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Federal Register
/Vol. 68, No. 228/Wednesday, November 26, 2003/Notices
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONAGENCY
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2003
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0059, FRL
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Agency Information CollectionActivities: Proposed Collection;Comment Request; Emission DefectInformation Reports and VoluntaryEmission Recall Reports, EPA ICRNumber 0282.13, OMB Control Number2060
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0048
AGENCY
:
Environmental ProtectionAgency.
ACTION
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Notice.
SUMMARY
:
In compliance with thePaperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.3501
et seq.
), this document announcesthat EPA is planning to submit acontinuing Information CollectionRequest (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This isa request to renew an existing approvedcollection. This ICR is scheduled toexpire on January 31, 2004. Beforesubmitting the ICR to OMB for reviewand approval, EPA is solicitingcomments on specific aspects of theproposed information collection asdescribed below.
DATES
:
Comments must be submitted onor before January 26, 2004.
ADDRESSES
:
Submit your comments,referencing docket ID number OAR
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2003
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0059, to EPA online usingEDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to
a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov,
or by mail to:EPA Docket Center, EnvironmentalProtection Agency, Air and RadiationDocket and Information Center, MailCode 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Ms.Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code6403J, Environmental ProtectionAgency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,Washington, DC 20460; telephonenumber: 202
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343
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9264; fax number:202
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343
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2057; e-mail address:
reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
EPA hasestablished a public docket for this ICRunder Docket ID number OAR
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2003
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0059, which is available for publicviewing at the Air and Radiation Docketin the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),EPA West, Room B102, 1301Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,DC. The EPA Docket Center PublicReading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,excluding legal holidays. The telephonenumber for the Reading Room is (202)566
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1744, and the telephone number forthe Air and Radiation Docket is (202)566
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1742. An electronic version of thepublic docket is available through EPADockets (EDOCKET) at
http:// www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET toobtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view publiccomments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and toaccess those documents in the publicdocket that are available electronically.Once in the system, select
‘‘
search,
’’
 then key in the docket ID numberidentified above.Any comments related to this ICRshould be submitted to EPA within 60days of this notice. EPA
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s policy is thatpublic comments, whether submittedelectronically or in paper, will be madeavailable for public viewing inEDOCKET as EPA receives them andwithout change, unless the commentcontains copyrighted material, CBI, orother information whose publicdisclosure is restricted by statute. WhenEPA identifies a comment containingcopyrighted material, EPA will providea reference to that material in theversion of the comment that is placed inEDOCKET. The entire printed comment,including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket.Although identified as an item in theofficial docket, information claimed asCBI, or whose disclosure is otherwiserestricted by statute, is not included inthe official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing inEDOCKET. For further informationabout the electronic docket, see EPA
’
s
Federal Register
notice describing theelectronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May31, 2002), or go to
www.epa.gov./ edocket.
 
Affected entities:
Entities potentiallyaffected by this action are manufacturersof nonroad engines and heavy-dutytruck engines.
Title:
Emission Defect InformationReports and Voluntary Emission RecallReports.
Abstract:
Per sections 207(c)(1) and213 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), whenemission testing shows that asubstantial number of properlymaintained and used engines produced by a manufacturer do not conform toemission standards, the manufacturer isrequired to recall the engines.Manufacturers are also required tosubmit Defect Information Reports(DIRs) to alert EPA of the existence of emission-related defects on certainclasses of engines that may cause theengines
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emissions to exceed thestandards and ultimately may lead to arecall. EPA uses these reports to targetpotentially nonconforming classes of engines for future testing, to monitorcompliance with applicable regulationsand to order a recall, if necessary.Manufacturers can also initiate a recallvoluntarily by submitting a VoluntaryEmission Recall Report (VERR). VERRsand VERR updates allow EPA todetermine whether the manufacturerconducting the recall is acting inaccordance with the CAA and toexamine and monitor the effectivenessof the recall campaign.The information is collected by theEngine Programs Group, Certificationand Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Officeof Air and Radiation. Confidentiality of proprietary information submitted bymanufacturers is granted in accordancewith the Freedom of Information Act,EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, andclass determinations issued by EPA
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sOffice of General Counsel. An agencymay not conduct or sponsor, and aperson is not required to respond to, acollection of information unless itdisplays a currently valid OMB controlnumber. The OMB control numbers forEPA
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s regulations in 40 CFR are listedin 40 CFR part 9.The EPA would like to solicitcomments to:(i) Evaluate whether the proposedcollection of information is necessaryfor the proper performance of thefunctions of the Agency, includingwhether the information will havepractical utility;(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of theAgency
’
s estimate of the burden of theproposed collection of information,including the validity of themethodology and assumptions used;(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, andclarity of the information to becollected; and(iv) Minimize the burden of thecollection of information on those whoare to respond, including through theuse of appropriate automated electronic,mechanical, or other technologicalcollection techniques or other forms of information technology,
e.g.
, permittingelectronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement:
The annual publicreporting and recordkeeping burden forthis collection of information isestimated to average 21 hours perresponse. DIRs and VERRs aresubmitted on occasion, whereas VERRsupdates are submitted quarterly byapproximately 15 respondents. EPAestimates that the total cost torespondents resulting from thiscollection is approximately $353,749.This estimate includes operation andmaintenance expenses of approximately$443. No start-up costs are associatedwith this information collection. Burdenmeans the total time, effort, or financialresources expended by persons togenerate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
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