Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 102 / Thursday, May 28, 2015 / Notices 30455 

Management Facilities under the RCRA 

Hazardous Waste Manifest System 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 0801.20, OMB 

Control No. 2050–0039) 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, 2015. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register (80 FR 8306) on 

February 17, 2015 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 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2014–0925, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to rcradocket@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: 

Bryan Groce, Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery, Program 

Implementation and Information 

Division, (5303P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 308–8750; fax 

number: (703) 308–0514; email address: 

groce.bryan@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: This ICR covers 

recordkeeping and reporting activities 

for the hazardous waste manifest paper 

system, under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 

EPA’s authority to require use of a 

manifest system stems primarily from 

RCRA 3002(a)(5) (also RCRA Sections 

3003(a)(3) and 3004). Regulations are 

found in 40 CFR part 262 (registrant 

organizations and generators), part 263 

(transporters), and parts 264 and 265 

(TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes 

that are being shipped and the 

treatment, storage, or disposal facility 

(TSDF) to which the wastes are bound. 

Generators, transporters, and TSDFs 

handling hazardous waste are required 

to complete the data requirements for 

manifests and other reports primarily to: 

(1) Track each shipment of hazardous 

waste from the generator to a designated 

facility; (2) provide information 

requirements sufficient to allow the use 

of a manifest in lieu of a Department of 

Transportation (DOT) shipping paper or 

bill of lading, thereby reducing the 

duplication of paperwork to the 

regulated community; (3) provide 

information to transporters and waste 

management facility workers on the 

hazardous nature of the waste; (4) 

inform emergency response teams of the 

waste’s hazard in the event of an 

accident, spill, or leak; and (5) ensure 

that shipments of hazardous waste are 

managed properly and delivered to their 

designated facilities. 

On February 7, 2014, EPA published 

the electronic manifest (e-Manifest) 

Final Rule. The final rule established 

new manifest requirements that 

authorized the use of electronic 

manifests (or e-Manifests) as a means to 

track off-site shipments of hazardous 

waste from a generator’s site to the site 

of the receipt and disposition of the 

hazardous waste. EPA is taking action 

now to establish the national e-Manifest 

system, but unknown variables (e.g., 

funding contingencies for e-Manifest 

system development) could delay the 

actual deployment of the system. 

Therefore, until EPA announces that the 

e-Manifest system is available for use in 

a subsequent Federal Register 

document, all respondents under the 

information collection requirements 

covered in this ICR (i.e., hazardous 

waste generators, transporters, and 

treatment, storage, and disposal 

facilities (TSDFs)) must continue to 

comply with the current paper-based 

manifest system and use the existing 

paper manifests forms for the off-site 

transportation of hazardous waste 

shipments. The EPA anticipates that the 

initial system will become available for 

use no later than spring 2018. 

Form Numbers: Form 8700–22 and 

8700–22A. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Business or other for-profit facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (RCRA 3002(a)(5)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

83,500. 

Frequency of response: Once per 

shipment. 

Total estimated burden: 2,555,959 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $85,553,718 (per 

year), includes $2,658,577 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 917,618 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease resulted primarily 

from a decrease in the annual number 

of generators preparing manifests. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12791 Filed 5–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1158; FRL–9928–36– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; RFS2 

Voluntary RIN Quality Assurance 

Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘RFS2 Voluntary RIN Quality 

Assurance Program’’ (EPA ICR 

No.2473.03, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0688 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 December 31, 2017. 

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 

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30456 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 102 / Thursday, May 28, 2015 / Notices 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2005–0161, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), 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: 

Mary Manners, USEPA National Vehicle 

and Fuel Emissions Laboratory/OAR, 

2565 Plymouth Road, Rm #N07, Ann 

Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: 

734–214–4288; fax number: 734–214– 

4873; email address: manners.mary@

epamail.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 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: The Renewable Fuel 

Standard (RFS) program began in 2006 

pursuant to the requirements in Clean 

Air Act (CAA) section 211(o) which 

were added through the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005 (EPAct). The statutory 

requirements for the RFS program were 

subsequently modified through the 

Energy Independence and Security Act 

of 2007 (EISA), resulting in the 

promulgation of major revisions to the 

regulatory requirements on March 26, 

2010. 

The RFS program requires that 

specified volumes of renewable fuel be 

used as transportation fuel, heating oil, 

and/or jet fuel each year. To accomplish 

this, the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) publishes applicable 

percentage standards annually that 

apply to the sum of all gasoline and 

diesel produced or imported. The 

percentage standards are set so that if 

every obligated party meets the 

percentages, then the amount of 

renewable fuel, cellulosic biofuel, 

biomass-based diesel, and advanced 

biofuel used will meet the volumes 

required on a nationwide basis. 

Obligated parties demonstrate 

compliance with the standards through 

the acquisition of unique Renewable 

Identification Numbers (RINs) assigned 

by the producer or importer to every 

batch of renewable fuel produced or 

imported. Validly generated RINs show 

that a certain volume of qualifying 

renewable fuel was produced or 

imported. The RFS program also 

includes provisions stipulating the 

conditions under which RINs are 

invalid, the liability carried by a party 

that transfers or uses an invalid RIN, 

and how invalid RINs must be treated. 

The RIN system within the RFS 

program contains unique features that 

make it somewhat challenging for the 

obligated parties that need RINs for 

compliance purposes to verify that those 

RINs have been validly generated. 

