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IIII) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2045.05,
OMB Control No. 2060–0550), 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).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
September 30, 2013. Public comments
were previously requested via the
Federal Register (77 FR 63813) on
October 17, 2012 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2012–0690, to: (1) EPA
online, using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to:
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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:
Learia Williams, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs
Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; email address:
williams.learia@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
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public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
Abstract: The affected entities are
subject to the General Provisions of the
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A,
and any changes, or additions to the
General Provisions specified at 40 CFR
part 63, subpart IIII. Owners or
operators of the affected facilities must
submit initial notification, performance
tests, and periodic reports, and results.
Owners or operators are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and
duration of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation of an
affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. Reports are required
semiannually at a minimum.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Owners or operators of automobile and
light-duty truck surface coating
facilities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart IIII).
Estimated number of respondents: 65
(total).
Frequency of response: Initially and
semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 26,685 hours
(per year). ‘‘Burden’’ is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,688,147 (per
year), includes $78,000 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase in respondent labor hours from
the previous ICR. This is not due to any
program changes. The increase is due to
a mathematical correction in the perrespondent technical labor hours.
Additionally, there is also an increase in
the respondent and Agency costs due to
use of updated labor rates. This ICR
references recent labor rates from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate
respondent burden costs, and references
recent labor rates from OPM to calculate
Agency burden costs.
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0161; FRL 9534–4]
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS 2)
Program (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘Renewable
Fuel Standard (RFS 2) Program
(Renewal)’’ (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.). This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through July 31, 2013. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register (78 FR 11870)
on February 20, 2013 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OAR–2005–0161 to (1) EPA 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, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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:
Geanetta Heard, Fuel Compliance
Center, 6406J, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
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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 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.
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
biofuel feedstock producers by way of
the Agency’s Central Data Exchange
(CDX). The recordkeeping and reporting
will allow EPA to monitor compliance
with the RFS program. EPA informs
respondents that they may assert claims
of business confidentially for
information they submit in accordance
with 40 CFR 2.203.
Form Numbers: 5900–275
(RFSA101—RFS2 2011 Activity Report);
5900–276 (RFS0101—RFS2 2010
Activity Report); 5900–277 (RFG 1300—
VOC Average Report); 5900–278
(RFS0901—RFS2 Production Outlook
Report); 5900–279 (RFS0100 RFS
Activity Report); 5900–280 (EMTS:
RFS2 RIN Generation Report
(Equivalent to RSF0400)); 5900–281
(RFS0201—RFS 1 Transaction Report);
5900–282 (RFS0301—RFS2 2010
Annual Compliance Report); 5900–283
(RFS0900—RFS2 Production Outlook
Report); 5900–284 (RFS0200—RIN
Transaction Report); 5900–285
(RFS0700—RFS2 Renewable Fuel
Producer Co-Products); 5900–286 (RFS2
EMTS RIN Transaction Report); 5900–
287 (RFS0103—RFS 2012 Q1 Activity
Report); 5900–288 (RFS0104—RFS2
Activity Report); 5900–289 (RFS0701—
RFS2 Renewable Fuel Producer CoProducer); 5900–290 (RFS0601—RFS2
Renewable Fuel Producer
Supplemental); 5900–291 (RFS0300—
RFS2 Obligated Party Annual
Compliance Report); 5900–292
(RFS0800—RFS2 Renewable Biomass
Report); 5900–293 (RFS0801—RFS2
Renewable Biomass Report); 5900–294
(RFS0102—RFS2 2011 Activity Report);
5900–295 (RFS2 EPA Cellulosic Biofuel
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Waiver Credit Form); 5900–296
(RFS0303—RFS2 Annual Compliance
Report).
Respondents/affected entities:
Producers of renewable fuels, Importers,
Obligated party, Parties who own RINs
and Foreign Refiners.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (42 U.S.C. 7414 and 7542).
Estimated number of respondents:
2,092,731 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually,
Quarterly & Daily.
Total estimated burden: 608,220
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $69,337,137 (per
year), which includes no annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 812,913 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to
adjustments to the estimates. At the
onset of the RFS2 program, EMTS for
RINs were not a feature of RFS1. For the
new EMTS system, all parties who
owned RINs were required to re-submit
their application, disclose feedstock
sources, prepare quarterly reports on
RIN activity and submit annual
compliance reports (obligated party
only). Re-submittal provisions are no
longer required, which will cause a
decrease in total responses for this ICR.
EMTS users will not be burdened to
submit more reports in this information
collection, unlike the previous. The
total responses for industry decreased
now that the final rule is no longer
requiring re-submissions or quarterly
reports for certain party members. To
date, biofuels producers and importers
are required to submit quarterly reports
along with their third party disclosure
on feedstock producers to EPA. All
users of the EMTS system are required
to submit quarterly RIN reports.
The number of respondents or users
of the EMTS system has more than
doubled due to the additional response
burden for mapping foreign and
domestic plantation/forest land owners
and foreign biofuels feedstock
producers, which was not reflected in
the previous ICR reporting period. With
an increase of respondents, total burden
hours have decreased from 1,421,133 to
608,220 hours. The reduction is due to
the fact that the EMTS system’s
automation structure helps users to
prepare reports instantly, lessening the
amount of time and cost needed to
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respond, even with more than a million
added users.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s Responsiveness
Summary Concerning EPA’s May 9,
2013 Public Notice of Proposed
Decisions To Add Waters and Pollutants
to Louisiana’s 2012 Section 303(d) List.
