[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68341-68342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26073]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0089, FRL-7841-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993 and Earlier 
Model Year Urban Buses (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1702.04, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0302

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 November 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 December 27, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0089, 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].

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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 July 20, 2004 (69 FR 43411), 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-2004-0089, 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 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: Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993 and Earlier Model 
Year Urban Buses (40 CFR Part 85, Subpart O) (Renewal).
    Abstract: Section 219(d) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, 
required that the EPA promulgate regulations for urban buses that: (a) 
Operate in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) or consolidated MSA's 
with a 1980 population of 750,000 or more; (b) are not subject to the 
1994 or later urban bus standards; and (c) have their engines replaced 
or rebuilt after January 1, 1995. The CAA Amendments require the 
subject urban buses be retrofitted to comply with an emission standard 
that reflects the best retrofit technology and maintenance practices 
reasonably achievable. Under these provisions, EPA set requirements for 
pre-1994 model year urban buses when urban bus engines are rebuilt or 
replaced. The program requires that the particulate emissions level of 
the urban bus engines be reduced to a level below the engines' original 
particulate level through the use of retrofit/rebuild equipment that is 
certified by EPA. The program will phase itself out as pre-1994 urban 
buses are retired from fleets. Responses to the collection of 
information are mandatory. All the information required by this 
collection is needed for the implementation and the activities of 
various EPA programs. The information is collected by the Engine 
Programs Group, Certification and Compliance Division, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. Specific 
certification information submitted by manufacturers is held as 
confidential. 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 129 
hours per retrofit equipment manufacturer and 33 hours per bus 
operator. 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are manufacturers of retrofit equipment and urban bus fleet 
operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 41.
    Frequency of Response: Annually and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,457.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $186,148, which includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $111,401 annual O&M costs, and $74,747 annual 
labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,252 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: November 17, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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