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OMB Control No: 2060-0277	ICR Reference No: 201412-2060-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201110-2060-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1591.26
Title: Reformulated Gasoline and Conventional Gasoline: Requirements for Refiners, Oxygenate Blenders, and Importers of Gasoline; Requirements for Parties in the Gasoline Distribution Network (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 05/18/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/22/2014
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years with the following terms of clearance: EPA will further evaluate whether there are additional opportunities for streamlining the existing RFG and anti-dumping requirements to reduce the collection burden on regulated parties and the Agency prior to the next submission of this collection.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2020	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2017
Responses	54,078	0	53,678
Time Burden (Hours)	127,246	0	127,041
Cost Burden (Dollars)	24,713,032	0	24,713,032

Abstract: Gasoline combustion is the major source of air pollution in most urban areas. In the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act (Act), section 211(k), Congress required that gasoline dispensed in nine areas with severe air quality problems, and areas that opt-in, be reformulated to reduce toxic and ozone-forming emissions. (Ozone is also known as smog.) Congress also required that, in the process of producing reformulated gasoline (RFG), dirty components removed in the reformulation process not be "dumped" into the remainder of the country's gasoline, known as conventional gasoline (CG). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated regulations at 40 CFR part 80, subpart D - Reformulated Gasoline, subpart E - Anti-Dumping, and subpart F - Attest Engagements, implementing the statutory requirements, which include standards for RFG (80.41) and CG (80.101). The regulations also contain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for the production, importation, transport and storage of gasoline, in order to demonstrate compliance and facilitate compliance and enforcement. The program is run by the Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. Enforcement is done by the Air Enforcement Division, Office of Civil Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. This program excludes California, which has separate requirements for gasoline. The United States has an annual gasoline consumption of about 133 billion gallons, of which about 30% is RFG. In 2013 EPA received reports from 255 refineries, 60 importer facilities/facility groups, 51 oxygenate blending facilities, 25 independent laboratory facilities, and the RFG Survey Association, Inc. under this program.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7401 et seq Name of Law: Clean Air Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 52317	09/03/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 76326	12/22/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	54,078	53,678	400
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	127,246	127,041	205
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	24,713,032	24,713,032	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: Compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB, there is an increase in the total estimated burden. The increase from 127,041 hours to 127,246 hours is because additional regulations that were introduced through rule making.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,092,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Jose Solar 2023439027 solar.jose@epa.gov

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