PART
A
OF
THE
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
1
IDENTIFICATION
OF
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
1(
a)
Title
of
the
Information
Collection
The
collection
is
entitled:

Populations,
Usage
and
Emissions
of
Diesel
Nonroad
Equipment
in
EPA
Region
7.

1(
b)
Short
Characterization/
Abstract
In
response
to
recommendations
from
the
National
Research
Council
of
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences,
EPA
is
initiating
a
systematic
data
collection
designed
to
improve
the
methods
and
tools
used
by
the
Agency
to
estimate
emissions
from
nonroad
equipment.
Data
to
be
collected
include
populations,
usage
rates
(
activity)
and
"
in­
use"
or
"
real­
world"
emission
rates.

The
collection
is
a
survey,
to
be
conducted
by
the
Office
of
Transportation
and
Air
Quality
(
OTAQ)
in
the
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation
(
OAR).
Development
of
rapid
in­
use
instrumentation
promises
to
substantially
reduce
the
cost
of
emissions
measurement
for
nonroad
equipment.
This
study
will
combine
rapid
in­
use
measurement
capability
with
statistical
survey
design
to
improve
the
representation
of
nonroad
engine
populations.
The
goal
to
conduct
a
pilot
survey
designed
to
develop
methods
and
protocols
needed
to
collect
data
on
populations,
activity
and
in­
use
emissions
of
diesel
nonroad
equipment.
Response
to
the
survey
is
voluntary.

The
target
population
includes
nonroad
equipment
used
by
commercial
establishments
in
the
Mining,
Construction,
Manufacturing
and
Agricultural
sectors.
The
study
area
for
this
collection
will
be
EPA
Region
7.
To
estimate
the
prevalence
of
equipment
ownership
in
the
target
sectors,
1,540
establishments
will
be
requested
to
respond
to
brief
interviews
regarding
their
equipment
ownership
and
use.
The
total
sample
size
for
instrumented
measurement
is
360
equipment
pieces,
with
150
and
210
pieces
targeted
for
emissions
and
usage
measurement,
respectively.

Emissions
and
usage
will
be
measured
using
portable
on­
board
electronic
instrumentation.
Emissions
instrumentation
will
measure
carbon
dioxide
(
CO
2)
and
several
air
pollutants
on
an
instantaneous
basis
during
normal
operation
over
a
period
of
one
to
three
days.
Air
pollutants
to
be
measured
include
carbon
monoxide
(
CO),
total
hydrocarbons
(
THC),
oxides
of
nitrogen
(
NO
x)
and
particulate
matter
(
PM).
The
usage
instrument
will
measure
engine
on/
off
over
a
period
of
approximately
three
months.

Data
will
be
collected
during
normal
operation
at
the
respondents'
facilities
or
work
sites.
Following
quality­
assurance
and
analysis,
the
data
will
be
stored
in
OTAQ's
Mobile
Source
Observation
Database.
The
information
collection
will
involve
1,900
respondents,
requiring
1,060
hours
to
complete
at
a
total
cost
to
those
respondents
of
$
91,900.
For
the
agency,
the
collection
will
require
11,220
hours
at
a
total
cost
to
the
agency
of
$
725,800.
2
2
NEED
FOR
AND
USE
OF
THE
COLLECTION
2(
a)
Need/
Authority
for
the
Collection
In
response
to
a
request
from
Congress,
the
National
Research
Council
of
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences
established
the
Committee
to
Review
EPA's
Mobile
Source
Emissions
Factor
(
MOBILE)
Model.
The
Committee
was
charged
to
evaluate
the
MOBILE
model
and
to
develop
recommendations
for
its
improvement.
In
this
regard,
the
Committee
recommended
that
EPA
develop
a
program
to
enable
more
accurate
determination
of
in­
use
emissions,
using
"
real­
world"
approaches
such
as
direct
emissions
monitoring
systems.
While
not
a
formal
requirement
of
its
charge,
the
Committee
also
recommended
that
EPA
develop
a
plan
to
collect
data
needed
to
improve
estimation
of
emissions
from
nonroad
equipment,
to
include
population
and
activity
data
and
"
real­
world"
emission
factors
(
NRC,
2000).

On
the
basis
of
these
recommendations,
the
goal
of
this
collection
effort
is
to
conduct
a
pilot
collection
designed
to
develop
methods
and
protocols
to
collect
data
on
populations,
activity
and
in­
use
emissions
of
diesel
nonroad
equipment.

In
2000,
EPA
developed
initial
plans
for
data
collections
to
address
these
recommendations
and
submitted
an
associated
ICR
to
OMB
(
OMB
Control
No.
2060­
0078
(
Agency
Form
No.
0619.09)).
The
plan
included
components
for
both
on­
highway
vehicles
and
nonroad
equipment,
and
was
framed
as
an
amendment
to
a
then­
approved
ICR.
However,
in
October
2001,
EPA
withdrew
the
proposed
ICR
amendment,
and
has
since
worked
to
develop
separate
plans
for
onhighway
vehicles
and
nonroad
equipment.

In
the
terms
of
clearance
for
the
withdrawal
of
the
revision,
OMB
acknowledged
that
"
collection
of
reliable
data
about
emissions
from
these
types
of
equipment
in
use
is
an
important
and
worthwhile
objective,
..."
To
this
end,
EPA
has
developed
this
collection
as
an
initial
step
in
development
of
a
technically
sound
and
defensible
data
collection
for
nonroad
equipment.
An
independent
plan
has
been
developed
and
submitted
for
on­
highway
vehicles.
The
terms
of
clearance
for
0619.09
are
appended
to
this
document
as
Appendix
A­
1.

Legislative
Basis.
The
legislative
basis
for
this
data
collection
is
Section
103(
a)(
1)(
2)(
3)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act,
which
requires
the
Administrator
to:

"
conduct
...
research,
investigations,
experiments,
demonstrations,
surveys,
and
studies
relating
to
the
causes,
effects,
extent,
prevention,
and
control
of
air
pollution,"
"
cooperate
with
...
pollution
control
agencies
and
other
appropriate
public
or
private
agencies,
institutions,
and
organizations,
and
individuals
in
the
conduct
of
such
activities,"
and
"
conduct
investigations
and
research
and
make
surveys
concerning
any
specific
problem
of
air
pollution
in
cooperation
with
any
air
pollution
control
agency
..."

In
addition,
Section
103(
b)(
1)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
authorizes
the
Administrator
to:
3
"
collect
and
make
available,
through
publications
and
other
appropriate
means,
the
results
of
and
other
information,
including
appropriate
recommendations
by
him
in
connection
therewith,
pertaining
to
such
research
and
other
activities."

Copies
of
the
relevant
sections
are
provided
in
Appendix
A.
2.

2(
b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
of
the
Data
The
principal
users
of
the
data
will
be
EPA
technical
staff,
for
purposes
of
planning
a
full­
scale
survey
based
on
the
results
and
experience
gained
during
the
proposed
collection.

These
sources
of
information
will
guide
and
inform
design
of
the
survey.
Supporting
analyses
will
evaluate
the
adequacy
of
the
proposed
sample
frames.
They
will
investigate
the
efficiency
of
three­
stage
sampling
with
Probability­
proportional­
to­
Size,
based
on
proposed
measures
of
establishment
size.
The
initial
collection
will
provide
valuable
experience
in
conduction
of
a
population
sample
of
nonroad
equipment,
and
in
development
of
rapport
with
respondents.
Finally,
analysis
and
evaluation
of
the
initial
collection
will
enable
evaluation
of
the
costeffectiveness
of
the
design
as
proposed.

In
addition,
the
initial
results
will
guide
and
inform
sample
size
analyses.
Data
collected
will
provide
highly
valuable
estimates
of
variability
in
key
variables,
as
well
as
scenarios
and
expected
differences
needed
for
more
refined
power
analyses.
Specific
analyses
to
be
performed
are
described
in
Part
B
of
this
Supporting
Statement,
in
sections
2(
b)(
ii),
"
Sample
Sizes,"
and
in
Section
5(
b),
"
Data
Analysis."

3
NONDUPLICATION,
CONSULTATIONS,
AND
OTHER
COLLECTION
CRITERIA
3(
a)
Nonduplication
In
development
of
this
collection,
EPA
has
attempted
to
locate
sources
of
data
that
would
partially
or
wholly
duplicate
the
information
to
be
collected.
No
such
duplication
was
found.
We
describe
information
searches
and
why
the
available
information
does
not
satisfy
the
objectives
of
this
collection.

At
the
outset,
EPA
searched
the
Government
Information
Locator
Service
(
GILS).
In
addition,
a
search
of
published
literature
was
conducted
using
a
number
of
search
terms
related
to
nonroad
equipment
categories
(
e.
g.,
construction,
agriculture),
specific
nonroad
equipment
types
(
e.
g.,
tractor,
excavator),
and
equipment
operating
characteristics
(
e.
g.,
load,
population).
No
duplication
of
the
data
collection
effort
was
found.

