[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20625-20626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11142]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6004-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request Non-Road Compression-ignition Engine and On-Road Heavy 
Duty Engine Application for Emission Certification, and Participation 
in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading Program; Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements for Non-Road Spark-ignition Engine Selective 
Enforcement Auditing; Exclusions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Non-road Compression-ignition 
Engine and On-road Heavy Duty Engine Application for Emission 
Certification, and Participation in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading 
Program, EPA ICR Number 1851.01, Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0104, 
expiration date: 08-31-98, renewal; Exclusion Determinations for New 
Non-road Spark-ignited Engines at and Below 19 Kilowatts and 
Compression-ignited Engines at or Above 37 Kilowatts, New Marine 
Engines, and On-road Heavy Duty Engines, EPA ICR Number 1852.01, 
Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0124, expiration date: 07-31-98, 
renewal; Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements for Non-road Spark-
ignition Engine Selective Enforcement Auditing, EPA ICR Number 1674.01, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0295, expiration date: 01-01-98, reinstatement. 
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 June 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Office of Mobile Sources, Engine Programs and Compliance 
Division, EPA Headquarters (6304J), Washington, D.C. 20460. Interested 
persons may request a copy of the ICR, without charge from the contact 
person below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Tel.: (202) 
564-9264; Fax: (202) 565-2057; e-mail: reyes-
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacture engines.
    Title: Non-road Compression-ignition Engine and On-road Heavy Duty 
Engine Application for Emission Certification, and Participation in the 
Averaging, Banking, and Trading Program, EPA ICR Number 1851.01, 
Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0104, expiration date: 08-31-98.
    Abstract: Under Title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et 
seq.; CAA or the Act), EPA is charged with issuing certificates of 
conformity for those engines which comply with applicable emission 
standards. Such a certificate must be issued before engines may be 
legally introduced into commerce. To apply for a certificate of 
conformity, manufacturers are required to submit descriptions of their 
planned production line, including detailed descriptions of the 
emission control system, and test data. This information is organized 
by ``engine family'' groups expected to have similar emission 
characteristics. There are also recordkeeping and labeling 
requirements.
    Those manufacturers electing to participate in the Averaging, 
Banking, and Trading Program for Non-road CI engines at or below 37 
kilowatts and for On-road heavy duty engines are also required to 
submit information regarding the calculation of projected and actual 
generation and usage of credits in an initial report, end-of-the-year 
report and final report. These reports are used for certification and 
enforcement purposes. Manufacturers will also maintain records for 
eight years on the engine families included in the program.
    Title: Exclusion Determination for New-Nonroad Spark-ignited 
Engines At and Below 19 Kilowatts and Compression-ignited Engines at or 
Above 37 Kilowatts, New Marine Engines, and On-road Heavy Duty Engines, 
EPA ICR Number 1852.01, Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0124, 
expiration date: 07-31-98.
    Abstract: Some types of engines are excluded from compliance with 
current regulations. A manufacturer may make an exclusion determination 
by itself; however, manufacturers and importers may routinely request 
EPA to make such determination to ensure that their determination does 
not differ from EPA's. Only needed information such as engine type, 
horsepower rating, intended usage, etc., is requested to make an 
exclusion determination.
    Title: Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements for Non-road 
Spark-ignition Engine Selective Enforcement Auditing, EPA ICR Number 
1674.01, OMB Control Number 2060-0295, expiration date: 01-01-98.
    Abstract: As part of the Non-road SI Selective Enforcement Auditing 
(SEA) Program, authorized by section 213 (d) of the CAA, manufacturers 
are required to submit periodic reports and information from Selective 
Enforcement Audits. This information is evaluated to determine if 
production non-road engines comply with the Act.
    All the information requested by these collections is required for 
various programs implementation and activities, and is collected by the 
Engine Compliance Programs Group, Engine Programs and Compliance 
Division, Office of Mobile Sources, Office of Air and Radiation. 
Information submitted by manufacturers is held as confidential until 
the specific engine to which it pertains is available for purchase. 
Confidentiality to proprietary information is granted in accordance 
with the Freedom of Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, 
and class determinations issued by EPA's Office of General Counsel. 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:

[[Page 20626]]

    (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                                                
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                     Number of  
                                                                    Cost/engine       Annual        respondents 
                                                   Burden hours       family         frequency    (Number engine
                                                                                                     families)  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Emission Certification:                                                                                         
    On Road HDE................................            214           $12,840               1        14 (130)
    Non Road Large CI..........................            194            11,640               1        46 (310)
Average, Banking and Trading Program:                                                                           
    On Road HDE................................            398            23,880               1         7 (48) 
    Non Road Large CI..........................            518            30,568               1         5 (25) 
Exclusions:                                                                                                     
    Marine.....................................              1.5              57               1        60 (1)  
    Small SI...................................              1.5              57               1        60 (1)  
    Large CI...................................              1.5              57               1        60 (1)  
    On Road HDE................................              1.5              57               1         60(1)  
Small SI SEA...................................           1091.8          56,598               1         7 (7)  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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: April 20, 1998.
Richard D. Wilson,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 98-11142 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P