Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards (Renewal)

Byron J. Bunker
Environmental Protection Agency
30 October 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58156-58157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23710]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0489; FRL-10001-50-OAR]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Control 
of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission 
Standards (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Control of Air Pollution from 
Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission Standards (Renewal)'' 
(EPA ICR No. 0783.65, OMB Control No. 2060-0104) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 
comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as 
described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through March 31, 2020. 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 December 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2019-0489, 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.
    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: David Wright, Compliance Division, 
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; telephone number: 
734-214-4467; fax number 734-214-4869; email address: 
wright.davida@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, 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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA 
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. 
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and 
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice 
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: Under sections 202(a) and 202(k) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7521), EPA finalized regulations to set more stringent vehicle 
emission standards beginning in model year 2017, as part of a systems 
approach to addressing the impacts of motor vehicles and fuels on air 
quality and public health. The Tier 3 vehicle emission standards, which 
are the subject of this ICR, reduce both tailpipe and evaporative 
emissions from passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger 
vehicles, and some heavy-duty vehicles. The Tier 3 vehicle standards 
are harmonized with California's Low Emission Vehicle Program--LEVIII 
standards, creating a federal vehicle emissions program allowing 
automakers to sell the same vehicles in all fifty states. This ICR 
covers the information that affected respondents must provide to the 
Agency. Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of 
confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to policies set forth 
in CFR title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of 
Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2).

    Form numbers:
Form 5800-258--Template for Light-duty Conversion of Intermediate Age 
System
Form 5900-257--Template for Light-duty Cover of Outside Useful Life 
System
Form number N/A--Template for Tier 3 Light-duty FTP and SFTP AB&T 
Reporting
Form number N/A--Template for Tier 3 Heavy-duty NMOG+NOX, 
Evaporative and Cold NMHC AB&T Reporting

    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of light-duty 
passenger vehicles, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger vehicles 
and some heavy-duty vehicles.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required in order to receive 
Certificate of Conformity per section as outlined in section 206(a) of 
the Clean Air Act.
    Estimated number of respondents: 55 (total).
    Frequency of response: As needed.
    Total estimated burden: 73,567 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $7,662,565 (per year), which includes 
$6,455,695 annualized capital and $1,206,870 annual operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
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burden hours compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. There is 
a $28,369 reduction in estimated burden cost compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB.

    Dated: October 17, 2019.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation.
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