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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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biofuel feedstock producers by way of 

the Agency’s Central Data Exchange 

(CDX). The recordkeeping and reporting 

of this regulation will allow EPA to 

monitor compliance with the RFS 

program. We inform respondents that 

they may assert claims of business 

confidentiality (CBI) for information 

they submit in accordance with 40 CFR 

2.203. 

Form Numbers: 

RFS0103: RFS2 Q1 2012 Activity Report 

RFS0104: RFS2 Activity Report 

RFS0201: RFS1 RIN Transaction Report 

(only if RFS1 RINs were bought, sold, 

retired, or reinstated) 

RFS0600: RFS2 Renewable Fuel 

Producer Supplemental Report (if 

applicable) 

RFS0701: RFS2 Renewable Fuel 

Producer Co-products Report 

RFS0801: RFS2 Renewable Biomass 

Report 

RFS0901: RFS2 Production Outlook 

Report 

EMTS: RFS2 RIN Transaction Report 

EMTS: RFS2 RIN Generation Report 

(Equivalent to RFS0400) 

RFS0301: RFS2 2010 Annual 

Compliance Report 

RFS0302: RFS2 2011 Annual 

Compliance Report 

EMTS: RFS2 RIN Transaction Report 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Producers of Renewable Fuels, 

Importers, Obligated Parties, Parties 

who own RINS (including foreign RIN 

owners). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

mandatory Sections 114 and 208 of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7414 

and 7542. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,092,731. 

Frequency of response: Quarterly. 

Total estimated burden: 6,379,263 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $60,459,623 (per 

year), includes $ 320 annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: EMTS was 

introduced at the onset of the RFS2 

program and was not a feature of RFS1. 

For the new EMTS system, all parties 

who owned RINs were required to reregister, disclose feedstock sources, 

prepare quarterly reports on RIN activity 

and submit annual compliance reports 

(obligated party only). Re-submittal 

provisions utilized in RFS1 are no 

longer required, resulting in a decrease 

in total responses for this ICR. The total 

responses for industry dropped from 

4,525,625 to 2,092,731 a difference of 

2,432,894 responses. Currently, biofuels 

producers and importers submit 

required quarterly reports along with 

their third party disclosure on feedstock 

producers to EPA. All users of the 

EMTS system are required to submit 

quarterly RIN reports. 

The number of respondents or users 

of the EMTS system has more than 

doubled from 1,059,326 to 2,092,731 an 

increase of 1,639,992 users due to the 

additional response burden for mapping 

foreign and domestic plantation/forest 

land owners and foreign biofuel 

feedstock producers which were not 

reflected in the previous ICR reporting 

period. With an increase in the number 

of respondents, total burden hours have 

increased by more than 4 million 

costing the industry $60,459,623; 

however, a decrease of $47,882,366 was 

realized. The reduction in the total cost 

for this renewal is due to the fact that 

the EMTS system is automated and 

more efficient and helps users to 

prepare reports instantly, reducing the 

amount of time and the cost associated 

with responding, even with more than 

a million added users. This notable 

factor increased the industry burden 

hours, but will lower the total cost of 

this information collection request if 

renewed. 

Dated: February 13, 2013. 

Byron Bunker, 

Director, Transportation and Regional 

Programs Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03840 Filed 2–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0053; FRL–9377–4] 

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and 

Status Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA) requires any person who 

intends to manufacture (defined by 

statute to include import) a new 

chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the 

TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory 

(TSCA Inventory)) to notify EPA and 

comply with the statutory provisions 

pertaining to the manufacture of new 

chemicals. In addition under TSCA, 

EPA is required to publish in the 

Federal Register a notice of receipt of a 

premanufacture notice (PMN) or an 

application for a test marketing 

exemption (TME), and to publish in the 

Federal Register periodic status reports 

on the new chemicals under review and 

the receipt of notices of commencement 

(NOC) to manufacture those chemicals. 

This document, which covers the period 

from December 1, 2012 to January 11, 

2013, and provides the required notice 

and status report, consists of the PMNs 

and TME, both pending or expired, and 

the NOC to manufacture a new chemical 

that the Agency has received under 

TSCA section 5 during this time period. 

DATES: Comments identified by the 

specific PMN number or TME number, 

must be received on or before March 22, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0053, 

and the specific PMN number or TME 

number for the chemical related to your 

comment, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The DCO is open from 

8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the DCO is (202) 

564–8930. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the DCO’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the 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 regulations.gov or 

email. The 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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the 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 


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