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Management Facilities under the RCRA
Hazardous Waste Manifest System
(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 0801.20, OMB
Control No. 2050–0039) 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 May 31, 2015. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register (80 FR 8306) on
February 17, 2015 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 June 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2014–0925, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to rcradocket@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:
Bryan Groce, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, Program
Implementation and Information
Division, (5303P), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 308–8750; fax
number: (703) 308–0514; email address:
groce.bryan@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.
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For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: This ICR covers
recordkeeping and reporting activities
for the hazardous waste manifest paper
system, under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
EPA’s authority to require use of a
manifest system stems primarily from
RCRA 3002(a)(5) (also RCRA Sections
3003(a)(3) and 3004). Regulations are
found in 40 CFR part 262 (registrant
organizations and generators), part 263
(transporters), and parts 264 and 265
(TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes
that are being shipped and the
treatment, storage, or disposal facility
(TSDF) to which the wastes are bound.
Generators, transporters, and TSDFs
handling hazardous waste are required
to complete the data requirements for
manifests and other reports primarily to:
(1) Track each shipment of hazardous
waste from the generator to a designated
facility; (2) provide information
requirements sufficient to allow the use
of a manifest in lieu of a Department of
Transportation (DOT) shipping paper or
bill of lading, thereby reducing the
duplication of paperwork to the
regulated community; (3) provide
information to transporters and waste
management facility workers on the
hazardous nature of the waste; (4)
inform emergency response teams of the
waste’s hazard in the event of an
accident, spill, or leak; and (5) ensure
that shipments of hazardous waste are
managed properly and delivered to their
designated facilities.
On February 7, 2014, EPA published
the electronic manifest (e-Manifest)
Final Rule. The final rule established
new manifest requirements that
authorized the use of electronic
manifests (or e-Manifests) as a means to
track off-site shipments of hazardous
waste from a generator’s site to the site
of the receipt and disposition of the
hazardous waste. EPA is taking action
now to establish the national e-Manifest
system, but unknown variables (e.g.,
funding contingencies for e-Manifest
system development) could delay the
actual deployment of the system.
Therefore, until EPA announces that the
e-Manifest system is available for use in
a subsequent Federal Register
document, all respondents under the
information collection requirements
covered in this ICR (i.e., hazardous
waste generators, transporters, and
treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities (TSDFs)) must continue to
comply with the current paper-based
manifest system and use the existing
paper manifests forms for the off-site
transportation of hazardous waste
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shipments. The EPA anticipates that the
initial system will become available for
use no later than spring 2018.
Form Numbers: Form 8700–22 and
8700–22A.
Respondents/affected entities:
Business or other for-profit facilities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (RCRA 3002(a)(5)).
Estimated number of respondents:
83,500.
Frequency of response: Once per
shipment.
Total estimated burden: 2,555,959
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $85,553,718 (per
year), includes $2,658,577 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 917,618 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease resulted primarily
from a decrease in the annual number
of generators preparing manifests.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1158; FRL–9928–36–
OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; RFS2
Voluntary RIN Quality Assurance
Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘RFS2 Voluntary RIN Quality
Assurance Program’’ (EPA ICR
No.2473.03, OMB Control No. 2060–
0688 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 December 31, 2017.
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.
SUMMARY:
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Comments must be submitted on
or before July 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2005–0161, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), 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:
Mary Manners, USEPA National Vehicle
and Fuel Emissions Laboratory/OAR,
2565 Plymouth Road, Rm #N07, Ann
Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number:
734–214–4288; fax number: 734–214–
4873; email address: manners.mary@
epamail.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
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
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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: The Renewable Fuel
Standard (RFS) program began in 2006
pursuant to the requirements in Clean
Air Act (CAA) section 211(o) which
were added through the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (EPAct). The statutory
requirements for the RFS program were
subsequently modified through the
Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (EISA), resulting in the
promulgation of major revisions to the
regulatory requirements on March 26,
2010.
The RFS program requires that
specified volumes of renewable fuel be
used as transportation fuel, heating oil,
and/or jet fuel each year. To accomplish
this, the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) publishes applicable
percentage standards annually that
apply to the sum of all gasoline and
diesel produced or imported. The
percentage standards are set so that if
every obligated party meets the
percentages, then the amount of
renewable fuel, cellulosic biofuel,
biomass-based diesel, and advanced
biofuel used will meet the volumes
required on a nationwide basis.
Obligated parties demonstrate
compliance with the standards through
the acquisition of unique Renewable
Identification Numbers (RINs) assigned
by the producer or importer to every
batch of renewable fuel produced or
imported. Validly generated RINs show
that a certain volume of qualifying
renewable fuel was produced or
imported. The RFS program also
includes provisions stipulating the
conditions under which RINs are
invalid, the liability carried by a party
that transfers or uses an invalid RIN,
and how invalid RINs must be treated.
