Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0207-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Cellulosic Production Volume Projections and Efficient Producer Reporting
Posted Date: 2016-07-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 47793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17285]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0207; FRL 9948-46-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Cellulosic Production Volume Projections and 
Efficient Producer Reporting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Cellulosic Production Volume 
Projections and Efficient Producer Reporting'' (EPA ICR No. 2551.01, 
OMB Control No. 2060-NEW) 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 request for approval of a new 
collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register (80 FR 15597) on March 24, 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 August 22, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2015-0207, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, Attention Air 
and Radiation Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0207, 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: Jon Monger, Policy Advisor, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code: 6401A, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-564-0628; fax number: 202-564-1177; email 
address: monger.jon@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 is seeking to collect information from potential 
cellulosic biofuel producers to aid in determining the annual volume 
standards. This ICR includes a questionnaire form to facilitate the 
collection of this information. EPA would also like to use a data form 
to collect information from certain producers and importers who have 
requested and been approved to use an ``efficient producer'' pathway. 
This data form would standardize collection of selected data points and 
allow better and more efficient 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: RFS Efficient Producer Data Form (RFS2500), RFS 
Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Questionnaire Form (RFS2700).
    Respondents/affected entities: Producers, Importers of Renewable 
Fuels.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: RFS Cellulosic Biofuel Producer 
Questionnaire Form is voluntary; RFS Efficient Producer Data Form is 
mandatory pursuant to Sections 114 and 208 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 
42 U.S.C. 7414 and 7542 for producers eligible to generate RINs through 
an efficient producer pathway pursuant to 40 CFR 80.1416.
    Estimated number of respondents: 90 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually (RFS Cellulosic Biofuel Producer 
Questionnaire Form) or quarterly (RFS Efficient Producer Data Form).
    Total estimated burden: 880 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $101,920 (per year), includes no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no previous ICR for this 
collection.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-17285 Filed 7-21-16; 8:45 am]
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