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The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Alternative Affirmative Defense
Requirements for Ultra-low Sulfur
Diesel’’ (EPA ICR No. 2364.04, OMB
Control No. 2060–0639) 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 March 31, 2014.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register (78
FR 78953) on December 27, 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 April 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OAR–2010–0258, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), 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:
Geanetta Heard, Fuel 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

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for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: The highway diesel program
regulations require motor vehicle
(highway) diesel fuel sold at retail
stations to contain 15 parts per million
(ppm) of sulfur or less. Under the
highway diesel fuel regulations, where a
violation of the 15 ppm sulfur standard
is identified at a retail outlet, the retailer
responsible for dispensing the
noncompliant fuel is deemed liable, as
well as the refiner(s), importer(s) and
distributor(s) of such fuel. The highway
diesel regulations further provide,
however, that any person deemed liable
can rebut this presumption by
establishing an affirmative defense that
includes, among other things, showing
that it conducted a quality assurance
sampling and testing program as
prescribed by the regulations.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: 5.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory.
Estimated number of respondents: 5
(total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 80 hours (per
year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $9,200 (per
year), which includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a
decrease of 240 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. There is no change in the burden
per response. Instead, the respondent
universe and responses have decreased
from 20 to five due to a higher than
expected compliance rate. There was in
increase in cost to the industry per
response of $704 due to more accurate
numbers used to calculate the industry
burden and to account for inflation.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0077; FRL–9908–60–
OAP]

Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program (Renewal); EPA ICR
No. 1596.08, OMB Control No. 2060–
0226
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program (40 CFR part 82,
subpart G) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No.
1596.08, OMB Control No. 2060–0226)
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 proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through August 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 May 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2004–0077, 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.
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:
Rebecca von dem Hagen, Environmental
Protection Agency, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Office of
Atmospheric Programs, MC 6205J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
343–9445; fax number: (202) 343–2362;
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email address: vondemhagen.rebecca@
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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act (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: Information collected under
this rulemaking is necessary to
implement the requirements of the
Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) program for evaluating and
regulating substitutes for ozonedepleting chemicals being phased out
under the stratospheric ozone protection
provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA)
and globally under the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer. Under CAA Section 612,
EPA is authorized to identify and
restrict the use of substitutes for class I
and class II ozone-depleting substances
where EPA determines other
alternatives are available or potentially
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SNAP program, based on information
collected from the manufacturers,
formulators, and/or sellers of such
substitutes, identifies acceptable
substitutes. Responses to the collection
of information are mandatory under
Section 612 for anyone who sells or, in
certain cases, uses substitutes for an
ozone-depleting substance after April
18, 1994, the effective date of the final
rule. Measures to protect confidentiality
of information collected under the
SNAP program are based on EPA’s
confidentiality regulations (40 CFR
2.201 et seq., or Subpart B). Submitters
may designate all or portions of their
forms or petitions as confidential. EPA
requires the submitters to substantiate
their claim of confidentiality. Under
CAA Section 114(c), emissions
information may not be claimed as
confidential.
To develop the lists of acceptable and
unacceptable substitutes, the Agency
must assess and compare ‘‘overall risks
to human health and the environment’’
posed by use of substitutes in the
context of particular applications. EPA
requires submission of information
covering a wide range of health and
environmental factors. These include
intrinsic properties such as physical and
chemical information, ozone depleting
potential, global warming potential,
toxicity, and flammability, and usespecific data such as substitute
applications, process description,
environmental release data, exposure
data during use of a substitute,
environmental fate and transport, and
cost information. Once a completed
submission has been received, a 90 day
review period under the SNAP program
will commence. Any substitute which is
a new chemical must also be submitted
to the Agency under the Premanufacture
Notice program under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA).
Alternatives that will be used as
sterilants must be filed jointly with
EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs and
with SNAP.
Form Numbers: 1265–07.
Respondents/affected entities:
Manufacturers, importers, formulators
and processors of substitutes for ozonedepleting substances.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR 82.176).
Estimated number of respondents:
221 (per year).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 6,683 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $476,742, which
includes $22,281 annualized capital or
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Changes in Estimates: The Agency
anticipates that the total estimated
respondent burden will stay
substantially the same, or decrease
compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB.
The Agency anticipates a slight
increase in the number of submissions
to the SNAP program as a result of
increased efforts to identify and adopt
climate-friendly alternatives; however,
the Agency also anticipates that the
respondent burden for each individual
submission will decrease. In recent
years, many SNAP submissions have
been received for widely-used and well
understood chemicals being applied in
new uses. One example of this is the
submission of propane for us in
household refrigerators. Additional
work is necessary to ensure the safe use
of these chemicals, but new toxicology
studies are not required. The Agency
expects that trend to continue. Recent
listings for a number of substitutes have
included use conditions, but these use
conditions are consistent with
requirements in industry standards and
EPA expects such efforts (e.g.,
equipment testing and marking) to be
standard industry practice. The Agency
also anticipates a decrease in burden
due to fewer respondents keeping
records for alternatives that are
acceptable subject to narrowed use
limits.
Dated: March 12, 2014.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9908–40–OCFO]

Environmental Financial Advisory
Board (EFAB) Charter Renewal
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal.
AGENCY:

The Charter for the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Environmental
Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will
be renewed for an additional two-year
period, as a necessary committee which
is in the public interest, in accordance
with the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5
U.S.C. App. 2. The purpose of EFAB is
to provide advice and recommendations
to the Administrator of EPA on issues
associated with environmental
financing. It is determined that EFAB is
in the public interest in connection with

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