[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6873-6874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2912]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0707; FRL-8772-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Data Reporting Requirements for
State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M)
Programs (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1613.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0252
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.
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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 13,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0707, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, 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: Dave Sosnowski, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Transportation and Air Quality,
Transportation and Regional Programs Division, 2000 Traverwood, Ann
Arbor, Michigan 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4823; fax number: 734-
214-4052; e-mail address: [email protected].
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 October 1, 2008 (73 FR 57095), 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-2008-0707, 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 8:30 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: Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle
Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs (Renewal).
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1613.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0252.
ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to expire February 28, 2009.
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: To provide general oversight and support to state and
local I/M programs, the Transportation and Regional Programs Division
(TRPD), Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and
Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, requires that state or
local program management for both basic and enhanced I/M programs
collect two varieties of reports. The first reporting requirement is
the submittal of an annual report providing general program operating
data and summary statistics, addressing the program's current design
and coverage, a summary of testing data, enforcement program efforts,
quality assurance and quality control efforts, and other miscellaneous
information allowing for an assessment of the program's relative
effectiveness; the second is a biennial report on any changes to the
program over the two-year period and the impact of such changes,
including any weaknesses discovered and corrections made or planned.
General program effectiveness is determined by the degree to which
a program misses, meets, or exceeds the emission reductions committed
to in the state's approved State Implementation Plan (SIP), which, in
turn, must meet or exceed the minimum emission reductions expected from
the relevant performance standard, as promulgated under EPA's revisions
to 40 CFR part 51, in response to requirements established in section
182 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This information will be
used by EPA to determine a program's progress toward meeting
requirements under 40 CFR part 51, as well as to assess national trends
in the area of basic and enhanced I/M programs and to provide
background information in support of periodic site visits and
evaluations.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 85
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: State government agencies or
departments responsible for oversight and operation of the I/M
programs.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 34.
Frequency of response: Annual and Biennial.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 2,890 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $152,252, which includes no
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens.
Dated: February 5, 2009.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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