[Federal Register: March 8, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 46)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Exclusions
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 consolidate
and submit the following continuing Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Motor Vehicle
Exclusion Determinations, EPA ICR Number 0012.11, OMB Control Number
2060-0124, expiration date 05/31/02; and Exclusion Determinations for
New Non-Road Spark-ignited Engines at or Below 19 Kilowatts, New
Compression-ignited Engines at or Above 37 Kilowatts, New Marine
Engines, New On-road Heavy Duty Engines and Locomotive Engines, EPA ICR
Number 1852.01, OMB Control Number 2060-0395, expiration date 05/31/02.
EPA ICR No. 1852.01 is being consolidated into EPA ICR No. 0012.11.
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.
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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 7, 2002.
ADDRESSES: For a copy of the ICR, contact Chestine Payton at EPA by
phone at (202) 564-9328, by e-mail at payton.chestine@epamail.epa.gov,
or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 0012.11
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chestine Payton, Telephone (202) 564-
9328. Facsimile 202-564-9328, E-mail payton.chestine@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
businesses or other for-profit organizations, including manufacturers
of vehicles and importers of racing vehicles.
Title: Motor Vehicle Exclusion Determinations, EPA ICR Number
0012.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0124, expiration date 05/31/02; and
Exclusion Determinations for New Non-Road Spark-ignited Engines at or
Below 19 Kilowatts, New Compression-ignited Engines at or Above 37
Kilowatts, New Marine Engines, New On-road Heavy Duty Engines and
Locomotive Engines, EPA ICR Number 1852.01, and OMB Control Number
2060-0395, expiration date 05/31/02. This is a request for an extension
of currently approved collections.
Abstract: The EPA Office Transportation and Air Quality's
Certification and Compliance Division, determines whether a vehicle is
excluded from requirements under the Clean Air Act (ACT) based on the
criteria listed in 40 CFR 85.1701--Exclusions and Exemption of Motor
Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Engines. A manufacturer may make an
exclusion determination by itself; however, manufacturers and importers
may routinely request EPA to make such a determination to ensure that
their determination does not differ from EPA's. Only needed information
such as engine type, horsepower rating, intended usage, etc., is
requested to make an exclusion determination. A manufacturer who
desires a determination by the EPA as to whether a particular type of
vehicle is excluded from coverage under the ACT must submit vehicle
specifications such as size, use, and top speed. This ensures that
motor vehicles which may be legally operated or are capable of being
legally operated on streets or highways will not be imported under a
racing vehicle exclusion. Some types of engines are excluded from
compliance with current regulations. EPA ICR No. 1852.10, OMB Control
Number 2060-0395, is being consolidated into EPA ICR No. 0012.11, OMB
Control Number 2060-0294. This consolidation will eliminate the need
for similar ICRs with the same requirements.
Responses to this collection are voluntary. The information is
collected by the Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Certification and Compliance Division. Confidentiality
to proprietary information 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 are
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5
hours per respondent. The proposed frequency of response is on occasion
and the estimated number of likely respondents is 210 per year. 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: March 4, 2002.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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