On May 9, 2013 EPA published a
notice in the Federal Register at Volume
78, Number 90, pages 27233–27234
providing the public the opportunity to
review its decision to partially approve
and proposal to partially disapprove
Louisiana’s 2012 Section 303(d) List.
Specifically, EPA approved Louisiana’s
listing of 323 waterbody pollutant
combinations, and associated priority
rankings. EPA proposed to disapprove
Louisiana’s decisions not to list three
waterbodies. These three waterbodies
were added by EPA because the
applicable numeric water quality
standards marine criterion for dissolved
oxygen was not attained in these
segments.
Based on the Responsiveness
Summary, EPA finds no new
information or persuasive arguments as
to why the three waters should not be
added to the 2012 Louisiana Section
303(d) List as proposed. Therefore, EPA
is taking Final Action on the addition of
three waterbody pollutant combinations
to the final Louisiana 2012 Section
303(d) List. The basis for these decisions
is described in EPA’s Record of
Decision.
ADDRESSES: Copies of EPA’s
Responsiveness Summary Concerning
EPA’s July 18, 2013 Public Notice of
Final Decisions To Add Waters and
Pollutants to Louisiana’s 2012 Section
303(d) List can be obtained at EPA
Region 6’s Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/
tmdl/index.htm#303dlists, or by writing
or calling Ms. Diane Smith at Water
Quality Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0161; FRL 9534-4]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS 2) Program
(Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), ``Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS 2)
Program (Renewal)'' (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.).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved
through July 31, 2013. Public comments were previously requested via
the Federal Register (78 FR 11870) on February 20, 2013 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 29,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2005-0161 to (1) EPA 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, and (2) OMB via email
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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: Geanetta Heard, Fuel Compliance
Center, 6406J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
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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 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.
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 biofuel
feedstock producers by way of the Agency's Central Data Exchange (CDX).
The recordkeeping and reporting will allow EPA to monitor compliance
with the RFS program. EPA informs respondents that they may assert
claims of business confidentially for information they submit in
accordance with 40 CFR 2.203.
Form Numbers: 5900-275 (RFSA101--RFS2 2011 Activity Report); 5900-
276 (RFS0101--RFS2 2010 Activity Report); 5900-277 (RFG 1300--VOC
Average Report); 5900-278 (RFS0901--RFS2 Production Outlook Report);
5900-279 (RFS0100 RFS Activity Report); 5900-280 (EMTS: RFS2 RIN
Generation Report (Equivalent to RSF0400)); 5900-281 (RFS0201--RFS 1
Transaction Report); 5900-282 (RFS0301--RFS2 2010 Annual Compliance
Report); 5900-283 (RFS0900--RFS2 Production Outlook Report); 5900-284
(RFS0200--RIN Transaction Report); 5900-285 (RFS0700--RFS2 Renewable
Fuel Producer Co-Products); 5900-286 (RFS2 EMTS RIN Transaction
Report); 5900-287 (RFS0103--RFS 2012 Q1 Activity Report); 5900-288
(RFS0104--RFS2 Activity Report); 5900-289 (RFS0701--RFS2 Renewable Fuel
Producer Co-Producer); 5900-290 (RFS0601--RFS2 Renewable Fuel Producer
Supplemental); 5900-291 (RFS0300--RFS2 Obligated Party Annual
Compliance Report); 5900-292 (RFS0800--RFS2 Renewable Biomass Report);
5900-293 (RFS0801--RFS2 Renewable Biomass Report); 5900-294 (RFS0102--
RFS2 2011 Activity Report); 5900-295 (RFS2 EPA Cellulosic Biofuel
Waiver Credit Form); 5900-296 (RFS0303--RFS2 Annual Compliance Report).
Respondents/affected entities: Producers of renewable fuels,
Importers, Obligated party, Parties who own RINs and Foreign Refiners.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (42 U.S.C. 7414 and
7542).
Estimated number of respondents: 2,092,731 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually, Quarterly & Daily.
Total estimated burden: 608,220 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $69,337,137 (per year), which includes no
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 812,913 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to adjustments to the estimates.
At the onset of the RFS2 program, EMTS for RINs were not a feature of
RFS1. For the new EMTS system, all parties who owned RINs were required
to re-submit their application, disclose feedstock sources, prepare
quarterly reports on RIN activity and submit annual compliance reports
(obligated party only). Re-submittal provisions are no longer required,
which will cause a decrease in total responses for this ICR. EMTS users
will not be burdened to submit more reports in this information
collection, unlike the previous. The total responses for industry
decreased now that the final rule is no longer requiring re-submissions
or quarterly reports for certain party members. To date, biofuels
producers and importers are required to submit quarterly reports along
with their third party disclosure on feedstock producers to EPA. All
users of the EMTS system are required to submit quarterly RIN reports.
The number of respondents or users of the EMTS system has more than
doubled due to the additional response burden for mapping foreign and
domestic plantation/forest land owners and foreign biofuels feedstock
producers, which was not reflected in the previous ICR reporting
period. With an increase of respondents, total burden hours have
decreased from 1,421,133 to 608,220 hours. The reduction is due to the
fact that the EMTS system's automation structure helps users to prepare
reports instantly, lessening the amount of time and cost needed to
respond, even with more than a million added users.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-18198 Filed 7-29-13; 8:45 am]
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