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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's In-Use Vehicle and Engine Testing Programs; EPA ICR No. 0222.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0086 



[Federal Register: September 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 172)]
[Notices]
[Page 51223-51225]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0286; FRL-8463-9]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's In-Use Vehicle and Engine
Testing Programs; EPA ICR No. 0222.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0086

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information

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Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 9,
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0286, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Lynn Sohacki, Compliance and
Innovative Strategies Division, Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4851; fax number: 734-214-
4869; e-mail address: sohacki.lynn@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 April 20, 2007 (72 FR 19925), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0286, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is open from 8 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.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://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 http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: EPA's In-Use Vehicle and Engine Testing Programs.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0222.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0086.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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: EPA has ongoing programs to evaluate the emission
performance of in-use light-duty (passenger car and light truck) motor
vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, and nonroad vehicles and engines. These
are referred to collectively as EPA's in-use vehicle testing programs.
They operate in conjunction with testing of prototype vehicles prior to
use (manufacturer and EPA confirmatory testing for certification) and
the mandatory manufacturer's in-use testing program (IUVP) for light-
duty vehicles. They derive from the Clean Air Act's charge that EPA
insure that motor vehicles comply with emissions requirements
throughout their useful lives. The primary purpose of the program is
information gathering. Nevertheless, EPA can require a recall if it
receives information, from whatever source, including in-use testing,
that a ``substantial number'' of any class or category of vehicles or
engines, although properly maintained and used, do not conform to the
emission standards, when in actual use throughout their useful life.
    The program has two components: light-duty, and heavy-duty and
nonroad. The light-duty program recruits approximately 50 classes
totaling 150 cars and light-trucks for in-use testing, at EPA's testing
facility yearly. This total may be supplemented by recruitment for
``special investigations'' that vary in number but are estimated to
total 25 vehicles a year. Participation is strictly voluntary.
Potential participants are identified from state vehicle registration
records and sent a solicitation letter with a card and envelope that
can be returned. Those who indicate a wish to participate are contacted
in order for a followup telephone survey until three vehicles are
identified. Owners verify the survey information when they deliver
their vehicles to EPA, voluntarily provide maintenance records for
copying, and receive a loaner car or a cash incentive.
    The reporting burden for the heavy-duty and in-use component
primarily involves recruiting heavy-duty trucks from operators of
fleets. All testing is done by installing portable emissions monitoring
devices on the vehicles during a test period at the fleet location or
at testing facilities. Some other heavy-duty and non-road engines for
testing may be recruited in a similar manner. One hundred and twenty-
six heavy-duty vehicles and off-road vehicles and engines were tested
in Fiscal Year 2006, the most recent year for which information is
available. Again, all participation is strictly voluntary.
    These programs are described in greater detail in the Supporting
Statement, which is part of the Docket.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.14
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 which have subsequently changed; 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.

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    Respondents/Affected Entities: individual and fleet owners of motor
vehicles and engines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4375.
    Frequency of Response: once per respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 619.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $46,395, including $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 19 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an updated and more
particularized count of in-use testing numbers and to distinguishing
between, and recalculating the burdens for, the initial solicitations
for participation and subsequent participation in the light-duty
program.

    Dated: August 29, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-17621 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]

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