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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:
[email protected].
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: With this information
collection request (ICR), we are seeking
permission to accept production outlook
reports from domestic or foreign
renewable fuel producers who are not
currently regulated parties under the
RFS2 program. The respondents for this
ICR are not regulated parties under the
RFS2 program and are therefore, not
required to register or report under the
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production outlook information to EPA
under this ICR will be on a voluntary
basis.
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, actual supply for
cellulosic biofuel will exceed the
demand created by the standards EPA
sets, 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 standards more accurately
for biomass-based diesel, advanced
biofuel, and total renewable fuel.
Compiling this information may also
assist respondents with their planning
and compliance activities. We believe
that many parties would wish to submit
this information in order to receive
better assistance in understanding and
complying with the RFS2 regulations.
Form Numbers: 5900–283 (RFS2 0900
Production Outlook Report).
Respondents/affected entities: 35.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 35
(total).
Frequency of response: Yearly.
Total estimated burden: 140 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $16,100 (per
year), includes no annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no
increase of hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB. The
respondent universe and responses also
remained the same in this collection.
There was in increase in cost to the
industry of $6,160 per year due to better
numbers used to calculate the industry
burden and to account for inflation.

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Dated: January 28, 2014.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air
and Radiation.
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AGENCY
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OAR]

Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Activities
Associated With SmartWay Transport
Partnership
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Information Collection Activities
Associated with SmartWay Transport
Partnership’’ (EPA ICR No. 2265.02,
OMB Control No. 2060–0663 to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (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 proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through May 31, 2014. 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 April 7, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2007–0482 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to smartway_
[email protected], 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:
Patty Klavon, U.S. Environmental
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Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood
Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone
number: 734–214–4476; Fax: 734–214–
4052; email address: klavon.patty@
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 Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20004. 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: The EPA’s Office of Air and
Radiation (OAR) developed the
SmartWay Transport Partnership
(‘‘SmartWay’’) under directives outlined
in Subtitle D of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 which calls on EPA to assess the
energy and air quality impacts of
activities within the freight industry.
These activities include long-duration
truck idling, the development and
promotion of strategies for reducing
idling, fuel consumption, and negative
air quality effects. SmartWay’s
objectives also are consistent with the
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partnerships between government and
industry.
SmartWay is open to organizations
that own, operate, or contract with fleet
operations, including truck and multimodal carriers, logistics companies, and
shippers. Organizations that do not
operate fleets, but that are working to
strengthen the freight industry, such as
industry trade associations, state and
local transportation agencies and
environmental groups, also may join as
SmartWay Affiliates. All organizations
that join SmartWay are asked to provide
EPA with information as part of their
SmartWay registration to annually
benchmark their transportation-related
operations and improve the
environmental performance of their
freight activities.
A company joins SmartWay when it
completes and submits a SmartWay
Excel-based Partnership tool (‘‘reporting
tool’’) to EPA. The data outputs from the
submitted tool are used by Partners and
SmartWay in several ways. First, the
data provides confirmation that
SmartWay Partners are meeting
established objectives as in their
Partnership Agreement. The reporting
tool outputs enable EPA to assist
SmartWay Partners in adjusting their
commitments, as appropriate, and to
update them with environmental
performance and technology
information that empower them to
improve their efficiency. This
information also improves EPA’s
knowledge and understanding of the
environmental and energy impacts
associated with goods movement, and
the effectiveness of both proven and
emerging strategies to lessen those
impacts.
In addition to requesting annual
transportation-related data, EPA may
ask its SmartWay Partners for other
kinds of information which could
include opinions and test data on the
effectiveness of new and emerging
technology applications, sales volumes
associated with SmartWayrecommended vehicle equipment and
technologies, the reach and value of
partnering with EPA through the
SmartWay Partnership, and awareness
of the SmartWay brand. In some
instances, EPA might query other freight
industry representatives (not just
SmartWay Partners), including trade
and professional associations, nonprofit
environmental groups, energy, and
community organizations, and
universities, and a small sampling of the
general public.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/Affected entities:
Entities potentially affected by this
action include private and public

