[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39539-39540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16733]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0006, FRL-7521-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 0619.10 (OMB No. 2060-0078) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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: Mobile Source Emission Factor 
On-Highway Recruitment. This ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 1, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Scarbro, Assessment and Standards 
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, AATC, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 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 submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On Friday, January 24, 2003 68 FR 3524, EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received a single request for 
information concerning the ICR. EPA forwarded the requested information 
to the requestor.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. 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 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 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) 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, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your comments to OMB at: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.
    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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Mobile Source Emission Factor On-Highway Recruitment (OMB 
Control No. 2060-0078; EPA ICR No. 0619.10). This is a request to renew 
an existing collection that is scheduled to expire in 06/30/2003. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The EPA Emissions Factor Program, 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 Factor 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 
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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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
3 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: Owners of on-highway vehicles.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 420.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 883.
    Estimated Total Respondent Annual Cost: $28,160.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 766 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to budget constraints on 
program which will limit the scope of the collection request.

    Dated: June 24, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-16733 Filed 7-1-03; 8:45 am]
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