Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees (Renewal) Publication: Federal Register Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Courtney Kerwin Date: 27 December 2022 Subjects: American Government , The Environment

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79300-79301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28057]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0119; FRL -10538-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program 
Fees (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Motor Vehicle and Engine 
Compliance Program Fees (EPA ICR Number 2080.08, OMB Control Number 
2060-0545) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is 
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently

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approved through December 31, 2022. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register on April 8, 2022 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 January 26, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2013-0119, 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. 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 submissions to OMB: Submit comments and recommendations using 
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Sohacki, Compliance Division, 
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 2000 Traverwood Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: 
734-214-4851, fax number: 734-214-4869; email address: 
sohacki.lynn@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: As required by the Clean Air Act, EPA has regulations 
establishing emission standards and other requirements for various 
classes of vehicles, engines, and evaporative emission components. 
These regulations require a manufacturer to demonstrate compliance 
prior to EPA granting it a ``Certificate of Conformity.'' EPA charges 
fees for administering this certification program. In 2004 and 
subsequently in 2008 the fees program was expanded to include nonroad 
categories of vehicles and engines, such as several categories of 
marine engines, locomotives, non-road recreational vehicles, many 
nonroad compression-ignition and spark-ignition engines and evaporative 
emission components. Manufacturers and importers of covered vehicles, 
engines and components are required to pay the applicable certification 
fees prior to their certification applications being reviewed by the 
Agency. Under section 208 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7542(c)) all 
information, other than trade secret processes or methods, must be 
publicly available. Information about fee payments is treated as 
confidential information prior to certification.
    Form Numbers: 3520-29.
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers or importers of 
passenger cars, motorcycles, light trucks, heavy-duty truck engines, 
nonroad vehicles or engines, and evaporative emission components are 
required to receive a certificate of conformity from EPA prior to 
selling or introducing these products into commerce in the U.S.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a 
benefit (40 CFR part 1027).
    Estimated number of respondents: 579 (total).
    Frequency of response: An average of approximately nine responses 
per respondent per year.
    Total estimated burden: 1022 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $77,444 (per year), includes $12,364 
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a slight increase of three hours 
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. This slight increase is due to the 
variability in the number of certificates and, therefore, the number of 
fees paid from year to year. The estimate of the costs associated with 
the fees program have increased from $67,445 to $77,444 due to wage 
estimate increases.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-28057 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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