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4052; email address: klavon.patty@

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 Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20004. 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. 

Abstract: The EPA’s Office of Air and 

Radiation (OAR) developed the 

SmartWay Transport Partnership 

(‘‘SmartWay’’) under directives outlined 

in Subtitle D of the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005, which calls on EPA to assess 

the energy and air quality impacts of 

activities within the freight industry. 

These activities include long-duration 

truck idling, the development and 

promotion of strategies for reducing 

idling, fuel consumption, and negative 

air quality effects. SmartWay’s 

objectives also are consistent with the 

Federal Technology Transfer Act and 

other laws that support collaborative 

partnerships between government and 

industry. 

SmartWay is open to organizations 

that own, operate, or contract with fleet 

operations, including truck and multimodal carriers, logistics companies, and 

shippers. Organizations that do not 

operate fleets, but that are working to 

strengthen the freight industry, such as 

industry trade associations, state and 

local transportation agencies and 

environmental groups, also may join as 

SmartWay Affiliates. All organizations 

that join SmartWay are asked to provide 

EPA with information as part of their 

SmartWay registration to annually 

benchmark their transportation-related 

operations and improve the 

environmental performance of their 

freight activities. 

A company joins SmartWay when it 

completes and submits a SmartWay 

Excel-based Partnership Tool 

(‘‘reporting tool’’) to EPA. The data 

outputs from the submitted tool are 

used by Partners and SmartWay in 

several ways. The data provides 

confirmation that SmartWay Partners 

are meeting established objectives as in 

their Partnership Agreement. The 

reporting tool outputs enable EPA to 

assist SmartWay Partners in adjusting 

their commitments, as appropriate, and 

to update them with environmental 

performance and technology 

information that empower them to 

improve their efficiency. This 

information also improves EPA’s 

knowledge and understanding of the 

environmental and energy impacts 

associated with goods movement, and 

the effectiveness of both proven and 

emerging strategies to lessen those 

impacts. 

In addition to requesting annual 

transportation-related data, EPA may 

ask its SmartWay Partners for other 

kinds of information, which could 

include opinions and test data on the 

effectiveness of new and emerging 

technology applications, sales volumes 

associated with SmartWayrecommended vehicle equipment and 

technologies, the reach and value of 

partnering with EPA through the 

SmartWay Partnership, and awareness 

of the SmartWay brand. In some 

instances, EPA might query other freight 

industry representatives (not just 

SmartWay Partners), including trade 

and professional associations, nonprofit 

environmental groups, energy, and 

community organizations, and 

universities, and a small sampling of the 

general public. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/Affected entities: Private 

and public organizations that join the 

SmartWay Transport Partnership; 

freight industry representatives who 

engage in activities related to the 

SmartWay Partnership; and 

representative samplings of consumers 

in the general public. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of Program 

respondents: 3,961 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually, 

occasionally. 

Total estimated burden: 11,504 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total Estimated Cost: $628,477 (per 

year), which includes $1,651 in 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in estimates: There is an 

increase of 3,203 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase reflects the 

following adjustments and program 

changes: (1) adjustments associated with 

increased interest in SmartWay, and 

thus, an increase in new annual 

respondents and applications for the 

SmartWay Excellence Award, as well as 

robust Program retention practices, 

leading to increased number of 

Respondent partners reporting annually; 

(2) increased burden associated with the 

SmartWay Tractor & Trailer program; 

and (3) reduced burden due to EPA’s 

streamlined Partnership Annual 

Agreement process. 

Dated: May 16, 2014. 

Erin Collard, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12174 Filed 5–23–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0258; FRL–9911–33– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Alternative Affirmative Defense 

Requirements for Ultra-low Sulfur 

Diesel (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Production 

Outlook Reports for Un-Registered 

Renewable Fuels Producers’’ (EPA ICR 

No.2409.02, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0660) 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, 2014. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (78 FR 2571) on February 6, 

2014 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 26, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2010–0258, 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 


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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, Fuel Compliance 

Center, 6406J, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–343–9017 fax number: 

202–565–2085 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, 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 http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: With this information 

collection request (ICR), we are seeking 

permission to accept production outlook 

reports from domestic or foreign 

renewable fuel producers who are not 

currently regulated parties under the 

RFS2 program and are, therefore, not 

required to register or report under the 

RFS2 regulations. Submission of 

production outlook information to EPA 

under this ICR will be on a voluntary 

basis. 

