Notice2023-13949
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Importation of On-Highway Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment (Renewal)
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Published
June 30, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "Importation of On-highway Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment" (EPA ICR Number 2583.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0717) 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 June 30, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on October 5, 2022, 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 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42361-42362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13949]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0094; FRL-11120-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Importation of On-Highway Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad
Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment (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), ``Importation of On-highway
Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment''
(EPA ICR Number 2583.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0717) 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 June 30, 2023. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on October 5, 2022,
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2016-0094, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), 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: Holly Pugliese, Compliance Division,
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection
Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105; telephone number:
734-214-4288; fax number: 734-214-4869; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b2b2e3c37323e283e7533343737221b3e2b3a753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6b6b3a1aaafa3b5a3e8aea9aaaabf86a3b6a7e8a1a9b0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through June 30, 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 October 5, 2022, during a 60-day
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comment period (87 FR 60392). 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 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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires that on-highway vehicles and
motorcycles, and nonroad vehicles, engines, and equipment imported into
the U.S. either comply with applicable emission requirements or qualify
for an applicable exemption or exclusion. The Compliance Division (CD)
in the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation maintains and makes available
instruments to importers to help facilitate the importation of products
at U.S. Borders. EPA Form 3520-1 is used by importers of on-highway
vehicles and motorcycles, and EPA Form 3520-21 is used by importers of
nonroad vehicles, engines, and equipment. For most imports, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations require that EPA
Declaration Forms 3520-1 and 3520-21 be filed with CBP at the time of
entry. EPA does not require that the forms be submitted directly to
EPA. Rather, they are used by CBP to facilitate the importation process
at U.S. borders. EPA does require that the forms be kept by importers
for a period of five years after importation to assist EPA's Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) and CBP should any issues
arise with any given importation.
In addition, this ICR covers the burden of EPA Form 3520-8 which
EPA makes available upon request and is used by Independent Commercial
Importers (ICIs), who bring on-highway vehicles into compliance and
provide emissions test results, to request final importation clearance
for their on-highway vehicles.
Since 2016, CBP has been using the Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) to facilitate the electronic filing of imports documents rather
than collecting paper. ACE has become the primary system through which
the trade community and other importers report imports and exports.
Through ACE as the single point of submission, manual processes have
been streamlined and automated, and paper submissions (e.g. fillable
PDFs) have been significantly reduced. Rather than file hard copy
forms, importers can log into ACE and check boxes corresponding to
information elements currently on the forms. Filers using the ACE
interface will also receive transaction information that will be kept
by the filer. However, EPA will continue to maintain the forms on our
website in fillable PDF format. Although importers are expected to use
the ACE interface to submit information, the PDF versions of the form
can also be submitted directly into ACE by importers.
Form Numbers: 3520-1, 3520-21, 3520-8.
Respondents/affected entities: Information collected is from
individual importers, or companies who import and/or manufacture on-
highway vehicles and motorcycles and nonroad engines, vehicles, and
equipment.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required for any importer to
legally import on-highway vehicles and motorcycles and nonroad engines,
vehicles, and equipment vehicles or engines into the U.S.
Estimated number of respondents: 14,810.
Frequency of response: Once per entry. (One form per shipment may
be used.)
Total estimated burden: 131,985 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $8,009,549 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 50,000 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is due to the estimated annual number of
entries (forms filed with CBP) rising from 160,000 per year to
approximately 260,000 per year. Accordingly, due to the additional
forms filed and slight increases in labor costs, estimated average
annual costs have increased by approximately $3,764,850.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-13949 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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