[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23687]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6155-1]


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 October 5, 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: Chestine Payton 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 a 
currently approved collection.
    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 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 EPA's 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. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on May 8, 1998 
(FR Vol. 63, No. 89); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 2 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers of light-duty vehicles 
and light-duty trucks.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 150 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $4,950.
    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 address. Please refer 
to EPA ICR No. 0167.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0094 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, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk 
Officer for EPA 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503

    Dated: August 27, 1998.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 98-23687 Filed 9-2-98; 8:45 am]
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