Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Mobile Source Emission Factor Recruitment Questionnaire

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Mobile Source Emission Factor Recruitment

Questionnaire

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: Mobile Source Emission Factor

Recruitment Questionnaire OMB Control Number 2060-0078, expiration date

2/27/99. 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 March 26, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)

260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the

Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0619.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Mobile Source Emission Factor Recruitment Questionnaire, OMB

Control Number 2060-0078, EPA ICR Number 0619.08, expiration date

February 27, 1999. This is a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: The EPA Emission Inventory Group, through contractors,

solicits the general public to voluntarily offer their vehicle for

emissions testing. The owner is also asked to complete a multiple

choice form of nine questions that summarize vehicle usage. There are

two methods of soliciting the general public for participation in

Emission Factor Program (EFP):

1. Postal cards are sent to a random selection of vehicle owners

using State motor vehicle registration lists.

2. Motor vehicle owners, who arrive at State inspection lanes for

yearly certification, are randomly solicited.

Information from the EFP provides a basis for developing State

Implementation Plans (SIPs), Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) reports,

attainment status assessments for the National Ambient Air Quality

Standards (NAAQS).

The legislative basis for the Emission Factor Program is section

103(a)(1)(2)(3) of the Clean Air Act, which requires the Administrator

to ``conduct * * * research, investigations, experiments,

demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects,

extent, prevention, and control of air pollution'' and ``conduct

investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific

problem of air pollution in cooperation with any air pollution control

agency * * * ''

EPA uses the data from the EFP to verify predictions of the

computer model known as MOBILE, which calculates the contribution of

mobile source emissions to ambient air pollution. MOBILE is used by

EPA, state and local air pollution agencies, the auto industry, and

other parties interested in estimating mobile source emissions.

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 August 3,

1998 (63 FR 41251); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10

minutes to 2 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; 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: General public owners of ``on road

motor vehicles.''

Estimated Number of Respondents:

Frequency of Response:

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden:

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. 0619.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0078 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of

Policy, 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: February 18, 1999.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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