[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41252-41253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20613]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6133-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Information Requirements for Locomotives and 
Locomotive Engines

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 document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Information Requirements for 
Locomotives and Locomotive Engines. 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 September 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at (202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1800.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Information Requirements for Locomotives and Locomotive 
Engines (EPA ICR No. 1800.01). This is a new collection.
    Abstract: Section 213(5) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended in 
1990, requires that EPA promulgate regulations containing standards 
applicable to emissions from new locomotives and new engines used in 
locomotives. Information is needed to demonstrate compliance with 
emissions standards when a locomotive is freshly manufactured, in-use, 
and at each remanufacturing or upgrading event for the locomotive 
program's success. The information submission requirements are 
mandatory. Information such as engine family, rebuild system type, 
total numbers manufactured or remanufactured, megawatt hours or miles 
at remanufacture, and emissions

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rates for specific pollutants are examples of what will be required. 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 
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on 4/16/98 (63 FR 18978).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
between 100 and 1000 hours per response, depending on which requirement 
of the rule the information is being submitted in response to. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Locomotive manufacturers and 
remanufacturers, and railroads.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 54384 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $3.6M.
    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 1800.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, M.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

    Dated: July 28, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-20613 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
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