Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives-Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 1696.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0297, 42939-42940 [2023-14167]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 5, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 have been used to construct a comprehensive data base on fuel and additive composition. The Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor restricts the use of diesel additives in underground coal mines to those registered by EPA. Most of the information has been claimed by the manufacturers as CBI. Form numbers: EPA Forms 3520–12, for the registration of a new fuel, and 3520–13, for the registration of a new fuel additive, have been replaced with on-line registration at: https:// www.epa.gov/fuels-registrationreporting-and-compliance-help/registeror-update-fuel-or-fuel-additive-request. EPA Forms for annual reports, 3520– 12A, 3520–12Q, 3520–13A, and 3520– 13B, are available at: https:// www.epa.gov/fuels-registrationreporting-and-compliance-help/howreport-annually-fuel-and-fuel-additive and may be submitted on-line. Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers and importers of motorvehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives to those fuels. Respondents obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR part 79. Estimated number of respondents: 1,975. Frequency of response: On occasion, annually. Total estimated burden: 20,990 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $2.3 million per year, includes $53,500 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in estimates: There is a decrease of 1,260 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a slight decrease in new registration activity and reduction in reporting frequency from the conversion of quarterly reports for fuel manufacturers to an annual report. The change from quarterly to annual reports is found in 40 CFR 79.5(a). Byron Bunker, Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. 2023–14165 Filed 7–3–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:45 Jul 03, 2023 Jkt 259001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0525; FRL–11031–01– OAR] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives—Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 1696.11, OMB Control No. 2060–0297 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives—Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers, EPA ICR No. 1696.11, OMB Control No. 2060–0297, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 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 March 31, 2024. 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 September 5, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2006–0525, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@ epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Caldwell, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Mailcode: 6406J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343– 9303; fax number: (202) 343–2800; email address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42939 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: In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR 79, subparts A, B, C, and D, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, manufacturers (including importers) of motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives for those fuels, are required to have these products registered by the EPA prior to their introduction into commerce. Registration involves providing a chemical description of the fuel or additive, and certain technical, marketing, and health-effects information. The development of health-effects data, as required by 40 CFR 79, Subpart F, is the subject of this ICR. The information collection requirements for Subparts A through D, and the supplemental notification requirements of Subpart F (indicating how the manufacturer will satisfy the health-effects data requirements) are covered by a separate ICR (EPA ICR Number 309.16, OMB Control Number E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 42940 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 5, 2023 / Notices 2060–0150). The health-effects data will be used to determine if there are any products which have evaporative or combustion emissions that may pose an unreasonable risk to public health, thus meriting further investigation and potential regulation. This information is required for specific groups of fuels and additives as defined in the regulations. For example, gasoline and gasoline additives which consist of only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and/or sulfur, and which involve a gasoline oxygen content of less than 1.5 weight percent, fall into a ‘‘baseline’’ group. Oxygenated additives, such as ethanol, when used in gasoline at an oxygen level of at least 1.5 weight percent, define separate ‘‘non-baseline’’ groups for each oxygenate. Additives which contain elements other than carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur fall into separate ‘‘atypical’’ groups. There are similar grouping requirements for diesel fuel and diesel fuel additives. Manufacturers may perform the research independently or may join with other manufacturers to share in the costs for each applicable group. Several research consortiums (groups of manufacturers) have been formed. The largest consortium, organized by the American Petroleum Institute (API), represents most of the manufacturers of baseline gasoline, baseline diesel fuel, baseline fuel additives, and the prominent 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 requirements have also been established for the manganese additive MMT manufactured by the Afton Chemical VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Jul 03, 2023 Jkt 259001 Corporation (formerly the Ethyl Corporation). Tier 3 provides for followup research, at EPA’s discretion, when remaining uncertainties as to the significance of observed health effects, welfare effects, and/or emissions exposures from a fuel or fuel/additive mixture interfere with EPA’s ability to make reasonable estimates of the potential risks posed by emissions from a fuel or additive. To date, EPA has not imposed any Tier 3 requirements. Under regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, (1) submission of the health-effects information is necessary for a manufacturer to obtain registration of a motor-vehicle gasoline, diesel fuel, or fuel additive, and thus be allowed to introduce that product into commerce, and (2) the information shall not be considered confidential. Form numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives for those fuels. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR 79. Estimated number of respondents: 2. Frequency of response: On occasion. Total estimated burden: 13,867 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $1.7 million per year, includes $0.6 million annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in estimates: There is a $2 million decrease in cost. This decrease is due to an estimated need for only one-third of the required testing. Byron Bunker, Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. 2023–14167 Filed 7–3–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Sunshine Act Meetings 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 30, 2023. PLACE: The meeting was held in the Board Room located on the sixth floor of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC. STATUS: Closed. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation met to consider matters related to the Corporation’s supervision, corporate, and resolution activities. In calling the meeting, the Board determined, on motion of TIME AND DATE: PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Director Michael J. Hsu (Acting Comptroller of the Currency), seconded by Director Rohit Chopra (Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), and concurred in by Vice Chairman Travis J. Hill, Director Jonathan P. McKernan, and Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, that the public interest did not require consideration of the matters in a meeting open to public observation; and that the matters could be considered in a closed meeting by authority of subsections (c)(2) (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10) of the ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10)). CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Requests for further information concerning the meeting may be directed to Debra A. Decker, Executive Secretary of the Corporation, at 202–898–8748. Dated this the 30th day of June, 2023. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. James P. Sheesley, Assistant Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–14305 Filed 6–30–23; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6714–01–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. PLACE: Hybrid Meeting: 1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC (12th Floor) and Virtual. Note: For those attending the meeting in person, current COVID–19 safety protocols for visitors, which are based on the CDC COVID–19 hospital admission level in Washington, DC, will be updated on the Commission’s contact page by the Monday before the meeting. See the contact page at https:// www.fec.gov/contact/. If you would like to virtually access the meeting, see the instructions below. STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public, subject to the above-referenced guidance regarding the COVID–19 hospital admission level and corresponding health and safety procedures. To access the meeting virtually, go to the Commission’s website www.fec.gov and click on the banner to be taken to the meeting page. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum on Steve Daines for Montana (A21–04) Draft Advisory Opinion 2023–04: Guy for Congress Proposed Directive Regarding Congressional Referrals TIME AND DATE: E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42939-42940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14167]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0525; FRL-11031-01-OAR]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Health-Effects Research 
Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 1696.11, OMB Control No. 
2060-0297

