[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50494-50495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20507]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0707; FRL 9521-8]
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)
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 September 20,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0707 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, EPA West (Air Docket) 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room B108; mail Code: 6102T, 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 Climate Division, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48105; telephone number: 734-214-4823; fax number: 734-214-
4052; email address: sosnowski.dave@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 5, 2012 (77 FR 13122), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 2 comments during the
comment period, which are addressed in the supporting statement of this
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-2008-0707, 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: Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle
Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1613.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0252.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2012.
Under OMB
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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 Climate Division (TCD),
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 prepare and
submit two varieties of reports to EPA. 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 reporting requirement 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 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 86
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.
The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 28.
Frequency of response: Annual and Biennial.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,408 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $144,564. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $144,564 and an estimated cost of $0 for capital
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 482 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to (1) a mathematical error
discovered in the previous ICR renewal; and (2) a decrease in the
number of respondents due to areas redesignating to attainment for the
criteria pollutant(s) that triggered the original I/M program
requirement and either dropping the program or converting the program
to a maintenance measure.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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