99-27143. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Investigation Into Possible Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles With Federal Emission Standards

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56208-56209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27143]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6460-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Investigation Into Possible Noncompliance of 
Motor Vehicles With Federal Emission Standards

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been for-warded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Investigation into 
Possible Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles with Federal Emission 
Standards, EPA ICR No. 222.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0086, expiration 
date November 30, 1999. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 17, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at [phone], by email at [e-mail], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 222.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Investigation into Possible Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles 
with Federal Emission Standards. (OMB Control No. 2060-0086, EPA ICR 
No. 222.05). expiring 11/30/99. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This information collection includes three instruments 
that are used by the U.S. EPA to identify motor vehicles and engines 
for possible inclusion in its emissions control testing programs. The 
self-addressed postcard and owner telephone questionnaire are completed 
using information given by owners of vehicles or engines from a vehicle 
class under investigation. The maintenance verification form is 
administered to representatives of service facilities that performed 
maintenance on vehicles or engines whose owners have responded to the 
owner telephone questionnaire. This form is intended to be used to 
supply missing information when necessary. Responses to this collection 
are voluntary.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid 
OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are 
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The

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Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on May 18, 
1999 (64 FR 26958); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 
minutes per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Individual Vehicle Owners, Trucking 
Industry Members, and Vehicle Dealership Personnel.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 985.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 587.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 222.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0086 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 4, 1999.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-27143 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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