[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52767-52768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22644]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0181; FRL-7553-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Requirements for 
Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles, EPA ICR Number 0010.10, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0095

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 6, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0181, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Chestine Payton, Certification 
and Compliance Division, Outreach and Planning Group, Mail Code 6405J, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-9328; fax number: 
(202) 565-2057; 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 May 8, 2003 (68 FR 24736), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OAR-2003-0181, which is available for public viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center 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 Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center 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. 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

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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.
    Title: Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming 
Vehicles.
    Abstract: Individuals and businesses importing motor vehicles and 
motor vehicle engines, and nonroad compression ignition engines greater 
than 50 horsepower (large CI nonroad engines), which are predominantly 
used in construction equipment and farm tractors, report and keep 
records of vehicle importations, or request final admission for 
vehicles conditionally imported into the U.S. The collection of this 
information is mandatory in order to ensure compliance of nonconforming 
vehicles with Federal emissions requirements. Joint EPA and Customs 
regulations at 40 CFR 85.1501 et seq., 89.601 et seq., 90.601 et seq., 
and 19 CFR 12.73 and 12.74 promulgated under the authority of Clean Air 
Act sections 203 and 208 give authority for the collection of 
information. This authority was extended to nonroad engines under 
section 213(d). The information is used by program personnel to ensure 
that all Federal emission requirements concerning imported 
nonconforming motor vehicles and nonroad engines are met. Any 
information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of 
confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to policies set forth 
in Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart B--Confidentiality of Business 
Information (see CFR 2), and the public is not permitted access to 
information containing personal or organizational identifiers.
    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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 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 0.7 
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: Individuals and businesses importing 
motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,000.
    Frequency of Response: Other--upon importation.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 15,800.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,664,000, which includes $0 
annualized capital and $1,266,000 O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,400 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number 
of engines tested and the associated cost.

    Dated: August 22, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22644 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]
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