Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0297, 1055-1057 [2010-150]

Download as PDF pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2010 / Notices Center, mail code 28221T, 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: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243–05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 0296; fax number: (919) 541–3207; email address: schaefer.john@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 July 8, 2009 (74 FR 32580), 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 number EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0418, which is available for public viewing online at https://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566–1752. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at https:// 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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:14 Jan 07, 2010 Jkt 220001 Title: NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (Renewal) ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1128.09, OMB Control Number 2060– 0080. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2010. 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 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 Information Collection Request (ICR) renewal is being submitted for the NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart L), which was promulgated on March 8, 1974. This standard applies to owners and operators of secondary lead smelters facilities. Owners and operators of secondary lead smelters subject to NSPS must notify EPA of construction, reconstruction, anticipated and actual startup dates, and results of performance tests. Records of performance test results, shutdowns, and malfunctions must be maintained. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5 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; PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1055 and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Secondary lead smelters. Estimated Number of Respondents: 25. Frequency of Response: Initially and on occasion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 38. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,538 in labor costs and no capital/startup costs or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. Dated: December 24, 2009. Richard T. Westlund, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2010–151 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0525; FRL–9101–2] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060– 0297 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. 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 February 8, 2010. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2006–0525, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: E:\FR\FM\08JAN1.SGM 08JAN1 pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES 1056 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2010 / Notices 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) 343–2802; 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 September 9, 2009 (74 FR 46422), 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–2006–0525, which is available for online viewing at https:// 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 https:// 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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov. Title: Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal). ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060–0297. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:14 Jan 07, 2010 Jkt 220001 ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2010. 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: 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 for those fuels, are required to have these products registered by the 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 the subject of this ICR. The information collection requirements for subparts A through D, and the supplemental notification requirements of Subpart F (indicating how the manufacturer will satisfy the health-effects data requirements) are covered by a separate ICR (OMB Control No. 2060–0150). The health-effects data will be used to determine if there are any products that have evaporative or combustion emissions that may pose an unreasonable risk to public health, thus meriting further investigation and potential regulation. This information is required for specific groups of fuels and additives as defined in the regulations. For example, gasoline and gasoline additives which consist of only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and/or sulfur, and which involve a gasoline oxygen content of less than 1.5 weight percent, fall into a ‘‘baseline’’ group. Oxygenates, such as ethanol, when used in gasoline as an oxygen level of at least 1.5 weight percent, define separate ‘‘nonbaseline’’ groups for each oxygenate. Additives which contain elements other than carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and/or sulfur fall into separate atypical groups. There are PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 similar grouping requirements for diesel fuel and diesel fuel additives. Manufacturers may perform the research independently or may join with other manufacturers to share in the costs for each applicable group. Several research consortiums (groups of manufacturers) have been formed. The largest consortium, organized by the American Petroleum Institute (API), represents most of the manufacturers of baseline gasoline, baseline diesel fuel, baseline fuel additives, and the prominent nonbaseline oxygenated additives for gasoline. The research is structured into three tiers of requirements for each group. Tier 1 requires an emissions characterization and a literature search for information on the health effects of those emissions. Voluminous Tier 1 data for gasoline and diesel fuel were submitted by API and others in 1997. Tier 1 data have been submitted for biodiesel, water/diesel emulsions, several atypical additives, and renewable diesel fuels. Tier 2 requires short-term inhalation exposures of laboratory animals to emissions to screen for adverse health effects. Tier 2 data have been submitted for baseline diesel, biodiesel, and water/diesel emulsions. Alternative Tier 2 testing can be required in lieu of standard Tier 2 testing if EPA concludes that such testing would be more appropriate. The EPA reached that conclusion with respect to gasoline and gasolineoxygenate blends, and alternative