[Federal Register: September 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 186)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2004-0051; FRL 7818-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 and Later Years; for Tax-
Exempt (Dyed) Diesel Fuel; and for Nonroad, Locomotive and Marine
Diesel Fuel (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1718.06, OMB Control Number 2060-
0308
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 to renew an existing
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2004.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 27,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0051, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Mail Code 6102 T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Anne Pastorkovich, Attorney/Advisor,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9623; fax number:
(202) 343-2801; e-mail address: pastorkovich.anne-marie@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 May 17, 2004 (69 FR 27919) EPA sought comments on the
proposed information collection related to the fuel quality regulations
for diesel fuel sold in 2001 and later years and for tax-exempt (dyed)
diesel fuel pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). No comments were received. For
the nonroad, locomotive, and marine diesel, EPA sought comments on the
proposed information collection via a proposed rule published in the
Federal Register on May 23, 2003 and a final rule published on June 29,
2004. At the request of the Office of Management and Budget,
information collection activities applicable through September 30, 2007
(the period of this renewal) have been included via this second notice
and an amended Supporting Statement, which has been placed in the
public docket.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OAR-2004-0051, 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 Avenue, 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
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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.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET 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. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official
docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002),
or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for the Fuel
Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 and Later Years; for
Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; and for Nonroad, Locomotive and
Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal).
Abstract: This renewal includes recordkeeping and reporting under
two existing and related ICRs that will expire on September 30, 2004.
These are the fuel quality regulations for diesel fuel sold in 2001 and
later years (covered by current EPA ICR No. 1718.04) and the
recordkeeping and reporting requirements related to tax-exempt (dyed)
diesel fuel (covered by current EPA ICR No. 1718.03). In addition, this
renewal includes recordkeeping and reporting activities that would
apply for nonroad, locomotive, and marine diesel fuel through 2007
(covered by proposed EPA ICR No. 1718.07). These latter requirements
were included in the renewal in response to OMB comments.
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 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: It is estimated that there will be 444,100
reports, 312,233 burden hours, and total annual costs of $28,795,145
(which include labor, operations and maintenance [O&M], and purchased
services). 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Respondents include refiners (both
domestic and foreign refiners who manufacture diesel for use in the
U.S.); importers of diesel fuel into the U.S.; diesel distributors,
carriers, wholesale purchaser-consumers, and retailers; and users of
research and development diesel (testing laboratories).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,640.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 312,233.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $28,795,145, including $4,200,000
annualized capital/startup costs, $4,300,000 annual O&M costs, and
$20,295,145 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a net increase of 239,363 hours
in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to new requirements for
nonroad, locomotive and marine diesel fuel.
Dated: September 20, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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