81 FR 32326 - Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives-Requirements for Manufacturers

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 99 (May 23, 2016)

Page Range		32326-32327
FR Document		2016-12105

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR) ``Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Requirements for Manufacturers'' (EPA ICR No. 0309.15, OMB Control No. 2060-0150) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 2016. 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.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0894; FRL-9946-71-OAR]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Requirements for 
Manufacturers

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an information collection request (ICR) ``Registration of Fuels 
and Fuel Additives--Requirements for Manufacturers'' (EPA ICR No. 
0309.15, OMB Control No. 2060-0150) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is 
soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension 
of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 2016. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 22, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0894, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all comments 
received will be included in the public docket without change including 
any personal information provided, unless the comment includes 
profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Caldwell, Compliance 
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6405A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number: 
(202) 343-2800; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that EPA will be collecting are available in the public 
docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and

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clarity of the information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
including through the use of appropriate automated electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses. EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as 
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for 
review and approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal 
Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the 
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR part 79, 
subparts A, B, C, and D, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, 
manufacturers (including importers) of motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-
vehicle diesel fuel, and additives to those fuels, are required to have 
these products registered by EPA prior to their introduction into 
commerce. Registration involves providing a chemical description of the 
fuel or additive, and certain technical, marketing, and health-effects 
information. The development of health-effects data, as required by 40 
CFR part 79, subpart F, is covered by a separate information collection 
(EPA ICR No. 1696.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0297). Manufacturers are 
also required to submit periodic reports (annually for additives, 
quarterly and annually for fuels) on production volume and related 
information. The information is used to identify products whose 
evaporative or combustion emissions may pose an unreasonable risk to 
public health, thus meriting further investigation and potential 
regulation. The information is also used to ensure that fuel additives 
comply with EPA requirements for protecting catalytic converters and 
other automotive emission controls. The data have been used to 
construct a comprehensive data base on fuel and additive composition. 
The Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor 
restricts the use of diesel additives in underground coal mines to 
those registered by EPA. Most of the information has been claimed by 
the manufacturers as CBI.
    Form Numbers: EPA Forms 3520-12, 3520-12A, 3520-12Q, 3520-13, 3520-
13A, and 3520-13B.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers and importers of 
motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives to 
those fuels.
    Respondents Obligation to Respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR part 79.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1950.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly, annually.
    Total Estimated Burden: 21,000 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $1.9 million per year, includes $50,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 400 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to an increase in the number of 
registered fuels and fuel additives for which periodic reports are 
required.

    Dated: May 16, 2016.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation.
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Enter the docket number, excluding the assistance, please contact FERC Online free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
last three digits, in the docket number Support at contact (202) 502–8659.
field to access the document. For FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester

Prohibited:
1. CP13–483–000 ................................................. 5–2–2016 Thomas C. Tucker.
2. CP15–514–000 ................................................. 5–2–2016 Ohio Oil & Gas Association.
3. CP13–483–000, CP13–492–000 ...................... 5–6–2016 American Petroleum Institute.
4. CP13–483–000, CP13–492–000 ...................... 5–6–2016 Black Hills Exploration & Production.
5. CP11–161–000 ................................................. 5–6–2016 Greg Lotorto.
6. CP16–21–000 ................................................... 5–9–2016 John Puffer.
7. CP16–21–000 ................................................... 5–9–2016 Karen Miller.
8. CP16–21–000 ................................................... 5–10–2016 Mass Mailing.1
9. CP16–21–000 ................................................... 5–10–2016 Mass Mailing.2
10. CP16–21–000 ................................................. 5–10–2016 Mass Mailing.3
11. CP16–21–000 ................................................. 5–11–2016 Charlote Forddman.
12. CP15–554–000, CP15–554–001 .................... 5–11–2016 William Limpert.
Exempt:
1. P–10482–000 .................................................... 5–2–2016 U.S. House Representative Ron Kind.
2. CP15–558–000 ................................................. 5–2–2016 State of New Jersey Assemblyman Erik Peterson.
3. CP15–514–000 ................................................. 5–2–2016 State of Ohio House Representative Ron Hood.
4. P–13755–000, P–13757–000, P–13761–000, 5–4–2016 U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
P–13768–000.
5. CP15–514–000 ................................................. 5–5–2016 State of Ohio House Representative Tim Schaffer.
6. CP16–21–000 ................................................... 5–5–2016 Town of Temple, New Hampshire Office of the Selectman.4
7. CP16–21–000 ................................................... 5–10–2016 U.S. House Representative Anne McLane Kuster.
8. CP16–21–000 ................................................... 5–10–2016 U.S. Senator Kelly A. Ayotte.
9. CP15–514–000 ................................................. 5–10–2016 State of Ohio Senator William Seitz.
10. CP16–21–000 ................................................. 5–11–2016 Town of Milford, New Hampshire Town Administrator Mark Bender.
19 letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners and staff under this docket number.
26 letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners and staff under this docket number.
36 letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners and staff under this docket number.
4 Chairman George Willard, Selectman Ken Caisse, Selectman Gail Cromwell.

