
production
during
the
third
year
of
production;
14.
Estimated
market
distribution
for
the
third
year
of
production;
15.
Yes/
no
response
on
if
the
additive
is
derived
only
from
conventional
petroleum,
heavy
oil
deposits,
coal,
tar
sands,
and/
or
oil
sands;
16.
If
applying
for
a
small
business
provision,
annual
sales
revenue
for
the
past
three
years
and
identification
of
any
parent
company;
17.
Yes/
no
response
on
if
the
additive
is
an
aerosol,
and
if
so,
if
applying
for
the
aerosol
provision;
18.
If
not
applicable
for
a
small
business
or
aerosol
provision,
identification
of
membership
in
a
testing
group;
9
19.
Indication
of
which
portions
of
the
form
are
confidential;
20.
List
of
attachments;
21.
Assurances
that
the
information
is
correct,
EPA
will
be
notified
in
writing
if
certain
information
were
to
change,
and
that
registration
will
not
be
used
in
advertising
to
imply
government
approval;
22.
Signature,
date,
printed
name,
title,
phone
number,
fax
number,
and
e­
mail
address
of
signer.

Note
that
in
item
21
above,
the
EPA
would
be
notified
in
writing
if
certain
information,
listed
in
the
regulations,
were
to
change.
This
is
accomplished
by
a
brief
letter,
and
involves
minor
issues
such
as
an
additional
name
under
which
the
additive
will
be
sold.
This
will
be
referred
to
later
in
this
ICR
as
an
"
additive
notification
update."

As
indicated
in
the
previous
ICR,
each
fuel
manufacturer
and
each
fuel
additive
manufacturer
was
required
to
submit
for
each
fuel
and
additive
a
"
Supplemental
Notification
for
a
Fuel
or
Fuel
Additive
Manufacturer"
(
EPA
Form
3520­
16).
The
information
in
this
notification
has
been
incorporated
into
the
above
notifications,
and
thus
this
form
is
no
longer
required.

Additive
manufacturers
are
also
required
to
report
annually
the
following
information
for
each
registered
additive
(
40
CFR
79.5(
b)):
(
See
EPA
Form
3520­
13A,
Fuel
Additive
Manufacturer
Annual
Report,
Attachment
5,
and
instructions,
Attachment
6,
and,
if
reporting
for
more
than
16
additives,
EPA
Form
3520­
13B,
Supplemental
Additive
Manufacturer
Annual
Report,
Attachment
7)

1.
Company
name
and
company
identification
number;
2.
Report
year;
3.
Type
of
report
(
original
or
resubmission);
4.
Impurities,
if
greater
than
0.1%
by
weight,
to
the
extent
known;
5.
Any
information
known
to
the
manufacturer
and
not
previously
reported
on
mechanisms
of
action,
reactions
with
fuels,
emission
products,
or
emission
effects;
6.
Production
(
volume
or
weight)
for
the
year
for
the
additive(
s);
7.
Indication
of
which
portions
of
the
form
are
confidential;
8.
Signature,
date,
printed
name,
title,
phone,
fax,
e­
mail;
9.
Indication
if
a
supplemental
report
is
attached.

Additive
manufacturers
who
are
merely
relabeling
a
registered
additive
or
blend
of
registered
additives
are
not
required
to
submit
an
annual
report,
since
the
information
would
be
covered
by
the
original
manufacturer(
s).

Fuel
manufacturers
are
also
required
to
report
quarterly
the
following
information
for
each
registered
gasoline
and
diesel
fuel
(
40
CFR
79.5(
a)(
1)):
(
See
EPA
Form
3520­
12Q,
Fuel
Manufacturer
Quarterly
Report
for
Motor
Vehicle
Gasoline
or
Diesel
Fuel,
Attachment
8,
and
instructions,
Attachment
9)
10
1.
Company
name
and
identification
number;
2.
Address;
3.
Fuel
identification
number;
4.
Report
year;
5
Quarterly
production
volume;
6.
Quarter;
7.
Brand
name
of
the
fuel;
8.
Range
of
concentration
during
the
quarter
for
each
additive
previously
reported
for
use
in
the
fuel;
9.
Indication
of
which
items
are
confidential;
10.
Signature,
date,
printed
name,
title,
phone,
fax,
e­
mail.

