This ICR renewal is related to EPAs
diesel fuel regulations under 40 CFR Part 80, Subpart I, applicable
to highway (motor vehicle) diesel fuel and non-road, locomotive and
marine diesel fuel (NRLM), Emission Control Area (ECA) marine fuel,
and heating oil. Most of the information collected under this ICR
is used to evaluate compliance with the requirements of the
regulations. Motor vehicle diesel fuel and just about all NRLM
diesel fuel now meet a 15 part per million sulfur standard. The
activities associated with this ICR include: registration (new
refiners and importers, updates to existing registrations);
submission of corrections to prior compliance reports; granting of
research and development exemptions; generation and retention of
quality assurance records; general recordkeeping; batch testing for
sulfur content; and the production of product transfer documents
and pump labels.
For this renewal, we estimated
a total annual respondent burden of 23,078,354 reports, an increase
of 23,052,801 reports from the last ICR approved by OMB. The number
of hours increased from 11,078 hours to 28,450 hours, a difference
of 17,372 hours per year due to the inclusion of requirements that
had not been addressed in the previous ICR. See the items with an
asterisk in Table 1. With the expiration of quarterly and annual
reporting, 5,395 hours from the previous ICR have been reduced to
50 hours.
$120,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
James Caldwell 202
233-9303
No
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.