Dated: May 17, 2016. public comments on specific aspects of Air Quality, Mail Code 6405A,
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., the proposed information collection as Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Deputy Secretary. described below. This is a proposed Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
[FR Doc. 2016–12044 Filed 5–20–16; 8:45 am] extension of the ICR, which is currently DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
approved through October 31, 2016. An 343–9303; fax number: (202) 343–2800;
Agency may not conduct or sponsor and email address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov.
a person is not required to respond to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
a collection of information unless it Supporting documents which explain in
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
displays a currently valid OMB control detail the information that EPA will be
AGENCY
number. collecting are available in the public
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0894; FRL–9946–71– DATES: Comments must be submitted on docket for this ICR. The docket can be
OAR] or before July 22, 2016. viewed online at www.regulations.gov
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
Proposed Information Collection referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Request; Comment Request; OAR–2006–0894, online using Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
Registration of Fuels and Fuel www.regulations.gov (our preferred DC. The telephone number for the
Additives—Requirements for method), by email to a-and-r- Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
Manufacturers docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA additional information about EPA’s
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Docket Center, Environmental public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
Agency (EPA). Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, dockets.
ACTION: Notice.
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection that all comments received will be and information to enable it to: (i)
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an included in the public docket without Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection request (ICR) change including any personal collection of information is necessary
‘‘Registration of Fuels and Fuel information provided, unless the for the proper performance of the
Additives—Requirements for comment includes profanity, threats, functions of the Agency, including
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Manufacturers’’ (EPA ICR No. 0309.15, information claimed to be Confidential whether the information will have
OMB Control No. 2060–0150) to the Business Information (CBI) or other practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
Office of Management and Budget information whose disclosure is accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
(OMB) for review and approval in restricted by statute. burden of the proposed collection of
accordance with the Paperwork FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: information, including the validity of
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et James W. Caldwell, Compliance the methodology and assumptions used;
seq.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting Division, Office of Transportation and (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and