Fuel
manufacturers
are
also
required
to
report
annually
the
following
information
for
each
registered
gasoline
and
diesel
fuel
(
40
CFR
79.5(
a)(
2)):
(
See
EPA
Form
3520­
12A,
Fuel
Manufacturer
Annual
Report
for
Motor
Vehicle
Gasoline
or
Diesel
Fuel,
Attachment
10,
and
instructions,
Attachment
11)

1.
Company
name
and
identification
number;
2.
Address;
3.
Fuel
identification
number;
4.
Report
year;
5.
Brand
names(
s);
6.
Fuel
properties,
to
the
extent
known
by
the
manufacturer;
7.
If
not
previously
reported,
information
known
by
the
manufacturer
on
mechanisms
of
action,
reactions
between
additives
and
fuels,
emission
products,
and
emission
effects;
8.
Indication
of
which
items
are
confidential;
9.
Signature,
date,
printed
name,
title,
phone,
fax,
and
e­
mail.

There
are
no
recordkeeping
requirements.

(
ii)
Respondent
Activities
The
following
activities
are
required:

1.
Read
or
hear
the
regulations
at
40
CFR
79
and
the
instructions
for
each
of
the
applicable
forms;
2.
Gather
information
from
company
files;
3.
Review
the
information;
4.
Enter
information
onto
the
forms
and
sign;
5.
If
indicated
on
the
forms
that
additional
information
is
attached,
copy
such
information;
6.
Transmit
the
information.
11
5.
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED­­
AGENCY
ACTIVITIES,
COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY,
AND
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
5(
a)
Agency
Activities
The
following
activities
are
required:

1.
Respond
to
inquiries
on
the
reporting
requirements;
2.
Mail
copies
of
the
forms/
instructions,
regulations,
list
of
all
registered
additives,
list
of
registered
gasoline
detergent
additives,
list
of
registered
diesel
additives,
and/
or
list
of
registered
fuels
upon
request;
3.
Review
the
forms
and
other
submitted
data;
4.
Contact
the
manufacturer
when
the
information
has
not
been
submitted
in
accordance
with
the
regulations
and
discuss
how
the
problem
can
be
resolved;
5.
Store
the
information
in
hard
copy;
6.
Enter
the
data
submitted
on
the
forms
into
the
database.
7.
Issue
a
letter
to
the
manufacturer
for
each
fuel
and
additive
that
is
registered;
8.
Administer
a
contract
for
the
day­
to­
day
operation
of
the
registration
program;
9.
Maintain
rigorous
security
for
the
protection
of
confidential
business
information;
10.
Maintain
a
record
of
all
confidential
business
information
provided
to
the
contractor;
11.
Maintain
computer
hardware
and
software;
12.
Provide
general
program
oversight.

5(
b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
The
manufacturers
are
completing
forms
which
are
very
straightforward
and
whose
basic
structure
dates
back
to
1975.
We
have
not
had
complaints
on
the
design
of
the
forms.
Much
of
the
information
is
maintained
in
the
normal
course
of
business,
such
as
the
chemical
composition
of
an
additive
and
its
annual
production.
For
information
which
may
not
normally
be
maintained,
such
as
mechanisms
of
reaction,
the
manufacturer
is
not
required
to
search
beyond
its
company
files.
EPA
and
its
contractor
review
the
forms
and
in
some
cases
the
manufacturer
must
be
contacted
for
clarification
or
additional
information.
Since
most
of
the
information
is
confidential,
the
data
are
handled
exclusively
on
a
physically
and
electronically
isolated
IBM/
PCbased
local
area
network
using
Novell
NetWare
as
an
operating
system
and
running
FOXPRO
database
software
as
the
database
platform.
Data
are
input
and
reports
generated
on
workstations
located
entirely
within
the
locked
facility
and
connected
to
the
network
through
direct
connections.
EPA
personnel
routinely
compare
the
data
that
have
been
entered
into
the
database
with
hard
copy.
The
network
is
not
connected
to
the
Agency's
LAN
backbone
and
has
no
modem
connections.
The
facility
is
protected
by
an
advanced
security
system
described
earlier.
12
All
of
the
forms
are
available
for
downloading
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
otaq/
regs/
fuels/
ffarsfrms.
htm.
Manufacturers
may
also
submit
the
quarterly
and
annual
reports
in
the
format
of
their
choice,
including
on
diskette,
if
they
prefer
not
to
use
the
forms.

