[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 52 (Monday, March 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12799-12800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4932]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0742; FRL-8289-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Motor Vehicle and Engine 
Compliance Program Fees (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2080.03, OMB Control No. 
2060-0545

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 18, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0742, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mailcode 
6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB 
by mail to: 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: Lynn Sohacki, Compliance and 
Innovative Strategies Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, 
Michigan 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4851; fax number: 734-214-
4869; 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 September 14, 2006 (71 FR 54280), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during 
the comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be 
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0742, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether

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submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2080.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0545.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: EPA charges user fees for administering its vehicle and 
engine certification programs. In 2004 the fees were extended to 
include certification applications for recently regulated categories of 
off-road vehicles and engines. Manufacturers and importers of covered 
vehicles and engines are required to pay the applicable certification 
fee prior to their certification applications being reviewed. This 
involves submitting payments along with a filing form identifying the 
engine family to be covered by the fee. There are also correction and 
refund forms. This ICR estimates the paperwork burden of submitting 
these fees and associated forms. This information collection covers the 
entire certification fees program, both on-road and off-road.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.3 
hours per response. 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 which have subsequently changed; 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 or importers of 
passenger cars, motorcycles, light trucks, heavy duty truck engines, 
and non-road vehicles or engines required to receive a certificate of 
conformity from EPA prior to selling or introducing these products into 
commerce in the U.S.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 419.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 694.8.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $46,198, including $11,028 in O&M 
costs and no startup or capital costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 65.8 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to use of actual counts, 
rather than projections, of fee forms submitted, and to an increase in 
the estimated time required to process reduced fee and refund requests.

    Dated: March 12, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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