Notice2023-06543
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines and On-Highway Heavy Duty Engines (Renewal)
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Published
March 29, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-ignition Engines and On-highway Heavy Duty Engines (EPA ICR Number 1684.21, OMB Control No. 2060-0287) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 27, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18541-18542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06543]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1182; FRL-10851-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for
Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines and On-Highway Heavy Duty Engines
(Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Emissions Certification and
Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-ignition Engines and
On-highway Heavy Duty Engines (EPA ICR Number 1684.21, OMB Control No.
2060-0287) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through
March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on January 27, 2023 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-1182, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#10713d717e743d623d547f737b7564507560713e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a6b276b646e2778274e6569616f7e4a6f7a6b246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all
comments received will be included in the public docket without change
including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6405J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-343-9264; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#394b5c405c4a1454564b58555c4a1757405d5058795c4958175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4537203c203668282a37242920366b2b3c212c24052035246b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on January 27, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 5334). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting
documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be
collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA
Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
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Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional information about EPA's
public docket, visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Title II of the Clean Air Act, (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.;
CAA), charges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with issuing
certificates of conformity for those engines and vehicles that comply
with applicable emission requirements. The emission values achieved
during certification testing may also be used in the Averaging,
Banking, and Trading (ABT) Program. The program allows engine
manufacturers to bank credits for engine families that emit below the
standard and use the credits to certify engine families that emit above
the standard. They may also trade banked credits with other
manufacturers. Participation in the ABT program is voluntary.
The CAA also mandates EPA to verify that manufacturers have
successfully translated their certified prototypes into mass-produced
engines; and that these engines comply with emission standards
throughout their useful lives. EPA verifies this through `Compliance
Programs' which include Production Line Testing (PLT), In-use Testing
and Selective Enforcement Audits, (SEAs). In-use testing allows
manufacturers and EPA to verify compliance with emission standards
throughout an engine family's useful life. Through SEAs, EPA verifies
that test data submitted by engine manufacturers is reliable and
testing is performed according to EPA regulations.
Under the Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (TPEM),
NRCI equipment manufacturers were able to delay compliance with Tier 4
standards for up to seven years as long as they comply with certain
limitations. The program, has ended for all power categories. This
includes hardship relief. All TPEM forms, except the reporting
templates and the bond worksheet are being retired in this action.
Participants are required to keep records ``for at least five full
years after the final year in which allowances are available for each
power category'' (40 CFR 1039.625(h).
The information requested is collected by the Compliance Division
(CD), Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and
Radiation, EPA. CD uses this information to issue certificates of
conformity and ensure that manufacturers comply with applicable
regulations and the CAA. Some HD data is also used by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to implement their
programs under 49 U.S.C. 32902. EPA's and NHTSA's Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance and the Department of Justice may use the
information for enforcement purposes.
Manufacturers may assert a claim of confidentiality over
information provided to EPA. Confidentiality is granted in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act and EPA regulations at 40 CFR part
2.
Form Numbers: 5900-90, 5900-125, 5900-134, 5900-135, 5900-239,
5900-240, 5900-241, 5900-259, 5900-273, 5900-274, 5900-297, 5900-298,
5900-300, 5900-301, 55900-302, 5900-338, 5900-431, 5900-435, 5900-613,
5900-614, 6900-5414.
Estimated number of respondents: 568 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly, annually, and on occasion,
depending on the type of response.
Total estimated burden: 142,054 hours per year. Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $29,109,404 (per year), includes an estimated
$16,146,726 annualized capital or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a net decrease of 19,671 hours
in the total estimated burden for ICR 1684.21 from the burden currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens of 161,725 for
the previous ICR 1684.20 due to a 99% decrease in burden (14,547 hours)
related to TPEM as the program has ended, a correction of a mistake in
the certification burden calculations and an increase proportion of
carry-over applications to new applications.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06543 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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