[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27074-27075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13577]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5512-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Selective Enforcement Auditing Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements for On-Highway Heavy-Duty Engines, Nonroad
Large Compression Ignition Engines, and On-Highway Light-Duty Vehicles
and Light-Duty Trucks
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 notice announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Application for Selective
Enforcement Auditing Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for On-
Highway Heavy-Duty Engines, Nonroad Large Compression Ignition Engines,
and On-Highway Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks (OMB Control
No. 2060-0064, approved through 6/30/96). 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 July 1, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0011.08.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Selective Enforcement Auditing Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements for On-Highway Heavy-Duty Engines, Nonroad Large
Compression Ignition Engines, and On-Highway Light-Duty Vehicles and
Light-Duty Trucks (OMB Control No. 2060-0064; EPA ICR No. 0011.08)
expiring 6/30/96. This ICR request is an extension of a currently
approved collection activity.
Abstract: The On-Highway Light-Duty Vehicle (LDV), Light-Duty Truck
(LDT), and Heavy-Duty Engine (HDE) Selective Enforcement Auditing (SEA)
Programs as well as the Nonroad Large Compression-ignition Engine (CIE)
SEA Program use this information collection to enforce compliance with
applicable exhaust emission standards. Under section 206(d) of the
Clean Air Act (Act), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
authorized to conduct emission testing of new, on-highway LDV, LDT, and
HDE production through SEAs (or Audits). Section 213(d) of the Act as
amended (Act) authorizes the Nonroad SEA Program. The Nonroad CIE SEA
Program was designed to parallel the on-highway SEA Programs, reference
40 CFR Part 86 Subpart K, and its information collection requirements.
The on-highway LDV and LDT SEA programs are conducted by the
Vehicle Programs and Compliance Division (VPCD), Office of Mobile
Sources (OMS), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). The on-highway HDE
and nonroad CIE programs are conducted by the Engine Programs and
Compliance Division (EPCD), OMS, OAR.
This information collection requires manufacturers of on-highway
LDVs, LDTs, and HDEs, and nonroad CIEs to submit to EPA periodic
reports and information from SEAs. VPCD and EPCD collect this
information and evaluate it to determine if the applicable production
vehicles and engines comply with the Act. The information collected
specifically includes ``Pre-audit'' planning information and ``Audit''
information. Pre-audit information includes projected annual sales
data, production volumes at assembly plants, and voluntary assembly
line test data (ALT data) submittals. Audit information includes
detailed
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production information, records for test equipment, test data, and
reports.
The results of SEAs are used by the Office of Mobile Sources to
verify compliance of production vehicles and engines with applicable
emission standards. The data and test facility information from SEAs
may be used by OMS's Certification Programs to help evaluate a
manufacturer's future model year Applications for Certification, and
LDV and LDT SEA data will also be used by the VPCD's In-use Testing
Program to help target potential future in-use nonconformities.
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
Federal Register notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 2/12/9; no
comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average
between 260 and 8,988 hours 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.
The estimated annual cost resulting from this information
collection is $453,782, $1,646,612, and $82,440 for the HDE, CIE, and
LDV/LDT programs, respectively. The estimated annual cost to the CIE
industry segment includes start-up costs and ``learning curve'' costs.
The start-up and learning-factor costs apply to the first three years
of the nonroad CIE SEA program (which is the duration of this
information collection request) and are divided among the 28 CIE
manufacturers.
Respondents/Affected Entities: On-highway LDV, LDT, and HDE as well
as nonroad Large CIE manufacturers.
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Assembly line test reports HDE CIE LDV/LDT
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Estimated Number of Respondents................ 13 15 18
Frequency of Response.......................... 4 4 4
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden............. 780 hrs. 900 hrs. 1,080 hrs.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden......... $43,368 $50,040 $60,048
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Assembly plant projected production volumes/
sales data HDE CIE LDV/LDT
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Estimated Number of Respondents................ 22 28 20
Frequency of Response.......................... 1 1 1
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden............. 572 hrs. 728 hrs. 260 hrs.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden......... $33,352 $42,448 $15,160
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Selective enforcement audits HDE CIE LDV/LDT
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Estimated Number of Respondents................ 7 7 2
Frequency of Response.......................... 1.4 1.4 1
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden............. 6,291.6 hrs. 12,583.2 hrs. 110 hrs.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden......... $377,062 $754,124 $7,232
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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. 0011.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0064 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory
Information Division (2136), 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: May 23, 1996.
Joseph Retzec,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-13577 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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