[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 231 (Friday, December 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61696-61697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29360]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Up for Renewal; Request 
for Comments: 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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 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 January 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the ICR should be sent to Karl Simon, 
U.S. EPA, 401 M Street S.W. (6405J), Washington, D.C., 20460. Please 
include a daytime telephone number, a current mailing address, and if 
available, an E-mail address, with any request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl Simon, Vehicle Programs and 
Compliance Division, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, S.W. (6405J), Washington, 
D.C., 20460; (202) 233-9299, FAX (202) 233-9596, E-mail address: 
Simon.K[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Affected entities: Parties potentially affected by this action are 
those individuals and businesses who either own cars or trucks or 
repair such vehicles in the Washington, D.C., Ann Arbor, Michigan, or 
Denver, Colorado metropolitan areas.
    Title: Investigation into Possible Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles 
with Federal Emission Standards, OMB No. 2060-0086, Expiration Date 
March 31, 1996.
    Abstract: This information collection is composed of instruments 
used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its Mobile Source 
Control Program to elicit information from the public needed for 
fulfilling its responsibilities under the Clean Air Act. The 
information collected, specifically motor vehicle or engine operational 
and maintenance histories, is used to identify properly maintained and 
used motor vehicles and engines that might 

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be subsequently tested in the Agency's in-use emissions testing 
programs. The self-addressed postcard and owner telephone questionnaire 
are completed using information readily available to and given by owner 
of vehicles from a vehicle class under investigation for possible 
emissions noncompliance. The maintenance verification form is 
administered to representatives of repair facilities that performed 
maintenance on vehicles whose owners have responded to the owner 
telephone questionnaire. The main method of information collection is 
through telephone calls between vehicle or engine owners and EPA 
contractor or grantee staff. Respondents are not required to develop or 
maintain data records solely due to this information request since 
requested data comes from records vehicle or engine owners would keep 
as part of their personal or business records. Responses to these 
information requests are completely voluntary. Data received under this 
ICR is made available only to EPA and the automobile manufacturer whose 
engine class is being tested.
    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:
    (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: EPA's burden estimates for this information 
collection are broken down according to the three different items in 
this collection, namely the postcard, telephone questionnaire, and the 
maintenance verification form. EPA estimates that the 15,000 people 
annually who receive a postcard will require six minutes to read and 
respond to it. The 2,100 people who will respond to administered 
telephone questionnaires, based on annual averages, will require one-
half an hour on average to respond. Parties responding to the postcards 
and telephone questionnaires will only do so once per year. Parties 
responding to the maintenance verification form, an estimated total of 
50 repair facility personnel, will need approximately one-quarter hour 
to respond, and might be required to provide the requested information 
twice a year. Costs to respondents associated with this ICR are 
attributed to individual or staff time involved in responding to the 
information requests. The costs of responding to the postcard, the 
telephone questionnaire, and the maintenance verification form are 
$2.00, $10.00, and $10.00, respectively. 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: November 9, 1995.
Donald Zinger,
Acting Director, Office of Mobile Sources.
[FR Doc. 95-29360 Filed 11-30-95; 8:45 am]
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