Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1121-0040
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Diesel Fuel Regulations
Posted Date: 2019-03-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10821-10822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05513]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1121; FRL-9988-33-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Diesel Fuel Regulations (40 CFR Part 80, 
Subpart I) (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), Diesel Fuel Regulations (EPA ICR 
Number 1718.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0308), 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 March 31, 2019. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 4, 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 22, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-1121, 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: 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: This ICR renewal is related to EPA's diesel fuel 
regulations under 40 CFR part 80, subpart I, applicable to highway 
(motor vehicle) diesel fuel and non-road, locomotive and marine diesel 
fuel (NRLM), Emission Control Area (ECA) marine fuel, and heating oil. 
Most of the information collected under this ICR is used to evaluate 
compliance with the requirements of the regulations. Motor vehicle 
diesel fuel and just about all NRLM diesel fuel now meet a 15 part per 
million sulfur standard. The activities associated with this ICR 
include: Registration (new refiners and importers, updates to existing 
registrations); submission of corrections to prior compliance reports; 
granting of research and development exemptions; generation and 
retention of quality assurance records; general recordkeeping; batch 
testing for sulfur content; and the production of product transfer 
documents and pump labels.
    Form Numbers:

DSF0100 Form: Diesel Fuel Sulfur Credit Banking & Generation Report
DSF0200 Form: Diesel Fuel Sulfur Credit Transfer Report
ECA0300 Form: ECA Marine Fuel Sulfur Precision Demonstration
DSF0302 Form: Diesel Fuel Sulfur Facility Summary Report
DSF0401 Form: Diesel Fuel Sulfur Batch Report
DSF0504 Form: Designate & Track Handoff Report
DSF0601 Form: Designate & Track Total Volume Report
DSF0700 Form: Designate & Track Facility Compliance Calculation Report
DSE0700 Form: Designate & Track Entity Compliance Calculation Report
DSE0900 Form: Motor Vehicle Diesel Fuel Sulfur Pre-Compliance Report
DSF0951 Form: NRLM Diesel Fuel Sulfur Pre-Compliance Report

    Respondents/affected entities: Parties involved with diesel fuels.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 7,900 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.

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    Total estimated burden: 28,450 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,300,200 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 17,372 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to burdens that were not 
addressed in the current ICR, such as product transfer documents, the 
testing of each batch of diesel fuel for sulfur content, and labels on 
pumps that dispense hearing oil and certain offroad diesel fuels.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05513 Filed 3-21-19; 8:45 am]
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