[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 170 (Thursday, August 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53005-53007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22373]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6861-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; SEA and Recordkeeping Requirements for On-Highway HD 
Engines, Nonroad Large CI Engines, On-Highway LD Vehicles and LD 
Trucks; Exemptions; Emission Defect Information and Voluntary Emission 
Recall Reports; Marine Certification and AB&T Marine Production Line 
Testing; Marine In-Use Testing 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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB); Selective Enforcement Auditing and 
Recordkeeping Requirements for On-highway Heavy Duty Engines, Nonroad 
Large Compression Ignition Engines, On-highway Light Duty Vehicles and 
Light Duty Trucks, EPA ICR Number 0011.09, OMB Control Number 2060-
0064, expiration date: 8/30/00; Pre-Certification and Testing Exemption 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Require-ments, EPA ICR Number 0095.10, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0007, expiration date: 7/31/00; Emission Defect 
Information and Voluntary Emission Recall Reports, EPA ICR Number 
0282.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0048, expiration date: 8/30/00; Spark 
Ignition Marine Engine Application for Emission Certification, and 
Participation in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading Program, EPA ICR 
Number 1722.02, Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0321, expiration 
date:7/31/00. Marine Engine Manufacturers Production Line Testing 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, EPA ICR Number 1725.02, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0323, expiration date: 7/31/00; Marine Engine 
Manufacturer In-Use Testing Program, EPA ICR Number 1726.02, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0322, expiration date: 7/31/00.
    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 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Certification and 
Compliance Division, Engine Compliance Programs Group, Ariel Rios 
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Mail Code 6403J, Washington, DC 
20460. Interested persons may request a copy of the ICRs without charge 
from the contact person below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, tel.: (202) 
564-9264; fax: (202) 565-2057; e-mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacture engines.
    Title: Selective Enforcement and Recordkeeping Requirements for On-
Highway Heavy Duty Engines, Nonroad

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Large Compression Ignition Engines, On-Highway Light Duty Vehicles and 
Light Duty Trucks (OMB Control Number 2060-0064, EPA ICR Number 
0011.09) expiring 8/30/00.
    Abstract: As part of the Selective Enforcement Auditing (SEA) 
Programs, authorized by Section 206(d) and 213 (d) of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA), manufacturers are required to submit periodic reports and 
information before and after SEAs. The information requested include 
pre-audit data (such as projected annual sales, production volumes and 
voluntary assembly line test data), and audit data (detailed production 
information, records for test equipment, test data and reports). This 
information is evaluated to determine if production engines comply with 
applicable exhaust emission standards.
    Title: Pre-Certification and Testing Exemption Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements (OMB Control Number 2060-0007, EPA ICR 
Number 0095.10) expiring 7/31/00.
    Abstract: EPA may grant pre-certification and testing exemptions 
for engines to be used under certain circumstances, such as displays, 
research, national security, and exportation. Pre-certification 
exemptions are granted to Independent Commercial Importers who want to 
bring an engine into the country to be tested, modified, and eventually 
certified and resold. Some engines are exempt without application, 
subject to the provisions of 40 CFR Subpart J. The application and/or 
exemption records kept under this information collection are used to 
ensure that uncertified engines are not introduced into commerce except 
for legitimate purposes and are not available for use unless they are 
covered by an exemption.
    Title: Emission Defect Information and Voluntary Emission Recall 
Reports (OMB Control Number 2060-0048, EPA ICR Number 0282.10) expiring 
on 8/30/00.
    Abstract: Engine manufacturers are required, under the authority of 
Section 208(a) of the CAA, to report emission-related defects found in 
a number of engines. Manufacturers submit Voluntary Emission Recall 
Reports to notify EPA when they initiate a recall campaign. Defect 
Information and Emission Recall Reports are used by EPA to target 
potentially non-conforming engines for future testing and to ensure 
that engines comply with emission standards throughout their useful 
life.
    Title: Spark Ignition Marine Engine Application for Emission 
Certification, and Participation in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading 
Program, EPA ICR Number 1722.02, Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0321, 
expiration date: 7/31/00.
    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 marine 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.
    Title: Marine Engine Manufacturers Production Line Testing 
Reporting and Record-keeping Requirements (OMB Control Number 2060-
0323, EPA ICR Number 1725.02) expiring 7/31/00.
    Abstract: The Production Line Testing Program (PLT) is a self-audit 
program, promulgated under the authority of Section 213(d) of the CAA, 
in which marine engine manufacturers test engines as they leave the 
assembly line. It's objective is for EPA and the manufacturers to 
determine with statistical certainty whether new engines in fact comply 
with emission standards. By detecting problems while engines are still 
in production, noncomformities are detected and corrected before 
engines are introduced into commerce or soon after production when 
engines are most easily located. EPA uses the data obtained through the 
PLT to determine compliance with emission regulations and whether a 
Selective Enforcement Audit is needed.
    Title: Marine Engine Manufacturer-Based In-Use Emission Testing 
Program (OMB Control Number 2060-0322, EPA ICR Number 1726.02) expiring 
7/31/00.
    Abstract: This information collection requires manufacturers of 
marine engines to submit to EPA quarterly reports with emission data 
generated in the manufacturer's own in-use testing program. This 
information, collected under the authority of Sections 207(c) and 
213(d) of the CAA, is used to determine whether in-use marine engines 
comply with emission standards throughout their useful lives.
    All the information requested by these collections is required for 
various programs' implementation and activities. The information is 
collected by the Engine Compliance Programs Group, Certification and 
Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office 
of Air and Radiation, except for information pertaining to Light Duty 
Vehicles and Light Duty Trucks which is collected by the Vehicle 
Compliance Programs Group. 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 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 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.
    Burden Statement: The burden of the existing ICRs is set forth in 
Table I. These burden estimates include the burden associated with the 
initial stages of the programs. Since manufacturers have already spent 
the time required to initiate the programs, we expect that, once we 
review the existing ICRs, the revised estimates will be substantially 
less.

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                                                               Table I.--Burden Statement
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                                                                   Estimated
                                                                    average                 Number of     Cost per     Capital    Operation/   Purchase
                               ICR                                   burden     Frequency  respondents    response    and start  maintenance      of
                                                                     hours/                  (#engine   (per engine    up cost      costs      services
                                                                    response                families)     family)                                cost
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SEA:
    On-Highway HDE..............................................        984.8           1           22      $58,714          $0           $0          $0
    CI Engines..................................................      1,644.8           1           46      $98,314          $0           $0          $0
    LDV/LDT.....................................................        984.8           1           20       $7,710          $0           $0          $0
Exemptions:
    Pre-certification...........................................           30           1           10       $1,140          $0           $0          $0
    Testing.....................................................          190           1           40       $7,220          $0           $0          $0
Defect Information and Recall Reports...........................          174           1           38       $8,526          $0           $0          $0
Marine Certification............................................      9,321.5           1       10(67)   ($559,290)          $0           $0          $0
Marine AB&T.....................................................          728           4           10      $42,524          $0           $0          $0
Marine PLT......................................................        1,745           4           10     $104,502          $0           $0          $0
Marine In-Use Prog..............................................          938          14           11      $53,576          $0           $0          $0
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    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.

    Dated: August 25, 2000.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 00-22373 Filed 8-30-00; 8:45 am]
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