Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0202-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Recordkeeping and Reporting Related to E15
Posted Date: 2015-09-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 54785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22900]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0202; FRL-9933-72-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Related to E15

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Related to E15'' (EPA ICR No. 2408.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0675) 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.). 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 
FR 15595) 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 October 13, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2015-0202, 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 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: Geanetta Heard, Fuel Compliance 
Center, 6406J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9017 fax number: 
202-565-2085 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.
    Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA granted partial 
waivers that allow gasoline containing greater than 10 volume percent 
(vol%) ethanol up to 15 vol% ethanol (E15) to be introduced into 
commerce for use in model year (MY) 2001 and newer light-duty motor 
vehicles, subject to certain conditions. EPA issued final rule 
establishing several measures to mitigate misfueling of other vehicles, 
engines and equipment with E15 and the potential emissions consequences 
of misfueling. The rule prohibits the use of gasoline containing more 
than 10 vol% ethanol in vehicles, engines and equipment that are not 
covered by the partial waiver decisions. The rule also requires all E15 
gasoline fuel dispensers to have a specific label when a retail station 
or wholesale-purchaser consumer chooses to sell E15. In addition, the 
rule requires that product transfer documents (PTDs) specifying ethanol 
content and Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) accompany the transfer of 
gasoline blended with ethanol, and a survey of retail stations to 
ensure compliance with these requirements. The rule also modifies the 
Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) program by updating the Complex Model to 
allow fuel manufacturers to certify batches of gasoline containing up 
to 15 vol% ethanol. This ICR supporting statement addresses associated 
recordkeeping and reporting items.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 80).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,103 (total).
    Estimated number of responses: 44,000,103.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 13,270 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $ 1,340,292, which includes no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: We expect there will be a decrease in the 
total estimated respondents, responses and cost to the industry 
compared to the ICR currently approved by OMB. This change in burden is 
due to no longer requiring the programing of product transfer codes in 
this collection. The respondent universe decreased from 6,211 to 2,103, 
a difference of 4,108 members. The number of responses declined from 
44,010,211 to 44,000,103, a difference of 10,108 reports. This reduced 
the industry burden hours from 37,350 to 13,270.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-22900 Filed 9-10-15; 8:45 am]
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