[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66412-66413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29589]



[[Page 66412]]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0059, FRL-7591-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary 
Emission Recall Reports, EPA ICR Number 0282.13, OMB Control Number 
2060-0048

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a 
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 
2004. 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 January 26, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0059, to 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code 
6403J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9264; fax number: 202-
343-2057; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0059, which is available for public 
viewing at the 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 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 within 
60 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 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 
manufacturers of nonroad engines and heavy-duty truck engines.
    Title: Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary Emission 
Recall Reports.
    Abstract: Per sections 207(c)(1) and 213 of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA), when emission testing shows that a substantial number of 
properly maintained and used engines produced by a manufacturer do not 
conform to emission standards, the manufacturer is required to recall 
the engines. Manufacturers are also required to submit Defect 
Information Reports (DIRs) to alert EPA of the existence of emission-
related defects on certain classes of engines that may cause the 
engines' emissions to exceed the standards and ultimately may lead to a 
recall. EPA uses these reports to target potentially nonconforming 
classes of engines for future testing, to monitor compliance with 
applicable regulations and to order a recall, if necessary. 
Manufacturers can also initiate a recall voluntarily by submitting a 
Voluntary Emission Recall Report (VERR). VERRs and VERR updates allow 
EPA to determine whether the manufacturer conducting the recall is 
acting in accordance with the CAA and to examine and monitor the 
effectiveness of the recall campaign.
    The information is collected by the Engine Programs Group, 
Certification and Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. Confidentiality of proprietary 
information submitted by manufacturers is granted in accordance with 
the Freedom of Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, and 
class determinations issued by EPA's Office of General Counsel. 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.
    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: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 21 
hours per response. DIRs and VERRs are submitted on occasion, whereas 
VERRs updates are submitted quarterly by approximately 15 respondents. 
EPA estimates that the total cost to respondents resulting from this 
collection is approximately $353,749. This estimate includes operation 
and maintenance expenses of approximately $443. No start-up costs are 
associated with this information collection. Burden means the total 
time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, 
maintain, retain, or disclose or

[[Page 66413]]

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.

    Dated: November 21, 2003.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 03-29589 Filed 11-25-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P