
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80362-80363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32960]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1121; FRL-9509-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 
2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Non-
Road Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (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 notice 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 January 23, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-
1121, to (1) EPA online using http://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, Air Docket, 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: Geanetta Heard, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Mail Code: 6406J, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 343-9017 fax number: (202) 343-2801; email address: 
heard.geanetta@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 August 18, 2011 (76 FR 51362), 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-2007-1121, which is available for online viewing at 
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 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

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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 www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other 
information for which public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & 
Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Non-Road 
Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1718.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0308.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on December 
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, 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: This ICR covers recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
for motor vehicle diesel fuel and non-road, locomotive and marine 
diesel fuel. It also includes recordkeeping and reporting associated 
with the placement of codes on dyed diesel fuel (the dye is required 
under IRS regulations). The main purpose for recordkeeping and 
reporting is to ensure compliance with the regulations at 40 CFR Part 
80, Subpart I--``Motor Vehicle, Non-Road, Locomotive, and Marine Diesel 
Fuel.'' Most reporting is mandatory. Parties may assert a claim of 
business confidentiality and submissions covered by such a claim will 
be treated in accordance with procedures at 40 CFR part 2 and 
established Agency procedures.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .07 
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 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: Private businesses selling diesel 
fuel.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,806.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, quarterly and/or on occasion..
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 18,950.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,084,500.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of hours in the total 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens. For this renewal, we estimate a total annual burden of 
18,950 hours. This represents a decrease of 266,311 hours. For the 
expiring approval, we had estimated 285,261 hours. Most motor vehicle 
diesel reporting has now ended, which was expected to reduce the 
responses, hours, and costs. Likewise, laboratory qualifications have 
virtually all been submitted already. However, please note that we have 
changed how we accounted for the burden for this renewal. We have 
modeled our estimates to match the in-use forms in order to assist 
interested parties in providing comments. Therefore, some of the change 
is associated with how we did the estimates in 2008 (expiring approval) 
and now.

    Dated: December 16, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-32960 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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