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for the applicable standards in 40 CFR
part 63, subpart O. This includes
submitting notifications, performance
test reports, and periodic reports, as
well as maintaining records of
continuous parameter monitoring data,
any malfunctions, and equipment
inspections. These reports are used by
EPA to determine compliance with 40
CFR part 63, subpart O.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: These
standards apply to both new and
existing commercial ethylene oxide
(E.O.) sterilization and fumigation
facilities using one ton of E.O. (as
defined in 40 CFR 63.361) after
December 6, 1994. New facilities
include those that commenced
construction or reconstruction after the
date of proposal.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart O).
Estimated number of respondents:
128 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 9,480 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,800,000 (per
year), which includes $698,000 in
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
adjustment increase in the burden in
this ICR compared to the previous ICR.
The increase is based on an increase in
the number of sources subject to the
NESHAP due to continued growth in
the industry. The increase in the
number of sources is also reflected in an
increase in operation and maintenance
costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0525; FRL–9998–35–
OMS]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Registration of Fuels and Fuel
Additives: Health-Effects Research
Requirements for Manufacturers
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
SUMMARY:
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information collection request (ICR),
Registration of Fuels and Fuel
Additives: Health-Effects Research
Requirements for Manufacturers (EPA
ICR Number 1696.10, OMB Control
Number 2060–0297) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through November
30, 2019. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on May 21, 2019 during a 60day 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 October 28,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OAR–2006–0525, 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:
James W. Caldwell, Compliance
Division, Office of Transportation and
Air Quality, Mail Code: 6406J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 343–
9303; fax number: (202) 343–2800;
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, WJC West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
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for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
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 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.
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 non-baseline oxygenated
additives for gasoline. The research is
structured into three tiers of
requirements for each group. Tier 1
requires an emissions characterization
and a literature search for information
on the health effects of those emissions.
Voluminous Tier 1 data for gasoline and
diesel fuel were submitted by API and
others in 1997. Tier 1 data have been
submitted for biodiesel, water/diesel
emulsions, several atypical additives,
and renewable 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
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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, subpart F.
Estimated number of respondents: 2.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 35,200 hours
per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $3,697,000 per
year, includes $597,000 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 17,600 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase is based on input
from an industry representative who
stated that their actual literature review
and Tier 2/Alternative Tier 2 costs were
double the EPA estimate.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019–20947 Filed 9–25–19; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0662; FRL–9998–
10–OMS]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Gasoline Distribution Facilities
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for
Gasoline Distribution Facilities (40 CFR
part 63, subpart R) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR
No. 1659.10, OMB Control No. 2060–
0325), 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
November 30, 2019. Public comments
were previously requested, via the
Federal Register, on May 6, 2019 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 neither conduct nor
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 on the
information collection published May 6,
2016 at 84 FR 19777 may be submitted
on or before October 28, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2012–0662, to: (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or 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:
Patrick Yellin, 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–
2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050;
email address: yellin.patrick@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,
SUMMARY:
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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.
Abstract: The National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Gasoline Distribution
Facilities (40 CFR part 63, subpart R)
apply to existing and new: (1) Bulk
gasoline terminals with throughputs
greater than 75,700 liters/day; and (2)
pipeline breakout stations. New
facilities include those that commenced
construction or reconstruction after the
date of proposal.
Owners and operators of affected
facilities are required to comply with
reporting and/or recordkeeping
requirements for the NESHAP General
Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A),
as well as for the specific requirements
at 40 CFR part 63, subpart R. This
includes submitting initial notification
reports, performance tests and periodic
reports and results, maintaining 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, and submitting
annual reports certifying area source
status if an area source is within 50
percent of major source threshold
criteria. These reports are used by EPA
to determine compliance with the
standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Owners or operators of gasoline
distribution facilities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart R.).
Estimated number of respondents:
102 major source and 390 area sources
(492 total).
Frequency of response: Annually,
semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 15,900 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,160,000 (per
year), which includes $305,000 in
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no
change in burden hours in this ICR
compared to the previous ICR. The
regulations have not changed over the
past three years and are not anticipated
to change over the next three years. The
growth rate for the industry is very low,
negative or non-existent. The decrease
in costs is due to an adjustment in the
number of respondents with O&M costs.
A re-examination of the rule and
background documents indicates that
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0525; FRL-9998-35-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives:
Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Registration of Fuels and Fuel
Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (EPA
ICR Number 1696.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0297) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through November 30, 2019. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 21, 2019
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 October 28,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0525, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to [email protected], 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 [email protected]. 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: James W. Caldwell, Compliance
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code: 6406J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number: (202) 343-2800;
email address: [email protected].
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.
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 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.
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 non-baseline oxygenated additives for gasoline. The research
is structured into three tiers of requirements for each group. Tier 1
requires an emissions characterization and a literature search for
information on the health effects of those emissions. Voluminous Tier 1
data for gasoline and diesel fuel were submitted by API and others in
1997. Tier 1 data have been submitted for biodiesel, water/diesel
emulsions, several atypical additives, and renewable 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
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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,
subpart F.
Estimated number of respondents: 2.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 35,200 hours per year. Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $3,697,000 per year, includes $597,000
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 17,600 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is based on input from an industry
representative who stated that their actual literature review and Tier
2/Alternative Tier 2 costs were double the EPA estimate.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-20947 Filed 9-25-19; 8:45 am]
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