[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 64 (Friday, April 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17402-17403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7478]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0012, FRL-7642-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local 
Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs, EPA ICR 
Number 1613.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0252

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). This is a request to reinstate a 
previously approved collection. That ICR has expired on February 28, 
1996. 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.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chi Li, Transportation and Regional 
Programs Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 
Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4336; fax number: 
734-214-4052; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2004-0012, 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 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 
state/local government air quality regulatory agencies.
    Title: Data Reporting Requirements For State and Local Vehicle 
Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs.
    Abstract: To provide general oversight and support to state and 
local I/M programs, the Transportation and Regional Programs Division 
(TRPD), Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and 
Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, requires that state or 
local program management for both basic and enhanced I/M programs 
submit two varieties of reports to EPA. The first reporting requirement 
is the submittal of an annual report providing general program 
operating data and summary statistics, addressing the program's current 
design and coverage, a summary of testing data, enforcement program 
efforts, quality assurance and quality control efforts, and other 
miscellaneous information allowing for an assessment of the program's 
relative effectiveness; the second is a biennial report on any changes 
to the program over the previous two-year period and the impact of such 
changes, including any weaknesses discovered and corrections made or 
planned.
    General program effectiveness is determined by the degree to which 
a program misses, meets, or exceeds the emission reductions committed 
to in the state's approved SIP, which, in turn, must meet or exceed the 
minimum emission reductions expected from the relevant performance 
standard, as promulgated under EPA's revisions to 40 CFR part 51, in 
response to requirements established in section 182 of the Clean Air 
Act Amendments of 1990 (Act). This information will be used by EPA to 
determine a program's progress toward meeting requirements under 40 CFR 
part 51, as well as to assess national trends in the area of basic and 
enhanced I/M programs and to provide background information in support 
of periodic site visits and audits. 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: EPA estimates the annual burden per respondent is 
approximately 85 hours and the total annual respondent burden imposed 
by these collections is estimated to be 2,890 hours (34 
respondents).\1\ These estimates include time for summarizing data as 
well as reporting summaries. 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.
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    \1\ A draft of the Supporting Statement, which includes detailed 
information about the burden estimate, is available in the EPA 
Docket at http://www.epa.gov/edocket.

    Dated: March 24, 2004.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 04-7478 Filed 4-1-04; 8:45 am]
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