[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57692-57693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21582]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0060, FRL-7818-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements 
for Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1695.08, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0338

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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-
0060, 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; email 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

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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-2004-0060, 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: Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for 
Nonroad Spark-ignition Engines (Renewal).
    Abstract: This information collection is requested under the 
authority of Title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.). 
Under this Title, EPA is charged with issuing certificates of 
conformity for those engines which comply with applicable emission 
standards. Such a certificate must be issued before engines may be 
legally introduced into commerce. Certification requirements for spark-
ignition engines are set forth at 40 CFR part 90. To apply for a 
certificate of conformity, manufacturers are required to submit 
descriptions of their planned production line, including detailed 
descriptions of the emission control system, and test data. This 
information is organized by ``engine family'' groups expected to have 
similar emission characteristics. The emission values achieved during 
certification testing are used in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading 
(ABT) Program. The program allows manufacturers to bank credits for 
engine families that emit below the standard and use the credits for 
families that are above the standard, or trade banked credits with 
other manufacturers. Participation in the ABT program is voluntary. 
There are also recordkeeping and labeling requirements. In this notice, 
former ICR 1845.03 (``Production Line Testing, In-use Testing, and 
Selective Enforcement Auditing Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 
for Manufacturers of Nonroad Spark Ignition Engines At or Below 19 
Kilowatts,'' OMB Control Number 2060-0427, expiring on 3/31/2007) is 
being incorporated into ICR 1695.08. This action is undertaken to 
consolidate certification and compliance information requirements for 
spark-ignition engines below 19 kW into one ICR for simplification. 
Portions of former ICR 1897.04 [``Information Requirements for Nonroad 
Diesel Engines (Nonroad Large SI Engines and Marine Diesel Engines)'', 
OMB Control Number 2060-0460, expiring on 10/31/2004] related to 
certification requirements for spark ignition engines above 19 kW and 
spark-ignition recreational vehicles are also being incorporated into 
ICR 1695.08. With this consolidation, we combine all the certification 
and compliance burden associated with the spark-ignition engine 
industry.
    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 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 1,379 
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 nonroad spark-
ignition engines and recreational vehicles.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 106.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, quarterly and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 146,134.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,925,673, which includes $0 annual 
capital/startup costs, $1,642,476 annualized O&M costs, and $8,283,197 
annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 98,398 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to (1) changes in the 
estimated number of hours that respondents spend carrying out each task 
and (2) the consolidation of ICRs 1845.03 and portions of 1897.05 into 
this ICR, as explained above . The increase in burden is, therefore, 
due to an adjustment to the estimates.

    Dated: September 20, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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