Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Verification of Test Parameters and Parts
Lists for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks
[Federal Register: September 21, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 182)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6163-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Verification of Test Parameters and Parts
Lists for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded 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, expiration date 12/31/98. 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 October 21, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at
EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at
Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0167.06.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Verification of Test Parameters and Parts Lists for Light-
Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks, OMB Control Number 2060-0094, EPA
ICR Number 0167.06, expiration date 12/31/98. This is a request for
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; no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
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: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 150.
Estimated Total Annualized 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 addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 0167.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0094 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503
Dated: September 16, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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