Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; and Non-Road Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal)
ICR 201512-2060-003
OMB: 2060-0308
Federal Form Document
⚠️ Notice: This information collection may be outdated. More recent filings for OMB 2060-0308 can be found here:
Fuel Quality Regulations for
Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; Tax-Exempt (Dyed)
Highway Diesel Fuel; and Non-Road Locomotive & Marine Diesel
Fuel (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years with the following terms of clearance: EPA will submit each
form in an individual IC such that the burden associated with each
form is provided.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2019
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2016
25,553
0
265,406
11,078
0
18,950
0
0
0
The EPA’s diesel fuel regulations
under 40 CFR Part 80, Subpart I, are applicable to highway (“motor
vehicle” or “MV”) diesel fuel and non-road, locomotive and marine
diesel fuel (NRLM) and heating oil (HO). Most of the information
collected under this ICR is used to evaluate compliance with the
requirements of the regulations. Since virtually all MV diesel fuel
was required to meet a 15 part per million (ppm) standard as of
June 1, 2010, very little reporting related to MV diesel fuel
remains. However, reporting related to NRLM and HO will continue
throughout the course of this proposed ICR renewal. The activities
associated with this ICR include: registration (all parties have
registered; updates to existing registrations are still possible);
compliance reports (mostly covering NRLM and HO; updates to prior
compliance reports for MV diesel are still possible); research and
development (R&D) exemptions; generation and retention of
quality assurance (QA) records; foreign refiner recordkeeping and
reporting; placement of PTD codes (a typically automated process,
to indicate the presence of dye in tax-exempt fuel and/or sulfur
content). This ICR renewal contains provisions related to
qualification of laboratories on performance-based test methods.
Virtually all applications have already been received from
laboratories and acted upon by EPA.
EPA Form 5900-333, EPA Form 5900-334, EPA Form 5900-335, EPA
Form 5900-336, EPA Form 5900-338, EPA Form 5900-339, EPA Form
5900-340, EPA Form 5900-341, EPA Form 5900-337
For this renewal, we estimated
a total annual respondent burden of 25,553 reports, a decrease of
239,853 reports from the last ICR approved by OMB. The number of
hours decreased from 18,950 hours to 11,078 hours, a difference of
7,872 hours per year. The annual reporting and hourly burden
decreased due to an expiring yellow 124 provision no longer
required for diesel fuel. In this renewal, the Agency is also
adding the electronic ECA Marine Fuel Precision Demonstration form.
A contributing factor to the lowering of the industry cost was the
salaries quoted in the “Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2013
National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates, mean wages.” The salaries that assisted in calculating
the labor mix had slightly declined. This change has caused a
decrease in the cost per report in this collection from $110 per
report to $101 per report. The total estimated cost to industry is
$ 1,118,878 a year, a difference of $ 965,622 calculated from the
prior collection approved by OMB. For future approvals, we project
that the cost to report will decrease significantly. The burden
related to MV diesel reporting will phase out and virtually all
laboratory qualification applications for test methods will be
completed, decreasing total industry burden.
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.
Form EPA Form 5900-338 Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Nonroad Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal)
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Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Nonroad Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal)