[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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