The information that respondents 

provide will allow EPA to more 

accurately project cellulosic biofuel 

volumes for the following calendar year, 

and these volume projections will form 

the basis of the percentage standards 

EPA sets under the RFS2 program. 

Without information from these 

respondents, EPA’s volume projections 

are more likely to fall below actual 

projection volumes. Under such 

circumstances, actual supply for 

cellulosic biofuel will exceed the 

demand created by the standards EPA 

sets, and the value of cellulosic biofuel 

Renewable Identification Numbers 

(RINs) will fall. RINs are marketable 

credits that correspond to a given 

volume of renewable fuel. Since RIN 

market price directly affects the 

economic viability of cellulosic biofuel 

production, low RIN prices could 

present economic difficulties to 

producers. Thus, it is in the interests of 

these respondents to provide this 

information to EPA, as doing so could 

ensure that the market price of RINs 

appropriately reflects the value of their 

cellulosic biofuel. This information also 

serves a more general program purpose 

because it will assist EPA in setting the 

annual RFS2 standards more accurately 

for biomass-based diesel, advanced 

biofuel, and total renewable fuel. 

Compiling this information may also 

assist respondents with their planning 

and compliance activities. We believe 

that many parties would wish to submit 

this information in order to receive 

better assistance in understanding and 

complying with the RFS2 regulations. 

Form Numbers: 5900–283 (RFS2 0900 

Production Outlook Report). 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Domestic or foreign renewable fuel 

producers who are not currently 

regulated parties under the RFS2 

program. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. 

Estimated number of respondents: 2 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Yearly. 

Total estimated burden: 24 hours (per 

year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,760 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 116 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden as 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. The decrease in 

hours is due to a decrease in the 

respondent universe based on the 

reported number of submissions in the 

DCFUEL database. The number of 

respondents decreased by 33 per year 

lowering the total number of reports 

collected. These decreases have lowered 

the total burden even though the cost to 

report per response has risen due to 

better numbers used to calculate the 

industry burden and to account for 

inflation. 

Dated: May 16, 2014. 

Erin Collard, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9911–43–Region–1; EPA–R01–OW– 

2014–0202] 

Massachusetts Marine Sanitation 

Device Standard—Notice of 

Determination 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator 

of the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA)—New England Region, has 

determined that adequate facilities for 

the safe and sanitary removal and 

treatment of sewage from all vessels are 

reasonably available for the remaining 

state coastal waters of the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

ADDRESSES: Docket: All documents in 

the docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available electronically in 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Rodney, U. S. Environmental Protection 

Agency—New England Region, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Oceans and 

Coastal Protection Unit, Five Post Office 

Square, Suite 100, OEP06–1, Boston, 

MA 02109–3912. Telephone: (617) 918– 

1538. Fax number: (617) 918–0538. 

Email address: rodney.ann@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

28, 2014, EPA published a notice that 

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

had petitioned the Regional 

Administrator, Environmental 

Protection Agency, to determine that 

adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels are reasonably 

available for the remaining coastal 

waters of Massachusetts. The petition 

was filed pursuant to Section 312 (f) (3) 

of Public Law 92–500, as amended by 

Public Laws 95–217 and 100–4, for the 

purpose of declaring these waters a No 

Discharge Area (NDA). 

Section 312 (f) (3) states: After the 

effective date of the initial standards 

and regulations promulgated under this 

section, if any State determines that the 

protection and enhancement of the 

quality of some or all of the waters 

within such State require greater 

environmental protection, such State 

may completely prohibit the discharge 

from all vessels of any sewage, whether 

treated or not, into such waters, except 

that no such prohibition shall apply 

until the Administrator determines that 

adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels are reasonably 

available for such water to which such 

prohibition would apply. 

This determination covers three areas: 

A strip near the state-federal boundary 


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