[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42726-42727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17744]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0120; FRL 9520-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Nonconformance Penalties for
Heavy-Duty Engines and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Including Light-Duty Trucks
(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 August 20,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2005-0120, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
Docket Center (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: Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mail Code
6403J NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9264; fax
number: 202-343-2804; email address: reyes-morales.nydia@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 March 28, 2012 (77 FR 18802), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. 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-2005-0120, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air 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: Nonconformance Penalties for Heavy-Duty Engines and Heavy-
Duty Vehicles, Including Light-Duty Trucks (Renewal).
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ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1285.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0132.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2012. 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: Nonconformance penalty (NCP) provisions allow a
manufacturer to introduce into commerce heavy-duty engines, heavy-duty
vehicles and/or light-duty trucks which fail to conform to certain
emission standards, upon payment of a monetary penalty. The information
collected from manufacturers electing to utilize NCPs includes a
description of their product(s) and test data to verify compliance.
This information is collected by the Diesel Engine Compliance Center
(DECC) in the Compliance Division (CD), Office of Transportation and
Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. DECC uses this information to ensure
that manufacturers are in compliance with Clean Air Act and EPA
regulations and are paying the appropriate penalties. Besides DECC,
this information could be used by the Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance and the Department of Justice for enforcement
purposes. Non-Confidential Business Information (CBI) information may
be disclosed upon request under the Freedom of Information Act to trade
associations, environmental groups, and the public.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 23
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: manufacturers of heavy-duty engines,
heavy-duty vehicles and light-duty trucks.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Total Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent:
24.
Frequency of Response: Annual, quarterly, and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 541.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $ 81,163, which includes $39,344 in
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 637 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. While the previous ICR estimated that 2
manufacturers would utilize NCPs, with three engine families each.
Based on past and current experience, EPA now estimates that only one
manufacturer will use NCPs with a total of 4 engine families. The
average burden per response has decreased slightly, reflecting an
increase use of electronic methods for reporting and recordkeeping.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-17744 Filed 7-19-12; 8:45 am]
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