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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Determine Percentage of High Evaporative Emissions Vehicles in On-Road Fleet, EPA ICR Number 2292.01, OMB Control Number 2060-NEW 

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[Federal Register: May 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 103)]
[Notices]
[Page 30615-30616]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0118; FRL-8572-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Determine Percentage of High
Evaporative Emissions Vehicles in On-Road Fleet, EPA ICR Number
2292.01, OMB Control Number 2060-NEW

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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 27, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0118, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@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, and (2) OMB at: 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: Constance Hart, Assessment and
Standards Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality,
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4340; fax number: (734) 214-4939; e-
mail address: hart.connie@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On February 14, 2008 (73 FR 8661), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0118, which is available for public viewing at the
Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Docket is
(202) 566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Determine Percentage of High Evaporative Emissions Vehicles
in On-road Fleet.
    ICR Number: EPA ICR No. 2292.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW.
    ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: In response to recommendations from the National Research
Council of the National Academy of Sciences, EPA is initiating a
systematic data collection to estimate the fraction of light-duty
vehicles with high levels of evaporative emissions. Data to be
collected include vehicle type, recent repair history and ``in-use'' or
``real-world'' evaporative emission rates.
    The collection is a test program, to be conducted by the Office of
Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) in the Office of Air and
Radiation (OAR). This study will combine novel, newly developed test
procedures with statistical survey design to estimate the number of
vehicles with high evaporative emissions. The new procedures will be
developed in a pilot study that will precede the actual test program.
Development of new test procedures employing new technology and test
methods promises to substantially reduce the cost of evaporative
emissions measurement as well as improve the accuracy of these estimates.
    The test program itself will be conducted in Region 6, and
participation in the program shall be voluntary. The pilot program
shall be conducted in EPA Region 8, and participation in it shall also
be voluntary. Evaporative emissions will be measured using a variety of
methods that will include Remote Sensing, an infra-red camera
specifically designed to detect fugitive hydrocarbon emissions and a
hydrocarbon sniffer designed for automotive applications. Remote
sensing data will be collected prior to a standard I/M test as the
vehicle approaches the facility. Those owners solicited that agree to
participate in the program shall be provided with a rental car and
their vehicle immediately subjected to the test protocol outlined below
as resources permit. Following quality-assurance and analysis, the data
will be stored in OTAQ's Mobile Source Observation Database.
    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 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is

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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: Private individuals.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2000 .
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3530.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $91,533, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection so there is no
change from a previously approved burden.

    Dated: May 21, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-11865 Filed 5-27-08; 8:45 am]
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