[Federal Register: November 26, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0059, FRL-7591-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary
Emission Recall Reports, EPA ICR Number 0282.13, OMB Control Number
2060-0048
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 submit a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31,
2004. 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 January 26, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0059, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epamail.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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code
6403J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9264; fax number: 202-343-2057; e-mail address: reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0059, which is available for public
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 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 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 obtain
a copy of the draft collection of information, 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 within
60 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.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
manufacturers of nonroad engines and heavy-duty truck engines.
Title: Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary Emission
Recall Reports.
Abstract: Per sections 207(c)(1) and 213 of the Clean Air Act
(CAA), when emission testing shows that a substantial number of
properly maintained and used engines produced by a manufacturer do not
conform to emission standards, the manufacturer is required to recall
the engines. Manufacturers are also required to submit Defect
Information Reports (DIRs) to alert EPA of the existence of emission-
related defects on certain classes of engines that may cause the
engines' emissions to exceed the standards and ultimately may lead to a
recall. EPA uses these reports to target potentially nonconforming
classes of engines for future testing, to monitor compliance with
applicable regulations and to order a recall, if necessary.
Manufacturers can also initiate a recall voluntarily by submitting a
Voluntary Emission Recall Report (VERR). VERRs and VERR updates allow
EPA to determine whether the manufacturer conducting the recall is
acting in accordance with the CAA and to examine and monitor the
effectiveness of the recall campaign.
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.
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 recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 21
hours per response. DIRs and VERRs are submitted on occasion, whereas
VERRs updates are submitted quarterly by approximately 15 respondents.
EPA estimates that the total cost to respondents resulting from this
collection is approximately $353,749. This estimate includes operation
and maintenance expenses of approximately $443. No start-up costs are
associated with this information collection. Burden means the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or
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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: November 21, 2003.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 03-29589 Filed 11-25-03; 8:45 am]
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