Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Production Line Testing, In-use Testing, and Selective
Enforcement Auditing Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for
Manufacturers of Nonroad Spark Ignition Engines At or Below 19
Kilowatts, EPA ICR Number 1845.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0427
[Federal Register: August 4, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 149)]
[Notices]
[Page 45815-45816]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0145, FRL-7539-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Production Line Testing, In-use Testing, and Selective
Enforcement Auditing Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for
Manufacturers of Nonroad Spark Ignition Engines At or Below 19
Kilowatts, EPA ICR Number 1845.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0427
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 EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 10/31/2003.
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 3, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0145, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to
a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code
6403J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-9264; fax number: 202-
565-2057; e-mail address: reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0145, 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 obtain
a copy of the draft collection of information, 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 within
60 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 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.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
manufacturers of spark ignition engines rated at or below 19 kilowatts.
Title: Production Line Testing, In-use Testing, and Selective
Enforcement Auditing Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for
Manufacturers of Nonroad Spark Ignition Engines At or Below 19
Kilowatts.
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Abstract: Title II of the Clean Air Act requires engine
manufacturers to obtain a certificate of conformity with applicable
emission standards for each engine prototype before they may legally
introduced their products into commerce. The Act also mandates EPA to
verify that manufacturers have successfully translated their certified
engine 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 test a sample of
engines as they leave the assembly line. This self-audit program allows
manufacturers to monitor compliance with statistical certainty and
minimize the cost of correcting errors through early detection. Under
the Voluntary In-use Testing Program, manufacturers test engines after
a number of years of use to verify that the engines comply with
emission standards throughout their useful lives. Under the spark
ignition engine emissions rule, codified at 40 CFR part 90, only Phase
2 SI engines are elegible to participate in the PLT and the In-use
Programs. Engine manufacturers can choose to participate in either the
PLT Program or the In-use Program.
Sections 206(b) and 213(d) of the Act also mandate that EPA conduct
testing of a sample of certified engines to determine if these engines
do in fact conform with the applicable emission regulations. Under the
Selective Enforcement Audit (SEA) Program, EPA selects a number of
engines to be taken directly from the assembly line and tested
according to EPA specifications. These audits are performed to ensure
that test data submitted by manufacturers is reliable and testing is
performed according to EPA regulations. All SI engine manufacturers are
subject to be audited. Participation in the SEA program is mandatory.
The information requested by this information collection is used to
enforce different provisions of the Act and maintain the integrity of
the overall emissions reduction program. Data generated through the
PLT, In-use and SEA programs may be used to evaluate future
applications for certification, to identify potential issues, and as
basis to suspend or revoke the certificate of conformity of those
engines that fail. There are recordkeeping requirements in all
programs.
The information is collected by the Engine Programs Group,
Certification and Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. Confidentiality of proprietary
information submitted by manufacturers 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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments 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 automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Table I.--Burden Statement
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PLT In-use SEA
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Estimated Total Burden Hours... 6,709....... 1,410........ 1,056
Estimated Average Burden Hours/ 1,677....... 705.......... 528
Response.
Frequency of Response.......... Quarterly... On occasion.. On occasion
Number of Respondents.......... 5........... 2............ 2
Total Annual Cost (Industry- $1,129,021.. $54,927...... $36,907
wide).
Total Annual Capital and Start 0........... 0............ 0
Up Cost.
Total Annual Operation and $14,170..... $3,260....... $480
Maintenance Costs.
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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.
Dated: July 23, 2003.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 03-19747 Filed 8-1-03; 8:45 am]
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