[Federal Register: September 5, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 172)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0042; FRL-7554-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Nonroad Compression
Ignition (CI) and Small Spark Ignition (SI) Engines, EPA ICR Number
1673.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0294
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 to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31,
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 6,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0042, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (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: Mrs. Chestine Payton, Certification
and Compliance Division, Outreach and Planning Group, Mail Code 6405J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-9328; fax number:
(202) 565-2057; e-mail address: payton.chestine@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 May 8, 2003 (68 FR 24736), 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. OAR-2003-0042, which is available for public viewing at the Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center 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 and Information
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Center 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 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 and OMB
within 30 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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Importation of
Nonconforming Nonroad Compression Ignition (CI) and Small Spark
Ignition (SI) Engines.
Abstract: Individuals and businesses importing on and off-road
motor vehicles, motor vehicle engines, or nonroad engines, including
nonroad engines incorporated into nonroad equipment or nonroad
vehicles, report and keep records of vehicle importations, request
prior approval for vehicle importations, or request final admission for
vehicles conditionally imported into the U.S. The collection of this
information is mandatory in order to ensure compliance of nonconforming
vehicles with Federal emissions requirements. Joint EPA and Customs
regulations at 40 CFR 85.1501 et seq., 89.601 et seq., 90.601 et seq.,
and 19 CFR 12.73 and 12.74 promulgated under the authority of Clean Air
Act sections 203 and 208 give authority for the collection of
information. This authority was extended to nonroad engines under
section 213(d). The information is used by program personnel to ensure
that all Federal emission requirements concerning imported
nonconforming motor vehicles and nonroad engines are met.
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 estimated to average 0.5
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: Individuals and businesses importing
compression-ignition nonroad engines and small spark-ignition nonroad
engines, including those incorporated into nonroad equipment or
vehicles.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Frequency of Response: Other--upon importation.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 77,386.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,219,175, which includes $0
annualized capital and O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,993 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number
of engines tested and the associated cost.
Dated: August 28, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22649 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]
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