Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

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: Exclusion Determinations for New Non-road Spark-ignited Engines at and Below 19 Kilowatts, New Non-road Compression-ignited Engines, New Marine Engines, and New On-road Heavy Duty Engines: OMB Control Number 2060-0395, expiration date 6/30/2002. 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 August 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1852.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0395, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; and 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:

For a copy of the ICR contact Susan Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, by E-Mail at auby.susan@epa.gov or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1852.02. For technical questions about the ICR contact: Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, by phone at (202) 564-9264, or by E-Mail at reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Exclusion Determinations for New Non-road Spark-ignited Engines at and Below 19 Kilowatts, New Non-road Compression-ignited Engines, New Marine Engines, and New On-road Heavy Duty Engines, OMB Control Number 2060-0395, EPA ICR Number 1852.02, expiration date 6/30/2002. This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Some types of engines are excluded from compliance with current regulations. A manufacturer may make an exclusion determination by itself; however, manufacturers and importers may routinely request EPA to make such determination to ensure that their determination does not differ from EPA's. Only needed information such as engine type, horsepower rating, intended usage, etc., is requested to make an exclusion determination.

Responses to this collection are voluntary. The information is collected by the Engine Programs Group, Certification and Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 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 3/08/2002; no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average seven 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: Engine manufacturers, equipment manufacturers and importers.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.

Frequency of Response: On Occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 69 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $116.

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 addresses listed above. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1852.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0395 in any correspondence.