[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4252-4253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2124]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7135-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Nonconformance Penalties for Heavy-Duty Engines and 
Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Including Light-Duty Trucks

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 proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Nonconformance Penalties for Heavy-Duty 
Engines and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Including Light-Duty Trucks, ICR 
1285.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0132, expired 5/31/1997, 
reinstatement. 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 April 1, 2002.

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 ICR without charge from the contact person below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Erb, tel.: (202) 564-9259; 
fax: (202) 565-2057: or e-mail: erb.anthony @epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacture heavy-duty engines and vehicles including 
light-duty trucks.
    Title: Nonconformance Penalties for Heavy-Duty Engines and Heavy-
Duty Vehicles, Including Light-Duty Trucks; OMB Control No. 2060-0132; 
EPA ICR No.1285.05, expired 5/31/1997, reinstatement.
    Abstract: Section 206(g) of the Act as amended in 1990 contains the 
nonconformance penalty (NCP) provisions. It requires tests of 
production engines and vehicles to determine the extent of their 
nonconformity. Nonconformance penalties allow a manufacturer to 
introduce into commerce heavy-duty engines or vehicles including light-
duty trucks, which fail to conform with certain emission standards upon 
payment of a monetary penalty. A manufacturer that elects to pay a 
nonconformance penalty must perform a Production Compliance Audit 
(PCA). The collection activities of the nonconformance penalty program 
include periodic reports and other information (including the results 
of emission testing conducted during the PCA) which the manufacturer 
will create and submit to the Certification and Compliance Division 
(CCD), Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ), Office of Air 
and Radiation (OAR). CCD will use this information to ensure that 
manufacturers are complying with the regulations and that appropriate 
nonconformance penalties are being paid. Responses to this collection 
are voluntary based on the fact that participation in the 
nonconformance penalty program is an option that is available to 
manufacturers. Once a manufacturer opts to participate, specific 
regulatory requirements must be fulfilled in order to obtain a benefit 
under the NCP. Confidentiality of proprietary information is granted in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 
CFR part 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:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Engine manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
    Frequency of Response: 49.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 920 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $2400. 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

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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: January 15, 2002.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 02-2124 Filed 1-28-02; 8:45 am]
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