5(
c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility
The
reporting
requirements
have
been
kept
as
simple
as
possible
to
minimize
the
burden
on
all
manufacturers.
EPA
is
not
aware
of
any
simpler
format
to
provide
the
chemical
descriptions
and
related
information.
Changes
to
the
regulations
in
1997
removed
many
small
businesses
from
the
program,
by
excluding
those
who
only
add
oxygenates
or
small
amounts
of
additives
to
fuels
from
the
definition
of
a
fuel
manufacturer.
For
manufacturers
who
merely
relabel
additives,
which
are
usually
small
businesses,
the
one­
time
notification
is
very
simple,
and
there
are
no
periodic
reporting
requirements.

5(
d)
Collection
Schedule
For
the
manufacturer
of
a
fuel,
there
is
a
one­
time
registration
for
the
fuel,
and
an
onoccasion
requirement
to
inform
the
Agency
if
the
information
provided
for
registration
were
to
change.
There
are
also
quarterly
and
annual
reports
that
a
fuel
manufacturer
is
required
to
submit
for
the
registered
fuel.

For
the
manufacturer
of
a
fuel
additive,
there
is
a
one­
time
registration
for
the
additive,
and
an
on­
occasion
requirement
to
inform
the
Agency
if
the
information
provided
for
registration
were
to
change.
There
is
also
an
annual
report
that
the
additive
manufacturer
is
required
to
submit
for
the
registered
additive.

6.
ESTIMATING
THE
BURDEN
AND
THE
COST
OF
THE
COLLECTION
6(
a)
and
(
b)
Estimating
Respondent
Burden
and
Costs
Estimating
the
burden
is
straightforward.
For
the
most
part,
the
manufacturer
is
collecting
and
reporting
information
that
is
available
in
the
normal
conduct
of
business,
such
as
product
composition
and
production
volume.
Other
information,
such
as
health
effects
data,
only
have
to
be
reported
if
they
reside
in
the
company
files.
No
searching
beyond
company
files
is
required.
There
are
no
recordkeeping
requirements.
There
are
no
third
party
activities.
Thus,
there
are
no
capital/
start­
up
costs.
The
only
operating
and
maintenance
(
O&
M)
cost
is
for
copying
and
postage
for
each
submission.
Instead
of
including
this
in
each
burden
table,
a
cost
of
$
4.00
per
submission
will
be
included
in
the
total
burden
estimate.

In
discussions
with
fewer
than
ten
fuel
and
fuel
additive
manufacturers,
four
labor
categories
were
identified
as
having
involvement:
managerial,
legal,
technical,
and
clerical.
13
According
to
the
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics,
Employment
Cost
Trends
(
March
1996),
for
all
workers
in
manufacturing
industries,
wages
and
benefits
were:

Wages
and
Benefits
Managerial
$
37.72
per
hour
Professional
$
36.89
per
hour
Technical
$
27.90
per
hour
Clerical
$
16.69
per
hour
Assuming
that
professional
and
legal
rates
are
comparable,
doubling
for
company
overhead
beyond
wages
and
benefits,
employing
a
3%
annual
inflation
factor
to
bring
the
rates
to
the
year
2003,
and,
for
convenience,
rounding
up
to
the
nearest
dollar,
gives
the
follow
rates
that
will
be
used
in
this
ICR:

