[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 251 (Friday, December 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83008-83009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33358]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6925-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Modification to Mobile Source Emission Factor 
Survey

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 amended 
Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Mobile Source 
Emission Factor Survey, OMB Control Number 2060-0078 that expires on 
June 30, 2003. The amended 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 January 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0619.09 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0078, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
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 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0619.09. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Penny Carey at EPA by phone at (734) 
214-4355, or by E-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: ``Mobile Source Emission Factor Survey'' (OMB Control No. 
2060-0078; EPA ICR No. 0619.09 expiring on June 30, 2003. This is a 
request to amend a currently approved collection.

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    Abstract: In response to a request from Congress, the National 
Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences established the 
Committee to Review EPA's Mobile Source Emissions Factor (MOBILE) 
Model. The Committee was charged to evaluate MOBILE and to develop 
recommendations for improving the model. The Committee also examined 
EPA's NONROAD emissions model. With regard to improving MOBILE, the 
Committee recommended that EPA should develop a program to enable more 
accurate determination of in-use emissions, using more real-world 
approaches such as direct emissions monitoring systems. With regard to 
improving NONROAD, the Committee recommended that EPA develop a plan 
for compiling needed data, to include population and activity data and 
real-world emission factors.
    The EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and 
Standards Division, through contractors, intends to solicit the general 
public to voluntarily participate in survey and testing activities 
involving mobile sources. EPA will use the information from this survey 
and testing to provide inputs to various emission models. These models 
are used by EPA, state and local air pollution agencies, the automotive 
industry, and other parties that are interested in estimating mobile 
source emissions. These models provide a basis for developing State 
Implementation Plans (SIPs), Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) reports, 
and attainment status assessments for the National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards (NAAQS). The legislative basis for gathering this data is 
section 103(a)(1)(2)(3) of the Clean Air Act, which requires the 
Administrator to ``conduct * * * research, investigations, experiments, 
demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, 
extent, prevention, and control of air pollution'' and ``conduct 
investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific 
problem of air pollution in cooperation with any air pollution control 
agency * * * ''
    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 September 
22, 2000 (65 FR 57335) and no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.3 
hours per response hours 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: The general public and a few 
businesses that own on-highway vehicles and nonroad equipment.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52,300.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 48,510.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 0619.09 and OMB Control No. 2060-0078 in any 
correspondence.
    Changes in Burden: Because this ICR is being modified to include an 
expanded data collection program, the burden hours has increased from 
1,649 to 48,510.

    Dated: December 21, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-33358 Filed 12-28-00; 8:45 am]
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