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), Registration of Fuels 
and Fuel Additives--Health-Effects Research Requirements for 
Manufacturers, EPA ICR No. 1696.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0297, to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 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 March 31, 2024. 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 September 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0525, 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.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James W. Caldwell, Compliance 
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Mailcode: 6406J, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number: (202) 343-2800; 
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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA 
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. 
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and 
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice 
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR 79, subparts 
A, B, C, and D, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, manufacturers 
(including importers) of motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel 
fuel, and additives for those fuels, are required to have these 
products registered by the EPA prior to their introduction into 
commerce. Registration involves providing a chemical description of the 
fuel or additive, and certain technical, marketing, and health-effects 
information. The development of health-effects data, as required by 40 
CFR 79, Subpart F, is the subject of this ICR. The information 
collection requirements for Subparts A through D, and the supplemental 
notification requirements of Subpart F (indicating how the manufacturer 
will satisfy the health-effects data requirements) are covered by a 
separate ICR (EPA ICR Number 309.16, OMB Control Number

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2060-0150). The health-effects data will be used to determine if there 
are any products which have evaporative or combustion emissions that 
may pose an unreasonable risk to public health, thus meriting further 
investigation and potential regulation. This information is required 
for specific groups of fuels and additives as defined in the 
regulations. For example, gasoline and gasoline additives which consist 
of only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and/or sulfur, and which 
involve a gasoline oxygen content of less than 1.5 weight percent, fall 
into a ``baseline'' group. Oxygenated additives, such as ethanol, when 
used in gasoline at an oxygen level of at least 1.5 weight percent, 
define separate ``non-baseline'' groups for each oxygenate. Additives 
which contain elements other than carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, 
and sulfur fall into separate ``atypical'' groups. There are similar 
grouping requirements for diesel fuel and diesel fuel additives.
    Manufacturers may perform the research independently or may join 
with other manufacturers to share in the costs for each applicable 
group. Several research consortiums (groups of manufacturers) have been 
formed. The largest consortium, organized by the American Petroleum 
Institute (API), represents most of the manufacturers of baseline 
gasoline, baseline diesel fuel, baseline fuel additives, and the 
prominent 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 requirements have also 
been established for the manganese additive MMT manufactured by the 
Afton Chemical Corporation (formerly the Ethyl Corporation). Tier 3 
provides for follow-up research, at EPA's discretion, when remaining 
uncertainties as to the significance of observed health effects, 
welfare effects, and/or emissions exposures from a fuel or fuel/
additive mixture interfere with EPA's ability to make reasonable 
estimates of the potential risks posed by emissions from a fuel or 
additive. To date, EPA has not imposed any Tier 3 requirements. Under 
regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, 
(1) submission of the health-effects information is necessary for a 
manufacturer to obtain registration of a motor-vehicle gasoline, diesel 
fuel, or fuel additive, and thus be allowed to introduce that product 
into commerce, and (2) the information shall not be considered 
confidential.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of motor-vehicle 
gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives for those fuels.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR 79.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 13,867 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1.7 million per year, includes $0.6 million 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is a $2 million decrease in cost. This 
decrease is due to an estimated need for only one-third of the required 
testing.

Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality.
[FR Doc. 2023-14167 Filed 7-3-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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