[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30008]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6906-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Emission Control System Performance Warranty 
Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification 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: Emission Control System 
Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part 
Certification Program, OMB Control Number 2060-0060, expiration date 
11/30/00. This 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 December 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0116.06 and OMB 
control No. 2060-0060, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460; and 
to the Office of information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
Farmer.Sandy@epamail. epa.gov or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0116.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR, contact Chestine Payton at (202) 564-9328, fax 
(202) 565-2057. E-mail address: payton,epa.gov">chestine@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and 
Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program, OMB Control Number 
2060-0060, EPA ICR Number 0116.06 expiring 11/30/00. This is a request 
for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Vehicle Compliance Programs Group (VCPG), Vehicle 
Programs and Compliance Division (VCPD) Office of Mobile Sources, used 
this information to ensure that the part to be certified actually 
performs as required. The information collected is the minimal 
necessary to ensure that the part to be certified performs as required. 
Without this information EPA would have no way to control and audit 
fraudulent or marginal submissions. Information is only collected when 
the part to be certified is tested, thus assuring a means of 
documenting that the part was properly designed. EPA would not be able 
to control the self-certification of parts and this could cause 
vehicles to fail emissions standards.
    The information collected is part of the requirement of section 
207(a) of the Clean Air Act, as described in section 40 CFR part 85, 
subpart V. This is a voluntary certification program and there is no 
requirement that any manufacturer participate.
    The total estimated involvement of the aftermarket part industry 
(replacement and specialty parts) is two per year.
    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 August 2, 
2000 (65 FR 47493); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 861 
hours per response. EPA's burden estimate for this information 
collection is broken down into three parts: reporting, testing and 
recordkeeping. EPA estimates that the reporting burden will be 174 
hours, testing 1,540 hours and annual recordkeeping 8 hours. The 
estimation of respondent burden in hours is based on Certification 
burden estimates for vehicle manufacturers compiled in the April 1985 
Information Collection Report for the basic vehicle certification 
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 purpose 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: Automotive manufacturers and 
builders of automotive aftermarket parts;
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,722 hours.
    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 address. Please refer 
to EPA ICR No. 0116.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0060 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: November 8, 2000.
Oscar Morales, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
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