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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0525; FRL–8953–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Registration of 

Fuels and Fuel Additives—HealthEffects Research Requirements for 

Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 1696.06, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0297 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on February 

28, 2010. Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2006–0525, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–1741. 

• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2006– 

0525, Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2006– 

0525. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James W. Caldwell, 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) 343–2802; e-mail address: 

caldwell.jim@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2006–0525, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the 

telephone number for the Air and 

Radiation Docket is 202–566–1742. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What Information Is EPA Particularly 

Interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are the 


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manufacturers of motor-vehicle 

gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and 

additives for those fuels. 

Title: Registration of Fuels and Fuel 

Additives—Health-Effects Research 

Requirements for Manufacturers. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1696.06, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0297. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on February 28, 

2010. 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. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 

of the CFR, after appearing in the 

Federal Register when approved, are 

listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed 

either by publication in the Federal 

Register or by other appropriate means, 

such as on the related collection 

instrument or form, if applicable. The 

display of OMB control numbers in 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: In accordance with the 

regulations at 40 CFR part 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 309.12, OMB Control Number 

2060–1050). 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. 

Oxygenates, such as ethanol and ethyl 

tertiary butyl ether, when used in 

gasoline at an oxygen level of at least 1.5 

weight percent, define separate 

‘‘nonbaseline’’ 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 nonbaseline 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 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. The 

EPA reached that conclusion with 

respect to gasoline and gasolineoxygenate 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 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. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 7,067 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 3. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

21,200. 

Estimated total annual costs: $2.8 

million. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $2.2 million and an 

estimated cost of $0.6 million for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

There is a decrease of 8,950 hours in 

the total estimated annual respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This decrease reflects EPA’s updating of 

burden estimates. The MMT Alternative 

Tier 2 testing program noted above, and 

covered in the previous ICR, has 

completed. The API Alternative Tier 2 

testing program has completed most of 

the testing requirements. It will have 

significantly reduced activity as it nears 

completion over the next three years. 

Although there will likely be new fuels 

and additives for which testing will be 

required, such testing is not expected to 

be as extensive as the two programs 

noted above. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 


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appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: September 1, 2009. 

Margo Tsirigotis Oge, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality. 

[FR Doc. E9–21727 Filed 9–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8954–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance 

requests, in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 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. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Westlund (202) 566–1682, or e-mail at 

westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer 

to the appropriate EPA Information 

Collection Request (ICR) Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 1695.09; Emissions 

Certification and Compliance 

Requirements for Nonroad Sparkignition Engines (Renewal); 40 CFR 

parts 90, 1048, 1051, 1065, and 1068; 

was approved on 08/02/2009; OMB 

Number 2060–0338; expires on 08/31/ 

2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2071.04; NESHAP 

for Printing, Coating and Dyeing of 

Fabrics and Other Textiles; 40 CFR part 

63, subpart A; 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

OOOO; was approved on 08/02/2009; 

OMB Number 2060–0522; expires on 

08/31/2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2003.04; NESHAP 

for Integrated Iron and Steel 

Manufacturing; 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

A; 40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFFF; was 

approved on 08/03/2009; OMB Number 

2060–0517; expires on 08/31/2012; 

Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1541.09; NESHAP 

for Benzene Waste Operations; 40 CFR 

part 61, subpart FF; 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart A; was approved on 08/03/2009; 

OMB Number 2060–0183; expires on 

08/31/2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2029.04; NESHAP 

for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt 

Roofing Manufacturing; 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart A; 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

LLLLL; was approved on 08/03/2009; 

OMB Number 2060–0520; expires on 

08/31/2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2367.01; Consumer 

Research through Focus Groups to 

Develop Improved Labeling for 

Pesticide Products (formerly identified 

as EPA ICR 2297.01); 40 CFR part 156; 

was approved on 08/07/2009; OMB 

Number 2070–0175; expires on 08/31/ 

2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2023.04; NESHAP 

for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing; 40 

CFR part 60, subpart A; 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart KKKKK; was approved on 08/ 

