[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57690-57691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21579]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0058, FRL-7819-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transition Program for Equipment 
Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1826.03, OMB Control Number 
2060-0369

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 9/30/2004. 
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 October 27, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0058, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental 
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket 
and Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Ms. Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code 
6403J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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 June 18, 2004 (69 FR 34158), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received only one comment. The 
commenter suggested that EPA establish zero-emission requirements for 
nonroad engines.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number OAR-2004-0058, 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 Avenue, 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, confidential business 
information (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: Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (Renewal).
    Abstract: In August 1998, EPA established emission standards (Tier 
I standards) for engines under 37 kW, and tightened existing standards 
(Tier II standards) for engines above 37 kW. These regulations are 
likely to cause some engine design changes. During the rulemaking 
process, some equipment manufacturers expressed concerns about delays 
in notification from engine manufacturers about engine design changes. 
These design changes can create problems in fitting the engine to the 
equipment. Consequently, equipment manufacturers would be unable to 
sell the volume of equipment they planned for, since they would need to 
redesign their equipment before any products could be sold. In an 
effort to provide original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with some

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flexibility in complying with the regulations, EPA created the 
Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (TPEM). Under the 
program, OEMs are allowed to use a number of noncompliant engines 
(uncertified engines rated below 37 kW or Tier I engines rated at or 
above 37 kW) in their equipment for up to seven years after the 
effective date of the standards. Participation in the program is 
voluntary. Participating OEMs and engine manufacturers who provide the 
noncompliant engines to the OEMs are required to keep records and 
submit reports of their activities under the program.
    The information is collected for compliance purposes by the Engine 
Programs Group, Certification and Compliance Division, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 
Confidentiality of proprietary information 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 80.5 
hours per equipment manufacturer or post-manufacture marinizer, and 
74.5 hours per engine manufacturer. 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 nonroad 
compression-ignition engines and equipment.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 213.
    Frequency of Response: Annually and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,069.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $848,582, which includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $5,829 annual O&M costs, and $842,753 annual 
labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 49,578 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to changes in the estimated 
number of respondents. The decrease in burden is, therefore, due to an 
adjustment to the estimates.

    Dated: September 16, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-21579 Filed 9-24-04; 8:45 am]
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