[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3954-3955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1096]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0904; FRL-8518-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emissions Certification and 
Compliance Requirements for Marine Spark-Ignition Engines (Renewal); 
EPA ICR No. 1722.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0321

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 22, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0904, to (1) EPA online using http://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.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0904, which is available for online viewing at 
http://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 http://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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for 
Marine Spark-ignition Engines (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1722.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0321.
    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: Under Title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et 
seq.; CAA), EPA is charged with issuing certificates of conformity for 
certain spark-ignition (SI) engines used to propel marine vessels that 
comply with applicable emission standards. Such a certificate must be 
issued before engines may be legally introduced into commerce. To apply 
for a certificate of conformity, manufacturers are required to submit 
descriptions of their planned production line, including descriptions 
of the emission control system, and engine emission test data. This 
information is organized by ``engine family.'' An engine family is a 
group of engines expected to have similar emission characteristics. 
There are also record-keeping requirements. Under the regulations 
governing marine SI engines, manufacturers must use the Averaging, 
Banking, and Trading Program (ABT) and must submit information 
regarding the calculation, actual generation, and usage of emission 
credits in a certification application, an end-of-the-year report, and 
final report. These reports are used for certification and enforcement 
purposes. The Act also mandates EPA to verify that manufacturers have 
successfully translated their certified prototype engines into mass 
produced engines, and that these engines comply with emission standards 
throughout their useful lives. Under the Production-Line Testing (PLT) 
Program, manufacturers are required to test a sample of engines as they 
leave the assembly line. This self-audit program increases efficiency 
and reduces the cost of correcting misbuilds and other errors made in 
the assembly line. Under the In-use Testing Program (In-use), 
manufacturers are required to test engines after a number of years of 
use to verify that they comply with emission standards throughout their 
useful lives.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 154 
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

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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 marine spark-ignition engines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, quarterly, and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 26,546.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,608,844, includes $219,223 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 13,747 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to an adjustment in the 
total estimated number of responses. Under the previous ICR, 
manufacturers could request a waiver from most compliance requirements 
(PLT, In-use, etc.) for engine families with technology that was 
already in existence as of 1997 if they agreed to completely phase 
these families out by 2005. Since the phase out date already passed, 
manufacturers are no longer producing those engine families.

    Dated: January 16, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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