[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34495-34496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13761]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0489; FRL-12876-01-OAR]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information
Collection Request; Comment Request; Control of Air Pollution From
Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Control of Air
Pollution from Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards
(Renewal)'', EPA ICR Number 0783.66, OMB Control Number 2060-0104 to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is
soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed
information collection request as described below. This is a proposed
extension of this ICR, which is currently approved through January 31,
2026. This notice allows for 60 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing the Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2019-0489, to the EPA: online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460. 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: David Wright, Implementation, Analysis
and Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48105; telephone number: 734-214-4467; fax number 734-214-4869; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2026. 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.
This notice allows 60 days for public comments. 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, WJC 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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate forms of information technology. EPA
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate.
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: Under Sections 202(a) and 202(k) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7521), EPA finalized regulations to set more stringent vehicle
emission standards beginning in model year 2017, as part of a systems
approach to addressing the impacts of motor vehicles and fuels on air
quality and public health. The Tier 3 vehicle emission standards, which
are the subject of this ICR, reduce both tailpipe and evaporative
emissions from passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger
vehicles, and some heavy-duty vehicles. The Tier 3 vehicle standards
are harmonized with California's Low Emission Vehicle Program--LEVIII
standards, creating a federal vehicle emissions program allowing
automakers to sell the same vehicles in all 50 states. This ICR covers
the information that affected respondents must provide to the Agency.
Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of
confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to policies set forth
in CFR title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of
Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2).
Form Numbers:
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Form name Form
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Light-duty Cover of Outside Useful 5800-257.
Life System.
Light-duty Conversion of Intermediate 5800-258.
Age System.
Tier 3 Light-duty FTP and SFTP AB&T 5900-471.
Reporting.
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Tier 3 Heavy-duty NMOG+NOx, 5900-470.
Evaporative and Cold NMHC AB&T
Reporting.
EPA Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle NEW.
Calculator.
EPA Electric Vehicle FE Label NEW.
Calculator.
EPA Generic Multicycle Calculator.... NEW.
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Respondents/affected entities: Respondents are identified within
the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
codes:
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Examples of potentially
Category NAICS \a\ code SIC \b\ code affected entities
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Industry........................ 336111, 336112......... 3711................... Light-duty vehicle and light-
duty truck manufacturers.
Industry........................ 811111, 811112, 811198. 7538, 7533, 7534....... Independent commercial
importers.
Industry........................ 335312, 336312, 336322, 3621, 3714, 3519, 3599, Alternative fuel converters.
336399, 811198. 7534.
Industry........................ 333618, 336120, 336211, 3699, 3711, 3713, 3714. On-highway heavy-duty engine
336312. & vehicle (<=8,500 lbs
GVWR) manufacturers.
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\a\ North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
\b\ Standard Industrial Classification (SIC).
Respondent's obligation to respond: The respondent's obligation to
respond is voluntary, but respondents who choose not to respond cannot
obtain a Certificate of Conformity, and therefore cannot introduce
their products into commerce in the U.S.
Estimated number of respondents: 49 (total).
Frequency of response: As needed.
Total estimated burden: 509,869 hours (per respondent, per year).
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $43,090,092 (per year), includes $15,294,661
annualized capital and $27,795,432 operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in estimates: There is a decrease of 14,475 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is primarily due to the reduction in the
burden estimated for the fuel economy information collection. The
reduction in this information collection was offset by increases in the
burden for the Tier 3 emissions, in-use verification, and defect
reporting information collections.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Implementation, Analysis and Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-13761 Filed 7-21-25; 8:45 am]
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