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consolidation, we combine the burden 

associated with the certification, AB&T, 

Production-line Testing (PLT) and 

Selective Enforcement Audits (SEA) 

programs for non-road compressionignition engines and on-highway heavyduty engines. 

The information is collected for 

compliance purposes by the Engine 

Programs Group, Certification and 

Compliance Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, Office 

of Air and Radiation. Confidentiality of 

proprietary information is granted in 

accordance with the Freedom of 

Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 

CFR 2, and class determinations issued 

by EPA’s Office of General Counsel.

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. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 2,112 hours per 

respondent. Burden means the total 

time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This includes the time needed to review 

instructions; develop, acquire, install, 

and utilize technology and systems for 

the purposes of collecting, validating, 

and verifying information, processing 

and maintaining information, and 

disclosing and providing information; 

adjust the existing ways to comply with 

any previously applicable instructions 

and requirements; train personnel to be 

able to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Manufacturers of nonroad compressionignition engines and on-highway heavyduty engines. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

68. 

Frequency of Response: Annually, 

quarterly and on occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

143,604. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$13,978,203, which includes $0 annual 

capital/startup costs, $5,484,884 O&M 

costs, and $8,493,319 annual labor 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 54,557 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to: (1) 

Changes in the estimated number of 

hours that respondents spend carrying 

out each task and (2) the consolidation 

of portions of ICRs 0011.08 and 1897.05 

into this ICR, as explained above.

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2004–0061, FRL–7820–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Emission 

Certification and Compliance 

Requirements for Marine Sparkignition Engines (Renewal), EPA ICR 

Number 1722.04, OMB Control Number 

2060–0321

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on 9/30/2004. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. This ICR describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 28, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OAR–

2004–0061, to: (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center, Mail 

Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) 

OMB at: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code 

6403J, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 343–9264; fax number: 

(202) 343–2804; e-mail address: reyesmorales.nydia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On June 18, 2004 (69 FR 34158), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID number 

OAR–2004–0061, which is available for 

public viewing at the Air and Radiation 

Docket, in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 

566–1742. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

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electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: Emission Certification and 

Compliance Requirements for Marine 

Spark-ignition Engines (Renewal). 

Abstract: Under Title II of the Clean 

Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.; the Act), 

EPA is charged with issuing certificates 

of conformity for certain spark-ignition 

engines used to propel marine vessels 

that comply with applicable emission 

standards. Such a certificate must be 

issued before engines may be legally 

introduced into commerce. To apply for 

a certificate of conformity, marine 

spark-ignition engine manufacturers are 

required to submit descriptions of their 

planned production line, including 

detailed descriptions of the emission 

control system and engine emission test 

data. This information is organized by 

‘‘engine family’’ groups expected to 

have similar emission characteristics. 

To comply with the corporate average 

emission standard, manufacturers must 

use the Averaging, Banking and Trading 

Program (AB&T) and must submit 

information regarding the calculation, 

actual generation and usage of emission 

credits in an initial report, end-of-theyear report, and final report. These 

reports are used for engine family 

certification; that is, to insure preproduction compliance with emissions 

requirements, and for enforcement 

purposes. Manufacturers must maintain 

records for eight years on the engine 

families included in the program. In this 

notice, former ICRs 1725.03 (‘‘Marine 

Engine Manufacturers Assembly-Line 

Testing Reporting & Recordkeeping 

Requirements, ‘‘OMB Control Number 

2060–0323, expiring on 9/30/2004) and 

1726.03 (‘‘Marine Engine Manufacturer 

Based In-Use Emission Testing 

Program,’’ OMB Number 2060–0322, 

expiring on 10/31/2004) are being 

incorporated into ICR 1722.04 . This 

action is undertaken to consolidate 

information requirements for the same 

industry into one ICR, for 

simplification. With this consolidation, 

we combine the burden associated with 

the certification, AB&T, Production-line 

Testing (PLT) and In-use Testing 

programs for marine spark-ignition 

engines. Under the PLT Program, 

manufacturers are required to test a 

sample of engines as they leave the 

assembly line. This self-audit program 

allows manufacturers to monitor 

compliance with statistical certainty 

and minimize the cost of correcting 

errors through early detection. Under 

the In-use Testing Program, 

manufacturers are required to test 

engines after a number of hours of use 

to verify that they comply with emission 

standards throughout their useful lives. 

There are recordkeeping requirements 

in all programs. 

The information requested by this 

information collection is used to enforce 

different provisions of the Act and 

maintain the integrity of the overall 

emissions reduction program. Data 

generated through the PLT, In-use 

Testing and AB&T programs may be 

used to evaluate future applications for 

certification, to identify potential issues, 

and as basis to suspend or revoke the 

certificate of conformity of those 

engines that fail. There are 

recordkeeping requirements in all 

programs. 

The information is collected by the 

Engine Programs Group, Certification 

and Compliance Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, Office 

of Air and Radiation. Confidentiality of 

proprietary information submitted by 

manufacturers is granted in accordance 

with the Freedom of Information Act, 

EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2, and 

class determinations issued by EPA’s 

Office of General Counsel. 

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. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 4,029 hours per 

respondent. Burden means the total 

time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This includes the time needed to review 

instructions; develop, acquire, install, 

and utilize technology and systems for 

the purposes of collecting, validating, 

and verifying information, processing 

and maintaining information, and 

disclosing and providing information; 

adjust the existing ways to comply with 

any previously applicable instructions 

and requirements; train personnel to be 

able to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Manufacturers of marine spark-ignition 

engines. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

10. 

Frequency of Response: Annually and 

quarterly. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

40,293. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$2,240,875 includes $200,966 O&M 

costs, $0 annualized capital costs, and 

$2,039,909 labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 1,619 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to the fact 

that we are consolidating three ICRs 

(1722.03, 1725.03, and 1726.03) into 

1722.04, as explained above. The 

increase in burden is, therefore, due to 

an adjustment to the estimates.

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–21705 Filed 9–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7820–3] 

Good Neighbor Environmental Board 

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The next meeting of the Good 

Neighbor Environmental Board, a 

Federal advisory committee that reports 

to the President and Congress on 

environmental and infrastructure 

projects along the U.S. border with 

Mexico, will take place in Douglas, 

Arizona, on October 27th and the 

morning of October 28th, 2004. It is 

open to the public.

DATES: On October 27th, the meeting 

will begin at 8:30 a.m. (registration at 8 

a.m.) and end at 5:30 p.m. On October 

28th, the Board will hold a routine 

business meeting from 8 a.m. until 12 

noon (registration at 7:30 a.m.).

ADDRESSES: The meeting site is the City 

of Douglas Police Department 

Conference Room, located at 300 14th 

St., Douglas, AZ, 85607. The phone 

number is (520) 364–8422.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elaine M. Koerner, Designated Federal 

Officer for the Good Neighbor 

Environmental Board, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 9 Office, 75 Hawthorne St., San 

Francisco, California, 94105. Tel: Region 

9 office: (415) 972–3437; DC office (202) 

233–0069. e-mail: 

koerner.elaine@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda: 

On the first day of the meeting, which