Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0663-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Performance-Based Measurement System for Fuels
Posted Date: 2019-05-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23563-23564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10706]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0663; FRL-9990-75-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Performance-Based Measurement System for 
Fuels (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Performance-Based Measurement 
System for Fuels (EPA ICR Number 2459.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0692) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through May 31, 2019. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
November 5, 2018 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: Comments must be submitted on or before June 21, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2018-0663, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@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 
oria_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: James W. Caldwell, Compliance 
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 6405A, 
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, 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: EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 80 set standards for 
certain parameters of gasoline and diesel fuel, such as sulfur content, 
to control harmful vehicle emissions and protect emission controls. 
Refiners and importers are required to test for these parameters and 
report the results to EPA. The regulations at 40 CFR part 80.47, 
80.584, and 80.585 (1) identify acceptable test methods for some of the 
regulated parameters, (2) specify criteria for precision, accuracy, and 
quality control for the test methods used to measure the regulated 
parameters (certain test methods in use prior to October 28, 2013 are 
exempt from some of the criteria), and (3) establish procedures by 
which a test laboratory can demonstrate that an alternative test method 
meets the criteria and is thus ``qualified'' for use. This program for 
the qualification of test methods is known as the Performance-Based 
Measurement System (PBMS). Test laboratories are required to generate 
certain records to demonstrate compliance with PBMS program 
requirements. This ICR covers the recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements for PBMS records. There are no required forms. Example 
formats for certain records are at: https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help/compliance-performance-based-measurement-system.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Laboratories that test gasoline and 
diesel fuel.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,015 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion, periodically (varies with test 
method).
    Total estimated burden: 26,696 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).

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    Total estimated cost: $2,460,454 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 17,198 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to an incorrect estimate of 52 
laboratories for the current approval while the actual number should 
have been near 1,000.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-10706 Filed 5-21-19; 8:45 am]
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