15994 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 56 / Monday, March 24, 2014 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Alternative Affirmative Defense 

Requirements for Ultra-low Sulfur 

Diesel’’ (EPA ICR No. 2364.04, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0639) 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 March 31, 2014. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (78 

FR 78953) on December 27, 2013 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 April 23, 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 

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: The highway diesel program 

regulations require motor vehicle 

(highway) diesel fuel sold at retail 

stations to contain 15 parts per million 

(ppm) of sulfur or less. Under the 

highway diesel fuel regulations, where a 

violation of the 15 ppm sulfur standard 

is identified at a retail outlet, the retailer 

responsible for dispensing the 

noncompliant fuel is deemed liable, as 

well as the refiner(s), importer(s) and 

distributor(s) of such fuel. The highway 

diesel regulations further provide, 

however, that any person deemed liable 

can rebut this presumption by 

establishing an affirmative defense that 

includes, among other things, showing 

that it conducted a quality assurance 

sampling and testing program as 

prescribed by the regulations. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 5. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. 

Estimated number of respondents: 5 

(total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 80 hours (per 

year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $9,200 (per 

year), which includes $0 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 240 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. There is no change in the burden 

per response. Instead, the respondent 

universe and responses have decreased 

from 20 to five due to a higher than 

expected compliance rate. There was in 

increase in cost to the industry per 

response of $704 due to more accurate 

numbers used to calculate the industry 

burden and to account for inflation. 

Richard T. Westlund, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0077; FRL–9908–60– 

OAP] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Significant New Alternatives Policy 

(SNAP) Program (Renewal); EPA ICR 

No. 1596.08, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0226 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Significant New Alternatives Policy 

(SNAP) Program (40 CFR part 82, 

subpart G) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

1596.08, OMB Control No. 2060–0226) 

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 August 31, 2014. 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 May 23, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2004–0077, 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: 

Rebecca von dem Hagen, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, Office of 

Atmospheric Programs, MC 6205J, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

343–9445; fax number: (202) 343–2362; 

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email address: vondemhagen.rebecca@

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. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (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: Information collected under 

this rulemaking is necessary to 

implement the requirements of the 

Significant New Alternatives Policy 

(SNAP) program for evaluating and 

regulating substitutes for ozonedepleting chemicals being phased out 

under the stratospheric ozone protection 

provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

and globally under the Montreal 

Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 

Ozone Layer. Under CAA Section 612, 

EPA is authorized to identify and 

restrict the use of substitutes for class I 

and class II ozone-depleting substances 

where EPA determines other 

alternatives are available or potentially 

available that reduce overall risk to 

human health and the environment. The 

SNAP program, based on information 

collected from the manufacturers, 

formulators, and/or sellers of such 

substitutes, identifies acceptable 

substitutes. Responses to the collection 

of information are mandatory under 

Section 612 for anyone who sells or, in 

certain cases, uses substitutes for an 

ozone-depleting substance after April 

18, 1994, the effective date of the final 

rule. Measures to protect confidentiality 

of information collected under the 

SNAP program are based on EPA’s 

confidentiality regulations (40 CFR 

2.201 et seq., or Subpart B). Submitters 

may designate all or portions of their 

forms or petitions as confidential. EPA 

requires the submitters to substantiate 

their claim of confidentiality. Under 

CAA Section 114(c), emissions 

information may not be claimed as 

confidential. 

To develop the lists of acceptable and 

unacceptable substitutes, the Agency 

must assess and compare ‘‘overall risks 

to human health and the environment’’ 

posed by use of substitutes in the 

context of particular applications. EPA 

requires submission of information 

covering a wide range of health and 

environmental factors. These include 

intrinsic properties such as physical and 

chemical information, ozone depleting 

potential, global warming potential, 

toxicity, and flammability, and usespecific data such as substitute 

applications, process description, 

environmental release data, exposure 

data during use of a substitute, 

environmental fate and transport, and 

cost information. Once a completed 

submission has been received, a 90 day 

review period under the SNAP program 

will commence. Any substitute which is 

a new chemical must also be submitted 

to the Agency under the Premanufacture 

Notice program under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA). 

Alternatives that will be used as 

sterilants must be filed jointly with 

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs and 

with SNAP. 

Form Numbers: 1265–07. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Manufacturers, importers, formulators 

and processors of substitutes for ozonedepleting substances. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR 82.176). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

221 (per year). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 6,683 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $476,742, which 

includes $22,281 annualized capital or 

O&M costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The Agency 

anticipates that the total estimated 

respondent burden will stay 

substantially the same, or decrease 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. 

The Agency anticipates a slight 

increase in the number of submissions 

to the SNAP program as a result of 

increased efforts to identify and adopt 

climate-friendly alternatives; however, 

the Agency also anticipates that the 

respondent burden for each individual 

submission will decrease. In recent 

years, many SNAP submissions have 

been received for widely-used and well 

understood chemicals being applied in 

new uses. One example of this is the 

submission of propane for us in 

household refrigerators. Additional 

work is necessary to ensure the safe use 

of these chemicals, but new toxicology 

studies are not required. The Agency 

expects that trend to continue. Recent 

listings for a number of substitutes have 

included use conditions, but these use 

conditions are consistent with 

requirements in industry standards and 

EPA expects such efforts (e.g., 

equipment testing and marking) to be 

standard industry practice. The Agency 

also anticipates a decrease in burden 

due to fewer respondents keeping 

records for alternatives that are 

acceptable subject to narrowed use 

limits. 

Dated: March 12, 2014. 

Sarah Dunham, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9908–40–OCFO] 

Environmental Financial Advisory 

Board (EFAB) Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal. 

The Charter for the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Environmental 

Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will 

be renewed for an additional two-year 

period, as a necessary committee which 

is in the public interest, in accordance 

with the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C. App. 2. The purpose of EFAB is 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to the Administrator of EPA on issues 

associated with environmental 

financing. It is determined that EFAB is 

in the public interest in connection with 

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