Notice2026-01732
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards (Renewal)
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Published
January 29, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Control of Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards (EPA ICR Number 0783.66, OMB Control Number 2060-0104) 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 this ICR, which is currently approved through January 31, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2025, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3887-3888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01732]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0489; FRL-13194-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor
Vehicle Emission Standards (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Control of Air Pollution from
Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards (EPA ICR Number
0783.66, OMB Control Number 2060-0104) 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 this ICR, which is
currently approved through January 31, 2026. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2025, during
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 2, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing the Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2019-0489, to the 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: David Wright, Implementation, Analysis
and Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48105; telephone number: 734-214-4467; fax number 734-214-4869; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0572776c626d712b6164736c6164456075642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1562677c727d613b7174637c7174557065743b727a63">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2026. 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 July 22, 2025, during a 60-day comment period. 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="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Under Sections 202(a) and 202(k) of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7521), EPA finalized regulations to set more stringent vehicle
emission standards beginning in model year 2017, as part of a systems
approach to addressing the impacts of motor vehicles and fuels on air
quality and public health. The Tier 3 vehicle emission standards, which
are the subject of this ICR, reduce both tailpipe and evaporative
emissions from passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger
vehicles, and some heavy-duty vehicles. The Tier 3 vehicle standards
are harmonized with California's Low Emission Vehicle Program--LEVIII
standards, creating a federal vehicle emissions program allowing
automakers to sell the same vehicles in all 50 states. This ICR covers
the information that affected respondents must provide to the Agency.
Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of
confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to policies set forth
in CFR title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B-- Confidentiality of
Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2).
Form Numbers: Light-duty Cover of Outside Useful Life System (5800-
257); Light-duty Conversion of Intermediate Age System (5800-258); Tier
3 Light-duty FTP and SFTP AB&T Reporting (5900-471); Tier 3 Heavy-duty
NMOG+NO<INF>X</INF>, Evaporative and Cold NMHC AB&T Reporting (5900-
470); EPA Generic Electric Vehicle FE Label Calculator (PFN-3420-3);
EPA Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Calculator (PFN-3420-4).
Respondents/affected entities: Light-duty vehicle and light-duty
truck manufacturers, Independent commercial importers, On-highway
heavy-duty engine & vehicle (>8,500 lbs GVWR) manufacturers Alternative
fuel converters.
Respondent's obligation to respond: The respondent's obligation to
respond is voluntary, but respondents who choose not to respond cannot
obtain a Certificate of Conformity, and therefore cannot introduce
their products into commerce in the U.S.
Estimated number of respondents: 49 (total).
Frequency of response: As needed.
Total estimated burden: 509,869 hours (per respondent, per year).
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $80,440,103 (per year), includes $43,090,093
annualized capital and operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 14,475 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is primarily due to the reduction in the
burden estimated for the fuel economy information collection. The
reduction in this information collection was offset by increases in the
burden for the Tier 3 emissions, in-use verification, and defect
reporting information collections.
Courtney Kerwin,
Deputy Director, Data & Enterprise Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-01732 Filed 1-28-26; 8:45 am]
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