To
our
knowledge,
no
other
agency
conducts
portable
emissions
monitoring
of
nonroad
equipment
during
operation
in
the
field.
One
previous
study,
conducted
by
Environment
Canada
and
the
Northeast
States
for
Coordinated
Air
Use
Management
(
NESCAUM),
collected
field
4
emissions
data
for
four
nonroad
engines
and
one
on­
highway
vehicle
(
Ainslie
et
al.,
1999).
While
the
data
are
useful
in
themselves,
they
cannot
be
considered
a
representative
sample,
and
EPA's
collection
effort
must
of
necessity
be
far
broader
in
scope.

With
regard
to
collection
of
equipment
population
and
activity
some
information
sources
do
exist.
However,
none
of
them
adequately
meet
the
data
needs
to
be
targeted
for
this
collection.

In
order
to
predict
the
demand
for
"
after­
market"
parts
in
various
industries
that
use
nonroad
equipment,
Power
Systems
Research
(
PSR)
has
developed
the
PartsLink
database.
This
database
contains
survey­
based
data
on
populations
and
activity
for
a
wide
selection
of
nonroad
equipment.
However,
these
data
are
insufficiently
detailed
for
performance
of
analyses
proposed
for
this
collection.
For
example,
the
populations
do
not
distinguish
equipment
owned
or
used
in
different
economic
sectors.
Also,
the
activity
estimates
are
reported
by
respondents
on
an
annual
basis,
and
do
not
allow
distinctions
at
finer
scales,
such
as
seasons
or
months,
much
less
the
partitioning
of
operating
time
between
the
work­
week
and
the
weekend.
Finally,
usage
is
estimated
by
respondents
based
on
recall.
Measurement
of
usage
by
instrumentation,
as
proposed,
will
improve
the
objectivity
of
the
results.

An
industry
publishing
firm,
MacKay
&
Company,
has
conducted
a
nationwide
survey
of
end
users
of
construction
equipment
for
Construction
Equipment
magazine.
Population
and
activity
data
were
obtained
through
interviews,
with
estimates
based
on
respondent
recall.
These
data
are
of
general
interest
but
are
severely
limited
for
our
purposes.
Overall,
the
survey
is
too
narrow
in
scope.
Coverage
only
included
the
construction
sector,
and
within
that
sector,
the
pool
of
establishments
recruited
was
not
comprehensive.

The
Houston­
Galveston
Area
Council
sponsored
a
survey
of
construction
equipment
population
and
activity
within
the
eight­
county
Houston
ozone
non­
attainment
area.
In
the
Northeast,
the
Northeast
States
for
Coordinated
Air
Use
Management
(
NESCAUM)
performed
a
similar
survey
of
construction
equipment
populations
and
activity.
While
of
general
interest,
the
scope
of
these
studies
was
very
limited,
both
in
terms
of
the
geographic
areas
economic
sectors
covered.

The
USDA
National
Agricultural
Statistics
Service
(
NASS)
also
conducts
periodic
surveys
of
farm
equipment
and
fuel
consumption.
The
Census
of
Agriculture
is
conducted
every
five
years.
Results
from
the
1997
Census
are
available,
and
the
2002
Census
is
underway.
The
survey
portion
of
the
Census
requests
respondents
to
report
information
on
"
Equipment
on
Place"
and
expenditures
for
diesel
fuel
"
purchased
for
the
farm
business."
The
population
data
is
of
good
quality,
but
is
limited
in
that
results
do
not
distinguish
between
gasoline
and
diesel
equipment.
They
distinguish
equipment
by
size,
but
the
size
classes
are
very
coarse
relative
to
those
used
to
define
diesel
emissions
standards,
and
no
distinctions
are
made
by
equipment
age.
These
three
limitations
preclude
the
construction
of
age
distributions
and
apportionment
of
engines
by
regulatory
tier,
which
is
critical
in
assessment
of
emissions.
A
second
difficulty
is
that
the
Census
of
Agriculture
requests
no
information
concerning
rates
of
equipment
usage.
Farm
diesel
5
expenditures
may
be
taken
as
at
least
a
coarse
surrogate
for
equipment
activity.
However,
the
reporting
basis
for
the
expenditures
does
not
distinguish
among
different
fuel
uses,
such
as
onhighway
vehicles,
nonroad
equipment,
heating
and
cooling,
or
crop
drying.
Similarly,
if
a
portion
of
the
expenditure
is
assumed
to
represent
fuel
used
in
nonroad
equipment,
it
is
not
possible
to
link
fuel
volumes
to
specific
equipment
types
or
engine
sizes,
or
to
partition
the
fuel
seasonally.
Finally,
as
implied
by
the
name,
the
Census
of
Agriculture
covers
only
equipment
used
in
the
agricultural
sector.

Census­
related
information
is
even
more
limited
for
other
economic
sectors
of
interest.
In
the
1997
Economic
Census,
respondents
in
the
Construction
sector
(
NAICS
23)
are
requested
to
report
the
"
Cost
of
Off­
Highway
Gasoline
and
Diesel"
for
their
businesses.
This
value,
while
potentially
a
valuable
integrator
and
indicator
of
equipment
activity,
does
not
distinguish
between
gasoline
and
diesel
fuels.
A
more
serious
limitation
is
that,
unlike
the
Census
of
Agriculture,
the
Economic
Census
does
not
request
construction
establishments
to
report
on
the
numbers
of
equipment
pieces
they
own
or
use.
Respondents
in
the
mining
sector
(
NAICS
21)
also
report
on
fuel
purchased,
but
not
on
equipment
used.
However,
establishments
in
manufacturing
(
NAICS
31­
33)
report
on
neither
fuel
nor
equipment.

In
general,
compared
to
the
survey­
based
estimates
described
above,
this
data
collection
offers
the
advantage
of
direct
observations
and
measurements
of
engine
populations,
emissions
and
activity.
In
addition,
the
planned
survey­
based
estimates
of
population
will
be
compatible
with
EPA's
emissions
standards
and
inventory
modeling
framework.

3(
b)
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
The
initial
announcement
of
the
public
comment
period
for
the
proposed
ICR
amendment
was
placed
in
the
Federal
Register
on
Friday,
September
22,
2000.
No
comments
were
received.
The
terms
of
clearance
for
the
proposed
amendment
(
dated
11/
05/
2001)
exempted
EPA
from
the
requirement
to
submit
an
"
initial"
Federal
Register
Notice
prior
to
submission
of
this
ICR,
stating
that
"
Because
EPA
has
already
published
two
Federal
Register
notices
requesting
public
comment
on
these
studies,
in
the
case
of
the
ICRs
seeking
approval
for
the
two
pilot
studies,
OMB
will
waive
the
requirement
that
EPA
publish
a
new
Federal
Register
Notice
at
least
sixty
days
before
resubmission
to
OMB
as
otherwise
required
..."
However,
a
"
second"
Federal
Register
Notice
will
be
published
concurrent
with
submission
of
this
collection
to
OMB.

3(
c)
Consultations
Technical
Consultations.
In
the
development
of
this
collection,
We
consulted
with
professionals
in
academia
and
Federal
Agencies
with
relevant
expertise
in
survey
methodology
and
statistics.
Specific
parties
and
contact
information
is
listed
below:
6
N.
Philip
Ross
Chief
Statistician
Office
of
Environmental
Information
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency
202­
260­
0250
Bimal
Sinha
Professor
of
Statistics,
University
of
Maryland,
Baltimore
County
Steven
G.
Heeringa
Survey
Research
Center,
Institute
of
Survey
Research
University
of
Michigan
734­
936­
0991
Stacey
Cole,
Chief
Manufacturing
Programs
Methodology
Branch
United
States
Census
Bureau
301­
763­
4771
Stan
Hoge,
Head
List
Frame
Section
Census
&
Survey
Division
National
Agricultural
Statistical
Service,
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
202­
720­
8853
Focus
Group.
To
obtain
the
reactions
of
potential
respondents
to
the
subject
matter
of
the
survey
and
the
associated
burden,
EPA
sponsored
a
focus
group,
composed
of
nine
equipment
owners
in
the
economic
sectors
targeted
for
this
collection.
Participants
were
asked
about
their
ability
and
willingness
to
provide
information
of
interest
to
EPA
and
to
give
their
reactions
to
initial
drafts
of
a
questionnaire.
Overall,
participants
reported
that
the
draft
questionnaire
appeared
long
and
intimidating.
More
specifically,
Some
owners
considered
the
items
too
detailed
to
remember
for
multiple
equipment
pieces,
and
that
while
much
of
the
requested
information
would
often
be
available
in
records,
to
locate
and
organize
the
information
would
be
burdensome.
Based
on
these
reactions,
we
fundamentally
simplified
the
questionnaires,
removing
items
that
would
require
detailed
recall
for
specific
equipment
pieces,
or
consultation
of
records.
Items
retained
are
limited
to
general
items
that
a
knowledgeable
respondent
should
be
able
to
recall
readily.
The
collection
instruments
and
specific
data
items
are
described
in
detail
in
Part
B,
Section
2(
d),
"
Questionnaire
Design."
7
3(
d)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
For
each
respondent,
participation
in
the
survey
is
a
one­
time
event.
Thus,
periodic
reporting
is
not
requested
or
required.

