[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10024-10025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4006]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0690; FRL-9270-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's Light-Duty In-Use Vehicle
and Engine Testing Program (Renewal)
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 March 25,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0690, 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, Mailcode 28221T, 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: [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 August 25, 2010 (75 FR 52326), 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-2010-0690, 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 8:30 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 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, confidential business information (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 (Renewal)
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0222.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0086.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2010.
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 an ongoing program to evaluate the emission
performance of in-use light-duty (passenger car and light truck) motor
vehicles. This program operates 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 can be broken down into three closely-related headings.
The first is a surveillance program that selects approximately 50
classes of passenger cars and light trucks for in-use testing, at EPA's
testing facility, totaling approximately 150 vehicles (three in each
class on average). In rare cases surveillance testing may be followed
by compliance testing (only four such classes in the last five years).
The purpose of a compliance phase is to develop additional information
related to test failures observed in a class during surveillance
testing. The second heading is testing of a subset of approximately 35
vehicles from the surveillance recruitment for operation of on-board
diagnostics (OBD) systems. The third category is special investigations
involving testing of vehicles to address specific issues. The number of
vehicles procured under this category varies widely from year to year,
but this request asks for approval of the information burden
corresponding to 25 such vehicles per year for the next three years.
Participation in the light-duty surveys, as well as the vehicle
testing, is strictly voluntary. A group of 25 to 50 potential
participants is identified from state vehicle registration records.
They are asked to return a postcard indicating their willingness to
participate and if so, to verify some limited vehicle information.
Three of those who return the card are called and asked about a half
dozen questions concerning vehicle condition, and operation and
maintenance. Additional groups of potential participants may be
contacted until a sufficient number of vehicles has been obtained.
Owners verify the survey information when they deliver their vehicles
to EPA, voluntarily provide maintenance records for copying, and
receive a loaner car and/or a cash incentive.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average less
than one hour
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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: Individual and fleet owners of motor
vehicles and engines.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 4,285 owners/lessees
receive EPA's solicitations to participate and approximately 164 do
participate.
Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 521.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $11,295, including $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 90 responses and
98 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that
identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is
entirely due to removal of the heavy-duty and non-road portions of this
ICR, which will henceforth be covered under a different information
collection request (OMB Control Number 2060-0287).
Dated: February 16, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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