Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1121-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 and Later Years for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel, etc.
Posted Date: 2015-05-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30677-30678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13028]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1121; FRL-9928-37-OAR]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Fuel 
Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 and Later Years; for 
Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Non-Road Locomotive & Marine 
Diesel Fuel (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Fuel Quality Regulations for 
Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway 
Diesel Fuel; & Non-Road Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel'' (EPA ICR No 
1718.10., OMB Control No. 2060-0308 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 January 31, 2016. 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 July 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-1121, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 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, Fuels 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, 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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 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: This ICR renewal is related to EPA's diesel fuel 
regulations under 40 CFR part 80, subpart I, applicable to highway 
(``motor vehicle'' or ``MV'') diesel fuel and non-road, locomotive and 
marine diesel fuel (NRLM) and heating oil (HO). Most of the information 
collected under this ICR is used to evaluate compliance with the 
requirements of the regulations. Since virtually all MV diesel fuel was 
required to meet a 15 part per million (ppm) standard as of June 1, 
2010, very little reporting related to MV diesel fuel remains. However, 
reporting related to NRLM and HO will continue throughout the course of 
this proposed ICR renewal. The activities associated with this ICR 
include: Registration (all parties have registered; updates to existing 
registrations are still possible); compliance reports (mostly covering 
NRLM and HO; updates to prior compliance reports for MV diesel are 
still possible); research and development (R&D) exemptions; generation 
and retention of quality assurance (QA) records and foreign refiner 
recordkeeping and reporting. This ICR renewal contains provisions 
related to qualification of laboratories on performance-based test 
methods.
    Form Numbers: 12.

DSF0100 Form: Diesel Fuel Sulfur Credit Banking and Generation Report--
5900-351
DSF0200 Form: Diesel Fuel Sulfur Credit Transfer Report--5900-333
DSF Form: ECA Marine Fuel Precision Demonstration--5900-352
DSF0302 Form: Diesel Fuel Facility Report--5900-323
DSF0401 Form: Diesel Fuel Sulfur Batch Report--5900-324
DSF0504 Forms: Designated and Track Handoff Report--5900-325
DSF0601 Designate and Track Total Volume Report--5900-326
DSF0700 Designate Track Facility Compliance Report--5900-327
DSE0700 Form: Designate and Track Entity Compliance Report--5900-328
DSE0900 Form: Motor Vehicle Diesel Sulfur Pre-Compliance Report--5900-
329
DSF0951 Form: NRLM Diesel Sulfur Pre-Compliance Report--5900-350
DLQ001 Form: (Used for lab test method)--EPA-420-B-14-066a

    Respondents/affected entities: Private businesses selling diesel 
fuel.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 6,806 (total).
    Frequency of response: quarterly, annually, on occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 11,078 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,122,716 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: For this renewal, we estimated a total annual 
respondent burden of 25,553 reports, a decrease of 239,853 reports from 
the last ICR approved by OMB. The number of hours decreased from 18,950 
hours to 11,078 hours, a difference of 7,902 hours per year. The annual 
reporting and hourly burden decreased due to an expiring yellow 124 
provision no longer required for diesel fuel. In this renewal, the 
Agency is also adding the electronic ECA Marine Fuel Precision 
Demonstration form. A contributing factor to the lowering of the 
industry cost was the salaries quoted in the ``Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, May 2013 National Industry-Specific Occupational

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Employment and Wage Estimates, mean wages.'' The salaries that assisted 
in calculating the labor mix had slightly declined. This change has 
caused a decrease in the cost per report in this collection from $110 
per report to $101 per report. The total estimated cost to industry is 
$1,122,716 a year, a difference of $ 961,784 calculated from the prior 
collection approved by OMB. For future approvals, we project that the 
cost to report will decrease significantly. The burden related to MV 
diesel reporting will phase out and virtually all laboratory 
qualification applications for test methods will be completed, 
decreasing total industry burden.

    Dated: May 20, 2015.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation.
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