Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines and On-Highway Heavy Duty Engines (Revision)

Courtney Kerwin
Environmental Protection Agency
21 August 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42290-42291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17984]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1182; FRL-9982-53-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance 
Requirements for Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines and On-Highway 
Heavy Duty Engines (Revision)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Emissions Certification and 
Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-ignition Engines and 
On-highway Heavy Duty Engines (EPA ICR Number 1684.20, OMB Control No. 
2060-0287) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 31, 
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 September 20, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number 
referencing the Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1182 to (1) EPA online 
using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, 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: Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6405J, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-343-9264; email address: reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information 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, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The currently approved ICR addresses certification and 
compliance requirements for the following industries: Nonroad (NR) 
compression-ignition (CI) engines and equipment, marine CI engines in 
Categories 1 and 2; and heavy-duty (HD) engines. In this revision, the 
following ICRs are being incorporated, either in whole or in part, to 
eliminate redundancy: Control of Emissions from New Marine Compression-
Ignition Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder (2060-0641); Engine 
Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary Emission Recall 
Reports (2060-0048); Emissions Certification and Compliance 
Requirements for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines (2060-0392); and 
Certification and Compliance Requirements for Medium- and Heavy-Duty 
Engines and Vehicles (2060-0678). With this consolidation, we are 
combining all certification and compliance burden associated with the 
heavy-duty and nonroad compression-ignition engine, equipment and 
vehicle industries under a single ICR.
    Title II of the Clean Air Act (CAA), charges EPA with issuing 
certificates of conformity for those engines and vehicles that comply 
with applicable emission requirements. Such a certificate must be 
issued before those products may be legally introduced into commerce. 
To apply for a certificate of conformity, manufacturers are required to 
submit descriptions of their planned production, descriptions of 
emission control systems and test data. The emission values achieved 
during certification testing may also be used in the Averaging, 
Banking, and Trading (ABT) Program, which allows engine manufacturers 
to bank credits for engine families that emit below the standard and 
use the credits to certify engine families that emit above the 
standard.
    The CAA also mandates EPA verify that manufacturers have translated 
their certified prototypes into mass produced engines; and that these 
engines comply with emission standards throughout their useful lives. 
EPA verifies this through Compliance Programs, including Production 
Line Testing (PLT), In-use Testing and Selective Enforcement Audits 
(SEAs). PLT is a self-audit program that allows marine engine 
manufacturers to monitor their products' emissions profile with 
statistical certainty and minimize the cost of correcting errors 
through early detection. In-use testing verifies compliance with 
emission standards throughout an engine family's useful life. Through 
SEAs, EPA verifies that test data submitted by engine manufacturers is 
reliable and testing is performed according to EPA regulations.
    Under the Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (TPEM), 
NRCI equipment manufacturers may delay compliance with Tier 4 standards 
for up to seven years if they comply with certain limitations. The 
Program seeks to ease the impact of new emission standards on equipment 
manufacturers as they often need to redesign their products.
    Form Numbers: HD/NR Engine Manufacturer Annual Production Report 
(5900-90); AB&T Report for Nonroad Compression Ignition Engines (5900-
125); AB&T Report for Heavy-duty On-highway Engines (5900-134); AB&T 
Report for Locomotives (5900-274); AB&T Report for Marine Compression-
ignition Engines (5900-125); PLT Report for Marine CI CumSum (5900-
297); PLT Report for Marine CI Non-CumSum (5900-298); PLT Report for 
Locomotives (5900-135); PLT Report for Locomotives (5900-273); In-use 
Testing for Locomotives (5900-93); Replacement Engine Exemption Report 
(6900-5415); HD Defect Information Reports (590-301); HD Voluntary 
Emissions Recall Reports VERRs (590-300); HD VER Quarterly Reports 
(590-302); HD Alternative Fuel Conversions of Intermediate Age (5900-
338); HD Alternative Fuel Conversions Outside of Useful Life (5900-
259); TPEM Equipment Manufacturer Notification (5900-242); TPEM 
Equipment Manufacturer Report (5900-240); TPEM Engine Manufacturer 
Report (5900-241); TPEM Importers Notification (TBD); TPEM Importers 
Annual Report (TBD); TPEM Statement to Comply (5900-239); TPEM Hardship 
Relief Application Questionnaire (5900-465); TPEM Hardship Relief 
Prescreening Questionnaire (5900-465)

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    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of engines, equipment 
and vehicles in the nonroad compression ignition (CI), marine CI, 
locomotives and medium- and heavy-duty on-highway industries; Marine CI 
vessel owners and operators and owners of HD truck fleets.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Regulated manufacturers must 
respond to this collection if they wish to sell their products in the 
US, as prescribed by Section 206(a) of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7521). 
Participation in some programs such as ABT and TPEM is voluntary, but 
once a manufacturer has elected to participate, it must submit the 
required information.
    Estimated number of respondents: 468 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, Annually, On Occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 127,900 hours per year. Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $21,639,590 (per year), which includes an 
estimated $11,682,548 annualized capital or maintenance and operational 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a net decrease of 73,137 hours 
in the total estimated burden. This decrease is due to: (1) A decrease 
in TPEM respondents; (2) respondents' reliance on carry-over testing 
data; and 3) eliminating duplication.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-17984 Filed 8-20-18; 8:45 am]
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