[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20625-20626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11142]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6004-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request Non-Road Compression-ignition Engine and On-Road Heavy
Duty Engine Application for Emission Certification, and Participation
in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading Program; Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements for Non-Road Spark-ignition Engine Selective
Enforcement Auditing; Exclusions
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 EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Non-road Compression-ignition
Engine and On-road Heavy Duty Engine Application for Emission
Certification, and Participation in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading
Program, EPA ICR Number 1851.01, Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0104,
expiration date: 08-31-98, renewal; Exclusion Determinations for New
Non-road Spark-ignited Engines at and Below 19 Kilowatts and
Compression-ignited Engines at or Above 37 Kilowatts, New Marine
Engines, and On-road Heavy Duty Engines, EPA ICR Number 1852.01,
Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0124, expiration date: 07-31-98,
renewal; Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements for Non-road Spark-
ignition Engine Selective Enforcement Auditing, EPA ICR Number 1674.01,
OMB Control Number 2060-0295, expiration date: 01-01-98, reinstatement.
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 26, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Office of Mobile Sources, Engine Programs and Compliance
Division, EPA Headquarters (6304J), Washington, D.C. 20460. Interested
persons may request a copy of the ICR, without charge from the contact
person below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Tel.: (202)
564-9264; Fax: (202) 565-2057; e-mail: morales.nydia@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those which manufacture engines.
Title: Non-road Compression-ignition Engine and On-road Heavy Duty
Engine Application for Emission Certification, and Participation in the
Averaging, Banking, and Trading Program, EPA ICR Number 1851.01,
Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0104, expiration date: 08-31-98.
Abstract: Under Title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et
seq.; CAA or the Act), EPA is charged with issuing certificates of
conformity for those engines which comply with applicable emission
standards. Such a certificate must be issued before engines may be
legally introduced into commerce. To apply for a certificate of
conformity, manufacturers are required to submit descriptions of their
planned production line, including detailed descriptions of the
emission control system, and test data. This information is organized
by ``engine family'' groups expected to have similar emission
characteristics. There are also recordkeeping and labeling
requirements.
Those manufacturers electing to participate in the Averaging,
Banking, and Trading Program for Non-road CI engines at or below 37
kilowatts and for On-road heavy duty engines are also required to
submit information regarding the calculation of projected and actual
generation and usage of credits in an initial report, end-of-the-year
report and final report. These reports are used for certification and
enforcement purposes. Manufacturers will also maintain records for
eight years on the engine families included in the program.
Title: Exclusion Determination for New-Nonroad Spark-ignited
Engines At and Below 19 Kilowatts and Compression-ignited Engines at or
Above 37 Kilowatts, New Marine Engines, and On-road Heavy Duty Engines,
EPA ICR Number 1852.01, Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0124,
expiration date: 07-31-98.
Abstract: Some types of engines are excluded from compliance with
current regulations. A manufacturer may make an exclusion determination
by itself; however, manufacturers and importers may routinely request
EPA to make such determination to ensure that their determination does
not differ from EPA's. Only needed information such as engine type,
horsepower rating, intended usage, etc., is requested to make an
exclusion determination.
Title: Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements for Non-road
Spark-ignition Engine Selective Enforcement Auditing, EPA ICR Number
1674.01, OMB Control Number 2060-0295, expiration date: 01-01-98.
Abstract: As part of the Non-road SI Selective Enforcement Auditing
(SEA) Program, authorized by section 213 (d) of the CAA, manufacturers
are required to submit periodic reports and information from Selective
Enforcement Audits. This information is evaluated to determine if
production non-road engines comply with the Act.
All the information requested by these collections is required for
various programs implementation and activities, and is collected by the
Engine Compliance Programs Group, Engine Programs and Compliance
Division, Office of Mobile Sources, Office of Air and Radiation.
Information submitted by manufacturers is held as confidential until
the specific engine to which it pertains is available for purchase.
Confidentiality to proprietary information is granted in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2,
and class determinations issued by EPA's Office of General Counsel. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
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 EPA would like to solicit comments to:
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(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.
Burden Statement
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Number of
Cost/engine Annual respondents
Burden hours family frequency (Number engine
families)
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Emission Certification:
On Road HDE................................ 214 $12,840 1 14 (130)
Non Road Large CI.......................... 194 11,640 1 46 (310)
Average, Banking and Trading Program:
On Road HDE................................ 398 23,880 1 7 (48)
Non Road Large CI.......................... 518 30,568 1 5 (25)
Exclusions:
Marine..................................... 1.5 57 1 60 (1)
Small SI................................... 1.5 57 1 60 (1)
Large CI................................... 1.5 57 1 60 (1)
On Road HDE................................ 1.5 57 1 60(1)
Small SI SEA................................... 1091.8 56,598 1 7 (7)
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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.
Dated: April 20, 1998.
Richard D. Wilson,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 98-11142 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]
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