[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1059-1060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-434]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 9
[FRL-5943-2]
OMB Approval Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this
technical amendment amends the table that lists the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the PRA for
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives, Standards for Reformulated and
Conventional Gasoline.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is effective February 9, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ervin Pickell (telephone: (303) 969-
6485).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is today amending the table of currently
approved information collection request (ICR) control numbers issued by
OMB for various EPA regulations. Today's amendment updates the table to
list those information requirements promulgated in the rulemaking Fuels
and Fuel Additives, Standards for Reformulated and Conventional
Gasoline which appeared in the Federal Register on February 16, 1994
(59 FR 7716-7878). The information collection associated with this rule
was approved by OMB on March 18, 1994 and a notice of OMB approval,
which displayed the OMB No. 2060-0277, was published in the Federal
Register on April 18, 1994 (59 FR 18392). The affected regulations are
codified at 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 80 and part 9.
EPA will continue to present OMB control numbers in a consolidated
table
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format to be codified in 40 CFR part 9 of the Agency's regulations, and
in each CFR volume containing EPA regulations. The table lists the
section numbers with reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and the
current OMB control numbers. The notice in the Federal Register of the
OMB control numbers and their subsequent codification in the CFR
satisfy the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and OMB's implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
These ICRs were previously subject to public notice and comment
prior to OMB approval. As a result, EPA finds that there is ``good
cause'' under section 553(b)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B)) to amend this table without prior notice and comment.
Due to the technical nature of the table, further notice and comment
would be unnecessary.
Under Executive Order 12866, this action is not a ``significant
regulatory action'' and is therefore not subject to review by the
Office of Management and Budget. In addition, this action does not
impose annual costs of $100 million or more, will not significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, and is not a significant federal
intergovernmental mandate. The Agency thus has no obligations under
sections 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
Moreover, since this action is not subject to notice-and-comment
requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other
statute, it is not subject to sections 603 or 604 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office
Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) as added by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, EPA submitted a report
containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives and the Comptroller General of the
General Accounting Office prior to publication of the rule in today's
Federal Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5
U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 9
Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Regulation of fuels and fuel additives.
Dated: December 22, 1997.
Sylvia K. Lowrance,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 9 is amended
as follows:
PART 9--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330,
1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR
1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g,
300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2,
300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542,
9601-9657, 11023, 11048.
2. Section 9.1 is amended by adding in numerical order the new
entries to the table under the indicated heading to read as follows:
Sec. 9.1 OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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OMB control
40 CFR citation No.
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Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives
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80.40...................................................... 2060-0277
80.46...................................................... 2060-0277
80.65...................................................... 2060-0277
80.68-80.69................................................ 2060-0277
80.74-80.77................................................ 2060-0277
80.79...................................................... 2060-0277
80.83...................................................... 2060-0277
80.91-80.93................................................ 2060-0277
80.101-80.106.............................................. 2060-0277
80.125..................................................... 2060-0277
80.127-80.130.............................................. 2060-0277
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[FR Doc. 98-434 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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