Total
Employer
Cost
Managerial
$
93
per
hour
Legal
$
91
per
hour
Technical
$
69
per
hour
Clerical
$
41
per
hour
The
labor
mix
for
the
activities
above
will
be
about
the
same
for
each.
It
is
assumed
that
for
each
hour
of
activity
the
mix
will
be
about
0.05
hour
managerial,
0.05
hour
legal,
0.7
hour
technical,
and
0.2
hour
clerical.
This
gives
an
average
labor
cost
of
about
$
66
per
hour,
which
will
be
used
in
this
ICR.
The
burden
estimates
for
each
activity
are
the
same
as
for
the
previous
ICR.
That
is,
a
fuel
manufacturer
notification,
which
now
incorporates
the
supplemental
notification,
will
require
8
hours
on
average
to
complete.
(
In
the
previous
ICR,
each
required
4
hours.)
Likewise,
the
fuel
additive
manufacturer
notification
will
require
8
hours
to
complete.
The
additive
update,
fuel
update,
and
additive
annual
report
each
require
one
hour
on
average
to
complete.
The
fuel
annual
and
fuel
quarterly
reports
each
require
3
hours
on
average
to
complete.

Cost
per
Report
Fuel
Manufacturer
Notification
­
8
hours
@
$
66
=
$
528
Fuel
Notification
Update
­
1
hour
@
$
66
=
$
66
Fuel
Additive
Manufacturer
Notification
­
8
hours
@
$
66
=
$
528
Additive
Notification
Update
­
1
hour
@
$
66
=
$
66
Additive
Manufacturer
Annual
Report
­
1
hour
@
$
66
=
$
66
14
Fuel
Manufacturer
Quarterly
Report
­
3
hours
@
$
66
=
$
198
Fuel
Manufacturer
Annual
Report
­
3
hours
@
$
66
=
$
198
6(
c)
Estimating
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
The
Agency
activities
listed
in
section
5(
a)
are
handled
primarily
by
contractor
personnel
for
$
320,000
per
year.
A
part
time
Senior
Environmental
Employee
(
SEE)
is
employed
at
$
12,000
per
year
for
data
entry.
Eight
hundred
twenty
square
feet
of
space
are
leased
at
$
25,000
per
year.
Security
monitoring
is
$
5,000
per
year.
Portions
of
the
following
EPA
personnel
are
involved
(
with
1.6
overhead
factor):

GS­
14
Environmental
Engineer
(
EE),
$
100K
x
1.6=$
160K
GS­
13
Chemical
Engineer
(
CE),
$
80K
x
1.6=$
128K
GS­
13
Program
Analyst
(
PA),
$
80K
x
1.6=$
128K
GS­
13
Computer
Specialist
(
CS),
$
80K
x
1.6=$
128K
Worksheet
9:
Annual
Agency
Burden
in
Full
Time
Equivalents
(
FTE's)
activity
EE
CE
PA
CS
respond
to
inquiries
0.1/$
16000
0.1/$
12800
0
0
mail
info
by
contractor
review
data
0.1/$
16000
0.2/$
25600
0
0
contact
manu.
0
0.1/$
12800
0
0
store
info
by
contractor
enter
data
by
contractor
and
Senior
Environmental
Employee
issue
letters
by
contractor
contract
ad.
0.1/$
16000
0
0.2/$
25600
0
security
0
0
0.1/$
12800
0
record
cbi
division
clerical
support
maintain
computer
by
contractor
0.05/$
6400
15
program
oversight
0.2/$
32000
0.1/$
12800
0
0
totals
0.5/$
80000
0.5/$
64000
0.3/$
38400
0.05/$
6400
total
1.35
FTE/$
188,800
Total
Annual
Cost
to
the
Government
Contract
$
320,000
Part
time
SEE
$
12,000
Lease
$
25,000
Security
$
5,000
FTE's
$
188,800
Total
$
550,800
Thus,
the
annual
estimated
cost
to
the
government
is
$
550,800.
The
total
hours
are
1.35
FTE
x
2080
hours/
FTE=
2808.

