Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network, 52317-52318 [2014-20914]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 170 / Wednesday, September 3, 2014 / Notices Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: August 26, 2014. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–20851 Filed 9–2–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. OR14–39–000] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation; Notice of Petition for Waiver Take notice that on August 12, 2014, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Commission’s Rules of Practices and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2)(2014), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation filed a petition requesting temporary waiver of the Interstate Commerce Act Section 6 and Section 20 tariff filing and reporting requirements applicable to interstate common carrier pipelines with respect to its natural gas liquids pipeline, as more fully explained in the petition. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in this proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Petitioner. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:40 Sep 02, 2014 Jkt 232001 link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 11, 2014. Dated: August 26, 2014. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–20852 Filed 9–2–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0548; FRL–9916–16– OAR] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network’’ (EPA ICR No. 1591.26, OMB Control No. 2060–0277) 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52317 currently approved through 12/31/2014. 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 November 3, 2014. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2014–0548 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: Jose Solar, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, (Mail Code 6405A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–343– 9027; fax number: 202–343–2801; email address: Solar.Jose@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, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit 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 E:\FR\FM\03SEN1.SGM 03SEN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 52318 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 170 / Wednesday, September 3, 2014 / Notices 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: Gasoline combustion is the major source of air pollution in most urban areas. In the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act (Act), section 211(k), Congress required that gasoline dispensed in nine areas with severe air quality problems, and areas that opt-in, be reformulated to reduce toxic and ozone-forming emissions. (Ozone is also known as smog.) Congress also required that, in the process of producing reformulated gasoline (RFG), dirty components removed in the reformulation process not be ‘‘dumped’’ into the remainder of the country’s gasoline, known as conventional gasoline (CG). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated regulations at 40 CFR part 80, subpart D—Reformulated Gasoline, subpart E— Anti-Dumping, and subpart F—Attest Engagements, implementing the statutory requirements, which include standards for RFG (80.41) and CG (80.101). The regulations also contain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for the production, importation, transport and storage of gasoline, in order to demonstrate compliance and facilitate compliance and enforcement. The program is run by the Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. Enforcement is done by the Air Enforcement Division, Office of Regulatory Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. This program excludes California, which has separate requirements for gasoline. The United States has an annual gasoline consumption of about 133 billion gallons, of which about 30% is RFG. In 2013 EPA received reports from 255 refineries, 60 importer facilities/ facility groups, 51 oxygenate blending facilities, 25 independent laboratory facilities, and the RFG Survey Association, Inc. under this program. Section 211(k) of the Act requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing requirements for RFG to be used in gasoline-fueled vehicles in the nine specified nonattainment areas, and opt-in areas. The Act specifically provides that recordkeeping, reporting, VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:40 Sep 02, 2014 Jkt 232001 and sampling and testing requirements are among the tools EPA may use in enforcement of the provisions, and also provides that EPA must develop an enforceable scheme. Sections 114 and 208 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7414 and 7542, authorize EPA to require recordkeeping and reporting regarding enforcement of the provisions of Title II of the Clean Air Act. Information claimed as confidential is handled in accordance with EPA Freedom of Information Act regulations at 40 CFR 2. Most of the information submitted is claimed as such, and the forms have a simple check-off for this. Data submitted electronically are encrypted. Hard copies are housed in a secure area. Electronic files are in the same area on a secure data base. Form Numbers: Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline reporting is now required to be completed electronically. The reporting is to be made through The EPA Fuels Programs Reporting Forms: https:// www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/reporting/ index.htm. Respondents/affected entities: Recordkeeping and, in some cases, reporting are required by the following gasoline marketing-related industries, SIC codes: Refiners (2911), importers (5172), terminals (5171), pipelines (4613), truckers and other distributors (4212), and retailers/wholesale purchaser-consumers (5541). NAICS codes: Refiners (324110), pipelines (486910) and terminals (424710). Not all NAICS codes for the responsible reporting parties were found. These are, however, parties which are obligated to report: Importers, truckers and other distributors and retailers/wholesale purchaser-consumers. Some refiners are importers but that is not always the case. Many of the required records are generated and maintained currently in the normal course of business. Without the required records EPA would be unable to enforce the Congressionallymandated RFG and anti-dumping requirements. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR Part 80. Estimated number of respondents: 4,068. Frequency of response: Quarterly, Annually, on Occasion. Total estimated burden: 127,041 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $41,007,628 (per year), includes $12,177,318 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in Estimates: Compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB, there is no change of burden hours. PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 There is an increase in the total burden cost due to the update in labor salaries. Dated: August 21, 2014. Byron J. Bunker, Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. 2014–20914 Filed 9–2–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9916–18–OEI] Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, State of Arizona Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s) approval of the State of Arizona’s request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting. DATES: EPA’s approval is effective October 3, 2014 for the State of Arizona’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation program, if no timely request for a public hearing is received and accepted by the Agency, and on September 3, 2014 for the State of Arizona’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, seeh.karen@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal Register (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR establishes electronic reporting as an acceptable regulatory alternative to paper reporting and establishes requirements to assure that electronic documents are as legally dependable as their paper counterparts. Subpart D of CROMERR requires that state, tribal or local government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving, electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs must apply to EPA for a revision or modification of those programs and obtain EPA approval. Subpart D provides standards for such approvals based on consideration of the electronic document receiving systems that the state, tribe, or local government SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\03SEN1.SGM 03SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2014)]
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[Pages 52317-52318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20914]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0548; FRL-9916-16-OAR]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for 
Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of Gasoline; Requirements 
for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network

