Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0145, FRL-7581-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; 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 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 10/31/2003.
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 December 1,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0145, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to a-and-r-Docket@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, 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,
Certification and Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation, 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 submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On August 4, 2003 (68 FR 45815), 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-2003-0145, 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 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 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, 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: 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 engine prototypes before they may legally
introduce 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. EPA
emission regulations pertaining to spark-ignition engines rated at or
below 19 kilowatts are codified at 40 CFR part 90.
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.
Participation in the In-use Testing Program is voluntary for Phase 2 SI
engine families.
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 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 529
hours per respondent for the Production Line Testing Program, 354 hours
per respondent for the In-use Testing Program and 127 hours per
respondent for the Selective Enforcement Auditing Program. 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: Manufacturers of spark ignition
engines rated at or below 19 kilowatts.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 59.
Frequency of Response: Annually, quarterly and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 27,197.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,591,487, which includes $197,533
annualized O&M costs and $1,393,945 labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 53,186 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the elimination of a
learning curve previously accounted for (respondents are already
sufficiently familiar with this information collection requirements)
and a significant increase in electronic reporting. The decrease in
burden is, therefore, due to an adjustment to the estimates.
Dated: October 27, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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