[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21745-21746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8439]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0512; FRL-7904-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Vehicle Service Information Web Site Audit EPA ICR 
Number 2181.01

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 EPA is planning to submit a 
proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for a new collection. 
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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0512, to 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, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Pugliese, Certification and 
Compliance Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 
Traverwood, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, Telephone 734-214-4288, Internet e-
mail ``[email protected].''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2004-0512, 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 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 
independent aftermarket service providers.
    Title: Vehicle Service Information Web Site Audit.
    Abstract: EPA finalized regulations in June of 2003 (68 FR 38427; 
June 27, 2003) requiring auto manufacturers to

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launch full text Web sites containing all required service information 
for 1996 and later model years. In order to assess the effectiveness of 
the web site provisions of the regulations, EPA believes that input 
from independent technicians must be of primary consideration. As part 
of our broader efforts to evaluate the OEM web sites, EPA is initiating 
a process to gather feedback directly from the technician community on 
their experiences with the web sites and to communicate those findings 
directly to the OEMs and the service industry as a whole. EPA staff 
will use this data in conjunction with other internal analyses to 
assess the effectiveness of the service information web sites that are 
required by the regulations. In addition, this information will be used 
by the Agency to determine if manufacturer guidance or changes to the 
regulations are needed. 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: Participation in the audit requires the 
availability of desk top or lap top computers in the maintenance 
facility or shop. In addition, internet access is needed in the 
facility in order to access the information on individual automobile 
manufacturer Web sites. It is anticipated that a vast majority of 
vehicle repair facilities have already made these capital investments 
for the day to day operations of their businesses and that no 
additional costs will be incurred by technicians who participate in the 
audit. In addition, the automobile manufacturers have agreed to arrange 
for free access to all their Web sites for participants for the 3-4 
month duration of the audit. Therefore, participants will not incur any 
additional charges or fees as a result of participating in the audit. 
EPA otherwise anticipates approximately 250 technicians to and that 
they will spend approximately 1-2 hours per week over a 12-week time 
period to electronically complete and return short audit 
questionnaires. 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.

    Dated: April 18, 2005.
Karl Simon,
Acting Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality.
[FR Doc. 05-8439 Filed 4-26-05; 8:45 am]
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