[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56208-56209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27143]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6460-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Investigation Into Possible Noncompliance of
Motor Vehicles With Federal Emission Standards
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 for-warded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Investigation into
Possible Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles with Federal Emission
Standards, EPA ICR No. 222.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0086, expiration
date November 30, 1999. 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 17, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY: 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. 222.05.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Investigation into Possible Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles
with Federal Emission Standards. (OMB Control No. 2060-0086, EPA ICR
No. 222.05). expiring 11/30/99. This is a request for extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: This information collection includes three instruments
that are used by the U.S. EPA to identify motor vehicles and engines
for possible inclusion in its emissions control testing programs. The
self-addressed postcard and owner telephone questionnaire are completed
using information given by owners of vehicles or engines from a vehicle
class under investigation. The maintenance verification form is
administered to representatives of service facilities that performed
maintenance on vehicles or engines whose owners have responded to the
owner telephone questionnaire. This form is intended to be used to
supply missing information when necessary. Responses to this collection
are voluntary.
The 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 appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 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
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Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on May 18,
1999 (64 FR 26958); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30
minutes 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: Individual Vehicle Owners, Trucking
Industry Members, and Vehicle Dealership Personnel.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 985.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 587.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M 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. 222.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0086 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: October 4, 1999.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-27143 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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