[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10341-10342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5982]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3507 
(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes 
the nature of information collection and its expected cost and burden; 
where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 222.04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Investigations into Possible Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles 
with Federal Emission Standards (OMB Control No. 2060-0086; EPA ICR No. 
222.04). 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. 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 number 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 12/1/95 and 
no comments were received. (60 FR 61696).
    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, of 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 purpose 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: Private and commercial owners of 
motor vehicles and engines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,050.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,575.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $59,530.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, 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. 222.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0086 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE 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.


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    Dated: March 7, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-5982 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
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