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), ``Reformulated Gasoline and 
Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, 
and Importers of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline 
Distribution Network'' (EPA ICR No. 1591.26, OMB Control No. 2060-0277) 
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 12/
31/2014. 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 November 3, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2014-0548 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: Jose Solar, Office of Transportation 
and Air Quality, (Mail Code 6405A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
202-343-9027; fax number: 202-343-2801; email address: 
Solar.Jose@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, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit 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

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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: Gasoline combustion is the major source of air pollution 
in most urban areas. In the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act (Act), 
section 211(k), Congress required that gasoline dispensed in nine areas 
with severe air quality problems, and areas that opt-in, be 
reformulated to reduce toxic and ozone-forming emissions. (Ozone is 
also known as smog.) Congress also required that, in the process of 
producing reformulated gasoline (RFG), dirty components removed in the 
reformulation process not be ``dumped'' into the remainder of the 
country's gasoline, known as conventional gasoline (CG). The 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated regulations at 40 CFR 
part 80, subpart D--Reformulated Gasoline, subpart E--Anti-Dumping, and 
subpart F--Attest Engagements, implementing the statutory requirements, 
which include standards for RFG (80.41) and CG (80.101). The 
regulations also contain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for 
the production, importation, transport and storage of gasoline, in 
order to demonstrate compliance and facilitate compliance and 
enforcement. The program is run by the Compliance Division, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 
Enforcement is done by the Air Enforcement Division, Office of 
Regulatory Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. 
This program excludes California, which has separate requirements for 
gasoline.
    The United States has an annual gasoline consumption of about 133 
billion gallons, of which about 30% is RFG. In 2013 EPA received 
reports from 255 refineries, 60 importer facilities/facility groups, 51 
oxygenate blending facilities, 25 independent laboratory facilities, 
and the RFG Survey Association, Inc. under this program.
    Section 211(k) of the Act requires the Administrator to promulgate 
regulations establishing requirements for RFG to be used in gasoline-
fueled vehicles in the nine specified nonattainment areas, and opt-in 
areas. The Act specifically provides that recordkeeping, reporting, and 
sampling and testing requirements are among the tools EPA may use in 
enforcement of the provisions, and also provides that EPA must develop 
an enforceable scheme. Sections 114 and 208 of the Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7414 and 7542, authorize EPA to require recordkeeping and 
reporting regarding enforcement of the provisions of Title II of the 
Clean Air Act.
    Information claimed as confidential is handled in accordance with 
EPA Freedom of Information Act regulations at 40 CFR 2. Most of the 
information submitted is claimed as such, and the forms have a simple 
check-off for this. Data submitted electronically are encrypted. Hard 
copies are housed in a secure area. Electronic files are in the same 
area on a secure data base.
    Form Numbers: Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline 
reporting is now required to be completed electronically. The reporting 
is to be made through The EPA Fuels Programs Reporting Forms: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/reporting/index.htm.
    Respondents/affected entities: Recordkeeping and, in some cases, 
reporting are required by the following gasoline marketing-related 
industries, SIC codes: Refiners (2911), importers (5172), terminals 
(5171), pipelines (4613), truckers and other distributors (4212), and 
retailers/wholesale purchaser-consumers (5541). NAICS codes: Refiners 
(324110), pipelines (486910) and terminals (424710). Not all NAICS 
codes for the responsible reporting parties were found. These are, 
however, parties which are obligated to report: Importers, truckers and 
other distributors and retailers/wholesale purchaser-consumers. Some 
refiners are importers but that is not always the case. Many of the 
required records are generated and maintained currently in the normal 
course of business. Without the required records EPA would be unable to 
enforce the Congressionally-mandated RFG and anti-dumping requirements.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR Part 80.
    Estimated number of respondents: 4,068.
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, Annually, on Occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 127,041 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $41,007,628 (per year), includes $12,177,318 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: Compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB, there is no change of burden hours. There is an increase in the 
total burden cost due to the update in labor salaries.

    Dated: August 21, 2014.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality.
[FR Doc. 2014-20914 Filed 9-2-14; 8:45 am]
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