[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 206 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57119-57120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28622]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6180-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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

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: 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: 10-31-98, renewal. 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 November 25, 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. 1851.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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 (Previous OMB Control Number 
2060-0104, EPA

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ICR Number 1851.01), expiring 10/31/98. This is a request for extension 
of a currently approved collection.
    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.
    All the information requested by these collections is required for 
program 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 Federal Register 
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on 4/27/98 (63 FR 20625); no 
comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden is estimated to average 1,240.5 hours per respondent for the on-
highway certification program, 333 hours per respondent for the on-
highway AB&T program; 515.8 hours per respondent for the nonroad 
certification program, and 460 hours per respondent for the nonroad 
AB&T program. 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: Large Compression-ignition and 
Heavy-duty On Highway engine manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 66.
    Frequency of Response: annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 53,168 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $1,606,000.
    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 1851.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OP 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: October 20, 1998.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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