Confidentiality of Business Information Submitted in Compliance Documents for 2014 and Subsequent Model Year Vehicles, Engines and Equipment

Confidentiality of Business Information Submitted in Compliance Documents for 2014 and Subsequent Model Year Vehicles, Engines and Equipment

Confidentiality of Business Information Submitted in Compliance Documents for 2014 and Subsequent Model Year Vehicles, Engines and Equipment

Byron J. Bunker
Environmental Protection Agency
July 22, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42512-42513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17240]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0229; FRL-9914-10-OAR]


Confidentiality of Business Information Submitted in Compliance 
Documents for 2014 and Subsequent Model Year Vehicles, Engines and 
Equipment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comment 
on a draft Class Determination regarding the confidentiality of 
business information submitted in compliance documents for 2014 and 
subsequent model year vehicles, engines and equipment.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 5, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2014-0229 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to pugliese.holly@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 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.

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: 
pugliese.holly@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA's Office of General Counsel (OGC) issues 
class determinations to describe the categories of business information 
submitted to the Agency that can be considered confidential and when 
and if such information can be released to the public when disclosure 
is requested under the Freedom of Information Act (``FOIA'' or ``the 
Act''). On March 28, 2013, OGC issued ``Class Determination 1-13, 
Confidentiality of Business Information Submitted in Certification 
Applications for 2013 and Subsequent Model Year Vehicles, Engines and 
Equipment'' (www.epa.gov/ogc/documents/1-13.pdf ). Class

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Determination 1-13 addresses the information submitted to the 
Compliance Division (CD) in EPA's Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality (OTAQ) by vehicle, engine, and equipment manufacturers for the 
purpose of obtaining certificates of conformity which are required 
before a manufacturer can legally sell vehicles, engines, or equipment 
in the United States.
    As a follow-up to that class determination, OGC will be issuing a 
new class determination that will address the confidentiality of 
business information submitted in compliance reports for 2014 and 
subsequent model year vehicles, engines and equipment. This class 
determination will apply prospectively for 2014 and subsequent model 
year vehicles, engines and equipment regulated by OTAQ and covers 
information that is submitted by manufacturers to satisfy post-
certification compliance reporting requirements as required by 
applicable Clean Air Act regulatory requirements. A copy of the draft 
class determination can be found under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-
0229 at www.regulations.gov.
    For the class determination covering certification information, EPA 
solicited comment directly from manufacturers through trade 
associations. However, because this is the first class determination 
issued by EPA that addresses compliance documents and information, EPA 
believes that a more formal approach is appropriate. EPA will review 
all comments submitted to the docket and will issue the final class 
determination later this year.

    Dated: July 15, 2014.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality.
[FR Doc. 2014-17240 Filed 7-21-14; 8:45 am]
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