[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54538-54539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18348]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0012, FRL-7969-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Data Reporting Requirements For 
State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) 
Programs (Reinstatement), 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 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 reinstate a 
previously approved collection, which expired on February 28, 1996. 
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 17, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0012, 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: Dave Sosnowski, Transportation and 
Regional Programs Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 
Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-
4823; fax number: (734) 214-4050; 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 April 2, 2004 (69 FR 17402), 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 
No. OAR-

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2004-0012, 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 confidential business information (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.
    Title: Data Reporting Requirements For State and Local Vehicle 
Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs (Reinstatement).
    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 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    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). 
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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: State or local government, Federal 
government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 34.
    Frequency of Response: Annually or biannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,890.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $152,252, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 O&M costs, and $152,252 annual 
labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 2,890 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is not due the reinstatement of the 
ICR; the previous approved ICR has expired.

    Dated: September 6, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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