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organizations that join the SmartWay
Transport Partnership; freight industry
representatives who engage in activities
related to the SmartWay Partnership;
and representative samplings of
consumers in the general public. These
entities may be affected by EPA efforts
to assess the effectiveness and value of
the SmartWay program, awareness of
the SmartWay brand, and ideas for
improving and developing SmartWay.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of Program
respondents: 3,961.
Frequency of response: The
information collections described in this
ICR must be completed in order for an
organization to register as or continue
its status as a SmartWay Partner, to
become a SmartWay Affiliate, to use the
SmartWay logo on an EPA-designated
tractor or trailer, or to be considered for
a SmartWay Excellence Award.
Total estimated burden: The annual
burden for this collection of information
that all Respondent Partners incur is
estimated to average 11,504 hours with
a projected annual aggregate cost of
$628,477. The annual burden for this
collection of information that federal
agency respondents incur is estimated
to average 4,332 hours with a projected
annual aggregate cost of $160,292.
This ICR estimates that approximately
2,901 Respondent partners will incur
burden associated with SmartWay in the
first year, with a growth of 314 Partners
per year projected into the future. The
estimated average burden time per
Respondent is 2.90 hours annually. This
is an average across all SmartWay
Partners, regardless of whether they are
Affiliates, shippers, carriers, or logistics
companies. The average also includes
150 consumer and industry respondents
who spend far less time, providing the
SmartWay program with basic
information on their awareness of the
program. Among Respondent Partners,
the burden hours are typically higher for
larger companies with more complex
fleets, than for smaller companies.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information,
processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
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information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Total Estimated Cost: The total annual
cost to all Respondent Partners is
$628,477. The total annual cost to
federal agency respondents is $160,292.
Changes in estimates: There is an
increase of 3,203 hours in the total
estimated Respondent Partner burden
compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase reflects
the following adjustments and program
changes:
(1) Adjustments associated with
increased interest in SmartWay, and
thus, an increase in new annual
Respondents and applications for the
SmartWay Excellence Award, as well as
robust Program retention practices,
leading to increased number of
Respondent partners reporting annually;
(2) Increased burden associated with
the SmartWay Tractor & Trailer
program; and,
(3) Reduced burden due to EPA’s
streamlined Partnership Annual
Agreement process.
Dated: January 29, 2014.
Karl Simon,
Director, Transportation Climate Division,
Office of Transportation and Air Quality.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Benzene Emission From Benzene
Storage Vessels and Coke By-Product
Recovery Plants (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for
Benzene Emission From Benzene
Storage Vessels and Coke By-Product
Recovery Plants (40 CFR part 61,
subparts L and Y) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR
No. 1080.14, OMB Control No. 2060–
0185), 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).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
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previously requested via the Federal
Register (78 FR 35023) on June 11, 2013
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 March 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2013–0325, to: (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to
[email protected], 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 [email protected].
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:
Learia Williams, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs
Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; email address:
[email protected].
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: The affected entities are
subject to the General Provisions of the
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 61, subpart A,
and to the provisions at 40 CFR part 61,
subparts L and Y. Owners or operators
of the affected facilities must submit a
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tests, and periodic reports and results.
Owners or operators are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and
duration of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation of an
affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. Reports are required
quarterly or semiannually at a
minimum.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Owners or operators of benzene storage
vessels and coke by-product recovery
plants.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, subparts L
and Y).
Estimated number of respondents: 21
(total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually
and occasionally.
Total estimated burden: 3,193 hours
(per year). ‘‘Burden’’ is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $312,347 (per
year), which also includes no
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR. This increase is
not due to any program changes; it is the
result of adding the labor burden
associated with subpart Y. The mostrecently approved ICR only reflected the
burden associated with subpart L, while
this ICR reflects the total burden
associated with subparts L and Y.
For subpart L, note that the labor
burden between this ICR and the mostrecently approved ICR is virtually
identical (there is a one-hour increase,
but it is due to differences in rounding).
There is an increase in Respondent and
Agency burden costs, however. This
increase is due to the use of updated
labor rates. This ICR references labor
rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
to calculate respondent burden costs
and references labor rates from OPM to
calculate Agency burden costs.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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