[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34576-34577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15522]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0220; FRL-9980-99-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Mobile Air Conditioner Retrofitting Program 
(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), Mobile Air Conditioner 
Retrofitting Program (EPA ICR No. 1774.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0350) 
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 July 31, 
2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on April 27, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 20, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2018-0220, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Thompson, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, Office of 
Atmospheric Programs, MC 6205T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-0983; fax number: (202) 343-2362; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program 
implements Section 612 of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments which 
authorized the Agency to establish regulatory requirements to ensure 
that ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are replaced by alternatives that 
reduce overall risks to human health and the environment, and to 
promote an expedited transition to safe substitutes. To promote this 
transition, the CAA specified that EPA establish an information 
clearinghouse of available alternatives, and coordinate with other 
federal agencies and the public on research, procurement practices, and 
information and technology transfers.
    Regulations promulgated under SNAP require that Motor Vehicle Air

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Conditioners (MVACs) retrofitted to use a SNAP substitute refrigerant 
include basic information on a label to be affixed to the air 
conditioner. The label includes the name of the substitute refrigerant, 
when and by whom the retrofit was performed, environmental and safety 
information about the substitute refrigerant, and other information. 
This information is needed so that subsequent technicians working on 
the MVAC system will be able to service the equipment properly, 
decreasing the likelihood of significant refrigerant cross-
contamination and potential failure of air conditioning systems and 
recovery/recycling equipment.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: New and used car dealers, gas 
service stations, top and body repair shops, general automotive repair 
shops, automotive repair shops not elsewhere classified, including air 
conditioning and radiator specialty shops.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under 40 CFR 82.180.
    Estimated number of respondents: 13 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once per retrofit of a motor vehicle air 
conditioner.
    Total estimated burden: 1 hour (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $15 (per year), includes $1 (per year) 
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is a decrease of 8 hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB (per year). This decrease is based on the decline of MVACs in 
service today using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), specifically CFC-12. 
After 1994, new cars in the U.S. were no longer manufactured with CFC-
12 MVACs. The number of MVACs originally designed to use CFC-12 as well 
as the number of those retrofitted has been decreasing every year and 
EPA estimates a continued reduction in the number of CFC-12 MVAC 
retrofits will occur during the next three years. EPA estimates that in 
2017 there were 18,000 MVACs originally designed to use CFC-12 
operating in the U.S., and estimates that in 2018, 2019 and 2020 the 
number of cars originally designed to use CFC-12 will decrease to 
8,200, 3,500 and 1,500, respectively. Of these, EPA estimates that 
approximately 0.1% will be retrofitted annually to use alternative 
refrigerants. Therefore, EPA estimates that in 2018, 2019 and 2020 the 
number of MVACs to be retrofitted are 8, 4 and 1, respectively; 
resulting in a total of 13 MVAC retrofits over the three years of this 
ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-15522 Filed 7-19-18; 8:45 am]
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