3(
e)
General
Guidelines
Commercial
establishments
participating
in
this
collection
will
not
be
requested
to
plan,
generate,
or
retain
any
records
or
information.
Participation
in
the
program
by
each
owner
is
on
a
voluntary
basis.
Further,
this
information
collection
complies
with
the
guidelines
in
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
5
CFR
1320.5(
d)(
2)).
Specifically,
the
collection
does
not
require
the
respondents
to:

°
Report
information
to
EPA
more
often
than
quarterly;
°
Prepare
a
written
response
to
a
collection
in
fewer
than
30
days
after
receipt;
°
Submit
more
than
one
original
document;
°
Retain
any
records
for
more
than
three
years;
°
Participate
in
a
statistical
survey
that
is
not
designed
to
produce
data
that
can
be
generalized
to
the
universe
of
study;
°
Use
a
statistical
data
classification
that
has
not
been
reviewed
and
approved
by
OMB;
and
°
Submit
any
information
that
they
may
consider
to
be
confidential,
without
EPA
demonstrating
that
it
has
instituted
procedures
to
protect
the
information's
confidentiality
to
the
extent
permitted
by
law.

3(
f)
Confidentiality
Establishment
contact
information
acquired
during
the
survey
includes
a
contact
name,
street
address,
and
phone
number
for
each
respondent,
which
will
be
acquired
primarily
from
the
sample
frames,
which
are
commercially
and
publicly
available
information
sources.
Contact
information
will
not
used
for
any
purpose
other
than
contacting
the
owner
to
solicit
or
clarify
responses
and
arrange
site
visits.
This
information
will
not
be
stored
with
survey
results
in
the
database,
but
in
secured
files.
A
unique
respondent
ID
number
will
be
used
in
the
database,
with
the
link
to
the
personal
information
also
stored
in
secured
files.
Contractors
retained
to
conduct
interviews
and
data
collection
will
be
bound
by
confidentiality
clauses
that
hold
them
to
the
same
standards
to
be
followed
by
EPA
personnel.

3(
g)
Sensitive
Questions
The
questionnaires
do
not
ask
any
sensitive
questions
pertaining
to
sexual
attitudes/
behavior
or
religious
beliefs.
8
4
THE
RESPONDENTS
AND
THE
INFORMATION
REQUESTED
4(
a)
Respondents/
NAICS
Codes
As
defined
in
Part
B,
section
2(
a)
"
Target
Population
and
Coverage,"
respondents
to
the
survey
will
be
commercial
establishments
in
four
economic
sectors,
listed
below
and
identified
with
corresponding
NAICS
codes.

Sector
NAICS
Code
Mining
21
Construction
23
Manufacturing
31­
33
Agricultural
Crop
Production
111
These
sectors
do
not
comprise
the
entire
universe
for
the
use
of
nonroad
equipment.
Other
sectors
are
of
interest
with
respect
to
diesel
equipment
use,
for
example,
wholesale
trade
(
NAICS
42)
and
retail
trade
(
NAICS
44­
45),
as
well
as
municipalities
and
government
agencies.
However,
we
have
limited
the
scope
of
this
collection,
to
keep
effort
commensurate
with
expected
resources.
In
addition,
a
limited
scope
is
consistent
with
the
emphasis
that
this
collection
will
place
on
the
development
and
evaluation
of
feasible
methods
for
collection
of
the
targeted
information
from
establishments
in
different
sectors.

Nonetheless,
the
sectors
selected
are
important
in
terms
of
the
usage
of
nonroad
equipment
and
associated
fuel
consumption
and
emissions.
Based
on
estimates
derived
from
sales
of
distillate
fuels
in
the
United
States
in
2000
(
EIA
2001),
the
targeted
sectors
accounted
for
approximately
60%
of
nonroad
diesel
fuel
consumption
during
that
year.

Finally,
within
each
two­
digit
NAICS,
we
have
included
all
three­
digit
subcategories.
This
broad
approach
serves
one
of
the
collection's
primary
goals,
namely,
to
screen
for
the
prevalence
of
nonroad
equipment
within
each
sector.
Thus,
to
avoid
exclusion
of
some
portion
of
the
nonroad
equipment
population,
we
are
not
limiting
the
scope
for
this
collection
based
on
advance
assumptions
about
sub­
categories
in
which
the
use
of
equipment
might
be
low
or
nonexistent.
We
define
the
target
populations
in
more
detail
in
Part
B,
section
2(
a).
9
4(
b)
Information
Requested
4(
b)(
i)
Data
Items,
Including
Recordkeeping
Requirements
Reporting
Items.
All
items
that
respondents
will
be
requested
to
report
are
listed
and
described
in
Part
B,
Section
3,
"
Questionnaire
Development."
The
survey
will
employ
three
instruments,
the
"
Equipment
Ownership
Questionnaire,"
the
"
On­
site
Equipment
Inventory,"
and
the
"
Equipment
Identification,
Description
and
Instrumentation
Parameters"
attached
to
the
Supporting
Statement
as
Appendices
B­
1,
B­
2
and
B­
3,
respectively.

Recordkeeping
Items.
This
collection
will
not
request
or
require
respondents
to
compile
or
maintain
any
records.

4(
b)(
ii)
Respondent
Activities
Respondent
activities
for
this
data
collection
include:

°
respond
to
Equipment
Ownership
Questionnaire
(
by
phone
interview)
°
respond
to
interview
portion
of
On­
site
Equipment
Inventory
(
by
phone
or
personal
interview)
°
provide
interviewer/
technician
access
to
equipment
(
during
site
visit)

In
this
collection,
the
degree
of
participation
will
differ
between
establishments
in
the
Establishment
sample
and
those
in
the
Equipment
sample.

The
"
Establishment
Sample"
is
a
sample
of
1,540
establishments
whose
only
activity
will
be
to
respond
to
the
Equipment
Ownership
Interview.
The
main
purpose
of
this
portion
of
the
survey
is
to
estimate
proportions
of
establishments
in
each
sector
that
use
eligible
nonroad
equipment.
Estimation
of
this
proportion
will
inform
estimation
of
the
sample
of
establishments
that
must
be
drawn
to
acquire
an
equipment
sample
of
the
desired
size.

The
Equipment
sample
refers
to
a
smaller
sample
of
establishments
that
will
be
solicited
to
allow
instruments
to
be
placed
on
one
of
their
equipment
pieces
for
purposes
of
emissions
or
activity
measurement.
These
establishments
will
also
complete
the
Equipment
Ownership
Interview,
as
to
verify
that
they
are
members
of
the
target
population.
In
addition,
they
will
be
requested
to
respond
to
a
brief
additional
interview,
to
obtain
information
about
their
operation
needed
to
allow
an
inventory
of
eligible
equipment
pieces,
and
to
allow
technicians
access
to
eligible
equipment
to
complete
the
inventory
and
select
a
piece
for
instrumentation.

5
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
 
AGENCY
ACTIVITIES,
COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY,

AND
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
The
following
sections
describe
Agency
activities
related
to
survey
design,
oversight,
and
analysis,
maintenance
and
distribution
of
the
information
collected.
The
primary
activities
associated
with
the
actual
collection
of
information
will
be
performed
by
EPA
personnel
or
contractors
hired
by
the
Agency.
10
5(
a)
Agency
Activities
In
conduction
of
the
survey,
the
agency
will
perform
the
following
activities:

­
Develop
questionnaires
and
data
forms
­
Pretest
questionnaire
­
Administer
telephone
interviews
­
Travel
to
and
within
primary
sampling
units
(
PSUs)
­
Administer
site
visits
­
Quality­
assure
completed
interviews
­
Enter
interview
responses
into
computer
files
­
Load
interview
responses
into
computer
database
­
Quality­
assure
electronic
emissions
and
activity
measurements
­
Load
emissions
and
activity
data
into
computer
database
­
Analyze
survey
results
5(
b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
The
questionnaires
to
be
used
for
the
survey
reflect
substantial
revisions
developed
following
a
pretest
of
an
initial
draft.
The
draft
questionnaire
was
submitted
to
nine
respondents
from
the
target
economic
sectors
in
a
focus
group
setting.
Based
on
their
reactions,
we
have
shortened
and
simplified
the
questionnaires.
In
the
current
versions,
we
have
emphasized
questions
requesting
general
and
factual
information
that
respondents
can
readily
provide
"
on
the
spot"
during
a
phone
interview.
We
have
removed
or
redesigned
items
that
require
heavy
reliance
on
detailed
or
specific
recall
or
estimation
regarding
equipment
specifications
or
usage,
or
a
need
to
compile
or
consult
records.

Due
to
the
brevity
and
simplicity
of
the
questionnaires,
we
have
selected
the
telephone
interview
as
the
collection
mode
for
descriptive
information
regarding
establishments,
their
operations
and
equipment.
The
use
of
mail
with
commercial
respondents
is
complicated
by
the
difficulty
in
targeting
a
knowledgeable
respondent
prior
to
initial
contact,
especially
for
large
establishments.
Making
the
initial
contact
by
phone
allows
interviewers
to
interact
with
multiple
potential
respondents,
in
order
to
identify
and
make
contact
with
a
knowledgeable
respondent.

Once
contact
with
a
knowledgeable
person
is
made,
it
is
simpler
and
less
burdensome
to
simply
complete
the
interview
at
that
time.
Asking
respondents
to
respond
to
a
mail
or
internet
questionnaire
would
increase
burden
at
that
point.