requirements were established for the API consortium for baseline gasoline and six gasoline-oxygenate blends. Alternative Tier 2 requirements have also been established for the manganese additive MMT manufactured by the Afton Chemical Corporation (formerly the Ethyl Corporation). Tier 3 provides for follow-up research, at EPA’s discretion, when remaining uncertainties as to the significance of observed health effects, welfare effects, and/or emissions exposures from a fuel or fuel/additive mixture interfere with EPA’s ability to make reasonable estimates of the potential risks posed by emissions from a fuel or additive. To date, EPA has not imposed any Tier 3 requirements. Under Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, (1) submission of the health-effects information is necessary for a manufacturer to obtain registration of a motor-vehicle gasoline, diesel fuel, or fuel additive, and thus be allowed to introduce that product into commerce, and (2) the information shall not be considered confidential. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7,067 hours per E:\FR\FM\08JAN1.SGM 08JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2010 / Notices 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: Manufacturers of Fuels and Fuel Additives. Estimated Number of Respondents: 3. Frequency of Response: On Occasion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 21,200. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,831,480, which includes $2,244,480 in labor costs, $205,000 in capital costs and $382,000 in O&M costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 8,950 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is the result of reduced activity with the completion of the MMT alternative Tier 2 testing program the near completion of the oxygenate alternative Tier 2 testing program. Dated: December 24, 2009. Richard T. Westlund, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. make its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies public. Historically, EPA has met this mandate by publishing weekly notices of availability of EPA comments, which includes a brief summary of EPA’s comment letters, in the Federal Register. Since February 2008, EPA has been including its comment letters on EISs on its Web site at: https:// www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ eisdata.html. Including the entire EIS comment letters on the Web site satisfies the Section 309(a) requirement to make EPA’s comments on EISs available to the public. Accordingly, after March 31, 2010, EPA will discontinue the publication of this notice of availability of EPA comments in the Federal Register. EIS No. 20090451, Draft EIS, FHWA, FL, St. Johns River Crossing Project, Improved Highway Corridor and Bridge Crossing the St. Johns River between Clay and St. Johns Counties, FL, Comment Period Ends: 02/22/ 2010, Contact: Cathy Kendall 850– 942–9650. EIS No. 20090452, Draft EIS, FHWA, MO, Rex Whitton Expressway Project, To Safely and Reliably Improve Personal and Freight Mobility, Reduce Traffic Congestion, U.S. 50/63 (Rex Whitton Expressway, also Known as Whitton) Facility in Cole County, MO, Comment Period Ends: 02/22/2010, Contact: Peggy Casey 573–636–7104. Dated: January 5, 2010. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 2010–120 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P [FR Doc. 2010–150 Filed 1–7–10; 8:45 am] FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Farm Credit Administration Board; Regular Meeting ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUMMARY: pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–1399 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements filed 12/28/2009 through 01/01/2010 pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. Notice In accordance with Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:14 Jan 07, 2010 Farm Credit Administration. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board). DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of the Board will be held at the offices of the Farm Credit Administration in McLean, Virginia, on January 14, 2010, from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board concludes its business. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland E. Smith, Secretary to the Farm Credit Administration Board, (703) 883– 4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. AGENCY: [ER–FRL–8987–2] Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1057 ADDRESSES: Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of this meeting of the Board will be open to the public (limited space available), and parts will be closed to the public. In order to increase the accessibility to Board meetings, persons requiring assistance should make arrangements in advance. The matters to be considered at the meeting are: Open Session A. Approval of Minutes • December 10, 2009 B. New Business • Auditors’ Report on FCA FY 2009/ 2008 Financial Statements C. Reports • Office of Examination (OE) Quarterly Report Closed Session* • Update on OE Oversight Activities Dated: January 6, 2010. Roland E. Smith, Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. [FR Doc. 2010–246 Filed 1–6–10; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6705–01–P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency Meeting Pursuant to the provisions of the ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Board of Directors will meet in open session at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, to consider the following matters: SUMMARY AGENDA: No substantive discussion of the following items is anticipated. These matters will be resolved with a single vote unless a member of the Board of Directors requests that an item be moved to the discussion agenda. Summary reports, status reports, reports of the Office of Inspector General, and reports of actions taken pursuant to authority delegated by the Board of Directors. DISCUSSION AGENDA: Memorandum and resolution re: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Employee Compensation. The meeting will be held in the Board Room on the sixth floor of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC. * Session Closed—Exempt pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(8) and (9). E:\FR\FM\08JAN1.SGM 08JAN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0525; FRL-9101-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-
Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 
1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0297

