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[Federal Register: July 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 135)]
[Notices]               
[Page 41165-41166]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Proposed Agency Information Collection

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted the following 
information collection request (ICR), utilizing emergency review 
procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DOE 
invites public comment on the subject proposal: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
development of the study, including whether the information shall have 
practical utility; (b) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (c) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through additional use of information technology.

DATES: Comments regarding this collection must be received on or before 
August 16, 2010. If you anticipate that you will be submitting 
comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time 
allowed by this notice, please advise the DOE Desk Officer at OMB of 
your intention to make a submission as soon as possible. The Desk 
Officer may be telephoned at 202-395-4650.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to:

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 
735 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

And to

Peter Whitman, Office of Policy and International Affairs, PI-42, 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington DC 20585, 
202-586-1010, fax 202-586-5391, peter.whitman@hq.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Whitman, 202-586-1010, 
peter.whitman@hq.doe.gov. The collection instrument may be found at 
http://www.pi.energy.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request 
contains: (1) OMB No. New; (2) Information Collection Request Title: 
RFS2 Small Refinery Survey 2010; (3) Type of Request: New collection; 
(4) Purpose: The Department of Energy is preparing a study to determine 
if small refiners would suffer ``disproportionate economic hardship'' 
through compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). This 
optional survey allows respondents to submit data that will provide 
technical support for a determination of disproportionate economic 
hardship. Upon such a determination from DOE, EPA may extend the 
exemption from compliance with the RFS program for at least two years. 
(5) Number of Respondents: 50, this is a one-time collection; (6) 
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 50; (7) Estimated Number of Burden

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Hours: 15; (8) Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: None.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 211(o)(9)(A)(ii) of the Clean Air 
Act, as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005), 
requires that DOE conduct a study for the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assessing whether the 
renewable fuel standard (RFS) would impose a ``disproportionate 
economic hardship'' on small refineries. This survey will provide 
technical information to support the study.

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 8, 2010.
Carmen Difiglio,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Analysis, Office of Policy and 
International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-17288 Filed 7-14-10; 8:45 am]
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