[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37417-37418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13345]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7219-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Nonconformance Penalties for Heavy-Duty 
Engines and Heavy-duty Vehicles, Including Light-Duty Trucks; Reporting 
and Recordkeeping Requirements

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: Nonconformance Penalties for 
Heavy-duty Engines and Heavy-duty Vehicles, Including Light-Duty 
Trucks, Reporting And Recordkeeping Requirements, OMB Control Number 
2060-0132, expired 5/31/97, reinstatement. 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 June 28, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1285.05 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0132 to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, by E-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1285.05. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Anthony Erb, tel.: (202) 564-9259; fax: 
(202) 565-2057: or e-mail: erb.anthony @epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Nonconformance Penalties for Heavy-Duty Engines and Heavy-
Duty Vehicles, Including Light-Duty Trucks; Reporting And Recordkeeping 
Requirements; OMB Control No. 2060-0132; EPA ICR No. 1285.05, expired 
5/31/1997, reinstatement. This is a request for reinstatement with 
change of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired.
    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. 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 
01/29/02 (67 FR 4252); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 23 
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: On-Highway engine and vehicle 
manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Response: 52.

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    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1178 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $18,200.00.
    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. 1285.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0132 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: May 21, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-13345 Filed 5-28-02; 8:45 am]
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