Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 168 / Wednesday, August 31, 2005 / Notices 51783 

Dated: August 25, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–17363 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OECA–2005–0052; FRL–7963–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Enforcement Policy 

Regarding the Sale and Use of 

Aftermarket Catalytic Converters 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1292.07, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0135 

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 August 31, 2005. 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 September 30, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OECA–

2005–0052, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket 

and Information Center, Mail Code 

2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

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: Jack 

McLaughlin, Office of Mobile Sources, 

Office of Enforcement and Compliance, 

U.S. EPA Western Field Office, 12345 

West Alamdea Parkway, Suite #214, 

Lakewood, CO 80228; Telephone 

number: (303) 236–9513, Fax number: 

(303) 236–9514, E-Mail: 

mclaughlin.jackj@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 May 31, 2005 (70 FR 30941–30943), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments on this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OECA–

2005–0052, which is available for public 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, 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 Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket and Information Center is (202) 

566–1752. 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, 

confidential business information (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 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

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

edocket. 

Title: Enforcement Policy Regarding 

the Sale and Use of Aftermarket 

Catalytic Converters (Renewal) 

Abstract: Section (a)(3) of the Clean 

Air Act (Act) prohibits removing or 

rendering inoperative automobile 

emission control devices or elements of 

design. But for the adoption of the 

aftermarket catalytic converter 

enforcement policy (51 FR 28814–

28819, 28133 (August 5, 1986); 52 FR 

42114 (November 3, 1987) ), 67 FR 319 

(January 3, 2002) the manufacture, sale 

or installation of aftermarket catalytic 

converters (catalysts) not equivalent to 

new original equipment (OE) catalysts 

would constitute a violation of the Act. 

However, because replacement OE 

catalysts are expensive, many 

consumers had elected to not replace 

catalysts that malfunctioned subsequent 

to the expiration of the emissions 

warranty on their vehicles. The Agency 

believes that allowing the installation of 

aftermarket catalysts on older vehicles 

can be environmentally beneficial if the 

Agency can be assured that the 

aftermarket catalysts meet certain 

standards and if installers are 

accountable to select the proper 

aftermarket catalyst for each vehicle 

application. Manufacturers of new 

aftermarket catalysts are required on a 

one time basis, for each catalyst line 

manufactured, to identify the catalyst 

physical specifications and summarize 

pre-production testing of the prototype. 

Previously, manufacturers were 

required to submit semi-annual reports 

to EPA of the number of each type of 

catalytic converter manufactured and a 

summary (or copies at manufacturer’s 

option) of warranty card information. 

These requirements are both 

discontinued. The information would 

still have to be retained for 5 years, and 

would be subject to EPA inspection. A 

technical change is being made to 

clarify the existing requirement that 

converters be labeled, specifically that 

information affixed to the converters 

appears on the underside so that it can 

be seen after the converter is installed. 

Reconditioners of used catalysts must, 

on a one-time basis, identify themselves 

and provide information regarding their 

converter testing equipment and 

procedures followed when testing used 

catalysts. All used catalytic converters 

must be individually bench-tested. The 

requirement to submit semi-annual 

reports to EPA disclosing the identity of 

persons who distribute the 

reconditioned catalysts and the number 

of reconditioned catalysts of each type 

that are sold to each distributor is 

discontinued. 

Companies that install aftermarket 

catalysts have no reporting requirements 

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but must keep copies of installation 

invoices and records for 6 months that 

show the reason an aftermarket catalyst 

installation was permissible. A 

technical change is made to note that 

the warranty period for the Original 

Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) 

converter originally installed on the 

vehicle is 8 years/80,000 miles starting 

with the 1995 model year. Therefore, 

aftermarket or reconditioned converters 

generally cannot be installed on such 

vehicles until the vehicles are at least 8 

(eight) years old, or have accumulated 

80,000 miles of service life. Removed 

catalysts must be tagged with 

identifying information and be retained 

for 15 days. EPA allows the use of preprinted documents or computer 

generated documents. All the record 

keeping under the policy is authorized 

by section 114 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

7414 and section 208 of the Act, 42 

U.S.C. 7542 and is a mandatory 

condition for participation in this 

voluntary alternative program to 

manufacturing catalytic converters 

equivalent to OE. Not complying with 

the record keeping and remaining 

reporting requirements would violate 

section 203(a)(3) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

7522(a)(3). Parties who comply with 

these policies are allowed to install 

aftermarket catalysts instead of OE 

catalytic converters. Confidentiality 

provisions are found at 40 CFR part 2. 

These requirements have been in effect 

for over 19 years. Startup costs have 

been completed. 

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 7 hours per 

response for the three categories of 

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, reconditioners, and 

installers of aftermarket and/or 

reconditioned automotive catalytic 

converters. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30,014. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

212,101 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$8,725,189, which includes $285,824 

annualized capital/startup costs, 

$390,064 annual O&M costs, and 

$8,049,201 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 100,793 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. The increase is due to an error 

in calculations in the previous ICR, and 

not an actual increase in respondent 

burden hours. A combination of errors 

in calculations in the previous ICR (67 

FR 319–320, Jan. 3, 2002) led to the 

annual burden hours for installers being 

represented as 3.5 hours/year, rather 

than 7 hours/year. Spread over 30,000 

installer respondents this led to a 

shortfall of 104,000 burden hours. This 

figure has been correctly calculated in 

this ICR renewal. There is, therefore, no 

increase in burden hours to the 

industry, rather the correction of a 

previous error which accounts for the 

higher burden hour numbers. 

Dated: August 25, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–17366 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OECA–2004–0043; FRL–7955–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing 

Plants (Renewal), ICR Number 0982.08, 

OMB Number 2060–0016 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 September 30, 2005. 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 September 30, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OECA–

2004–0043, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: 

Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, 2223A, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–7016; fax 

number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail address: 

fried.gregory@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 December 1, 2004, (69 FR 69909) 

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 

OECA–2004–0043, which is available 

for public viewing at the Enforcement 

and Compliance Docket and Information 

Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, 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 Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket and Information Center Docket 

is: (202) 566–1752. 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