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OMB Control No: 2060-0178	ICR Reference No: 201406-2060-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201105-2060-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1367.11
Title: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline Volatility (40 CFR 80.27)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/06/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/26/2014
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. Prior to the next renewal, it is suggested that the agency consider the merits of this requirement now that almost all gasoline contains ten percent ethanol and whether removing the code from the PTD would impose more burden than leaving it alone.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2014
Responses	44,000,102	0	44,000,102
Time Burden (Hours)	12,330	0	12,330
Cost Burden (Dollars)	20	0	20

Abstract: Gasoline volatility, as measured by Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) in pounds per square inch (psi), is controlled in the spring and summer in order to minimize evaporative hydrocarbon emissions from motor vehicles. The federal RVP standard is 7.8 psi for southern states and 9.0 psi for northern states. The addition of ethanol to gasoline increases the RVP by about 1 psi. Gasoline that contains 9 to 10 volume percent ethanol is subject to a standard that is 1 psi greater. As an aid to industry compliance and EPA enforcement, the product transfer document which accompanies a shipment of gasoline containing ethanol is required by regulation to contain a legible and conspicuous statement that the gasoline contains ethanol and the percentage concentration of ethanol. This is intended to deter the mixing within the distribution system , particularly in retail storage tanks, of gasoline which contans 9 to 10 percent ethanol with gasoline which does not contain ethanol in that range. Such mixing would likely result in a gasoline with an ethanol concentration outside of 9 to 10 volume percent but with an RVP above the standard. Parties wishing to conduct research or emissions certification on gasoline that does not meet the volatility standard must submit certain information to EPA in order to obtain a testing exemption.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7401-7626 Name of Law: The 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 3199	01/17/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 36311	06/26/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Compliance for New Producers or Importers
Product Transfer Document (PTD) Requirements
Testing Exemptions

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	44,000,102	44,000,102
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,330	12,330
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	20	20

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $320

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: Jim Caldwell 2023439303 caldwell.jim@epa.gov

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