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Docket No. ER13–708 .............................................................................................................. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–782 .............................................................................................................. ITC Arkansas, LLC. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. 

For more information, contact Patrick 

Clarey, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5937 or 

patrick.clarey@ferc.gov. 

Dated: February 13, 2013. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03814 Filed 2–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0525; FRL–9782–3] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Registration of Fuels and Fuel 

Additives—Health-Effects Research 

Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA 

ICR No. 1696.07 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Registration of Fuels and Fuel 

Additives—Health-Effects Research 

Requirements for Manufacturers, EPA 

ICR No. 1696.07, OMB Control No. 

2060–0297, 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, 

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 April 22, 2013. 

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-rdocket@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) 343–2802; 

email address: caldwell.jim@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 B102, 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: 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 309.13, 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. 

Oxygenated additives, such as ethanol, 

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 


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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 

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: 19,200 hours 

per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2 million per 

year, includes $0.5 million annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 2,000 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is due to the 

conclusion of a testing program 

included in the previous ICR. 

Dated: February 13, 2013. 

Byron J. Bunker, 

Director, Compliance Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03839 Filed 2–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ –OAR–2005–0161; FRL–9782–4] 

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. 2333.03, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0640) 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 June 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 April 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, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, 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 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: EPA would like to continue 

to collect annual compliance reports 

from obligated parties, quarterly reports 

for all EPA Moderated Transaction 

System (EMTS) users, generation and 

assignment of Renewable Identification 

Numbers (RINs) quarterly reports from 

biofuels producers and importers and 

third party disclosure reports from 


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