Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline, Gasoline Additives, Denatured Fuel Ethanol, and Other Oxygenates under the Tier 3 Rule
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline, Gasoline Additives, Denatured Fuel Ethanol, and Other Oxygenates under the Tier 3 Rule
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
The agency requested this collection to be withdrawn in order for the agency to incorporate the Tier 3 recordkeeping and reporting requirements into the existing Tier 2 information collection request (OMB Control Number 2060-0437) as opposed to creating a new information collection for the revised Tier 3 recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
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The requirements covered under this draft Information Collection Request are included in the proposed Tier 3 rule that will be published in the Federal Register. The Tier 3 proposal would establish more stringent vehicle emissions standards and reduce the sulfur content of gasoline beginning in 2017, as part of a systems approach to addressing the impacts of motor vehicles and fuels on air quality and public health. The proposed gasoline sulfur standard would make emission control systems more effective for both existing and new vehicles, and would enable more stringent vehicle emissions standards. The request covers regulated entities in the gasoline refining/importing and distribution system, including manufacturers of gasoline additives and producers of denatured fuel ethanol and other oxygenates that are blended into gasoline.
In general terms, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements regarding the sulfur content of gasoline, gasoline additives, and denatured fuel ethanol and other oxygenates under the proposed Tier 3 program consist of the following: sulfur sampling and testing, sample retention , recordkeeping (including Product Transfer Document (PTD) information and sulfur sampling and testing information), annual sulfur compliance reporting, annual attest engagements, annual sulfur credit reporting, and special reporting requirements for small refiners/small volume refineries.
US Code:
42 USC 7545
Name of Law: Regulation of Fuels
US Code:
42 USC 7542
Name of Law: Information Collection
US Code:
42 USC 7414
Name of Law: Recordkeeping, inspections, monitoring, and entry
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements for refiners and importers of motor vehicle gasoline under the proposed Tier 3 program are the same requirements that exist under the Tier 2 sulfur program (and hence would replace the Tier 2 requirements when the Tier 2 program ends with the beginning of the Tier 3 program). Additionally, the proposed Tier 3 rule contains recordkeeping and reporting requirements that apply to gasoline additive manufacturers and oxygenate manufacturers whose products are blended into finished gasoline or gasoline blendstocks. The recordkeeping and PTD requirements for gasoline additive manufacturers would be new but should be minimal since we expect that they are already followed as part of customary business practices. Finally, there would be new recordkeeping and PTD requirements for producers of denatured fuel ethanol or other oxygenates under the proposed Tier 3 program and new requirements for all downstream parties in the gasoline distribution system to retain PTD information.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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Denatured Fuel Ethanol and Other Oxygenate Producers