Detailed
information
regarding
equipment
specifications
will
be
collected
through
direct
inspection
by
trained
technicians.
In
addition,
emissions
and
activity
data
will
be
collected
by
onboard
electronic
instrumentation.
The
instrumentation
is
portable,
non­
intrusive
and
can
collect
data
for
periods
up
to
a
week
(
for
emissions),
or
up
two
several
months
(
for
usage)
with
minimal
11
maintenance.
The
instrumentation
is
described
further
in
Part
B,
Section
4(
a),
"
Collection
Methods."

These
approaches
bring
two
significant
benefits.
First,
they
reduce
respondent
burden
in
that
respondents
will
not
asked
to
provide
detailed
information
on
specific
equipment
pieces,
nor
asked
to
recall
usage
patterns
for
specific
equipment
pieces
over
periods
of
weeks
to
a
year.
Second,
the
reliability
and
objectivity
of
the
information
collected
will
be
improved
through
consistent
application
of
pre­
specified
approaches
by
knowledgeable
technicians.

To
ensure
data
quality
for
interview
information,
each
interview
response
will
be
reviewed
for
completeness
and
internal
consistency.
Emissions
and
activity
data
collected
via
instrumentation
will
be
quality­
assured
through
use
of
computer
algorithms.
Time
series
for
key
variables
will
also
be
plotted
and
visually
checked
on
a
case­
by­
case
basis.
Quality­
assurance
steps
for
data
collected
are
discussed
in
Part
B,
Section
5(
a),
"
Data
Preparation."

Phone
interviewers
will
record
responses
on
paper
questionnaires.
Responses
will
be
doubleentered
into
computer
files
by
personnel
trained
in
10­
key
techniques,
as
a
quality
assurance
measure.
Following
quality­
assurance,
electronic
data
will
be
directly
transferred
into
database
software,
after
download
from
the
instruments.

In
addition
to
the
specialized
instruments
discussed
above,
EPA
will
use
a
telephone
system
and
personal
computers
in
conduction
of
the
survey.
Computer
files
containing
interview
responses
will
be
stored
or
managed
in
spreadsheet
software,
such
as
Microsoft
Excel
®
,
or
database
software
such
as
Microsoft
Access
®
or
Microsoft
FoxPro
®
.
Analyses
will
be
performed
using
SAS,
version
8.2
®
,
or
SPSS,
version
9
®
.
Computer
files
containing
emissions
or
activity
data
collected
by
electronic
instruments
are
very
large.
These
data
will
be
managed
using
database
software,
such
as
Microsoft
FoxPro
®
,
with
analysis
and
visual
presentation
performed
using
SAS
8.2
®
.

Data
will
be
stored
in
the
"
Mobile
Source
Observation
Database,"
(
MSOD),
an
Oracle
®
database
residing
on
an
Agency
server.
This
database
is
available
to
the
public
on
request
on
CDROM
and
can
also
be
accessed
from
the
server
via
a
viewer
based
on
Microsoft
Access
®
.
Thus,
users
need
not
be
equipped
with
Oracle
software
or
expertise
to
access
the
database.

5(
c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility
As
described
above,
collection
methods
for
the
survey
have
been
designed
to
keep
the
burden
of
participation
to
a
bare
minimum,
for
both
small
and
large
respondents.
Additionally,
participation
in
the
data
collection
is
voluntary,
giving
small
entities
flexibility
in
opting
whether
or
not
to
participate.
12
5(
d)
Collection
Schedule
The
schedule
below
assumes
OMB
clearance
for
this
collection
will
be
obtained
by
March
15,
2004.
For
each
task,
we
show
the
date
targeted
for
its
completion.

Task
Date
to
be
Completed
Design
questionnaires
and
sampling
plan
November,
2003
Draw
samples
June,
2004
Conduct
Equipment
Ownership
Interviews
(
establishment
sample)
July,
2004
Collect
Emissions
and
Activity
Data
(
equipment
sample)
July,
2005
Submit
Draft
Report
October,
2005
Submit
Final
Report
December,
2005
6
ESTIMATING
THE
BURDEN
AND
COST
OF
THE
COLLECTION
6(
a)
Estimating
Respondent
Burden
Table
A.
1
presents
initial
estimates
of
burden
and
cost
for
respondents
participating
in
the
collection.
Estimates
for
the
Establishment
and
Equipment
samples
are
listed
separately.

In
large
establishments,
we
assume
that
the
knowledgeable
respondent
would
often
be
a
staff
member
such
as
a
fleet
manager
or
senior
mechanic,
whereas
in
smaller
establishments,
the
knowledgeable
respondent
is
more
likely
to
be
an
owner
or
proprietor.
For
this
collection,
we
have
listed
the
times
for
interview
response
under
the
heading
of
"
technical."
Estimated
times
for
a
knowledgeable
respondent
to
complete
the
Ownership
and
Inventory
interviews
and
to
provide
equipment
access
are
15
minutes,
15
minutes
and
20
minutes,
respectively.

The
additional
time
estimates
for
managerial
workers
reflect
an
assumption
that
in
some
establishments,
particularly
larger
establishments,
the
frame
contact
might
not
be
the
knowledgeable
respondent.
For
purposes
of
burden
estimation,
we
have
assumed
this
case
to
be
the
default,
and
estimated
a
response
time
for
managerial
workers
for
all
establishments.
This
estimate
reflects
time
for
the
frame
contact
to
refer
the
interviewer
to
a
knowledgeable
subordinate,
and
to
authorize
the
subordinate
to
respond
on
behalf
of
the
establishment.
For
small
establishments,
it
is
more
likely
that
the
frame
contact
will
also
be
the
knowledgeable
contact.
In
13
such
cases,
only
one
contact
will
be
necessary,
and
the
additional
time
estimated
for
managerial
workers
may
not
be
expended.

6(
b)
Respondent
Costs
Table
A.
1
presents
estimated
burden
and
cost
to
respondents.

6(
b)(
i)
Labor
Costs
Labor
Costs
are
based
on
estimates
of
"
total
compensation"
reported
by
the
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics
in
Employer
Cost
of
Employee
Compensation
(
BLS,
2003).
The
values
used
represent
compensation
rates
for
"
Goods
Producing
Industries,"
which
include
Mining,
Construction
and
Manufacturing.
Total
compensation
includes
wages
and
salaries,
plus
paid
leave,
supplemental
pay
and
insurance.

We
translated
the
BLS
worker
categories
into
corresponding
ICR
labor
categories
as
follows.
"
Executive,
Administrative
and
Managerial"
workers
were
designated
as
"
Managerial."
Correspondingly,
"
Professional
Speciality
and
Technical"
workers
were
designated
as
"
Technical,"
and
finally,
"
Administrative
Support,
including
Clerical"
workers
were
designated
as
"
Clerical."
To
represent
the
complete
cost
of
labor,
the
total
compensation
rates
have
been
increased
by
an
additional
100%
to
account
for
respondents'
overhead
costs.
Corresponding
compensation
rates
for
each
category
are
listed
in
Table
A.
1.

6(
b)(
ii)
Capital
and
Operations
Costs
For
respondents,
participation
in
this
collection
will
not
require
any
capital
or
startup
costs,
nor
will
it
require
operating
or
maintenance
costs.
Thus,
no
costs
in
either
of
these
two
categories
are
represented
in
Table
A.
1.
14
Table
A.
1
Respondent
Burden
and
Cost1
Respondent
Activity
Respondent
Time
by
Labor
Category
(
hr/
respondent)
Subtotal
(
hr/
respondent)
Labor
Cost
($/
respondent)
No.
Respondents
Total
time
(
hr)
Total
Cost
($)

Managerial
($
94.74/
hr)
Technical
($
82.06/
hr)
Clerical
($
43.42/
hr)

Establishment
Sample
Equipment
Ownership
Interview
0.167
0.25
0.00
0.417
$
36.31
1,540
642
$
55,900
Equipment
Sample
Equipment
Ownership
Interview
0.167
0.25
0.00
0.417
$
36.31
360
150
$
13,100
On­
site
Equipment
Inventory
0.083
0.25
0.00
0.333
$
28.41
360
120
$
10,200
Provide
Access
to
Equipment
0.083
0.33
0.00
0.417
$
35.25
360
150
$
12,700
Subtotal
1.167
$
99.96
360
420
$
36,000
TOTAL
1,900
1,062
$
91,900
1
Rows
and
columns
may
not
sum
exactly
due
to
independent
rounding.
15
6(
c)
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
Table
A.
2
presents
Agency
burden
and
cost
for
the
Establishment
Sample.
Tables
A.
3
and
A.
4
present
burden
and
cost
for
each
Respondent
Group
within
the
Equipment
Sample.
In
all
cases,
separate
estimates
are
presented
for
Contractor
personnel
and
Agency
staff.

6(
c)(
i)
Agency
Burden
6(
c)(
i)(
1)
Establishment
Sample
Table
A.
2
presents
estimated
agency
labor
hours
for
each
activity
listed
above
in
Section
4(
a).
We
have
separated
labor
hours
into
two
components,
those
hours
to
be
worked
by
Agency
staff
and
those
to
be
worked
by
contractor
personnel.
In
general,
the
contractor
will
conduct
the
phone
interviews,
enter
the
data
and
perform
initial
quality
assurance,
following
which
the
contractor
will
transfer
the
data
to
EPA.
Agency
personnel
will
then
load
the
results
into
an
EPA
database
and
perform
quality­
assurance
and
substantive
analyses.