Several cases of fraudulently generated 

RINs have compelled some obligated 

parties to limit their business 

relationships to only those parties that 

appear most trustworthy. This reaction 

by the obligated parties made it more 

difficult for smaller renewable fuel 

producers to sell their RINs and reduced 

the overall liquidity of the RIN market. 

To ensure that RINs are validly 

generated, individual obligated parties 

are now conducting their own audits of 

renewable fuel production facilities, 

potentially duplicating one another’s 

efforts. These circumstances have 

created inefficiencies in the RIN market, 

prompting requests for an additional 

regulatory mechanism that would 

reduce the risk of potentially invalid 

RINs, return liquidity to the RIN market, 

and reduce the cost of verifying the 

validity of RINs. 

Form Numbers: 8. 

RFS 1400—RFS Renewable Fuel 

Producers Reporting Fuels—5900– 

354. 

RFS 1500—RFS Renewable Fuel 

producers Reporting Fuels (Finished 

Fuel Blending)—5900–355. 

RFS 1600—RFS Renewable Fuel 

producers Reporting Fuels (Blending 

Contact)—5900–356. 

RFS 2000—RFS Independent Third 

Party Batch Verification—5900–357. 

RFS 2100—RFS Independent Third 

Party Batch Verification Aggregate 

RIN Verification—5900–358. 

RFS 2200—RFS Independent Third 

Party On-Site Audit Report—5900– 

359. 

RFS 2300—RFS Independent Third 

Party List of Potentially Invalid 

RINs—5900–360. 

RFS 2400—Independent Third Party 

Mass Balance—5900–361. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Renewable Producers, obligated parties. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

1313 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 263,744 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $22,386,702 (per 

year), includes no annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: This regulation 

will allow EPA to monitor compliance 

with the RFS program. The quality 

assurance program would help to ensure 

that the RIN system operates as 

originally intended. The primary 

impacts of the quality assurance 

program would be improved liquidity in 

the RIN market and improved 

opportunities for smaller renewable fuel 

producers to sell their RINs. The data 

generated by the QAP program will 

assist obligated parties and smaller 

renewable fuel producers comply with 

the requirements of the RFS program by 

supporting the validity of RINs. This 

regulation will allow regulated parties 

to voluntary submit Quality Assurance 

Plans (QAPs) to EPA to demonstrate the 

validity of the RINs they generate. This 

is a new collection with no industry 

cost for comparison. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 102 / Thursday, May 28, 2015 / Notices 30457 

Dated: May 20, 2015. 

Byron Bunker, 

Director, Compliance Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air 

and Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12934 Filed 5–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

[Public Notice 2015–6004] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and 

comments request. 

Form Title: EIB 84–01 Joint 

Application for Export Working Capital 

Guarantee. 

SUMMARY: This is a joint application 

form for working capital loan guarantees 

provided by Ex-Im Bank and the Small 

Business Administration. This 

collection of information is necessary, 

pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 635(a)(1) and 15 

U.S.C. 636(a)(14), to determine 

eligibility of the applicant for Ex-Im 

Bank or SBA assistance. 

The Export-Import Bank has made a 

change to the report to have the 

applicant provide the number of 

employees or annual sales volume. That 

information is needed to determine 

whether or not they meet the SBA’s 

definition of a small business. The 

applicant already provides their name, 

address and industry code (NAICS). 

These additional pieces of information 

will allow Ex-Im Bank to better track the 

extent to which its support assists U.S. 

small businesses. 

The other change that Ex-Im Bank has 

made is to require the applicant to 

indicate whether it is a minority-owned 

business, women-owned business and/

or veteran-owned business. Although 

answers to the questions are mandatory, 

the company may choose any one of the 

three answers: Yes/No/Not Disclosed. 

The option of ‘‘Not Disclosed’’ allows a 

company to consciously decline to 

answer the specific question should 

they not wish to provide that 

information. 

The application tool can be reviewed 

at: http://www.exim.gov/sites/default/

files/pub/pending/eib84-01.pdf. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 27, 2015 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically on 

WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail 

to Michele Kuester, Export-Import Bank 

of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20571. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and Form Number: EIB 84–01 

Joint Application for Export Working 

Capital Guarantee. 

OMB Number: 3048–0013. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Need and Use: This form provides ExIm Bank and Small Business 

Administration staff with the 

information necessary to determine if 

the application and transaction are 

eligible for Ex-Im Bank and SBA 

assistance under their export working 

capital guarantee programs. 

Affected Public: 

This form affects entities involved in 

the export of U.S. goods and services. 

Ex-Im Bank SBA 

Annual Number of Respondents ................................................................................................................................ 475 ............... 188. 

Estimated Time per Respondent ................................................................................................................................ 2.5 hours ...... 2.5 hours. 

Annual Burden Hours ................................................................................................................................................. 1,188 hours .. 470 hours. 

Frequency of Reporting of Use .................................................................................................................................. Annually ....... Annually. 

Government Expenses: 

Ex-Im Bank SBA 

Reviewing time per year ............................................................................................................................................. 950 hours ..... 376 

Average Wages per Hour ........................................................................................................................................... $42.50 .......... $35.00 

Average Cost per Year (time*wages) ......................................................................................................................... $40,375 ........ $13,160 

Benefits and Overhead ............................................................................................................................................... 20% .............. 100% 

Total Agency Cost ...................................................................................................................................................... $48,450 ........ $26,320 

Total Government Cost .............................................................................................................................................. $74,770 

Bonita Jones-McNeil, 

Program Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12890 Filed 5–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0745] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC or Commission) 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 


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