[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8280-8281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02891]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10005-01-OMS]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

AGENCY: Office of Mission Support, Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA).

ACTION: Notice of a Modified System of Records.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Air 
and Radiation, Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ), is 
giving notice that it proposes to modify the Engines and Vehicles--
Compliance Information System (EV-CIS), EPA-65 system of records 
pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. Engines and 
Vehicles--Compliance Information System (EV-CIS) is being modified to 
change the location of the electronic files. This system of records 
contains personally identifiable information (PII) collected from 
owners of motor vehicles who wish to temporarily import their vehicle 
into the United States for personal use and who are not residents of 
the United States.

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this system of records notice must 
do so by March 16, 2020. [New/Modified] routine uses for this [new/
modified] system of records will be effective March 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. OMS-2019-
0149, by one of the following methods:
    Regulations.gov: www.regulations.gov Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
    Email: [email protected].
    Fax: 202-566-1752.
    Mail: OMS Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: OMS Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. OMS-2019-0149. 
The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Controlled 
unclassified Information (CUI) or other information for which 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CUI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov. 
The www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system for 
EPA, which means the EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. However, 
over 179 federal agencies use www.regulations.gov and some may require 
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and some may not. Each agency 
determines submission requirements within their own internal processes 
and standards. EPA has no requirement of personal information. If you 
send an email comment directly to the EPA without going through 
www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket 
and made available on the internet. If you submit an electronic 
comment, the EPA recommends that you include your name and other 
contact information in the body of your comment. If the EPA cannot read 
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, the EPA may not be able to consider your comment. 
Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form 
of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 
information about the EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CUI or other information

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for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, 
such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard 
copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OMS 
Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC. The 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the OMS Docket is (202) 566-1752.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Holly Pugliese, Compliance Division, 
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; telephone number: 
734-214-4288; fax number: 734-214-4869; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) is amending the Engine and Vehicle Exemptions System (EV-ES) of 
records. The system name is being changed from EV-ES to the Engines and 
Vehicles--Compliance Information System (EV-CIS). EV-ES is a subsystem 
of the EV-CIS and is the only subsystem that stores personally 
identifiable information (PII). The location of the files has changed 
and are now stored in Research Triangle Park, NC. No other elements of 
the systems of records has changed.
    The information collected in this system supports the Imports 
Exemptions program under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and implementing 
regulations codified in 40 CFR parts 85 and 1068. The CAA requires 
manufacturers of motor vehicles and engines to design and build 
vehicles that will comply with emissions standards throughout the 
vehicle's life span. EPA and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
regulations (40 CFR part 85 and 19 CFR 12.73) allow for individuals who 
are not residents of the United States and who reside outside of the 
United States to import on-highway vehicles that do not comply with 
U.S. emissions standards (e.g., cars, motorcycles or motor homes) for a 
period of up to one year for personal use. Applicants are required to 
provide their name, address, phone number or email and the vehicle 
identification number (VIN) as part of the application process in order 
for EPA to provide approval or denial letters to the requestors.
    The information that will be maintained regarding program 
participants includes the vehicle owner's name, address, phone number, 
email address and vehicle identification number (VIN). The electronic 
information is contained in the EV-CIS system located in Research 
Triangle Park, North Carolina and paper files at EPA's National Vehicle 
and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Only contractor 
employees and EPA employees administering the program have access to 
the information contained in the database. Files containing personal 
information are kept in locked filing cabinets. Physical access to the 
filing cabinets is limited to authorized personnel employees with 
building key cards.

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    Engines and Vehicles--Compliance Information System (EV-CIS), EPA-
65

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    US EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 
and EPA's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, 
Michigan.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
     Sara Zaremski, Center Director, Data Analysis and Information 
Center, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 2000 Traverwood, Ann 
Arbor, MI 48105, 734-214-4362, [email protected].

HISTORY:
    79 FR 29761 (May 23, 2014)--Engine and Vehicle Exemptions System 
(EV-ES). Creation of a Privacy Act system of records for the Engine and 
Vehicle Exemptions System (EV-ES). The information collected in this 
system supports the Imports Exemptions program under the Clean Air Act 
(CAA) and implementing regulations codified in 40 CFR parts 85 and 
1068.

    Dated: January 21, 2020.
Vaughn Noga,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
[FR Doc. 2020-02891 Filed 2-12-20; 8:45 am]
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