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clarity of the information to be Estimated Number of Respondents: method), or by mail to: EPA Docket
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 1950. Center, Environmental Protection
of the collection of information on those Frequency of Response: On occasion, Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
who are to respond, including through quarterly, annually. Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
the use of appropriate automated Total Estimated Burden: 21,000 hours DC 20460.
electronic, mechanical, or other per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR EPA’s policy is that all comments
technological collection techniques or 1320.03(b). received will be included in the public
other forms of information technology, Total Estimated Cost: $1.9 million per docket without change, including any
e.g., permitting electronic submission of year, includes $50,000 annualized personal information provided, unless
responses. EPA will consider the capital or operation & maintenance the comment includes profanity, threats,
comments received and amend the ICR costs. information claimed to be Confidential
as appropriate. The final ICR package Changes in Estimates: There is an Business Information (CBI) or other
will then be submitted to OMB for increase of 400 hours in the total information whose disclosure is
review and approval. At that time, EPA estimated respondent burden compared restricted by statute.
will issue another Federal Register with the ICR currently approved by FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
notice to announce the submission of OMB. This increase is due to an Karen Fligger, Municipal Support
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to increase in the number of registered Division, Office of Wastewater
submit additional comments to OMB. fuels and fuel additives for which Management, 4201–T, Environmental
Abstract: In accordance with the periodic reports are required. Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
regulations at 40 CFR part 79, subparts Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
Dated: May 16, 2016.
A, B, C, and D, Registration of Fuels and telephone number: (202) 564–2992; fax
Byron J. Bunker,
Fuel Additives, manufacturers number: (202) 501–2346; email address:
(including importers) of motor-vehicle Director, Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air fligger.karen@epa.gov.
gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and
and Radiation. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
additives to those fuels, are required to
have these products registered by EPA [FR Doc. 2016–12105 Filed 5–20–16; 8:45 am] Supporting documents which explain in
prior to their introduction into BILLING CODE 6560–50–P detail the information the EPA will be
commerce. Registration involves collecting are available in the public
providing a chemical description of the docket for this ICR. The docket can be
fuel or additive, and certain technical, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION viewed online at www.regulations.gov
marketing, and health-effects AGENCY or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
information. The development of [EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0178; FRL–9946–57–
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
health-effects data, as required by 40 OW] Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
CFR part 79, subpart F, is covered by a DC. The telephone number for the
separate information collection (EPA Proposed Information Collection Docket Center is (202) 566–1744. For
ICR No. 1696.08, OMB Control No. Request; Comment Request; EPA additional information about EPA’s
2060–0297). Manufacturers are also Application Materials for the Water public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
required to submit periodic reports Infrastructure Finance and Innovation dockets.
(annually for additives, quarterly and Act Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
annually for fuels) on production the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection 3501 et seq.), EPA is soliciting
volume and related information. The Agency (EPA).
information is used to identify products comments and information to enable it
ACTION: Notice. to: (i) Evaluate whether the proposed
whose evaporative or combustion
emissions may pose an unreasonable collection of information is necessary
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection for the proper performance of the
risk to public health, thus meriting Agency is planning to submit an
further investigation and potential functions of the Agency, including
information collection request, EPA whether the information will have
regulation. The information is also used Application Materials for the Water
to ensure that fuel additives comply practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
with EPA requirements for protecting Act (EPA ICR no. 2549.01, OMB Control
catalytic converters and other burden of the proposed collection of
No. 2040–NEW) to the Office of information, including the validity of
automotive emission controls. The data Management and Budget for review and
have been used to construct a the methodology and assumptions used;
approval in accordance with the (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
comprehensive data base on fuel and Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing
additive composition. The Mine Safety clarity of the information to be
so, EPA is soliciting public comments collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
and Health Administration of the on specific aspects of the proposed
Department of Labor restricts the use of of the collection of information on those
information collection as described who are to respond, including through
diesel additives in underground coal below. This is a request for approval of
mines to those registered by EPA. Most the use of appropriate automated
a new collection. An Agency may not electronic, mechanical, or other
of the information has been claimed by conduct or sponsor and a person is not
the manufacturers as CBI. technological collection techniques or
required to respond to a collection of other forms of information technology,
Form Numbers: EPA Forms 3520–12,
information unless it displays a e.g., permitting electronic submission of
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3520–12A, 3520–12Q, 3520–13, 3520–
currently valid OMB control number. responses. EPA will consider the
13A, and 3520–13B.
Respondents/Affected Entities: DATES: Comments must be submitted on comments received and amend the ICR
Manufacturers and importers of motor- or before July 22, 2016. as appropriate. The final ICR package
vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, will then be submitted to OMB for
fuel, and additives to those fuels. referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– review and approval. At that time, EPA
Respondents Obligation to Respond: OW–2016–0178, online using will issue another Federal Register
Mandatory per 40 CFR part 79. www.regulations.gov (our preferred notice to announce the submission of

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Action		Notice.
Dates		Comments must be submitted on or before July 22, 2016.
Contact		James W. Caldwell, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6405A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number:
FR Citation		81 FR 32326