6(
d)
and
(
e)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Burden
and
Costs,
and
Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
and
Costs
The
following
worksheet
is
based
on
an
inventory
of
350
registered
fuels
(
down
from
600
in
the
previous
ICR)
and
5800
registered
additives
(
up
from
5600
in
the
previous
ICR).
Of
the
additives,
about
1500
are
merely
relabels,
so
only
5800­
1500
=
4300
additives
will
require
annual
reports
(
up
from
4000
in
the
previous
ICR).
Data
for
2002
and
the
first
half
of
2003
indicate
that
EPA
is
receiving
approximately
70
new
fuel
notifications
(
up
from
50),
500
fuel
notification
updates
(
down
from
600),
500
new
additive
notifications
(
unchanged),
and
200
additive
notification
updates
(
down
from
500)
annually.
As
noted
above,
the
supplemental
notification
was
incorporated
into
the
fuel
and
additive
manufacturer
notifications.

Worksheet
10:
Annual
Industry
Burden
Form
Number
Hours/
Cost
Total
Hours/
Cost
Additive
Notification
500
8.0/$
528
4000/$
264,000
Additive
Update
200
1.0/$
66
200/$
13,200
Additive
Annual
4300
1.0/$
66
4300/$
283,800
Fuel
Notification
70
8.0/$
528
560/$
36,960
Fuel
Update
500
1.0/$
66
500/$
33,000
Fuel
Annual
350
3.0/$
198
1050/$
69,300
16
Fuel
Quarterly
1400
3.0/$
198
4200/$
277,200
Supplemental
none
Totals
7,320
14,810/$
977,460
Thus,
the
net
burden
to
industry
is
14,810
hours
and
$
977,460,
plus
7,320
submissions
x
$
4.00
each
for
postage,
or
$
29,280+$
977,460=$
1,006,740.
(
The
net
burden
for
the
previous
ICR
was
$
1,113,840.)
The
burden
is
gauged
per
form.
Some
manufacturers
have
hundreds
of
products,
some
have
only
one
or
two.
Per
section
6(
c),
the
annual
burden
to
the
government
is
2808
hours
and
$
550,8000.
It
is
recommended
that
the
above
costs
be
increased
3%
annually
for
inflation.

6(
f)
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
The
net
burden
has
been
reduced
due
to
a
decrease
in
the
number
of
fuels,
and
thus
a
decrease
in
the
number
of
quarterly
and
annual
fuel
reports,
as
a
result
of
industry
consolidation.
Additive
activity
is
about
the
same.
The
following
worksheet
summarizes
the
changes:

Worksheet
11:
Changes
in
Burden
­
Hours
Form
Previous
Requested
Change
Reason
additive
incorporation
of
supplemental
notification
2000
4000
+
2000
notification
additive
update
500
200
­
300
adjustment
additive
annual
4000
4300
+
300
adjustment
fuel
adjustment
+
incorporation
of
notification
200
560
+
360
supplemental
notification
fuel
annual
1800
1050
­
750
adjustment
fuel
quarterly
7200
4200
­
3000
adjustment
fuel
update
600
500
­
100
adjustment
17
supplemental
notification
2200
zero
­
2200
incorporated
above
totals
18,500
14,810
­
3,690
6(
g)
Burden
Statements
For
the
two
notification
forms,
the
statement
is
proposed
to
read
as
follows:

Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
8
hours
per
response.
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;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
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
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.

To
comment
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques,
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2003­
0176,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
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
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
is
(
202)
566­
1742.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
"
search,"
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Also,
you
can
send
comments
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Office
for
EPA.
Please
include
the
EPA
Docket
ID
No.
(
OAR­
2003­
0176)
and
OMB
control
number
(
2060­
0150)
in
any
correspondence.
18
For
the
additive
annual
report
form,
the
statement
would
be
identical,
with
the
exception
that
the
burden
estimate
would
be
one
hour.
For
the
quarterly
and
annual
fuel
report
forms,
the
statement
would
be
identical,
with
the
exception
that
the
burden
estimate
would
be
three
hours.

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for
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Form
3520­
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3520­
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5
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3520­
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EPA
Form
3520­
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3520­
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Form
3520­
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Form
3520­
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