[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25220-25221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12608]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5508-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Pre-Certification and Testing Exemptions
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Motor Vehicles and Motor
Vehicle Engines
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)), this notice announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Pre-Certification and Testing
Exemptions Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for motor vehicles
and motor vehicle engines (OMB Control No. 2060-0007, approved through
5/31/96). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection
and its expected burden and cost.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 19, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 95.0.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Title: Pre-Certification and Testing Exemptions Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements, OMB No. 2060-0007, Expiration date 5/31/96.
This ICR is requesting a revision of a currently approved collection
activity.
Abstract: Manufacturers of new motor vehicles or engines,
manufacturers of vehicle or engine parts, fuel refiners, manufacturers
in the business of importing, modifying, or testing uncertified
vehicles for resale, and Independent Commercial Importers (ICIs) will
report and keep records of applications for pre-certification and
testing exemptions. Upon EPA request, they will submit this information
to EPA. EPA will use this information to ensure that uncertified
vehicles or engines from the pre-certification program and testing
exemption program are introduced into commerce only on a temporary
basis for legitimate purposes.
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
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in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal Register Notice
required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published on 3/4/96 (61 FR 8271); no comments were
received.
Burden Statement: 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;
adjusting the existing ways to comply with previously applicable
instructions and requirements; training personnel to be able to respond
to a collection of information; searching data sources; completing and
reviewing the collection of information, and transmitting or otherwise
disclosing the information.
The following table represents the estimated annual burden for this
ICR.
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Cost per Number of
Activity Burden hours response Frequency respondents
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A. Pre-certification exemptions:
1. Manufacturers....................................... 3 $180.00 1 40
2. ICI................................................. 3 180.00 1 25
B. Testing exemptions:
1. Manufacturers/No Importation........................ 40 2,400.00 1 15
2. NonManufacturers/No Importation..................... 5.25 315.50 1 5
3. All/Importation..................................... 3 180.00 1 55
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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. 95.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0007 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20460
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20503.
Dated: May 14, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12608 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
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