[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3524-3526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1625]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0006, FRL-7441-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Mobile Source Emission Factor On-Highway Recruitment

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 Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Mobile Source Emission Factor On-
Highway Recruitment (OMB Control No. 2060-0078; EPA ICR No. 0619.10) 
expiring 06/30/2003. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and 
approval, EPA

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is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below. 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 March 25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Scarbro, Assessment and Standards 
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, AATC, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 734-
214-4209; fax number: 734-214-4939; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0006, which is available for public 
viewing at the Office of Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Office of Air and Radiation Docket is 
(202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available 
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 
EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit 
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of 
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket 
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select 
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 60 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by 
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 
6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
owners of on-highway vehicles.
    Title: Mobile Source Emission Factor On-Highway Recruitment (OMB 
Control No. 2060-0078; EPA ICR No. 0619.10) expiring 06/30/2003.
    Abstract: The EPA Emission Inventory Group, through contractors, 
solicits the general public to voluntarily offer their vehicle for 
emissions testing. There are two methods used to solicit the general 
public for participation in Emission Factors Program (EFP):
    1. Postal cards are sent to a random selection of vehicle owners 
using State motor vehicle registration lists; and
    2. A random selection of motor vehicle owners, who arrive at State 
inspection stations on an annual or biennial schedule, are solicited.
    The legislative basis for the Emission Factors Program is section 
103(a)(1)(2)(3) of the Clean Air Act, which requires the Administrator 
to ``conduct * * * research, investigations, experiments, 
demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, 
extent, prevention, and control of air pollution'' and ``conduct 
investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific 
problem of air pollution in cooperation with any air pollution control 
agency * * *''
    EPA uses the data from the EFP to verify predictions of the 
computer model known as MOBILE, which calculates the contribution of 
mobile source emissions to ambient air pollution. MOBILE is used by 
EPA, state and local air pollution agencies, the automotive industry, 
and other parties that are interested in estimating mobile source 
emissions. These estimates, when generated by governments are the basis 
for State Implementation Plans (SIPs), and Reasonable Further Progress 
(RFP) reports for the attainment status assessments for the National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
    Furthermore, the EFP data collected under this ICR will be used to 
construct a new model to replace MOBILE, the ``Multi-scale Motor 
Vehicle & Equipment Emission System'' (MOVES). MOVES will be based on 
field sample data as opposed to laboratory simulations. This change is 
due to recommendations made to EPA by the National Research Council, 
the Office of Management and Budget and is enabled by the availability 
of suitable technology for the collection of emission and activity data 
while the vehicles are being used by their owners/operators. 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: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 10 minutes to 2 hours per response, 
including the time for reviewing instructions, delivering the vehicle 
for testing, installing or uninstalling field sampling equipment on the 
vehicle, or in some instance filling out a travel log. 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

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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: January 16, 2003.
Carl A. Scarbro,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Air and Radiation, 
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards 
Division, Air Toxics Center.
[FR Doc. 03-1625 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]
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