[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13323-13324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6996]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7162-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

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: Title: Motor Vehicle Emission 
and Fuel Economy Compliance; Light Duty Vehicles, Light Duty Trucks and 
Motorcycles; OMB Control Number 2060-0104; expiration date March 31, 
2002. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual 
data collection instrument. This ICR consolidates the following related 
ICRs; Motor Vehicle Exclusion Determination; OMB Control Number 2060-
0124; National Low Emitting Vehicle Program; OMB Control Number 2060-
0345; Selective Enforcement Audit; OMB Control Number 2060-0064; 
Emission Defect Information and Voluntary Emission Recall Reports for 
On-Highway, Light Duty Vehicles; OMB Control Number 2060-0425; 
Verification of Test Parameters and Parts Lists for Light Duty Vehicles 
and Light-Duty Trucks; OMB Control Number 2060-0094. The 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 April 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring EPAICR No. 0783.42 and OMB Control 
No. 2060-0104, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management 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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by e-mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0783.42. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Richard W. Nash, Certification and 
Compliance Division, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor MI 48103, (734) 214-
4412, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Economy Compliance; Light 
Duty Vehicles, Light Duty Trucks and

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Motorcycles; OMB Control Number 2060-0104, EPA ICR Number 0783.42, 
expiration date March 30, 2002. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: EPA collects product information and test results from 
manufactures of passenger cars, light duty trucks and motorcycles. This 
information is used to verify that emission standards have been met 
prior to the vehicles being offered for sale and that fuel economy 
values are accurate. It is also used in selecting vehicles for audit 
testing. At the conclusion of a model year production figures and test 
results are reviewed to determine if fuel economy standards have been 
met.
    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 October 9, 
2001, oral and written comments were receive.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7,343 
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: 70.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 70.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 514,000.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $7.1 million.
    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. 0783.42 and OMB Control No. 2060-0104 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: March 15, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-6996 Filed 3-21-02; 8:45 am]
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