69620 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 224 / Tuesday, November 20, 2012 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0161; FRL–9752–6] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) 

Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) 

Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 2380.20, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0637) 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 

‘‘RENEWAL’’ of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through March 31, 

2013. 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 January 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2005–0161 online using 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center in Washington, DC (EPA/ 

DC). The docket is located in the EPA 

West Building, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room 3334, and is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays, 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: 

Geanetta Heard, Fuels Compliance 

Center, 6406J Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–343–9017, fax number: 

202–343–2800; email address: 

heard.geanetta@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://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: EPA would like to continue 

to collect annual reports, initial 

registrations and updates by way of the 

Agency’s CDX and petitions for 

renewable fuels pathways from the 

regulated RFS industry. The 

recordkeeping and reporting of this 

regulation will allow EPA to monitor 

compliance with the RFS program. We 

inform respondents that they may assert 

claims of business confidentiality (CBI) 

for information they submit in 

accordance with 40 CFR Part 2203. 

Form Numbers: 

RFS0103: RFS2 Q1 2012 Activity 

Report. 

RFS0104: RFS2 Activity Report. 

RFS0201: RFS1 RIN Transaction Report 

(only if RFS1 RINs were bought, sold, 

retired, or reinstated). 

RFS0600: RFS2 Renewable Fuel 

Producer Supplemental Report (if 

applicable). 

RFS0701: RFS2 Renewable Fuel 

Producer Co-products Report. 

RFS0801: RFS2 Renewable Biomass 

Report. 

RFS0901: RFS2 Production Outlook 

Report. 

EMTS: RFS2 RIN Transaction Report. 

EMTS: RFS2 RIN Generation Report 

(Equivalent to RFS0400). 

RFS0301: RFS2 2010 Annual 

Compliance Report. 

RFS0302: RFS2 2011 Annual 

Compliance Report. 

EMTS: RFS2 RIN Transaction Report. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Producers of Renewable Fuels, 

Importers, Obligated Parties, Parties 

who own RINS (including foreign RIN 

owners). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

mandatory Sections 114 and 208 of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7414 

and 7542. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

6065. 

Frequency of response: Annually. 

Total estimated burden: 52,095 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $8,010,130 (per 

year), includes $320 annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: This decrease 

came due to the change in the 

respondent universe. Two obligated 

parties categories, the importers of 

renewable fuels and any party who 

own/intend to own RINs which include 

blenders, brokers and marketers 

dropped significantly. Importers 

dropped from 360 responses to 270 and 

any party who own/intend to own RINs 

which include blenders, brokers and 

marketers dropped from 3000 responses 

to 1650 thus lessoning the reporting 

burden. The number of responses by 

these two parties decreased by a total of 

6,638 responses and 7530 hours. 

Dated: November 8, 2012. 

Byron Bunker, 

Director, Transportation and Regional 

Programs Division. 

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