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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Requirements for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines; EPA ICR Number 1800.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0392

 [Federal Register: January 10, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 6)]
[Notices]
[Page 1700-1701]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr10ja05-28]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2004-0062, FRL-7859-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Information Requirements for Locomotives and 
Locomotive Engines; EPA ICR Number 1800.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0392

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 
2004. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 9, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0062, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Ms. Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code 
6403J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9264; fax number: 
(202) 343-2804; e-mail address: reyes-morales.nydia@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 June 18, 2004 (69 FR 34158), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received only one comment. The 
commenter suggested that EPA establish zero-emission requirements for 
nonroad engines.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number OAR-2004-0062, which is available for public viewing at the Air 
and Radiation Docket and Information Center, in the EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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 and 
Information Center 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, confidential business 
information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. When

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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: Information Requirements for Locomotives and Locomotive 
Engines (40 CFR part 92) (Renewal).
    Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires manufacturers and 
remanufacturers of locomotives and locomotive engines to obtain a 
certificate of conformity with applicable emission standards before 
they may legally introduced their products into commerce. To apply for 
a certificate of conformity, respondents are required to submit 
descriptions of their planned production, including detailed 
descriptions of emission control systems and test data. This 
information is organized by ``engine family'' groups expected to have 
similar emission characteristics and is submitted every year, at the 
beginning of the model year. Respondents electing to participate in the 
Averaging, Banking and Trading (AB&T) Program are also required to 
submit information regarding the calculation, actual generation and 
usage of credits in quarterly reports, and an end-of-the-year report. 
Under the Production-line Testing (PLT) Program, manufacturers are 
required to test a sample of engines as they leave the assembly line. 
The Installation Audit Program requires remanufacturers to audit the 
installation of a sample of remanufactured engines. These self-audit 
programs (collectively referred to as the ``PLT Program'') allow 
manufacturers and remanufacturers to monitor compliance with 
statistical certainty and minimize the cost of correcting errors 
through early detection. Under the In-use Testing Program, 
manufacturers and remanufacturers are required to test locomotives 
after a number of years of use to verify that they comply with emission 
standards throughout their useful lives. There are recordkeeping 
requirements in all programs.
    The information is collected for compliance purposes by the Engine 
Programs Group, Certification and Compliance Division, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 
Confidentiality of proprietary information is granted in accordance 
with the Freedom of Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, 
and class determinations issued by EPA's Office of General Counsel.
    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 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 2,439 
per respondent. 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: Locomotives and locomotive engine 
manufacturers and remanufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, quarterly and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,074.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,326,156, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $1,384,025 annual O&M costs, and 
$942,131 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 5,953 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the total 
number of applications for certification submitted by respondents. The 
increase in burden is, therefore, due to an adjustment to the estimates.

    Dated: December 20, 2004.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-421 Filed 1-7-05; 8:45 am]
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