

[Federal Register: March 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 57)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0895; FRL-8292-1]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Defect Information 
Reports and Voluntary Emission Recall Reports (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 
0282.14, OMB Control No. 2060-0048

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 25, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0895, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by 

mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code 
6403J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9264; fax number: 202-
343-2804; e-mail address: reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On January 10, 2007 (72 FR 1221), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0895, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 
The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 and Information Center is 202-566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: Engines Emission Defect Reports and Voluntary Emission 
Recall Reports (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0282.14, OMB Control No. 2060-0048.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: Per sections 207(c)(1) and 213 of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA), when a substantial number of properly maintained and used 
engines produced by a manufacturer do not conform to emission 
standards, the manufacturer is required to recall the engines. 
Manufacturers are also required to submit Defect Information Reports 
(DIRs) to alert EPA of the existence of emission-related defects on 
certain classes of engines that may cause the engines' emissions to 
exceed the standards and ultimately may lead to a recall. EPA uses 
these reports to target potentially nonconforming classes of engines 
for future testing, to monitor compliance with applicable regulations 
and to order a recall, if necessary. Manufacturers can also initiate a 
recall voluntarily by submitting a Voluntary Emission Recall Report 
(VERR). VERRs and VERR updates allow EPA to determine whether the 
manufacturer conducting the recall is acting in accordance with the CAA 
and to examine and monitor the effectiveness of the recall campaign.
    The information is collected by the Heavy-duty and Nonroad Engine 
Group, Compliance and Innovative Strategies Division, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 
Confidentiality of proprietary information submitted by manufacturers 
is granted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, EPA 
regulations at 40 CFR part 2, and class determinations issued by EPA's 
Office of General Counsel.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 148 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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

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maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train 
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search 
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers of on-highway, heavy-
duty engines, nonroad compression-ignition and spark-ignition engines 
(including engines used in recreational vehicles), marine engines, 
locomotives and locomotive engines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,026.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $324,579, includes $571 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 609 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is an adjustment to the estimates 
to reflect the fact that new manufacturers will take more time to 
perform certain tasks and to account for an expected increase in 
respondents.

    Dated: March 13, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-5486 Filed 3-23-07; 8:45 am]

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