[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 238 (Monday, December 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77373-77374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31482]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6915-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Emission Certification and Participation in AB&T for 
Nonroad CI Engines and Nonroad SI Engines at or Below 19 kW

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 Requests (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB): 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 1851.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0404, 
expiration date: 7/31/02, renewal; Application for Engine Emission 
Certification and Averaging, Banking, and Trading for New Nonroad 
Spark-ignition (SI) Engines At or Below 19 kilowatts, EPA Number 
1695.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0338, expiring on 11/30/00, renewal.
    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 February 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Certification and 
Compliance Division, Engine 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 nonroad compression-ignition engines or nonroad 
spark ignition engines at or below 19 kW.
    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, EPA ICR Number 1851.03, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0404, expiration date: 7/31/2002. Although this ICR 
expires in 2002, we are renewing it now to include the requirements of 
ICR No.1684.04, Amendment to the Information Collection Request 
Compression Ignition Non-Road Engine Certification Application (OMB No. 
2060-0287), which expires on 11/30/00. Both ICRs include burden 
associated with the emission certification and AB&T programs for non-
road compression-ignition engines. However, ICR No. 1851

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includes the burden for engines rated over 37 kW (50 Hp), whereas ICR 
No. 1684 includes the burden for engines under 37 kW. There are no 
major differences between the two categories, except that they became 
regulated at different times. With this consolidation, we combine all 
the burden associated with the certification and AB&T programs for non-
road compression-ignition engines. See below for a description of the 
collection.
    Title: Nonroad Spark Ignition (SI) Engines At or Below 19 kilowatts 
Certification Application and Participation in the Averaging, Banking, 
and Trading Program, (OMB Control Number 2060-0338; EPA ICR 
No.1695.06), expiring on 11/30/00.
    Abstract: Both of these information collections (ICR Nos. 1851.03 
and 1695.06) are requested under the authority of Title II of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.). Under this Title, 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 either non-road compression ignition 
engines or spark ignition engines at or below 19 kilowatts 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 need to maintain 
records for eight years on the engine families participating in the 
program.
    All the information requested by these collections is required for 
various programs' implementation and activities. The information is 
collected by the Engine Programs Group, Certification and Compliance 
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and 
Radiation. Certification information submitted by manufacturers is held 
as confidential until the specific engine to which it pertains is 
available for purchase. Confidentiality of 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.

                                                               Table I.--Burden Statement
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                                             Estimated                       Number of
                                          average burden                    respondents      Cost per       Capital and     Operation/      Purchase of
                   ICR                        hours/         Frequency       (#engine        response      start up cost    maintenance    services cost
                                             response                        families)                                         costs
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Emission Certification:
    On-road HDE*........................           327.0               1        20 (152)      $23,304.00               0      $14,746.00               0
    Non-road CI >50 Hp*.................           199.7               1        46 (202)       13,127.50               0            9.00               0
    Non-road CI >50 Hp..................           400.0               1        23 (200)       20,000.00                            9.00
AB&T:
    On-road HDE.........................             333               1               7       23,310.00               0               0               0
    >50 Hp*.............................             460               1               5       32,169.00               0               0               0
    50 Hp...............................             460               1               0       32,169.00               0               0               0
SI Certification........................             256               1        50 (220)       16,847.50               0            9.00               0
SI AB&T.................................             113               1              50        6,884.00               0               0              0
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* Burden already approved by OMB.

    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: December 2, 2000.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 00-31482 Filed 12-8-00; 8:45 am]
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