For
contractor
personnel,
most
of
the
time
represents
the
conduction
of
interviews
and
subsequent
data
entry.
These
activities
are
assumed
to
take
35
minutesand
30
minutes
on
average,
respectively.
Time
for
interviews
includes
15
minutes
for
repeated
callbacks,
plus
20
minutes
for
interview
completion
following
a
successful
contact.
The
time
for
data
entry
assumes
15
minutes
for
one
person
to
enter
a
set
of
results,
multiplied
by
two
to
allow
for
double
entry.

Interviewers
will
be
supervised
by
technical
staff,
who
will
be
professionals
trained
in
survey
methods
and
analysis.
We
assume
the
direct
involvement
of
technical
staff
in
the
interview
to
ensure
a
successful
completion
or
assist
in
quality­
assurance
of
completed
interviews
in
about
one­
half
of
all
cases.
When
involved,
we
assume
that
technical
staff
will
spend
as
much
time
on
the
interview
as
clerical
staff
to
complete
the
activity,
excluding
time
for
callbacks.

For
agency
staff,
we
assume
up
to
40
hours
(
one
week)
for
one
technical
person
to
load
the
set
of
survey
results
into
the
database,
after
the
data
has
been
quality­
assured
and
cleaned,
as
necessary.
For
analysis,
we
assume
that
1.5
technical
personnel
would
spend
about
one
half
of
their
time
over
a
10­
week
period
to
analyze
the
data
and
complete
a
report.
This
characterization
would
be
equivalent
to
0.75
FTE
over
a
five­
week
period.

6(
c)(
i)(
2)
Equipment
Sample
Tables
A.
3
and
A.
4
present
Agency
and
contractor
hours
for
interviews
and
subsequent
data
collection
for
the
equipment
sample.
Again
the
field
work
will
be
performed
under
contract.
Thus,
recruitment,
interviewing
and
instrumentation
will
be
performed
by
contract
personnel.
EPA
staff
will
play
an
active
role
in
quality
assurance,
and
will
load
the
study
results
into
the
Agency's
database.
Finally,
EPA
staff
will
perform
and
report
on
substantive
analyses.

Estimates
for
the
two
Respondent
Groups
are
reported
separately.
The
two
sets
of
estimates
differ
with
respect
to
travel
costs,
because
the
PSUs
for
agriculture
are
more
widely
dispersed,
16
and
because
the
sample
sizes
for
agricultural
equipment
are
smaller.
Thus,
travel
is
more
efficient
for
Respondent
Group
1.

Travel.
Due
to
the
dispersion
of
PSUs
throughout
the
study
area,
travel
to
and
within
PSUs
is
an
important
component
of
Agency
burden.
Travel
affects
burden
in
two
ways:
first,
contract
employees
will
be
paid
for
travel
time,
and
second,
travel
imposes
operations
costs.
Inter­
PSU
and
intra­
PSU
travel
have
been
considered
separately
for
two
visits
to
a
PSU.

During
an
initial
visit
to
a
PSU,
a
team
of
two
will
collect
emissions
measurements
on
a
set
number
of
pieces
and
initiate
activity
measurement
on
a
set
number
of
pieces.
These
targets
differ
between
Respondent
Groups,
with
the
goals
for
Respondent
Group
1
being
four
and
five
pieces
for
emissions
and
activity
measurement,
respectively.
The
corresponding
goal
for
Respondent
Group
2
is
one
and
two
pieces
for
emissions
and
activity
measurement,
respectively.

During
the
trip
to
the
PSU,
up
to
5
round
trips
between
the
team's
"
home
base"
and
the
work
site
may
be
made
within
the
PSU
for
each
machine
for
which
emissions
are
measured,
and
two
round
trips
for
each
machine
on
which
activity
is
measured.
For
emissions
measurement,
the
intra­
PSU
trips
represent
one
round
trip
for
each
of
the
following
activities:

S
initial
site
visit
to
complete
the
On­
site
Equipment
Inventory
and
select
an
equipment
piece
for
measurement,

S
instrument
installation,

S
monitoring
to
verify
proper
operation
(
1­
2
trips),
and
S
instrument
removal.

For
activity
measurement,
only
the
first
two
trips
would
be
required,
because
the
instrument
is
installed
during
the
first
visit,
but
not
removed.

During
a
subsequent
followup
visit
to
a
PSU,
one
technician
will
return
to
recover
the
instruments
and
download
activity
data
for
each
equipment
piece.
The
followup
visit
is
assumed
to
require
one
roundtrip
to
the
PSU,
and
one
round
trip
within
the
PSU
to
each
respondent's
worksite.

We
assume
that
the
typical
round
trip
would
be
40
miles
in
length
(
20
miles
one
way),
at
an
average
speed
of
50
mph.
These
conditions
imply
an
estimate
of
average
intra­
PSU
travel
of
approximately
2.5
hours
per
equipment
piece
during
the
initial
visit,
and
approximately
0.80
hours
per
machine
during
the
followup
visit.

Travel
time
to
and
from
PSUs
is
based
on
a
mean
round­
trip
travel
time
between
each
PSU
and
a
central
location
within
the
study
area,
assumed
to
be
Kansas
City,
KS.
Field
teams
would
travel
from
the
central
"
headquarters"
location
to
a
PSU
and
then
return,
before
traveling
to
the
next
PSU.
Estimates
of
travel
time
between
Kansas
City
and
each
PSU
were
obtained
from
the
MapQuest
®
Road
Trip
Planner.
The
mean
inter­
PSU
round­
trip
time
is
7
hours
for
PSUs
selected
for
Respondent
Group
1
(
Goods­
Producing
Industries),
and
9
hours
for
PSUs
selected
for
Respondent
Group
2
(
Agricultural
Crop
Production).
17
For
both
inter­
PSU
and
intra­
PSU
travel,
we
have
estimated
labor
costs
as
for
any
other
agency
activity.

Emissions
Measurement.
Following
recruitment
and
completion
of
the
On­
site
Equipment
Inventory,
labor
estimates
to
collect
emissions
data
represent
the
time
required
to
perform
five
distinct
activities.

S
Instrument
precheck.
This
step
represents
time
to
verify
proper
operation
of
the
instrument
and
to
perform
field
spans
for
the
different
analyzers
or
sensors.

S
Instrument
installation.
Before
or
after
the
respondent's
work
hours,
a
team
of
two
will
install
the
instrument,
warm
it
up
and
perform
final
checks
before
data
collection
begins.

S
Instrument
monitoring.
This
step
assumes
one
to
two
brief
visits
during
the
measurement
period
to
verify
proper
operation
and
data
capture,
or
to
replace
bottles
containing
gases
used
by
analyzers.

S
Instrument
removal.
During
a
final
visit,
the
team
will
perform
final
field
spans
of
the
analyzers
and
sensors,
and
remove
the
instrument
from
the
equipment
piece.

S
Recording
and
storage
of
data.
Following
removal,
the
team
will
download
data
from
the
machine,
copy
it
to
an
appropriate
medium
for
storage.

Activity
Measurement.
The
sub­
activities
for
activity
measurement
are
similar,
except
that
the
precheck
and
installation
are
simpler
and
quicker,
and
that
installation
and
removal
take
place
on
different
visits
to
the
PSU,
separated
by
approximately
12
weeks.

Quality
Assurance
and
Data
Analysis.
After
recovery
from
the
instrument,
the
contractor
will
deliver
the
data
to
agency
staff,
who
will
perform
quality
assurance.
We
assume
that
approximately
3
hours
per
equipment
piece
will
be
required
to
run
automated
routines
on
time
series
within
the
file,
and
to
plot
and
inspect
time
series
for
key
variables.
As
stated,
EPA
will
also
load
the
data
into
the
agency's
database.
After
quality­
assurance
and
cleaning,
one
EPA
engineer
can
load
the
dataset
within
24
to
40
hours.
Agency
staff
will
analyse
the
data.
To
conduct
analyses
and
draft
reports,
we
have
assumed
that
1­
2
technical
personnel
would
spend
approximately
70%
of
their
time
over
a
period
of
ten
weeks.

6(
c)(
ii)
Agency
Costs
6(
c)(
ii)(
1)
Labor
Costs
Contract
Labor
Costs.
Labor
Costs
for
contract
personnel
are
taken
from
Employer
Costs
for
Employee
Compensation
(
BLS,
2003).
Values
used
represent
"
total
compensation"
for
selected
worker
categories
under
the
heading
of
"
Service
Occupations."
We
assumed
equivalence
between
BLS
worker
categories
and
ICR
Labor
categories
as
listed
below,
with
their
respective
hourly
compensation
rates:
18
C
C
d
a
i
i
i
=
+

=

(
)
1
1
3
BLS
Worker
Category
ICR
Labor
Category
Total
Compensation
($/
hr)

Executive,
Administrative
and
Managerial
Managerial
43.64
Technical
Technical
30.37
Precision
Production,
Craft
and
Repair
Technician
26.11
Administrative
Support,
including
Clerical
Clerical
18.50
The
labor
category
"
technician"
represents
a
"
blue­
collar"
instrument
technician,
with
academic
training
at
the
Associate's
Degree
level
in
engineering
technology
or
an
equivalent
area,
also
having
received
project­
specific
training
in
the
installation
and
operation
of
the
on­
board
instruments.
To
represent
"
fully­
loaded"
compensation
rates,
we
increased
the
the
total
compensation
rates
by
an
additional
factor
of
100%
to
represent
contractor
overhead
costs
above
fringe
benefits.

