[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23254-23255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11523]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6974-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements, Importation 
of Nonconforming Marine Engines, Locomotive Certification

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 (ICRs) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements 
for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses, EPA ICR Number 1702.03, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0302, expiration date: 9/30/01, renewal; 
Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Marine 
Engines, EPA ICR Number 1723.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0320, 
expiration date: 9/30/01, renewal; Application for Emission 
Certification for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines, EPA ICR Number 
1800.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0392, expiration date: 9/30/01, 
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 July 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Certification and 
Compliance Division, Engine Programs Group, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
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; or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected entities: Entities potentially 
affected by this action are: (1) Urban bus retrofit equipment 
manufacturers, equipment suppliers and bus engine manufacturers; (2) 
individuals and businesses importing marine engines; and (3) locomotive 
manufacturers and remanufacturers, and railroads.
    Title: Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993 and Earlier Model 
Year Urban Buses, (OMB Control No. 2060-0302; EPA ICR No. 1702.03) 
expiring 9/30/01.
    Abstract: Section 219 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires urban 
buses to be retrofitted to comply with an emission standard that 
reflects the best retrofit technology and maintenance practices 
reasonably achievable. EPA regulations found at 40 CFR Part 85 require 
that, when a bus engine is rebuilt or replaced, the particular matter 
(PM) emissions level of the engine be reduced to a level below the 
engine's original PM level by using certified retrofit/rebuild 
equipment. If no equipment is certified for a particular engine, the 
operator is required to restore the equipment to its original or 
updated configuration based on the currently available rebuild kits on 
the market.
    Retrofit equipment manufacturers are required to submit an 
application for certification with information about their product's 
characteristics and cost, among other information items. Bus operators 
are also required to provide information about their fleet to 
demonstrate compliance.
    Title: Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming 
Marine Engines, (OMB Control No. 2060-0320; EPA ICR No. 1723.03) 
expiring 9/30/01.
    Abstract: Sections 208 and 213 of the CAA requires that nonroad 
engines imported into the US conform with applicable emission 
requirements. Persons or entities importing marine engines into the US 
are required to complete a form and provide some data about the engine 
they want to import to ensure that the engine can be legally imported. 
The requirements in this ICR affect outboard marine engines, personal 
watercraft and non-drive compression-ignition engines used on marine 
vessels.
    Title: Application for Emission Certification for Locomotives and 
Locomotive Engines, (OMB Control No. 2060-0392; EPA ICR No. 1800.02) 
expiring 9/30/01.
    Abstract: Section 213 of the CAA requires that new locomotives and 
new engines used in locomotives be certified before they can be legally 
introduced into US commerce. Manufacturers are required to submit 
information such as engine family, rebuild system type, total number of 
locomotives or engines manufactured or remanufactured, megawatt hours 
or miles at remanufacture, and emissions rates for specific pollutants 
in their applications for certification. Information is needed to 
demonstrate compliance with emissions standards when a locomotive is 
manufactured, during use, and at each remanufacturing or upgrading 
event.
    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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                                                                                                Locomotive
                                          Urban bus retrofit        Maraine imports           certification
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Estimated Average Burden Hours/        10.....................  1......................  2,719
 response.
Frequency............................  On Occasion............  On Occasion............  Annually
Number of respondents................  165....................  1,000..................  20
Total Cost...........................  232,000................  77,500.................  5,800,000
Capital and Start Up Cost............  125,000................  0......................  3,600,000
Operation/ Maintenance Costs.........  60,000.................  0......................  0
Purchase of Services Cost............  0......................  0......................  0
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    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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: April 27, 2001.
Robert D. Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 01-11523 Filed 5-7-01; 8:45 am]
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