The RIN system within the RFS
program contains unique features that
make it somewhat challenging for the
obligated parties that need RINs for
compliance purposes to verify that those
RINs have been validly generated.
Several cases of fraudulently generated
RINs have compelled some obligated
parties to limit their business
relationships to only those parties that
appear most trustworthy. This reaction
by the obligated parties made it more
difficult for smaller renewable fuel
producers to sell their RINs and reduced
the overall liquidity of the RIN market.
To ensure that RINs are validly
generated, individual obligated parties
are now conducting their own audits of
renewable fuel production facilities,
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potentially duplicating one another’s
efforts. These circumstances have
created inefficiencies in the RIN market,
prompting requests for an additional
regulatory mechanism that would
reduce the risk of potentially invalid
RINs, return liquidity to the RIN market,
and reduce the cost of verifying the
validity of RINs.
Form Numbers: 8.
RFS 1400—RFS Renewable Fuel
Producers Reporting Fuels—5900–
354.
RFS 1500—RFS Renewable Fuel
producers Reporting Fuels (Finished
Fuel Blending)—5900–355.
RFS 1600—RFS Renewable Fuel
producers Reporting Fuels (Blending
Contact)—5900–356.
RFS 2000—RFS Independent Third
Party Batch Verification—5900–357.
RFS 2100—RFS Independent Third
Party Batch Verification Aggregate
RIN Verification—5900–358.
RFS 2200—RFS Independent Third
Party On-Site Audit Report—5900–
359.
RFS 2300—RFS Independent Third
Party List of Potentially Invalid
RINs—5900–360.
RFS 2400—Independent Third Party
Mass Balance—5900–361.
Respondents/affected entities:
Renewable Producers, obligated parties.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents:
1313 (total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 263,744
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $22,386,702 (per
year), includes no annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: This regulation
will allow EPA to monitor compliance
with the RFS program. The quality
assurance program would help to ensure
that the RIN system operates as
originally intended. The primary
impacts of the quality assurance
program would be improved liquidity in
the RIN market and improved
opportunities for smaller renewable fuel
producers to sell their RINs. The data
generated by the QAP program will
assist obligated parties and smaller
renewable fuel producers comply with
the requirements of the RFS program by
supporting the validity of RINs. This
regulation will allow regulated parties
to voluntary submit Quality Assurance
Plans (QAPs) to EPA to demonstrate the
validity of the RINs they generate. This
is a new collection with no industry
cost for comparison.
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Dated: May 20, 2015.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air
and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2015–12934 Filed 5–27–15; 8:45 am]
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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
[Public Notice 2015–6004]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
Export-Import Bank of the
United States.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review and
comments request.
AGENCY:
Form Title: EIB 84–01 Joint
Application for Export Working Capital
Guarantee.
SUMMARY: This is a joint application
form for working capital loan guarantees
provided by Ex-Im Bank and the Small
Business Administration. This
collection of information is necessary,
pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(a)(1) and 15
U.S.C. 636(a)(14), to determine
eligibility of the applicant for Ex-Im
Bank or SBA assistance.
The Export-Import Bank has made a
change to the report to have the
applicant provide the number of
employees or annual sales volume. That
information is needed to determine
whether or not they meet the SBA’s
definition of a small business. The
applicant already provides their name,
address and industry code (NAICS).
These additional pieces of information
will allow Ex-Im Bank to better track the
extent to which its support assists U.S.
small businesses.
The other change that Ex-Im Bank has
made is to require the applicant to
indicate whether it is a minority-owned
business, women-owned business and/
or veteran-owned business. Although
answers to the questions are mandatory,
the company may choose any one of the
three answers: Yes/No/Not Disclosed.
The option of ‘‘Not Disclosed’’ allows a
company to consciously decline to
answer the specific question should
they not wish to provide that
information.
The application tool can be reviewed
at: https://www.exim.gov/sites/default/
files/pub/pending/eib84-01.pdf.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 27, 2015 to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically on
WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail
to Michele Kuester, Export-Import Bank
of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20571.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title and Form Number: EIB 84–01
Joint Application for Export Working
Capital Guarantee.
OMB Number: 3048–0013.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Need and Use: This form provides ExIm Bank and Small Business
Administration staff with the
information necessary to determine if
the application and transaction are
eligible for Ex-Im Bank and SBA
assistance under their export working
capital guarantee programs.
Affected Public:
This form affects entities involved in
the export of U.S. goods and services.
Ex-Im Bank
Annual Number of Respondents ................................................................................................................................
Estimated Time per Respondent ................................................................................................................................
Annual Burden Hours .................................................................................................................................................
Frequency of Reporting of Use ..................................................................................................................................
475 ...............
2.5 hours ......
