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[Federal Register: May 2, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 85)]
[Notices]
[Page 21927-21928]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6972-7]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Regulations for a Voluntary Emissions
Standards Program Applicable to Manufacturers of Light-Duty Vehicles
and Trucks Beginning in Model Year 1997

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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Regulations for a Voluntary
Emissions Standards Program Applicable to Manufacturers of Light-Duty
Vehicles and Trucks Beginning in Model Year 1997, OMB Control Number
2060-0345, expiration date 04/30/01. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1761.03 and OMB
Control No. 2060-0345, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
and to the 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-mail at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to
EPA ICR No. 1761.03. For technical questions about the ICR contact:
Chestine Payton, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Certification
and Compliance Division, (202) 564-9328, fax (202) 565-2057. E-mail
address: payton.chestine@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Regulations for a Voluntary Emissions Standards Program Applicable
to Manufacturers of Light-Duty Vehicles and Trucks Beginning in Model
Year 1997 (OMB #2060-0345, approved through 04/30/01). This is a
request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The information collection is conducted to support
averaging, banking, and trading provisions included in the National Low
Emission Vehicle (LEV) program. These averaging, banking, and trading
provisions give the automobile manufacturers a measure of flexibility
in meeting the fleet average Non-methane organic gas (NMOG) standards
and the five-percent cap on Tier 1 vehicles and transitional low
emission vehicles (TLEVs) in the ozone transport region (OTR). EPA will
use the reported data to calculate credits and debits and otherwise
ensure compliance with the applicable production levels and emissions
standards. When a manufacturer opted into the Voluntary National LEV
program, reporting will be mandatory.
    Manufacturers submit information regarding the annual sales,
calculation, generation, and usage of emission credits in an annual
report. In addition, upon transferring credits to another manufacturer,
the manufacturer submits this information along with their annual
report. This information will be submitted to EPA in annual reports and
will involve approximately 18 respondents at a total annual cost of
about $580,212.
    EPA currently has in place an Information Collection Request (ICR)
and clearance for annual sales/production reporting for light-duty
vehicles and trucks. This ICR reflects additional requirements to
collate the annual sales/production data and implement the credit
calculation program.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on February
21, 2001 (66 FR 11020); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 241
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 purpose 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 light-duty vehicles
and light-duty trucks.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden Per Respondent: 4,338.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: 0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following address. Please refer
to EPA ICR No. 1761.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0345 in any
correspondence.

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    Dated: April 20, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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