48074 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 198 / Monday, October 16, 2017 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2016–0546; FRL–9969– 

55–OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Aircraft 

Engines—Supplemental Information 

Related to Exhaust Emissions 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is planning to 

submit an information collection 

request (ICR), ‘‘Aircraft Engines— 

Supplemental Information Related to 

Exhaust Emissions (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 2427.04, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0680), to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). As the first step 

in the process, the EPA is soliciting 

public comments on specific aspects of 

the proposed renewal of, and 

amendment to, an existing information 

collection as described below. The 

current ICR is approved through 

September 30, 2018. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2016–0546 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cullen Leggett, Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality, Office of Air and 

Radiation, Environmental Protection 

Agency; telephone number: (734) 214– 

4514; fax number: (734) 214–4816; 

email address: leggett.cullen@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 renewal of an existing 

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. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, the EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it 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, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, 

including through the use of 

appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. The 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and revise the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval. At that time, the EPA will 

issue another Federal Register notice to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Using its Clean Air Act 

authority in sections 231 and 114, 42 

U.S.C. 7571 and 7414, the EPA is 

proposing to renew the existing data 

collection requirement for new aircraft 

engines to report emissions information, 

production volumes, and technical 

parameters. Also, at this time, the EPA 

is proposing to amend this existing 

requirement to collect data on nonvolatile particulate matter (nvPM) 

emissions from some classes of aircraft 

engines. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form Number: 

5900–223 (proposed revision). 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Respondents affected by this action are 

the manufacturers of aircraft gas turbine 

engines. Manufacturers producing 

aircraft gas turbine engines with a sea 

level static thrust greater than 26.7 kN 

will be subject to the new requirement 

for nvPM reporting. Table 1 below 

presents some examples of potentially 

affected entities according to NAICS 

code. Table 1 is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for respondents regarding facilities 

likely to be affected by this amendment 

to and renewal of the existing ICR. 

TABLE 1—EXAMPLES OF POTENTIALLY

AFFECTED ENTITIES BY CATEGORY

Category NAICS 

code 

Example of potentially 

affected entities 

336412 Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (pursuant to section 114 of 

the Clean Air Act). 

Estimated number of respondents: 7 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated response burden: 502 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $129,597 (total). 

Dated: October 5, 2017. 

Christopher Grundler, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22355 Filed 10–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004; FRL–9967–58] 

Access to Confidential Business 

Information by Patriot L.L.C. and Its 

Identified Subcontractor, Vision 

Technologies, Inc. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its 

contractor, Patriot L.L.C. of Columbia, 

MD, and Vision Technologies, Inc. (VTI) 

of Glen Burnie, MD, its identified 

subcontractor to access information 

which has been submitted to EPA under 

all sections of the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA). Some of the 

information may be claimed or 

determined to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI). 

DATES: Access to the confidential data 

will occur no sooner than October 23, 

2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical information contact: 

Scott Sherlock, Environmental 

Assistance Division (7408M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 


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