Agency
Labor
Costs.
Labor
Costs
for
EPA
staff
were
taken
from
the
2003
General
Schedule
for
Civilian
Federal
Employees.
Based
on
the
Schedule,
we
have
assumed
average
hourly
labor
costs
of
$
46.23
for
managerial
personnel,
$
33.26
for
technical
personnel,
and
$
15.77
for
clerical
personnel.
These
assignments
correspond
to
levels
of
GS­
15,
GS­
13
and
GS­
7,
respectively,
at
step­
5
pay
rates
in
each
case.
We
have
multiplied
the
hourly
labor
rates
by
a
"
benefits
multiplier"
of
1.6,
to
represent
the
total
cost
of
employment
for
Federal
staff
(
OEI,
1999).

6(
c)(
ii)(
2)
Capital
and
Operations
Costs
Establishment
Sample.
Capital
costs
represent
the
cost
of
purchasing
databases
of
establishments
for
the
study
area
to
serve
as
the
sample
frame.
Given
a
cost
of
$
0.10
per
record,
a
listing
of
35,000
establishments
for
the
study
area
comes
to
approximately
$
3,500.
The
initial
cost
C
i
was
annualized
over
a
three­
year
ICR
period
to
give
an
annual
cost
C
a,
as
where
d
is
an
assumed
discount
rate
(
0.07).
The
summation
in
the
denominator
represents
a
"
present­
value
factor"
(
PVFA)
(
OEI,
1999).

Operating
costs
associated
with
the
interviews
represent
the
costs
of
supplies
and
postage
for
the
initial
letter
to
be
mailed
to
respondents.
19
Equipment
Sample.
We
estimate
that
approximately
five
emissions­
measurement
instruments
and
approximately
60
activity­
measurement
units
will
be
used
to
conduct
the
data
collection.
Because
a
separate
program
and
budget
exist
to
develop
and
acquire
these
instruments,
which
are
intended
for
use
with
multiple
projects,
we
have
assigned
no
capital
or
startup
costs
for
the
equipment
sample.

Operating
costs
for
emissions
measurement
represent
costs
for
supplies
($
25/
operating
day),
and
calibration
gases
($
55/
operating
day).
Operating
costs
for
activity
measurement
represent
the
cost
of
batteries
for
the
instrument.

Operating
costs
associated
with
travel
include
per
diem
and
vehicle
costs.
Contractor
per
diem
includes
lodging
($
80/
day)
and
a
meal
allowance
($
43/
day).
Vehicle
costs
are
$
0.38
per
mile
driven,
to
represent
fuel
and
maintenance
costs
.
We
assume
that
PSUs
requiring
one­
way
driving
time
of
less
than
three
hours
will
be
accessed
locally
from
Kansas
City,
without
a
need
for
overnight
travel.
This
condition
applies
to
30%
of
PSUs
for
both
Respondent
Groups,
meaning
that
70%
of
PSUs
will
require
overnight
travel.
Initial
trips
to
PSUs
are
assumed
to
require
2­
4
days,
including
travel,
and
followup
trips
(
to
recover
instruments
and
activity
data)
to
require
1­
2
days,
depending
on
respondent
Group
and
travel
distance.
Operating
costs
for
travel
have
been
estimated
accordingly.
20
Table
A.
2
Agency
Burden
and
Cost:
Establishment
Sample1
Activity
Labor
Hours
Per
Respondent2
Labor
Costs
($/
Respondent)
2
Capital
Cost
O
&
M
Cost
No.
Establ.
Total
Time
(
hr)
2
Total
Cost
($)
2
EPA
Contractor
Total
EPA
Cont.
Total
($/
Respondent)

Man.
Tech.
Cler.
Man.
Tech.
Techn.
Cler.
EPA
Cont.

Develop
Questionnaires
0.029
0.029
1.56
1.56
1,540
45
2,400
Pretest
Questionnaire
0.001
0.009
0.003
0.005
0.010
0.013
0.012
0.028
0.60
1.53
2.12
1,540
62
3,270
Conduct
interviews
0.002
0.031
0.006
0.125
0.583
0.033
0.715
1.82
29.72
31.54
0.87
0.65
1,540
1,152
50,900
QA
Interviews
0.002
0.021
0.006
0.083
0.167
0.023
0.256
1.26
11.77
13.03
1,540
430
20,100
Data
Entry
0.002
0.008
0.006
0.033
0.500
0.010
0.540
0.60
21.07
21.67
1,540
845
33,400
Load
Data
into
Database
0.002
0.026
0.006
0.005
0.028
0.011
1.54
0.86
2.40
1,540
61
3,690
Analyze
Results
0.013
0.195
0.208
11.33
11.33
1,540
320
17,400
Subtotal
0.022
0.320
0.003
0.030
0.257
1.263
0.343
1.550
18.69
64.95
83.64
0.87
0.65
1,540
2,920
131,200
1
Rows
and
columns
may
not
sum
exactly
due
to
independent
rounding.

2
Labor
Categories
are
abbreviated
as
follows:
"
Man.,"
"
Tech.,",
"
Techn.,"
and
"
Cler."
represent
"
Managerial,"
"
Technical,"
"
Technician,"
and
"
Clerical"
personnel,
respectively.
21
Table
A.
3
Agency
Burden
and
Cost:
Equipment
Sample,

Respondent
Group
1,
Goods­
Producing
Industries
(
Mining,
Construction
and
Manufacturing)
1
Information
Collection
Activity
Labor
Hours
Per
Respondent2
Labor
Costs
($/
Respondent)
Capital
Cost
O
&
M
Cost
No.
Establ.
Total
Time
(
hr)
2
Total
Cost
($)
2
EPA
Contractor
Total
EPA
Cont.
Total
($/
Respondent)

Man.
Tech.
Cler.
Man.
Tech.
Techn.
Cler.
EPA
Cont.

Travel,
Initial
Site
Visits
3.48
3.48
6.96
393
393
112
270
1,880
136,200
Travel,
Followup
Site
Visits
2.26
2.26
4.52
255
255
70
150
678
48,800
Conduct
Site
and
Equipment
Inventories
0.028
0.150
0.083
1.50
1.50
0.178
3.08
10.0
177
187
270
881
50,400
Collect
Emissions
Measurements
0.028
0.275
0.083
2.75
4.42
0.303
7.25
16.7
405
422
290
120
906
85,400
Collect
Activity
Measurements
0.028
0.109
0.083
1.09
0.136
1.17
7.84
64.0
71.9
60
150
196
19,800
QA
Emissions
Measurements
0.028
3.00
0.083
3.03
0.083
162
7.27
169
120
373
20,300
QA
Activity
Measurements
0.028
1.00
0.083
0.17
1.03
0.250
55.3
16.2
71.4
150
192
10,700
Load
Data
into
Database
0.028
0.278
0.306
16.8
16.8
270
82.5
4,550
Analyze
Results,
Draft
Report
0.028
1.167
0.067
0.67
1.19
0.733
64.1
46.3
110
270
521
29,800
Subtotal
530
5,710
405,900
1
Rows
and
columns
may
not
sum
exactly
due
to
independent
rounding.

2
Labor
Categories
are
abbreviated
as
follows:
"
Man.,"
"
Tech.,",
"
Techn.,"
and
"
Cler."
represent
"
Managerial,"
"
Technical,"
"
Technician,"
and
"
Clerical"
personnel,
respectively.
22
Table
A.
4
Agency
Burden
and
Cost:
Equipment
Sample,

Respondent
Group
2,
Agricultural
Crop
Production1
Information
Collection
Activity
Labor
Hours
Per
Respondent2
Labor
Costs
($/
Respondent)
Capital
Cost
O
&
M
Cost
No.
Establ.
Total
Time
(
hr)
2
Total
Cost
($)
2
EPA
Contractor
Total
EPA
Cont.
Total
($/
Respondent)

Man.
Tech.
Cler.
Man.
Tech.
Techn.
Cler.
EPA
Cont.

Travel,
Initial
Site
Visits
5.43
5.43
10.9
613
613
202
90
978
73,400
Travel,
Followup
Site
Visits
5.35
5.35
10.7
604
604
168
60
642
46,300
Conduct
Site
and
Equipment
Inventories
0.028
0.150
0.083
1.50
1.50
0.178
3.08
10.0
177
187
90
294
16,800
Collect
Emissions
Measurements
0.028
0.275
0.083
2.75
4.42
0.303
7.25
16.7
405
422
290
30
227
21,300
Collect
Activity
Measurements
0.028
0.109
0.083
1.09
0.136
1.17
7.84
64.0
71.9
60
60
78.4
7,910
QA
Emissions
Measurements
0.028
3.00
0.083
3.03
0.083
162
7.27
196
30
93
5,070
QA
Activity
Measurements
0.028
1.00
0.083
0.17
1.03
0.253
55.3
16.2
71.4
60
76.9
4,290
Load
Data
into
Database
0.028
0.278
0.306
16.8
16.8
90
27.5
1,520
Analyze
Results,
Draft
Report
0.028
1.167
0.067
0.67
1.19
0.733
64.1
46.3
110
90
174
9,940
Subtotal
720
2,590
186,500
1
Rows
and
columns
may
not
sum
exactly
due
to
independent
rounding.

