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On July 8, 2009 (74 FR 32580), EPA
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through Friday, excluding legal
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the telephone number for the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket is
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Use EPA’s electronic docket and
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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;
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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.
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Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
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compliance/nepa/.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Statements filed 12/28/2009 through
01/01/2010 pursuant to 40 CFR
1506.9.
Notice
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the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to
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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:
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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.
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Pursuant to the provisions of the
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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.
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552b(c)(8) and (9).
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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:
[[Page 1056]]
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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