Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Verification of Test Parameters and Parts Lists for
Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks
[Federal Register: September 3, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 171)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6155-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Verification of Test Parameters and Parts Lists for
Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks
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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request
(ICR) for renewal to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval: Verification of Test Parameters and Parts Lists
for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks, OMB Control Number 2060-
0094, expiring 08/31/98. 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 5, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Vehicle Programs & Compliance Division (6405J), 401 M
Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460. Interested persons may request a
copy of this ICR, without charge, by writing, faxing, or phoning the
contact person below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY: Chestine Payton Office of Mobile
Sources, Vehicle Programs & Compliance Division, (202) 564-9467, (202)
565-2057 (fax), E-mail address: payton.chestine@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are manufacturers of light-duty vehicles and
light-duty trucks.
Title: Verification of Test Parameters and Parts Lists for Light-
Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks, OMB Control Number 2060-0094,
expiration date 08/31/98. This is a request for an extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The EPA tests in-use vehicles in order to enforce
compliance with light-duty vehicle and light-duty truck emission
standards. The Federal Test Procedure (FTP), which is used for
determining compliance, requires test parameters and procedures that
are necessary to conduct a valid test. Therefore, after EPA has
selected these parameters and procedures from previously submitted
manufacturer data, EPA gives the motor vehicle manufacturer the
opportunity to review and verify that EPA has selected the correct
parameters and procedures for vehicle emission testing. Providing part
numbers gives the manufacturer the opportunity to help ensure that
defective or incorrect parts will be replaced by those which the
manufacturer feels are necessary to correctly evaluate the emissions
performance of the vehicles tested. Though this information request is
voluntary, EPA uses the manufacturers' input as part of the
verification of EPA's work. If this information is not reviewed and
provided by the manufacturers, EPA and the manufacturers may waste
resources on tests that were performed improperly and the manufacturers
may not have as much opportunity to participate in a compliance program
that has the potential to adversely affect them.
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 Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on May 8, 1998
(FR Vol. 63, No. 89); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 2 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: Manufacturers of light-duty vehicles
and light-duty trucks.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 150 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $4,950.
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. 0167.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0094 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory
Information Division (2136), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460
and
Office of Information, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk
Officer for EPA 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503
Dated: August 27, 1998.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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