Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0161-3221
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request;  Production Outlook Reports for Un-Registered Renewable Fuel Producers (New Collection); EPA ICR No. 2409.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW
Posted Date: 2011-02-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6781-6782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2778]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0161; FRL-9263-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Production Outlook Reports for 
Un-Registered Renewable Fuel Producers (New Collection)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for 
approval for a new information collection. The ICR, which is abstracted 
below, describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 10, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2005-0161, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Docket, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
OMB by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geanetta Heard, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality (6406J), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 202-343-9017; fax number: 202-343-2801; e-mail address: 
heard.geanetta@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On October 14, 2010 (75 FR 63173), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0161, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Air Docket is 202-566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other 
information for which public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Production Outlook Reports for Un-Registered Renewable Fuels 
Producers (New Collection).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2409.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW.

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    ICR Status: This is a request for OMB approval of a new information 
collection. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal 
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and are displayed 
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate 
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if 
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: With this information collection request (ICR), we are 
seeking permission to accept production outlook reports from domestic 
and foreign renewable fuel producers who are not currently regulated 
parties under the RFS2 program. The respondents for this ICR are not 
required to register or report under the RFS2 regulations. Submission 
of production outlook information to EPA under this ICR will be 
voluntary.
    We believe that many parties would wish to submit this information 
in order to receive better assistance in understanding and preparing to 
comply with the RFS2 regulations. A typical respondent would be a 
renewable fuel producer who is in the process of developing plans for, 
or constructing, a renewable fuel production facility or that is 
currently opting out of the RFS2 program under 40 CFR 80.1426(c)(3). 
Such a respondent would not be required to register or report under 
RFS2 because it is not yet producing renewable fuel subject to the 
regulation. However, the respondent would likely wish to provide the 
information in order to receive feedback from EPA and to aid its 
planning for future compliance with the RFS2 regulations and annual 
compliance standards.
    Respondents that voluntarily provide the information requested 
through this ICR will benefit from doing so. The information that 
respondents provide will allow EPA to more accurately project 
cellulosic biofuel volumes for the following calendar year, and these 
volume projections will form the basis of the percentage standards EPA 
sets under the RFS2 program. Without information from these 
respondents, EPA's volume projections are more likely to fall below 
actual projection volumes. Under such circumstances, supply for 
cellulosic biofuel will exceed demand, and the value of cellulosic 
biofuel Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) will fall. RINs are 
marketable credits that correspond to a given volume of renewable fuel. 
Since RIN market price directly affects the economic viability of 
cellulosic biofuel production, low RIN prices could present economic 
difficulties to producers. Thus, it is in the interests of these 
respondents to provide this information to EPA, as doing so could 
ensure that the market price of RINs appropriately reflects the value 
of their cellulosic biofuel. This information also serves a more 
general program purpose, because it will assist EPA in setting the 
annual RFS2 standard more accurately.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by a person to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to a Federal agency. This includes the 
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and 
utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, 
validating, and verifying information; to process and maintain 
information; to disclose and provide information; to adjust the 
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 
requirements which have subsequently changed; to train personnel to be 
able to respond to a collection of information; to search data sources; 
to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit 
or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Renewable fuel producers who are 
expected to fall under the general category of petroleum refineries 
(324110/2911), ethyl alcohol manufacturers (325193/2869), and/or other 
basic organic chemical manufacturing (325199/2869).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 35.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 140.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,940, which includes no capital or 
O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new information collection.

    Dated: February 1, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-2778 Filed 2-7-11; 8:45 am]
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