[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41416-41417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15331]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7233-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Investigation Into Possible Noncompliance of 
Motor Vehicles

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: Investigation into Possible 
Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles; OMB Control Number 2060-0086; 
expiration date June 30, 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 18, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0222.06 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0086, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
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. 0222.06. 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: Investigation into Possible Noncompliance of Motor Vehicles; 
OMB Control Number 2060-0086; expiration date June 30, 2002, EPA ICR 
Number 0222.06. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: EPA tests in-use vehicles to verify that they meet 
emission standards during their useful lives. Vehicle types that do not 
comply are subject to recall and repair at the manufacturer's expense. 
In order to insure that appropriate vehicles are tested, EPA must make 
a very limited inquiry of their owners/lessees concerning vehicle 
condition.
    Information collected is used to assure that vehicles procured meet 
certain criteria. For example, since a manufacturer's responsibility to 
recall passenger cars is limited to 10 years of age or 100,000 miles of 
use, vehicles tested to establish potential recall liability must also 
meet those criteria. Other testing programs and vehicle types have 
different criteria.
    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 March 11, 
2002, one comment was received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 20 minutes per 
response, a total of 600 hours annually. 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: 1800.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1800.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 600.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: None.

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    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. 0222.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0086 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 3, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-15331 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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