[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6972-6973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3080]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0059; FRL-7621-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Defect Information 
Reports and Voluntary Emission Recall Reports (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 
0282.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0048

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 1/31/2004. 
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 March 15, 
2004.

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

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725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, 
Certification and Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation, Mail Code 6403J, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 343-9264; fax number: (202) 343-2804; 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 November 26, 2003 (68 FR 66412), 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 
number OAR-2003-0059, 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 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: Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary Emission 
Recall Reports (Renewal).
    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 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 260 
hours per respondent. 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: Manufacturers of on-highway heavy-
duty trucks, non-road compression-ignition engines, non-road spark-
ignition engines, marine engines, locomotives and locomotive engines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 17.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,417.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $265,971 includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $413 annual O&M costs and $265,558 annual labor 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 508 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the correction of a 
mistake made in the original calculations. The decrease in burden is, 
therefore, due to an adjustment to the estimates.

    Dated: January 27, 2004.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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