[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28575-28576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14110]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5514-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Vehicle Emission Control Defect Survey 
Questionnaire

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: Vehicle Emission Control 
Defect Survey Questionnaire (OMB Control No. 2060-0047, approved 
through 5/31/96). 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 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0184.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Vehicle Emission Control Defect Survey Questionnaire (OMB 
Control No. 2060-0047; EPA ICR No. 0184.05) expiring 5/31/96. This ICR 
is requesting an extension of a currently approved collection activity.
    Abstract: The Vehicle Compliance Programs Group (VCPG) of the 
Vehicle Programs and Compliance Division (VPCD) and the Engine 
Compliance Programs Group (ECPG) of the Engine Programs and Compliance 
Division (EPCD), Office of Mobile Sources (OMS), Office of Air and 
Radiation (OAR), uses this information collection to gather additional 
data to supplement in-use testing programs as well as provide possible 
evidence in support of EPA's position during an administrative hearing. 
When EPA orders a manufacturer to recall a certain class of motor 
vehicles (in accordance with CAA section 207(c)) but the manufacturer 
disagrees with EPA's findings, the manufacturer may request an 
administrative hearing. During such a hearing, EPA must make a detailed 
presentation of facts showing that the class of vehicles in question 
should indeed be recalled. Facts to be included in such a presentation 
consist of information on the maintenance and

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performance history of vehicles belonging to the class. Dealerships, 
fleets, or individual owners of motor vehicles or engines may be asked 
to provide information on the vehicles or engines at issue. The 
information is obtained through a questionnaire administered by 
telephone interviews with individual vehicle owners, and by telephone 
or in-person interviews with dealerships or fleets.
    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 Ch. 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 8273); no 
comments were received.
    Burden Statement: EPA may perform two surveys annually, one of 
manufacturers of on-highway light-duty motor vehicles or light-duty 
trucks, and the other of heavy-duty engines or large nonroad 
compression ignition engines, which will require either telephone or 
in-person interviews with one hundred (100) individual vehicle owners 
or dealerships or fleets per survey. A burden estimate of twenty (20) 
minutes per individual vehicle owner is based on agency experience with 
similar questions asked of individuals as part of the in-use recall 
testing program. A burden estimate of thirty (30) minutes per 
dealership or fleet is based on contact with dealerships and fleets 
made as part of the in-use recall testing program. The burden estimate 
is calculated from an average of the two different burdens assuming 
that one-half of the respondents are individual vehicle owners and the 
other half are dealerships or fleets. Therefore, the total respondent 
burden will be 2,500 minutes for each survey. Individuals, dealerships, 
or fleets will be asked to respond to only one survey in any given 
year. 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 any 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners, dealerships, fleets.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Frequency of Response: 1/yr.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 166.6 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
    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. 0184.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0047 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 Office for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 29, 1996.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14110 Filed 6-4-96; 8:45 am]
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