2
Labor
Categories
are
abbreviated
as
follows:
"
Man.,"
"
Tech.,",
"
Techn.,"
and
"
Cler."
represent
"
Managerial,"
"
Technical,"
"
Technician,"
and
"
Clerical"
personnel,
respectively.
23
6(
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Burden
Table
A.
1
presents
total
burden
and
costs
for
respondents,
by
activity.
The
respondent
universe
is
determined
by
the
proposed
sample
sizes.
For
the
Establishment
Sample,
EPA
anticipates
1,540
completed
interviews,
at
a
total
cost
to
respondents
of
$
55,900.
For
the
Equipment
Sample,
EPA
anticipates
that
360
establishments
will
participate
in
the
emissions
and
activity
measurement,
with
the
total
burden
and
cost
to
respondents
estimated
at
1,060
hours
and
$
36,000,
respectively.
See
Table
A.
5,
below.

Tables
A.
2
­
A.
4
present
total
burden
and
cost
for
the
Agency,
by
Respondent
Group
and
activity.
For
the
Agency,
numbers
of
respondents,
burdens
and
cost
vary
among
the
Establishment
and
Equipment
Samples,
between
Respondent
Groups
and
among
different
activities.
For
the
Establishment
Sample,
the
respondent
universe
is
again
1,540
establishments,
at
an
estimated
burden
and
cost
to
the
Agency
of
2,290
hours
and
$
131,200.
For
the
Equipment
Sample,
numbers
of
respondents
vary
depending
on
whether
the
activities
apply
to
emissions
measurement,
activity
measurement
or
both.
In
addition,
the
two
Respondent
Groups
vary
with
respect
to
travel
costs
and
numbers
of
respondents.
Respondent
Group
1
includes
270
establishments
at
a
estimated
Agency
burden
and
cost
of
5,710
hours
and
$
405,900.
Respondent
Group
2
includes
90
establishments
at
an
estimated
Agency
burden
and
cost
of
2,590
hours
and
$
186,600.
See
Table
A.
6,
below.

6(
e)
Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
and
Cost
Tables
6(
e)(
i)
Respondent
Tally
Table
A.
5
presents
total
Respondent
burden
hours
and
costs.
Estimates
are
presented
separately
for
the
Establishment
and
Equipment
samples.

Table
A.
5
Total
Estimated
Respondent
Burden
and
Cost
Collection
Component
No.
Respondents
No.
Activities
Total
Hours
Total
Labor
Cost
Total
Capital
Cost
Total
O&
M
Cost
Establishment
Sample
1,540
1,540
640
$
55,900
$
0
$
0
Equipment
Sample:
360
1,080
420
$
36,000
$
0
$
0
Total
1,900
2,620
1,060
$
91,900
$
0
$
0
24
6(
e)(
ii)
Agency
Tally
Table
A.
6
below
presents
total
burden
and
cost
to
the
Agency
for
the
Establishment
and
Equipment
Samples,
and
by
Respondent
Group
within
the
Equipment
Sample.

Table
A.
6
Total
Estimated
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
Collection
Component
No.
Respondents
No.
Activities
Total
Hours
Total
Labor
Cost
Total
Capital
Cost
Total
O&
M
Cost
Establishment
Sample
1,540
10,780
2,920
$
128,800
$
3,500
$
1,000
Equipment
Sample:
Respondent
Group
11
270
2,430
5,710
$
321,500
$
0
$
84,400
Equipment
Sample:
Respondent
Group
22
90
810
2,590
$
146,000
$
0
$
40,600
Total
1,900
14,020
11,220
$
596,300
$
3,500
$
126,000
1
Includes
Good­
Producing
Industries,
Mining,
Construction
and
Manufacturing.
2
Includes
Agricultural
Crop
Production.

6(
f)
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
As
this
ICR
attempts
to
obtain
initial
approval
for
this
collection,
rather
than
renewal
for
an
existing
ICR,
there
is
no
change
in
burden
from
a
previously
approved
ICR.

6(
g)
Burden
Statements
Separate
burden
statements
have
been
developed
for
the
two
survey
instruments
to
be
used
to
collect
participant
response,
the
Equipment
Ownership
Questionnaire
and
the
On­
site
Equipment
Inventory.
For
participants
in
the
Establishment
sample,
only
the
first
statement
applies;
for
participants
in
the
Equipment
Sample,
both
statements
apply.
25
6(
g)(
i)
Burden
Statement
for
the
Equipment
Ownership
Questionnaire
Form
Approved
OMB
Control
No.
2060­
0078
Approval
expires
dd/
mm/
yyyy
EPA
is
conducting
a
statistical
survey
to
characterize
the
prevalence
of
nonroad
equipment
usage
in
the
Mining,
Construction,
Manufacturing,
and
Agricultural
sectors.
Information
collected
will
be
used
for
planning
of
a
survey
designed
to
improve
our
understanding
of
the
populations,
usage
and
emissions
of
nonroad
diesel
equipment.
Responses
to
the
questionnaire
are
voluntary.

The
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
25
minutes
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.
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.

To
comment
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques,
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2003­
0225,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566­
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
is
(
202)
566­
1742.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
"
search,"
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Also,
you
can
send
comments
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
26
Desk
Office
for
EPA.
Please
include
the
EPA
Docket
ID
No.
(
OAR­
2003­
0225)
and
OMB
control
number
(
2060­
0078)
in
any
correspondence.

6(
g)(
ii)
Burden
Statement
for
the
On­
site
Equipment
Inventory
Form
Approved
OMB
Control
No.
2060­
0078
Approval
expires
dd/
mm/
yyyy
EPA
is
conducting
a
statistical
survey
to
characterize
the
populations,
usage
and
emissions
of
nonroad
diesel
equipment
in
the
Mining,
Construction,
Manufacturing,
and
Agricultural
sectors.
Information
collected
will
be
used
for
planning
of
a
full­
scale
survey
designed
to
improve
our
understanding
of
the
universe
of
nonroad
equipment
and
to
improve
inputs
used
to
estimate
emission
inventories
for
nonroad
equipment.
Responses
to
the
questionnaire
are
voluntary.

The
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
45
minutes
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.
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.

To
comment
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques,
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2003­
0225,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566­
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
is
(
202)
566­
1742.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
27
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
"
search,"
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Also,
you
can
send
comments
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Office
for
EPA.
Please
include
the
EPA
Docket
ID
No.
(
OAR­
2003­
0225)
and
OMB
control
number
(
2060­
0078)
in
any
correspondence.
28
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Ainslie,
B.,
G.
Rideout,
C.
Cooper
and
D.
McKinnon.
1999.
The
Impact
of
Retrofit
Exhaust
Control
Technologies
on
Emissions
from
Heavy­
Duty
Diesel
Construction
Equipment.
SAE
Technical
Paper
Series
1999­
01­
0110.

Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics.
2003.
Employer
Costs
for
Employee
Compensation­
June
2003.
USDL:
03­
446.
U.
S.
Department
of
Labor,
Washington,
D.
C.

National
Research
Council.
2000.
Modeling
Mobile­
Source
Emissions.
Committee
to
Review
EPA's
Mobile­
Source
Emissions
Factor
(
MOBILE)
Model.
National
Academy
Press,
Washington
D.
C.

Office
of
Environmental
Information.
1999.
ICR
Handbook:
EPA's
Guide
to
Writing
Information
Collection
Requests
Under
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
of
1995.
Collection
Strategies
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
Washington,
D.
C.
29
APPENDIX
A­
1
Terms
of
Clearance
for
Information
Collection
Request:
"
Modification
to
Mobile
Source
Emission
Factor
Survey"

(
OMB
Control
No.
2060­
0078,
Agency
Form
No.
0619.09)
30
NOTICE
OF
OFFICE
OF
MANAGEMENT
AND
BUDGET
ACTION
Sandy
Farmer
11/
05/
2001
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Office
of
Environmental
Information
Collection
Strategies
Division
(
2822)
Washington,
DC
20460
In
accordance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act,
OMB
has
taken
the
following
action
on
your
request
for
approval
of
a
revision
of
an
information
collection
received
on
12/
22/
2000.

