Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Non-Road Compression-Ignition Engine and On- Road Heavy Duty Engine Application for Emission Certification, and Participation in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading Program

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6180-1]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Non-Road Compression-Ignition Engine and On-

Road Heavy Duty Engine Application for Emission Certification, and

Participation in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this document announces that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Non-road Compression-ignition

Engine and On-road Heavy Duty Engine Application for Emission

Certification, and Participation in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading

Program, EPA ICR Number 1851.01, Previous OMB Control Number 2060-0104,

expiration date: 10-31-98, renewal. The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 25, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone

at (202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or

download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA

ICR No. 1851.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Non-road Compression-ignition Engine and On-road Heavy Duty

Engine Application for Emission Certification, and Participation in the

Averaging, Banking, and Trading Program (Previous OMB Control Number

2060-0104, EPA

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ICR Number 1851.01), expiring 10/31/98. This is a request for extension

of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Under Title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et

seq.; CAA or the Act), EPA is charged with issuing certificates of

conformity for those engines which comply with applicable emission

standards. Such a certificate must be issued before engines may be

legally introduced into commerce. To apply for a certificate of

conformity, manufacturers are required to submit descriptions of their

planned production line, including detailed descriptions of the

emission control system, and test data. This information is organized

by ``engine family'' groups expected to have similar emission

characteristics. There are also recordkeeping and labeling

requirements.

Those manufacturers electing to participate in the Averaging

Banking and Trading Program for Non-road CI engines at or below 37

kilowatts and for On-road heavy duty engines are also required to

submit information regarding the calculation of projected and actual

generation and usage of credits in an initial report, end-of-the-year

report and final report. These reports are used for certification and

enforcement purposes. Manufacturers will also maintain records for

eight years on the engine families included in the program.

All the information requested by these collections is required for

program implementation and activities, and is collected by the Engine

Compliance Programs Group, Engine Programs and Compliance Division,

Office of Mobile Sources, Office of Air and Radiation. Information

submitted by manufacturers is held as confidential until the specific

engine to which it pertains is available for purchase. Confidentiality

to proprietary information is granted in accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, and class

determinations issued by EPA's Office of General Counsel. 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 are

listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal Register

document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this

collection of information was published on 4/27/98 (63 FR 20625); no

comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden is estimated to average 1,240.5 hours per respondent for the on-

highway certification program, 333 hours per respondent for the on-

highway AB&T program; 515.8 hours per respondent for the nonroad

certification program, and 460 hours per respondent for the nonroad

AB&T program. 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; 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: Large Compression-ignition and

Heavy-duty On Highway engine manufacturers.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 66.

Frequency of Response: annual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 53,168 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $1,606,000.

Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the

accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods

for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of

automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please

refer to EPA ICR No 1851.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OP Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 20, 1998.

Richard Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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