[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 4300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01233]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-11390-01-OAR]


Notice of Transfer of Data Potentially Claimed as Confidential 
Business Information Under the Clean Air Act to the United States 
Energy Information Administration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that information submitted to EPA's 
Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 
pursuant to the Clean Air Act, including information that may be 
claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) by the submitter, 
will be transferred to the United States Energy Information 
Administration (EIA), a Federal agency pursuant to a written 
Information Sharing Agreement between EPA and EIA.

DATES: Access by EIA to this material, including CBI, discussed in this 
Notice, is ongoing and expected to occur beginning February 2, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne-Marie Pastorkovich, Attorney/
Advisor, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality; 
telephone number: 202-343-9623; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0a0b1a3a4bfa2bbbfa6b9b3b8feb1bebeb5fdbdb1a2b9b590b5a0b1feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44342537302b362f2b322d272c6a252a2a21692925362d21042134256a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is providing notice of disclosure under 
a written Information Sharing Agreement with EIA and in accordance with 
40 CFR 2.209(c). EPA and EIA have entered an Information Sharing 
Agreement that will remain in effect until December 19, 2028, unless 
terminated earlier by either party or both parties.
    EPA collects various data on conventional and renewable fuels, 
including registration and compliance information, to implement the 
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program and other fuels programs under 
section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act. This includes collecting 
information from submitter companies about their facilities, products, 
and generation and use of renewable identification numbers (RINs). 
These data may be claimed as CBI by the submitter.
    EIA is the statistical and analytical agency of the U.S. Department 
of Energy (DOE). EIA collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent 
and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, 
efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its 
interaction with the economy and the environment.
    The Information Sharing Agreement covers information collected by 
EPA related to fuels, fuel additives, and regulated blendstocks under 
40 CFR part 1090 and renewable fuels under 40 CFR part 80. The data 
include information about company and facility registrations, fuels 
compliance reporting, and transactional reporting (e.g., benzene and 
sulfur credits, and renewable identification numbers, or ``RINs''). 
Most of the information that may be shared under this agreement is 
claimed as CBI by submitters. Information claimed as CBI will be 
securely transmitted from EPA to EIA and will be handled and stored by 
each agency in a manner appropriately secure for such information. EPA 
believes that this Information Sharing Agreement will facilitate and 
support policy development, market understanding, and data verification 
for credits and RINs, in support of fuels program administration. EPA 
is publishing this notice to make submitters aware of our intention to 
release data that may be entitled to confidential treatment to EIA.

Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-01233 Filed 1-22-24; 8:45 am]
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