[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 185 (Friday, September 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57335-57336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24434]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6874-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3506 
(c)(2)), this notice announces an amendment to existing Information 
Collection Request (ICR) 2060-0078, ``Mobile Source Emission Factor 
Survey.'' Before submitting the renewal package to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), EPA is soliciting comments on this 
amendment.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division, 2000 
Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Penny Carey, Telephone: (734) 214-
4355, Facsimile: (734) 214-4939.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected Entities: The entity affected by this action is the 
general public who own mobile sources.
    Title: Mobile Source Emission Factor Survey--2060-0078.
    Abstract: The EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 
Assessment and Standards Division, through contractors, intends to 
solicit the general public to voluntarily participate in survey and 
testing activities involving mobile sources.
    EPA will use the information from this survey and testing to 
provide inputs to various emissions models. These models are used by 
EPA, state and local air pollution agencies, the automotive industry, 
and other parties that are interested in estimating mobile source 
emissions. These models provide a basis for developing State 
Implementation Plans (SIPs), Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) reports, 
and attainment status assessments for the National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards (NAAQS).
    The legislative basis for gathering this data is section 
103(a)(1)(2)(3) of the Clean Air Act, which requires the Administrator 
to ``conduct * * * research, investigations, experiments, 
demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, 
extent, prevention, and control of air pollution'' and ``conduct 
investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific 
problem of air pollution in cooperation with any air pollution control 
agency * * *''
    The EPA would like to solicit comments 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; and
    (iii) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated 
technology, (e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses).
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to range from ten minutes to an hour for 
responding to an ownership survey. Installation, removal, and reading 
of monitoring equipment may take up to 3 hours, although the 
contractor's personnel will do the actual work. Send comments regarding 
this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of 
information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to:

Chief, Information Policy Branch, PM-223, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M St., S.W., Washington, DC 20460;

and the Paperwork Reduction Project (OMB #2060-0078),

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    No person is 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 are displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
    Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed above.



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    Dated: September 6, 2000.
Penny Carey,
Chemical Engineer.
[FR Doc. 00-24434 Filed 9-21-00; 8:45 am]
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