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 February 8, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0525, to (1) EPA online using 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, 
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
and (2) OMB by mail to:

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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) 343-2802; 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 September 9, 2009 (74 FR 46422), 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-2006-0525, which is available for online viewing at 
https://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 https://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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research 
Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0297.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2010. 
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: 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 for those fuels, are required to 
have these products registered by the 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 the subject of this ICR. The 
information collection requirements for subparts A through D, and the 
supplemental notification requirements of Subpart F (indicating how the 
manufacturer will satisfy the health-effects data requirements) are 
covered by a separate ICR (OMB Control No. 2060-0150). The health-
effects data will be used to determine if there are any products that 
have evaporative or combustion emissions that may pose an unreasonable 
risk to public health, thus meriting further investigation and 
potential regulation. This information is required for specific groups 
of fuels and additives as defined in the regulations. For example, 
gasoline and gasoline additives which consist of only carbon, hydrogen, 
oxygen, nitrogen and/or sulfur, and which involve a gasoline oxygen 
content of less than 1.5 weight percent, fall into a ``baseline'' 
group. Oxygenates, such as ethanol, when used in gasoline as an oxygen 
level of at least 1.5 weight percent, define separate ``nonbaseline'' 
groups for each oxygenate. Additives which contain elements other than 
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and/or sulfur fall into separate 
atypical groups. There are similar grouping requirements for diesel 
fuel and diesel fuel additives.
    Manufacturers may perform the research independently or may join 
with other manufacturers to share in the costs for each applicable 
group. Several research consortiums (groups of manufacturers) have been 
formed. The largest consortium, organized by the American Petroleum 
Institute (API), represents most of the manufacturers of baseline 
gasoline, baseline diesel fuel, baseline fuel additives, and the 
prominent nonbaseline oxygenated additives for gasoline. The research 
is structured into three tiers of requirements for each group. Tier 1 
requires an emissions characterization and a literature search for 
information on the health effects of those emissions. Voluminous Tier 1 
data for gasoline and diesel fuel were submitted by API and others in 
1997. Tier 1 data have been submitted for biodiesel, water/diesel 
emulsions, several atypical additives, and renewable diesel fuels. Tier 
2 requires short-term inhalation exposures of laboratory animals to 
emissions to screen for adverse health effects. Tier 2 data have been 
submitted for baseline diesel, biodiesel, and water/diesel emulsions. 
Alternative Tier 2 testing can be required in lieu of standard Tier 2 
testing if EPA concludes that such testing would be more appropriate. 
The EPA reached that conclusion with respect to gasoline and gasoline-
oxygenate blends, and alternative requirements were established for the 
API consortium for baseline gasoline and six gasoline-oxygenate blends. 
Alternative Tier 2 requirements have also been established for the 
manganese additive MMT manufactured by the Afton Chemical Corporation 
(formerly the Ethyl Corporation). Tier 3 provides for follow-up 
research, at EPA's discretion, when remaining uncertainties as to the 
significance of observed health effects, welfare effects, and/or 
emissions exposures from a fuel or fuel/additive mixture interfere with 
EPA's ability to make reasonable estimates of the potential risks posed 
by emissions from a fuel or additive. To date, EPA has not imposed any 
Tier 3 requirements. Under Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, (1) 
submission of the health-effects information is necessary for a 
manufacturer to obtain registration of a motor-vehicle gasoline, diesel 
fuel, or fuel additive, and thus be allowed to introduce that product 
into commerce, and (2) the information shall not be considered 
confidential.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7,067 
hours per

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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: Manufacturers of Fuels and Fuel 
Additives.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 21,200.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,831,480, which includes $2,244,480 
in labor costs, $205,000 in capital costs and $382,000 in O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 8,950 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is the result of reduced activity 
with the completion of the MMT alternative Tier 2 testing program the 
near completion of the oxygenate alternative Tier 2 testing program.

    Dated: December 24, 2009.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-150 Filed 1-7-10; 8:45 am]
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