This ICR seeks permission to accept notifications from gasoline retailers and wholesale purchaser-consumer related to the commingling of ethanol blended and non ethanol blended reformulated gasoline under section 1513 of the Energy Policy Act and to provide for a compliance option whereby a retailer or wholesale purchaser-consumer may demonstrate compliance via test results. These provisions are designed to grant compliance flexibility.
The change in burden is due in part to better estimates extracted from business and industry economic statistics that assisted in calculating the number of respondents. We also found that the original cost per response was overstated by a factor of 2.
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.