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OMB Control No: 2060-0740	ICR Reference No: 202206-2060-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202112-2060-002
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2691.02
Title: Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: RFS Annual Rules (Final Rule)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/07/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/18/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 1320.10(a), the agency is reminded to submit the ICR for OMB review the day of Federal Register publication for the final rule.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2025	36 Months From Approved
Responses	172,360	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	167,385	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,262,146	0	0

Abstract: This ICR is for a final rule that makes a variety of amendments to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulations, including amendments that will permit biointermediates into the RFS program. The new regulations include new information collection burdens that are related to allowing biointermediates into the RFS program. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements allow the EPA to monitor compliance from biointermediate producers, biointermediate importers, and renewable fuel producers who use biointermediates. Biointermediate producers (who have recordkeeping and reporting requirements) and biointermediate importers (who have recordkeeping requirements) are new regulated parties under the rule. Renewable fuel producers are pre-existing regulated parties. More parties may register as renewable fuel producers (e.g., as new registrants who wish to make renewable fuel from biointermediates). Under this final rule, renewable fuel producers will be subject to additional recordkeeping and reporting associated with their biointermediate use. Biointermediate producers and renewable fuel producers require: third party engineering reviews of their processes and facilities, a quality assurance plan (QAP) performed by an independent QAP provider, and attest engagements performed as a check on their records and compliance report by a third-party auditor. Biointermediate importers will need to engage a third party to provide a certification of volumes they import. This information collection request is related to the following approved information collection requests for the RFS program: 2060-0723 (expiring 11/30/2022), 2060-0725 (expiring 08/31/2022) and 2060-0728 (expiring 12/31/2023). EPA recently published a Federal Register notice on February 11, 2022 (87 FR 8013) to renew these existing collections together under the single control number of 2060-0725.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	172,360	172,360
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	167,385	167,385
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	9,262,146	9,262,146

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new collection. The estimates did increase from the proposed rule to the final rule, in response to feedback and in anticipation of higher participation (number of respondents).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,103,500

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Anne Pastorkovich 202 343-9623