
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 84 (Monday, May 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24478-24479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10425]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0478, FRL-9300-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: 
Gasoline Volatility (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 to renew an 
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 1, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0478, 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, Mail Code: 28221T, 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: James W. Caldwell, 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; e-mail 
address: caldwell.jim@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 November 30, 2010 (75 FR 74044), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0478, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 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, confidential business information (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: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility 
(Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1367.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0178.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2011. 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, and 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: 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 
(PTD), 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. EPA has proposed additional PTD requirements for 
gasoline containing ethanol at 75 FR 68044 (November 4, 2010). Those 
requirements will be addressed in a separate ICR.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average less 
than one minute. 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 review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Parties which produce or import 
gasoline containing ethanol, and parties seeking a testing exemption.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,330.

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    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,356,320, includes $20 in annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,667 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease reflects EPA's updating of burden 
estimates. The decrease is due to an increase in computer-generated 
product transfer documents.

    Dated: April 25, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-10425 Filed 4-29-11; 8:45 am]
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