[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25472-25473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12304]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6011-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Verification of Test Parameters and Parts Lists for 
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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request 
(ICR) for renewal to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval: Verification of test parameters and parts lists 
for light-duty vehicles and light-duty trucks, OMB Control Number 2060-
0094, expiring 08/31/98. 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 July 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Vehicle Programs & Compliance Division (6405J), 401 M 
Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Interested persons may request a 
copy of this ICR, without charge, by writing, faxing, or phoning the 
contact person below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY: Sonny Kakar, Office of Mobile 
Sources, Vehicle Programs & Compliance Division, (202) 564-9467, (202) 
565-2057 (fax), E-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
manufacturers of light-duty vehicles and light-duty trucks.
    Title: Verification of test parameters and parts lists for light-
duty vehicles and light-duty trucks, OMB Control Number 2060-0094, 
expiration date 08/31/98. This is a request for an extension of 
currently approved collections.
    Abstract: The EPA tests in-use vehicles in order to enforce 
compliance with light-duty vehicle and light-duty truck emission 
standards. The Federal Test Procedure (FTP), which is used for 
determining compliance, requires test parameters and procedures that 
are necessary to conduct a valid test. Therefore, after EPA has 
selected these parameters and procedures from previously submitted 
manufacturer

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data, EPA gives the motor vehicle manufacturer the opportunity to 
review and verify that EPA has selected the correct parameters and 
procedures for vehicle emission testing. Providing part numbers gives 
the manufacturer the opportunity to help ensure that defective or 
incorrect parts will be replaced by those which the manufacturer feels 
are necessary to correctly evaluate the emissions performance of the 
vehicles tested. Though this information request is voluntary, EPA uses 
the manufacturers' input as part of the verification of our work. If 
this information is not reviewed and provided by the manufacturers, EPA 
and the manufacturers may waste resources on tests that were performed 
improperly and the manufacturers may not have as much opportunity to 
participate in a compliance program that has the potential to adversely 
affect them.
    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.
    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 the appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The annual burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 150 hours and $4950 for the 
manufacturers and 150 hours and $5400 for the government. Approximately 
75 requests may be made annually with an average of 2 hours spent on 
each request by both entities. The total costs are attributed to labor 
hours and overhead since there is no capital investment required for 
this collection of information. 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 30, 1998.
Richard Wilson,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 98-12304 Filed 5-7-98; 8:45 am]
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