[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2244-2245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-442]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0058; FRL-8516-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transition Program for Equipment 
Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1826.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0369

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 February 13, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0058, 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 Docket, 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: Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Mail 
Code 6403J, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9264; fax 
number: 202-343-2804; 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 26, 2007 (72 FR 54654), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0058, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air 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 8:30 
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 Docket 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 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: Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (Renewal)
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1826.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0369.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008. 
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: When EPA establishes new regulations with tighter engine 
emission standards, engine manufacturers often need to change the 
design of their engines to achieve the required emissions reductions. 
Consequently, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) may also need to 
redesign their products to accommodate these engine design changes. 
Sometimes, OEMs have trouble making the necessary adjustments by the 
effective date of the regulations. In an effort to provide OEMs with 
some flexibility in complying with the regulations, EPA created the 
Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (TPEM). Under this 
program, OEMs are allowed to delay compliance with the new standards 
for up to seven years as long as they comply with certain limitations. 
Participation in the program is voluntary. Participating OEMs and 
engine manufacturers who provide the noncompliant engines are required 
to keep records and submit reports of their activities under the 
program.
    In 2008, a new TPEM phase will start as the new, nonroad 
compression-ignition emission regulations (also known as Tier 4 
regulations) become effective. This ICR Renewal incorporates the 
requirements that will be in effect during the active period of this 
supporting statement. The Tier 4 TPEM program is codified at 40 CFR 
Part 1039.625 while the Tier 1-Tier 3 program is codified at 40 CFR 
Part 89.102.
    The information is collected for compliance purposes by the Engine 
Programs Group, Certification and Compliance Division, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 
Confidentiality of proprietary information is granted in accordance 
with the Freedom of Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 CFR 2, and 
class determinations issued by EPA's Office of General Counsel.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 86 
hours per respondent. 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: Entities potentially affected by 
these actions are manufacturers of compression-ignition engines and 
equipment.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 99.
    Frequency of Response: Annually and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,547.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $652,930, includes $123,558 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 8,522 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. Burden has decreased due to a program change (new 
regulations). The current phase, as described in the previous ICR (the 
Tier 1-Tier 3 Program codified at 40 CFR Part 89), is nearing its end 
and a new phase with new requirements is starting in 2008 (Tier 4, 40 
CFR Part 1039). Some overlap exists between the two programs. Although 
the new requirements impose a slightly larger burden on respondents, 
EPA estimates that fewer respondents will participate in the Tier 4 
phase. The increase in O&M costs is due largely to foreign OEMs that 
must post a bond before importing their equipment ``to cover any 
potential enforcement actions under the Clean Air Act.''

    Dated: January 8, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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