Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements, Importation
of Nonconforming Marine Engines, Locomotive Certification
[Federal Register: May 8, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 89)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6974-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Urban Bus Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements, Importation
of Nonconforming Marine Engines, Locomotive Certification
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 submit the
following continuing Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements
for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses, EPA ICR Number 1702.03,
OMB Control Number 2060-0302, expiration date: 9/30/01, renewal;
Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Marine
Engines, EPA ICR Number 1723.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0320,
expiration date: 9/30/01, renewal; Application for Emission
Certification for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines, EPA ICR Number
1800.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0392, expiration date: 9/30/01,
renewal. 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 July 9, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Certification and
Compliance Division, Engine Programs Group, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Mail Code 6403J, Washington, DC 20460. Interested persons may
request a copy of the ICRs without charge from the contact person
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, tel.: (202)
564-9264; fax: (202) 565-2057; or e-mail: reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are: (1) Urban bus retrofit equipment
manufacturers, equipment suppliers and bus engine manufacturers; (2)
individuals and businesses importing marine engines; and (3) locomotive
manufacturers and remanufacturers, and railroads.
Title: Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993 and Earlier Model
Year Urban Buses, (OMB Control No. 2060-0302; EPA ICR No. 1702.03)
expiring 9/30/01.
Abstract: Section 219 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires urban
buses to be retrofitted to comply with an emission standard that
reflects the best retrofit technology and maintenance practices
reasonably achievable. EPA regulations found at 40 CFR Part 85 require
that, when a bus engine is rebuilt or replaced, the particular matter
(PM) emissions level of the engine be reduced to a level below the
engine's original PM level by using certified retrofit/rebuild
equipment. If no equipment is certified for a particular engine, the
operator is required to restore the equipment to its original or
updated configuration based on the currently available rebuild kits on
the market.
Retrofit equipment manufacturers are required to submit an
application for certification with information about their product's
characteristics and cost, among other information items. Bus operators
are also required to provide information about their fleet to
demonstrate compliance.
Title: Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming
Marine Engines, (OMB Control No. 2060-0320; EPA ICR No. 1723.03)
expiring 9/30/01.
Abstract: Sections 208 and 213 of the CAA requires that nonroad
engines imported into the US conform with applicable emission
requirements. Persons or entities importing marine engines into the US
are required to complete a form and provide some data about the engine
they want to import to ensure that the engine can be legally imported.
The requirements in this ICR affect outboard marine engines, personal
watercraft and non-drive compression-ignition engines used on marine
vessels.
Title: Application for Emission Certification for Locomotives and
Locomotive Engines, (OMB Control No. 2060-0392; EPA ICR No. 1800.02)
expiring 9/30/01.
Abstract: Section 213 of the CAA requires that new locomotives and
new engines used in locomotives be certified before they can be legally
introduced into US commerce. Manufacturers are required to submit
information such as engine family, rebuild system type, total number of
locomotives or engines manufactured or remanufactured, megawatt hours
or miles at remanufacture, and emissions rates for specific pollutants
in their applications for certification. Information is needed to
demonstrate compliance with emissions standards when a locomotive is
manufactured, during use, and at each remanufacturing or upgrading
event.
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.
Table I.--Burden Statement
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Locomotive
Urban bus retrofit Maraine imports certification
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Estimated Average Burden Hours/ 10..................... 1...................... 2,719
response.
Frequency............................ On Occasion............ On Occasion............ Annually
Number of respondents................ 165.................... 1,000.................. 20
Total Cost........................... 232,000................ 77,500................. 5,800,000
Capital and Start Up Cost............ 125,000................ 0...................... 3,600,000
Operation/ Maintenance Costs......... 60,000................. 0...................... 0
Purchase of Services Cost............ 0...................... 0...................... 0
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Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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: April 27, 2001.
Robert D. Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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