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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 224 / Tuesday, November 20, 2012 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0161; FRL–9752–6]

Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2)
Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2)
Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 2380.20, OMB
Control No. 2060–0637) 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 March 31,
2013. 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 January 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2005–0161 online using
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA
Docket Center in Washington, DC (EPA/
DC). The docket is located in the EPA
West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 3334, and is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays, 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:
202–343–2800; email address:
heard.geanetta@epa.gov.

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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.
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: EPA would like to continue
to collect annual reports, initial
registrations and updates by way of the
Agency’s CDX and petitions for
renewable fuels pathways from the
regulated RFS industry. The
recordkeeping and reporting of this
regulation will allow EPA to monitor
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 Part 2203.
Form Numbers:
RFS0103: RFS2 Q1 2012 Activity
Report.
RFS0104: RFS2 Activity Report.
RFS0201: RFS1 RIN Transaction Report
(only if RFS1 RINs were bought, sold,
retired, or reinstated).
RFS0600: RFS2 Renewable Fuel
Producer Supplemental Report (if
applicable).

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RFS0701: RFS2 Renewable Fuel
Producer Co-products Report.
RFS0801: RFS2 Renewable Biomass
Report.
RFS0901: RFS2 Production Outlook
Report.
EMTS: RFS2 RIN Transaction Report.
EMTS: RFS2 RIN Generation Report
(Equivalent to RFS0400).
RFS0301: RFS2 2010 Annual
Compliance Report.
RFS0302: RFS2 2011 Annual
Compliance Report.
EMTS: RFS2 RIN Transaction Report.
Respondents/affected entities:
Producers of Renewable Fuels,
Importers, Obligated Parties, Parties
who own RINS (including foreign RIN
owners).
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
mandatory Sections 114 and 208 of the
Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7414
and 7542.
Estimated number of respondents:
6065.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated burden: 52,095 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $8,010,130 (per
year), includes $320 annualized capital
or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: This decrease
came due to the change in the
respondent universe. Two obligated
parties categories, the importers of
renewable fuels and any party who
own/intend to own RINs which include
blenders, brokers and marketers
dropped significantly. Importers
dropped from 360 responses to 270 and
any party who own/intend to own RINs
which include blenders, brokers and
marketers dropped from 3000 responses
to 1650 thus lessoning the reporting
burden. The number of responses by
these two parties decreased by a total of
6,638 responses and 7530 hours.
Dated: November 8, 2012.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Transportation and Regional
Programs Division.
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