1,188 hours ..
Annually .......
SBA
188.
2.5 hours.
470 hours.
Annually.
Government Expenses:
Ex-Im Bank
Reviewing time per year .............................................................................................................................................
Average Wages per Hour ...........................................................................................................................................
Average Cost per Year (time*wages) .........................................................................................................................
Benefits and Overhead ...............................................................................................................................................
Total Agency Cost ......................................................................................................................................................
Total Government Cost ..............................................................................................................................................
Bonita Jones-McNeil,
Program Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015–12890 Filed 5–27–15; 8:45 am]
[OMB 3060–0745]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
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COMMISSION
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
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$42.50 ..........
$40,375 ........
20% ..............
$48,450 ........
SBA
376
$35.00
$13,160
100%
$26,320
$74,770
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission)
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1158; FRL-9928-36-OAR]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; RFS2
Voluntary RIN Quality Assurance Program
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), ``RFS2 Voluntary RIN Quality
Assurance Program'' (EPA ICR No.2473.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0688 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
December 31, 2017. 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.
[[Page 30456]]
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2005-0161, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 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: Mary Manners, USEPA National Vehicle
and Fuel Emissions Laboratory/OAR, 2565 Plymouth Road, Rm #N07, Ann
Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4288; fax number: 734-214-
4873; email address: manners.mary@epamail.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 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: The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program began in 2006
pursuant to the requirements in Clean Air Act (CAA) section 211(o)
which were added through the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). The
statutory requirements for the RFS program were subsequently modified
through the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA),
resulting in the promulgation of major revisions to the regulatory
requirements on March 26, 2010.
The RFS program requires that specified volumes of renewable fuel
be used as transportation fuel, heating oil, and/or jet fuel each year.
To accomplish this, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes
applicable percentage standards annually that apply to the sum of all
gasoline and diesel produced or imported. The percentage standards are
set so that if every obligated party meets the percentages, then the
amount of renewable fuel, cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, and
advanced biofuel used will meet the volumes required on a nationwide
basis.
Obligated parties demonstrate compliance with the standards through
the acquisition of unique Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs)
assigned by the producer or importer to every batch of renewable fuel
produced or imported. Validly generated RINs show that a certain volume
of qualifying renewable fuel was produced or imported. The RFS program
also includes provisions stipulating the conditions under which RINs
are invalid, the liability carried by a party that transfers or uses an
invalid RIN, and how invalid RINs must be treated.
The RIN system within the RFS program contains unique features that
make it somewhat challenging for the obligated parties that need RINs
for compliance purposes to verify that those RINs have been validly
generated. Several cases of fraudulently generated RINs have compelled
some obligated parties to limit their business relationships to only
those parties that appear most trustworthy. This reaction by the
obligated parties made it more difficult for smaller renewable fuel
producers to sell their RINs and reduced the overall liquidity of the
RIN market. To ensure that RINs are validly generated, individual
obligated parties are now conducting their own audits of renewable fuel
production facilities, potentially duplicating one another's efforts.
These circumstances have created inefficiencies in the RIN market,
prompting requests for an additional regulatory mechanism that would
reduce the risk of potentially invalid RINs, return liquidity to the
RIN market, and reduce the cost of verifying the validity of RINs.
Form Numbers: 8.
RFS 1400--RFS Renewable Fuel Producers Reporting Fuels--5900-354.
RFS 1500--RFS Renewable Fuel producers Reporting Fuels (Finished Fuel
Blending)--5900-355.
RFS 1600--RFS Renewable Fuel producers Reporting Fuels (Blending
Contact)--5900-356.
RFS 2000--RFS Independent Third Party Batch Verification--5900-357.
RFS 2100--RFS Independent Third Party Batch Verification Aggregate RIN
Verification--5900-358.
RFS 2200--RFS Independent Third Party On-Site Audit Report--5900-359.
RFS 2300--RFS Independent Third Party List of Potentially Invalid
RINs--5900-360.
RFS 2400--Independent Third Party Mass Balance--5900-361.
Respondents/affected entities: Renewable Producers, obligated
parties.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 1313 (total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 263,744 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $22,386,702 (per year), includes no
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: This regulation will allow EPA to monitor
compliance with the RFS program. The quality assurance program would
help to ensure that the RIN system operates as originally intended. The
primary impacts of the quality assurance program would be improved
liquidity in the RIN market and improved opportunities for smaller
renewable fuel producers to sell their RINs. The data generated by the
QAP program will assist obligated parties and smaller renewable fuel
producers comply with the requirements of the RFS program by supporting
the validity of RINs. This regulation will allow regulated parties to
voluntary submit Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs) to EPA to demonstrate
the validity of the RINs they generate. This is a new collection with
no industry cost for comparison.
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Dated: May 20, 2015.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation.
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