Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives-Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 1696.07, 11869-11870 [2013-03839]
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0525; FRL–9782–3]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Registration of Fuels and Fuel
Additives—Health-Effects Research
Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA
ICR No. 1696.07
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Registration of Fuels and Fuel
Additives—Health-Effects Research
Requirements for Manufacturers, EPA
ICR No. 1696.07, OMB Control No.
2060–0297, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (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 August 31,
2013. 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 April 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2006–0525, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
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Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
ITC Arkansas, LLC.
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, Mailcode: 6406J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
343–9303; fax number: (202) 343–2802;
email address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the 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,
EPA West, Room B102, 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 https://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
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.
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Abstract: In accordance with the
regulations at 40 CFR 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 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 (EPA ICR
Number 309.13, OMB Control Number
2060–1050). The health-effects data will
be used to determine if there are any
products which 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.
Oxygenated additives, such as ethanol,
when used in gasoline at 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 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
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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 gasoline and 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. 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 gasolineoxygenate 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 followup 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
regulations promulgated pursuant to
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.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Manufacturers of motor-vehicle
gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and
additives for those fuels.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory per 40 CFR 79.
Estimated number of respondents: 2.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 19,200 hours
per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2 million per
year, includes $0.5 million annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a
decrease of 2,000 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
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with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to the
conclusion of a testing program
included in the previous ICR.
Dated: February 13, 2013.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 2013–03839 Filed 2–19–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ –OAR–2005–0161; FRL–9782–4]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2)
Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2)
Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 2333.03, OMB
Control No. 2060–0640) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (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
‘‘RENEWAL’’ of the ICR, which is
currently approved through June 31,
2013. 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 April 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2005–0161 online using
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA
Docket Center in Washington, DC (EPA/
DC). The docket is located in the EPA
West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 3334, and is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays, 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
SUMMARY:
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Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Geanetta Heard, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Fuels Compliance
Center, 6406J Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–343–9017 fax number:
202–343–2800; email address:
heard.geanetta@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the 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,
EPA 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 https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act (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
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: EPA would like to continue
to collect annual compliance reports
from obligated parties, quarterly reports
for all EPA Moderated Transaction
System (EMTS) users, generation and
assignment of Renewable Identification
Numbers (RINs) quarterly reports from
biofuels producers and importers and
third party disclosure reports from
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0525; FRL-9782-3]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Health-Effects Research
Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 1696.07
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an
Information Collection Request (ICR), Registration of Fuels and Fuel
Additives--Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers, EPA
ICR No. 1696.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0297, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (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 August 31, 2013. 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 April 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0525, online using 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, 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, Mailcode: 6406J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number:
(202) 343-2802; email address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the 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, EPA West,
Room B102, 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 https://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 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 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 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 (EPA ICR Number 309.13, OMB Control Number 2060-1050). The
health-effects data will be used to determine if there are any products
which 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. Oxygenated additives, such as ethanol, when used in
gasoline at 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
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
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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 gasoline and
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. 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
regulations promulgated pursuant to 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.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of motor-vehicle
gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives for those fuels.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR 79.
Estimated number of respondents: 2.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 19,200 hours per year. Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2 million per year, includes $0.5 million
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,000 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to the conclusion of a testing
program included in the previous ICR.
Dated: February 13, 2013.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-03839 Filed 2-19-13; 8:45 am]
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