Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Mobile Source Emission Factors:
Populations, Usage and Emissions of Diesel Nonroad Equipment in EPA
Region 7 (Survey), EPA ICR Number 0619.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0078
[Federal Register: March 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 50)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0225; FRL-7636-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Mobile Source Emission Factors:
Populations, Usage and Emissions of Diesel Nonroad Equipment in EPA
Region 7 (Survey), EPA ICR Number 0619.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0078
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 for a new collection.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 14, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0225 to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email
to http://www.epa.gov/edocket, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, mailcode 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: James Warila, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, mailcode ASD, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105; telephone number: 734-
214-4951; fax number: 734-214-4821; email address:
warila.james@epa.gov.
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 22, 2000, (65 FR 83008), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OAR-2003-0225, which is available for public viewing at the Air and
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center
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 and
Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public
docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: Mobile Source Emission Factors: Populations, Usage and
Emissions of Diesel Nonroad Equipment in EPA Region 7 (Survey)
Abstract: In response to recommendations from the National Research
Council of the National Academy of Sciences, EPA is initiating a
systematic data collection designed to improve the methods and tools
used by the Agency to estimate emissions from nonroad equipment. Data
to be collected include populations, usage rates (activity) and ``in-
use'' or ``real-world'' emission rates.
The collection is a survey, to be conducted by the Office of
Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) in the Office of Air and
Radiation (OAR). Development of rapid in-use instrumentation promises
to substantially reduce the cost of emissions measurement for nonroad
equipment. This study will combine rapid in-use measurement capability
with statistical survey design to improve the representation of nonroad
engine populations. The goal to conduct a pilot survey designed to
develop methods and protocols needed to collect data on populations,
activity and in-use emissions of diesel nonroad equipment. Response to
the survey is voluntary.
The target population includes nonroad equipment used by commercial
establishments in the Mining, Construction, Manufacturing and
Agricultural sectors. The study area for this collection will be EPA
Region 7. To estimate the prevalence of equipment ownership in the
target sectors, 1,540 establishments will be requested to respond to
brief interviews regarding their equipment ownership and use. The total
sample size for instrumented measurement is 360 equipment pieces, with
150 and 210 pieces targeted for emissions and usage measurement,
respectively.
Emissions and usage will be measured using portable on-board
electronic instrumentation. Emissions instrumentation will measure
carbon dioxide (CO2) and several air pollutants on an
instantaneous basis during normal operation over a period of one to
three days. Air pollutants to be measured include carbon monoxide (CO),
total hydrocarbons (THC), oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and
particulate matter (PM). The usage instrument will measure engine on/
off over a period of approximately three months.
Data will be collected during normal operation at the respondents'
facilities or work sites. Following quality-assurance and analysis, the
data will be stored in OTAQ's Mobile Source Observation Database. The
information collection will involve 1,900 respondents at a cost of
$91,900.
The legislative basis for gathering this data is section
103(a)(1)(2)(3) of the Clean Air Act, which requires the Administrator
to ``conduct * * * research, investigations, experiments,
demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects,
extent, prevention, and control of air pollution'' and ``conduct
investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific
problem of air pollution in cooperation with any air pollution control
agency * * *.''
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information
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unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB
control numbers for EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR
part 9 and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.42
to 0.75 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 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; 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: Commercial establishments in the
Mining, Construction, Manufacturing and Agricultural Sectors (NAICS 21,
23, 31-33, and 111, respectively).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,900.
Frequency of Response: one-time event.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,060.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $91,900, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Dated: March 4, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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