[Federal Register: November 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0225; FRL-8498-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Populations, Usage and Emissions
of Diesel Nonroad Equipment (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2156.02, OMB Control
No. 2060-0553
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 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 December 28,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0225, 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, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T,
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: James Warila, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division, (ASD),
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4951; fax number: 734-214-
4821; email address: warila.james@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 August 9, 2007 (72 FR 44843), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. 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-2003-0225, which is available for online viewing at
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
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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: Populations, Usage and Emissions of Diesel Nonroad Equipment
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2156.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0553.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 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: In response to recommendations from the National Research
Council of the National Academy of Sciences, EPA is continuing a
systematic data collection designed to improve the methods and tools
used by the Agency to estimate emissions from nonroad equipment. Data
to be collected include populations, usage rates (activity) and ``in-
use'' or ``real-world'' emission rates.
The collection is a survey, to be conducted by the Office of
Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) in the Office of Air and
Radiation (OAR). Development of rapid in-use instrumentation promises
to substantially reduce the cost of emissions measurement for nonroad
equipment. This study will combine rapid in-use measurement capability
with statistical survey design to improve the representation of nonroad
engine populations. The goal is to continue a pilot survey designed to
develop methods and protocols needed to collect data on populations,
activity and in-use emissions of diesel nonroad equipment. Response to
the survey is voluntary.
The target population includes nonroad equipment used by commercial
establishments in the construction and manufacturing sectors. The study
area for this collection will include areas in EPA Regions 5 and 7. To
estimate the prevalence of equipment ownership in the target sectors,
establishments will be requested to respond to brief interviews
regarding their equipment ownership and use. The total sample size for
instrumented measurement is 100 equipment pieces, with 50 pieces
targeted for emissions and usage measurement, respectively.
Emissions and usage will be measured using portable on-board
electronic instrumentation. Emissions instrumentation will measure
carbon dioxide (CO2) and several air pollutants on an
instantaneous basis during normal operation over a period of one to
three days. Air pollutants to be measured include carbon monoxide (CO),
total hydrocarbons (THC), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and
particulate matter (PM). The usage instrument will measure engine on/
off over a period of approximately one month.
Data will be collected during normal operation at the respondents'
facilities or work sites. Following quality-assurance and analysis, the
data will be stored in OTAQ's Mobile Source Observation Database. The
information collection will involve 517 respondents per year, requiring
99 hours per year to complete at an annual total cost to those
respondents of $6,716. For the agency, the collection will require
4,455 hours per year at an annual total cost to the agency of $322,415.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.19
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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Construction and Manufacturing
Establishments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 517.
Frequency of Response: One-time event.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 99.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,716, includes $0.0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 961 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the fact that EPA
proposes to contact fewer respondents than in the previous approved
ICR, and that burden estimates for individual respondents have been
adjusted downward, based on experience in the previous approval period.
Dated: November 20, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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