[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45922-45923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18196]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0246; FRL 9535-1]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; New Marine Compression Ignition Engines at 
or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``New Marine Compression Ignition 
Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder (Renewal),'' EPA ICR Number 
2345.03, OMB Number 2060-0641, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed revision of 
the ICR, which is currently approved through July 31, 2013. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (78 FR 
29751) on May 21, 2013 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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.

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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 29, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2013-0246, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

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; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.), 
charges EPA with issuing certificates of conformity for those engines 
that comply with applicable emission standards. Such a certificate must 
be issued before engines may be legally introduced into commerce. Under 
this ICR, EPA collects information necessary to (1) issue certificates 
of compliance with emission statements, and (2) verify compliance with 
various programs and regulatory provisions pertaining to marine 
compression-ignition engines with a specific engine displacement at or 
above 30 liters per cylinder (Category 3 engines). To apply for a 
certificate of conformity, manufacturers are required to submit 
descriptions of their planned production engines, including detailed 
descriptions of emission control systems and test data. This 
information is organized by ``engine family'' groups expected to have 
similar emission characteristics. The CAA also mandates that EPA 
verifies that manufacturers have successfully translated their 
certified prototypes into mass produced engines and that these engines 
comply with emission standards throughout their useful lives.
    Under the Production Line Testing (PLT) Program, manufacturers of 
Category 3 engines are required to test each engine at the sea trial of 
the vessel in which the engine is installed or within the first 300 
hours of operation, whichever comes first. This self-audit program 
allows manufacturers to monitor compliance and minimize the cost of 
correcting errors through early detection. In addition, owners and 
operators of marine vessels with Category 3 engines must record certain 
information and send minimal annual notifications to EPA to show that 
engine maintenance and adjustments have not caused engines to be 
noncompliant. From time to time, EPA may test in-use engines to verify 
compliance with emission standards throughout the marine engine's 
useful life and may ask for information about the engine family to be 
tested. The information requested is collected by the Diesel Engine 
Compliance Center (DECC), Compliance Division (CD), Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA. 
Besides DECC and CD, this information could be used by the Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and the Department of Justice for 
enforcement purposes.
    Proprietary information is kept confidential in accordance with the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 40 CFR Parts 2 and 1042, and class 
determinations issued by EPA's Office of General Counsel. Non-
confidential business information may be disclosed as requested under 
FOIA.
    Forms: Annual Production Report; PLT CumSum Report; PLT Non-CumSum 
Report.
    Respondents/affected entities: Respondents are manufacturers and 
owners or operators of marine compression-ignition engines above 30 
liters per cylinder and the vessels in which those engines are 
installed.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Manufacturers must respond to 
this collection if they wish to sell and/or operate their Category 3 
engines in the U.S. (required to obtain or retain a benefit), as 
prescribed by Section 206(a) of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7521) and 40 CFR 
Part 1042. Certification reporting is mandatory under Section 206(a) of 
CAA (42 U.S.C. 7521) and 40 CFR Part 1042, Subpart C. PLT reporting is 
mandatory (Section 206(b)(1) of CAA (42 U.S.C. 7521) and 40 CFR Part 
1042, Subpart D).
    Estimated number of respondents: 201.
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, Annually, On Occasion, depending 
on the type of response.
    Total estimated burden: 24,813 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,931,765 (per year), includes an estimated 
$734,588 annualized capital or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 21,741 hours in 
the total estimated burden for ICR 2345.03 from the burden currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This increase 
is due to better accounting and an adjustment of estimates, not a 
change in the program. The primary reason for the change is that the 
hour burden in the previous ICR did not account for an annual records 
audit that vessel owners have to perform and the annual report they 
have to submit (first rows of table 5 in the Excel file). The previous 
ICR only accounted for owner and rebuilder's recordkeeping requirements 
(see table 6 on 2345.02). There are 187 respondents that are supposed 
to prepare that report; so even though the burden is only 99 hours per 
respondent, the total comes out high (at 18,813 hours). Second, 
regarding the burden to engine manufacturers, this ICR accounts for PLT 
testing and reporting (5,276 hours--see table 3) and SEAs (table 4), 
which was not done in the previous ICR. The previous ICR only accounts 
for certification (table 5 on 2345.02 vs. table 2 in 2345.03).

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-18196 Filed 7-29-13; 8:45 am]
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