TITLE:
Modification
to
Mobile
Source
Emission
Factor
Survey
AGENCY
FORM
NUMBER(
S):
0619.09
ACTION
:
WITHDRAWN
AND
CONTINUE
OMB
NO.:
2060­
0078
EXPIRATION
DATE:
06/
30/
2003
BURDEN
RESPONSES
BURDEN
HOURS
BURDEN
COSTS
Previous
3,750
1,649
0
New
3,750
1,649
0
Difference
0
0
0
Program
Change
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NOTICE
OF
OFFICE
OF
MANAGEMENT
AND
BUDGET
ACTION
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2
OF
2
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NO.:
2060­
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11/
05/
2001
TERMS
OF
CLEARANCE:
This
ICR
has
been
withdrawn
at
the
request
of
EPA.
The
June
2000
approval
of
the
existing
collection
for
light­
duty
vehicles
remains
in
effect
until
June
2003.
EPA
intends
to
submit
two
ICRs
that
would
request
approval
to
conduct
pilot
studies
of
non­
road
and
heavy­
duty
highway
engine
usage.
Following
successful
completion
of
the
pilot
studies,
EPA
may
submit
separate
ICRs
to
OMB
to
seek
approval
for
full­
scale
surveys.
Because
EPA
has
already
published
two
Federal
Register
notices
requesting
public
comment
on
these
studies,
in
the
case
of
the
ICRs
seeking
approval
for
the
two
pilot
studies,
OMB
will
waive
the
requirement
that
EPA
publish
a
new
Federal
Register
notice
at
least
sixty
days
before
resubmission
to
OMB
as
otherwise
required
by
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
OMB
believes
that
collection
of
reliable
data
about
emissions
from
these
types
of
equipment
in
use
is
an
important
and
worthwhile
objective,
and
hopes
that
appropriate
pilot
studies
can
be
developed
and
initiated
expeditiously.
To
this
end,
OMB
is
available
to
work
with
EPA
before
submission
of
the
pilot
study
ICRs
to
assure
that
the
surveys
meet
high
standards
of
reliability
and
statistical
quality
without
imposing
unnecessary
burden
on
respondents.
Successful
pilot
studies
will
address
the
issues
described
below.
EPA
should
address
these
issues
before
submitting
ICRs
for
the
pilot
studies
to
OMB
for
approval.
>>>
Nonroad
Pilot
Study
EPA
needs
to
conduct
pilot
studies
to
examine
the
feasibility
of
collecting
data
on
the
populations
of
nonroad
vehicles,
the
activity
of
nonroad
equipment,
and
the
average
power
output
and
emissions
rates
for
nonroad
vehicles.
As
part
of
this
effort,
methodological
research
needs
to
be
conducted
to
determine
the
appropriate
methods
for
gathering
this
kind
of
data.
More
specifically,
pilot
investigations
need
to
focus
on:
­­
development
of
appropriate
sample
frame(
s)
for
establishments
that
have
nonroad
vehicles.
In
developing
the
frames,
the
agency
should
keep
in
mind
the
likelihood
of
potential
coverage
errors
and
the
precision
of
the
estimates
that
it
wants
to
obtain.
­­
evaluation
of
assumptions
about
the
likelihood
of
establishments
owning
nonroad
equipment
­­
evaluation
of
all
questionnaires
using
appropriate
cognitive
methodology
on
potential
respondents.
­­
design
of
a
separate
frame
and
appropriate
questionnaire
for
household
respondents
­­
implementation
and
execution
of
a
screening
survey
with
acceptable
response
rates
The
goal
of
these
pilot
tests
and
research
investigations
is
NOT
to
provide
estimates
for
any
population
parameters
or
32
models,
but
is
to
evaluate
the
feasibility
of
the
methods
and
procedures
that
can
be
used
to
obtain
this
kind
of
information.
Therefore,
the
data
gathered
as
part
of
these
pilot
studies
will
not
be
appropriate
for
estimating
central
tendency,
relations
among
the
characteristics
of
the
equipment
and
emissions,
or
for
inclusion
into
NONROAD
models.
>>>
Mobile
Pilot
Study
EPA
needs
to
conduct
pilot
studies
to
examine
the
feasibility
of
collecting
data
on
the
emissions
rates
for
on­
highway
heavy­
duty
vehicles.
As
part
of
this
effort,
methodological
research
needs
to
be
conducted
to
determine
the
appropriate
methods
for
gathering
this
kind
of
data.
More
specifically,
pilot
investigations
need
to
focus
on:
­­
development
of
appropriate
sample
frame(
s).
In
developing
the
frames,
the
agency
should
keep
in
mind
the
likelihood
of
potential
coverage
errors
and
the
precision
of
the
estimates
that
it
wants
to
obtain.
­­
design
of
a
separate
frame
and
appropriate
questionnaire
for
household
respondents.
The
goal
of
these
pilot
tests
and
research
investigations
is
NOT
to
provide
estimates
for
any
population
parameters
or
models,
but
is
to
evaluate
the
feasibility
of
the
methods
and
procedures
that
can
be
used
to
obtain
this
kind
of
information.
The
data
gathered
as
part
of
these
pilot
studies
will
not
be
appropriate
for
estimating
central
tendency,
relations
among
the
characteristics
of
the
equipment
and
emissions,
or
for
inclusion
into
MOBILE
models.

_____________________________________________________________
OMB
Authorizing
Official
Title
Donald
R.
Arbuckle
Deputy
Administrator,
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs
_____________________________________________________________
33
APPENDIX
A­
2
Relevant
Sections
of
Statutes
­
34­
The
Statutes
relevant
to
this
collection
are
§
103(
a)
and
§
103(
b)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act,
listed
below:

Sec.
103.
(
a)
The
Administrator
shall
establish
a
national
research
and
development
program
for
the
prevention
and
control
of
air
pollution
and
as
part
of
such
program
shall
­

(
1)
conduct,
and
promote
the
coordination
and
acceleration
of,
research,
investigations,
experiments,
demonstrations,
surveys,
and
studies
relating
to
the
causes,
effects
(
including
health
and
welfare
effects),
extent,
prevention,
and
control
of
air
pollution;

(
2)
encourage,
cooperate
with,
and
render
technical
services
and
provide
financial
assistance
to
air
pollution
control
agencies
and
other
appropriate
public
or
private
agencies,
institutions,
and
organizations,
and
individuals
in
the
conduct
of
such
activities;

(
3)
conduct
investigations
and
research
and
make
surveys
concerning
any
specific
problem
of
air
pollution
in
cooperation
with
any
air
pollution
control
agency
with
a
view
to
recommending
a
solution
of
such
problem,
if
he
is
requested
to
do
so
by
such
agency
or
if,
in
his
judgment,
such
problem
may
affect
any
community
or
communities
in
a
State
other
than
that
in
which
the
source
of
the
matter
causing
or
contributing
to
the
pollution
is
located;

(
4)
establish
technical
advisory
committees
composed
of
recognized
experts
in
various
aspects
of
air
pollution
to
assist
in
the
examination
and
evaluation
of
research
progress
and
proposals
and
to
avoid
duplication
of
research;
and
(
5)
conduct
and
promote
coordination
and
acceleration
of
training
for
individuals
relating
to
the
causes,
effects,
extent,
prevention,
and
control
of
air
pollution.

(
b)
In
carrying
out
the
provisions
of
the
preceding
subsection
the
Administrator
is
authorized
to
­

(
1)
collect
and
make
available,
through
publications
and
other
appropriate
means,
the
results
of
and
other
information,
including
appropriate
recommendations
by
him
in
connection
therewith,
pertaining
to
such
research
and
other
activities;

(
2)
cooperate
with
other
Federal
departments
and
agencies,
with
air
pollution
control
agencies,
with
other
public
and
private
agencies,
institutions,
and
organizations,
and
with
any
industries
involved,
in
the
preparation
and
conduct
of
such
research
and
other
activities;

(
3)
make
grants
to
air
pollution
control
agencies,
to
other
public
or
nonprofit
private
agencies,
institutions,
and
organizations,
and
to
individuals,
for
purposes
stated
in
subsection
(
a)(
1)
of
this
section;
­
35­
(
4)
contract
with
public
or
private
agencies,
institutions,
and
organizations,
and
with
individuals,
without
regard
to
sections
3648
and
3709
of
the
Revised
Statutes
(
31
U.
S.
C.
529;
41
U.
S.
C.
5);

(
5)
establish
and
maintain
research
fellowships,
in
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
and
at
public
or
nonprofit
private
educational
institutions
or
research
organizations;

(
6)
collect
and
disseminate,
in
cooperation
with
other
Federal
departments
and
agencies,
and
with
other
public
or
private
agencies,
institutions,
and
organizations
having
related
responsibilities,
basic
data
on
chemical,
physical,
and
biological
effects
of
varying
air
quality
and
other
information
pertaining
to
air
pollution
and
the
prevention
and
control
thereof;

(
7)
develop
effective
and
practical
processes,
methods,
and
prototype
devices
for
the
prevention
or
control
of
air
pollution;
and
(
8)
construct
facilities,
provide
equipment,
and
employ
staff
as
necessary
to
carry
out
this
Act.

In
carrying
out
the
provisions
of
subsection
(
a),
the
Administrator
shall
provide
training
for,
and
make
training
grants
to,
personnel
of
air
pollution
control
agencies
and
other
persons
with
suitable
qualifications
and
make
grants
to
such
agencies,
to
other
public
or
nonprofit
private
agencies,
institutions,
and
organizations
for
the
purposes
stated
in
subsection
(
a)(
5).
Reasonable
fees
may
be
charged
for
such
training
provided
to
persons
other
than
personnel
of
air
pollution
control
agencies
but
such
training
shall
be
provided
to
such
personnel
of
air
pollution
control
agencies
without
charge.
