[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67294-67295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23114]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0225; FRL-8498-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Populations, Usage and Emissions 
of Diesel Nonroad Equipment (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2156.02, OMB Control 
No. 2060-0553

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 December 28, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0225, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (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, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 
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: James Warila, Office of Transportation 
and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division, (ASD), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, 
Michigan 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4951; fax number: 734-214-
4821; 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 August 9, 2007 (72 FR 44843), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the 
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. 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-2003-0225, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket 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 is 202-
566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at

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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 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, confidential business information (CBI), or other information 
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Populations, Usage and Emissions of Diesel Nonroad Equipment 
(Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2156.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0553.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 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: In response to recommendations from the National Research 
Council of the National Academy of Sciences, EPA is continuing a 
systematic data collection designed to improve the methods and tools 
used by the Agency to estimate emissions from nonroad equipment. Data 
to be collected include populations, usage rates (activity) and ``in-
use'' or ``real-world'' emission rates.
    The collection is a survey, to be conducted by the Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) in the Office of Air and 
Radiation (OAR). Development of rapid in-use instrumentation promises 
to substantially reduce the cost of emissions measurement for nonroad 
equipment. This study will combine rapid in-use measurement capability 
with statistical survey design to improve the representation of nonroad 
engine populations. The goal is to continue a pilot survey designed to 
develop methods and protocols needed to collect data on populations, 
activity and in-use emissions of diesel nonroad equipment. Response to 
the survey is voluntary.
    The target population includes nonroad equipment used by commercial 
establishments in the construction and manufacturing sectors. The study 
area for this collection will include areas in EPA Regions 5 and 7. To 
estimate the prevalence of equipment ownership in the target sectors, 
establishments will be requested to respond to brief interviews 
regarding their equipment ownership and use. The total sample size for 
instrumented measurement is 100 equipment pieces, with 50 pieces 
targeted for emissions and usage measurement, respectively.
    Emissions and usage will be measured using portable on-board 
electronic instrumentation. Emissions instrumentation will measure 
carbon dioxide (CO2) and several air pollutants on an 
instantaneous basis during normal operation over a period of one to 
three days. Air pollutants to be measured include carbon monoxide (CO), 
total hydrocarbons (THC), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and 
particulate matter (PM). The usage instrument will measure engine on/
off over a period of approximately one month.
    Data will be collected during normal operation at the respondents' 
facilities or work sites. Following quality-assurance and analysis, the 
data will be stored in OTAQ's Mobile Source Observation Database. The 
information collection will involve 517 respondents per year, requiring 
99 hours per year to complete at an annual total cost to those 
respondents of $6,716. For the agency, the collection will require 
4,455 hours per year at an annual total cost to the agency of $322,415.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.19 
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: Construction and Manufacturing 
Establishments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 517.
    Frequency of Response: One-time event.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 99.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,716, includes $0.0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 961 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the fact that EPA 
proposes to contact fewer respondents than in the previous approved 
ICR, and that burden estimates for individual respondents have been 
adjusted downward, based on experience in the previous approval period.

    Dated: November 20, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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