07/2009; OMB Number 2060–0513; 

expires on 08/31/2012; Approved 

without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2251.03; Control of 

Emissions from Nonroad Spark-Ignition 

Engines and Equipment (Change); 40 

CFR part 1065; was approved on 08/11/ 

2009; OMB Number 2060–0603; expires 

on 07/31/2012; Approved without 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 1292.08; 

Enforcement Policy Regarding the Sale 

and Use of Aftermarket Catalytic 

Converters (Renewal); 40 CFR part 85, 

subpart V; was approved on 08/16/2009; 

OMB Number 2060–0135; expires on 

08/31/2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2195.03; 

Submission of Protocols and study 

Reports for Environmental Research 

Involving Human Subjects; 40 CFR part 

26; was approved on 08/16/2009; OMB 

Number 2070–0169; expires on 08/31/ 

2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1426.08; EPA 

Worker Protection Standards for 

Hazardous Waste Operations and 

Emergency Response (Renewal); 40 CFR 

part 311; was approved on 08/16/2009; 

OMB Number 2050–0105; expires on 

08/31/2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2365.01; 

Chesapeake Action Plan/Activity 

Integration Plan (CAP/AIP) Reporting 

System; was approved on 08/17/2009; 

OMB Number 2003–0001; expires on 

02/28/2010; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1031.09; 

Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements for Allegations of 

Significant Adverse Reactions to Human 

Health or the Environment (TSCA 

Section 8(c)); 40 CFR part 717; was 

approved on 08/19/2009; OMB Number 

2070–0017; expires on 08/31/2012; 

Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1938.04; NESHAP 

for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; 40 

CFR part 63, subpart A; 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart AAAA; was approved on 08/19/ 

2009; OMB Number 2060–0505; expires 

on 08/31/2012; Approved without 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 2196.03; NSPS for 

Stationary Compression Ignition 

Internal Combustion Engines; 40 CFR 

part 60, subpart A; 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart IIII; was approved on 08/19/ 

2009; OMB Number 2060–0590; expires 

on 08/31/2012; Approved without 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 0997.09; NSPS for 

Petroleum Dry Cleaners; 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart A; 40 CFR part 60, subpart JJJ; 

was approved on 08/19/2009; OMB 

Number 2060–0079; expires on 08/31/ 

2012; Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 2344.01; Auto-Body 

Compliance Assessment Pilot Project 

(New); was approved on 08/19/2009; 

OMB Number 2020–0034; expires on 

08/31/2012; Approved with change. 

EPA ICR Number 1891.05; NESHAP 

for Publicly Owned Treatment Works; 

40 CFR part 63, subpart A; 40 CFR part 

63, subpart VVV; was approved on 08/ 

19/2009; OMB Number 2060–0428; 

expires on 08/31/2012; Approved 

without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1995.04; NESHAP 

for Coke Oven Pushing Quenching and 

Battery Stacks; 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

CCCCC; 40 CFR part 63, subpart A ; was 

approved on 08/19/2009; OMB Number 

2060–0521; expires on 08/31/2012; 

Approved without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1904.05; The Sun 

Wise School Program (Change); was 

approved on 08/20/2009; OMB Number 

2060–0439; expires on 02/28/2011; 

Approved with change. 

EPA ICR Number 0261.16; 

Notification of Regulated Waste Activity 

(Renewal); 40 CFR 264.11; 40 CFR 

262.12; 40 CFR 263.11; 40 CFR 266.21– 

266.23; 40 CFR 266.70; 40 CFR 266.80; 

40 CFR 266.100–266.103; 40 CFR 

266.108; 40 CFR 270.1; 40 CFR 273.54; 

40 CFR 273.60; 40 CFR 279.42; 40 CFR 

279.51; 40 CFR 279.62; 40 CFR 279.73; 

was approved on 08/20/2009; OMB 

Number 2050–0028; expires on 08/31/ 

2012; Approved without change. 


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