[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25220-25221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12608]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5508-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request; Pre-Certification and Testing Exemptions 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Motor Vehicles and Motor 
Vehicle Engines

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 that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Pre-Certification and Testing 
Exemptions Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for motor vehicles 
and motor vehicle engines (OMB Control No. 2060-0007, approved through 
5/31/96). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection 
and its expected burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 95.0.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
    Title: Pre-Certification and Testing Exemptions Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements, OMB No. 2060-0007, Expiration date 5/31/96. 
This ICR is requesting a revision of a currently approved collection 
activity.
    Abstract: Manufacturers of new motor vehicles or engines, 
manufacturers of vehicle or engine parts, fuel refiners, manufacturers 
in the business of importing, modifying, or testing uncertified 
vehicles for resale, and Independent Commercial Importers (ICIs) will 
report and keep records of applications for pre-certification and 
testing exemptions. Upon EPA request, they will submit this information 
to EPA. EPA will use this information to ensure that uncertified 
vehicles or engines from the pre-certification program and testing 
exemption program are introduced into commerce only on a temporary 
basis for legitimate purposes.
    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 are listed

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in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal Register Notice 
required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection 
of information was published on 3/4/96 (61 FR 8271); no comments were 
received.
    Burden Statement: 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; 
adjusting the existing ways to comply with previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; training personnel to be able to respond 
to a collection of information; searching data sources; completing and 
reviewing the collection of information, and transmitting or otherwise 
disclosing the information.
    The following table represents the estimated annual burden for this 
ICR.

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                                                                             Cost per                 Number of 
                          Activity                           Burden hours    response    Frequency   respondents
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A. Pre-certification exemptions:                                                                                
    1. Manufacturers.......................................          3         $180.00            1           40
    2. ICI.................................................          3          180.00            1           25
B. Testing exemptions:                                                                                          
    1. Manufacturers/No Importation........................         40        2,400.00            1           15
    2. NonManufacturers/No Importation.....................          5.25       315.50            1            5
    3. All/Importation.....................................          3          180.00            1           55
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    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 95.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0007 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20460

       and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: May 14, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12608 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
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