[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50224-50225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25196]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6163-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Verification of Test Parameters and Parts 
Lists for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


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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: Verification of Test 
Parameters and Parts Lists for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty 
Trucks, OMB Control Number 2060-0094, expiration date 12/31/98. 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 October 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at 
EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0167.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Verification of Test Parameters and Parts Lists for Light-
Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks, OMB Control Number 2060-0094, EPA 
ICR Number 0167.06, expiration date 12/31/98. This is a request for 
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; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
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: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 150.
    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. 0167.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0094 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, 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: September 16, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-25196 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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