Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection for Importation of On-Highway Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment

Courtney Kerwin
Environmental Protection Agency
13 January 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4334-4335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00698]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0094-1138; FRL-9958-27-OEI]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Information Collection for Importation of On-Highway 
Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Importation of On-highway 
Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment'' 
EPA ICR Number 2583.01, OMB Control Number 2060-NEW to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This new ICR is 
the consolidation of two individual ICRS that are currently approved by 
OMB. EPA currently has an approved collection that covers the 
information requirements for importation of on-highway vehicles which 
expires on February 28, 2017 (OMB Control Number 2060-0095, ICR Number 
0010.14). EPA also has an approved collection for information 
requirements for importation of nonroad engines and recreational 
vehicles (OMB Control Number 2060-0320, ICR Number 1723.07), which 
expires February 28, 2017.
    Public comments were requested via the Federal Register on 
September 16, 2016 (81 FR 63758) 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: Comments must be submitted on or before February 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2016-0094, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 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: 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: 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, 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR will consolidate two separate ICRs that 
currently individually cover EPA Declaration Forms 3520-1, 3520-21, and 
3520-8. EPA Declaration Form 3520-1 is used by importers of on-highway 
vehicles and motorcycles and EPA Declaration Form 3520-21 is used by 
importers of nonroad vehicles, engines and equipment to help facilitate 
importation of products at U.S. Borders. Each form identifies the 
regulated category of engine or vehicle and the regulatory provisions 
under which the importation is taking place. In addition, this ICR 
covers the burden of EPA Form 3520-8 which is used to request final 
importation clearance for Independent Commercial Importers (ICIs) of 
on-highway vehicles who are required to bring the on-highway vehicles 
into compliance and provide test results. This form is currently 
covered by OMB 2060-0095. EPA is consolidating these two ICRS due to 
the effort being undertaken by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to require electronic filing for all importers. Over the last several 
years, CBP has been developing the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE) for electronic filing. By the end of 2016, ACE will become the 
primary system the trade community and other importers will use to 
report imports and exports. Through ACE as the single window, manual 
processes will be streamlined and automated, and paper submissions 
(e.g., fillable PDFs) will essentially be eliminated. However, EPA will 
continue to maintain the forms on our Web site in fillable PDF format.
    EPA does not collect the forms, but rather makes them available to 
importers and CBP to facilitate entry of goods at the port. EPA may ask 
for them upon request to assist CPB and/or EPA enforcement personnel 
for any given import for which there are questions or issues. The forms 
are primarily used by CBP at the time of importation to assist CBP in 
making determination if entry should be allowed. CBP regulations 
require that the forms be submitted as applicable at the time of entry; 
see 19 CFR 12.73 and 12.74.
    Form Numbers: 3520-1, 3520-21, 3520-8.
    Frequency of Response: Once per entry. (One form per shipment may 
be used.)
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Individual importers, or companies 
who import and/or manufacture on-highway

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vehicles and nonroad engines, vehicles, and equipment.
    Respondent's Obligation to Respond: Required for any importer to 
legally import nonroad vehicles or engines into the U.S.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,810.
    Total Estimated Burden: 13,985 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $513,633 (per year), includes $48,064 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: EPA is establishing new burden estimates as 
we combine the burden estimates for the two separate ICRs that 
currently cover the forms.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Supprt Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-00698 Filed 1-12-17; 8:45 am]
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