Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0094-0018
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Importation of On-Highway Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment
Posted Date: 2022-10-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60392-60393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21589]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0094-0094; FRL-10214-01-OAR]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Information Collection for Importation of On-Highway Vehicles and 
Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment; EPA ICR 
Number 2583.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0717

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) ``Importation of On-
highway Vehicles and Motorcycles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and 
Equipment'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing 
so, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension 
of the current ICR, which is approved through July 31, 2023. 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 5, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2016-0094 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected] or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 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: Holly Pugliese, Compliance Division, 
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; telephone number: 
734-214-4288; fax number: 734-214-4869; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this 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, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the 
proposed

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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. EPA will consider the 
comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR 
package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that 
time, 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: The Clean Air Act requires that on-highway vehicles and 
motorcycles, and nonroad vehicles, engines and equipment imported into 
the U.S. either comply with applicable emission requirements or qualify 
for an applicable exemption or exclusion. The Compliance Division (CD) 
in the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation maintains and makes available 
instruments to importers to help facilitate importation of products at 
U.S. borders. EPA Form 3520-1 is used by importers of on-highway 
vehicles and motorcycles, and EPA Form 3520-21 is used by importers of 
nonroad vehicles, engines and equipment.
    For most imports, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
regulations require that EPA Declaration Forms 3520-1 and 3520-21 be 
filed with CBP at the time of entry. EPA makes both forms available on 
our website in fillable PDF format (http://www.epa.gov/importing-vehicles-and-engines/publications-and-forms-importing-vehicles-and-engines). EPA does not require that the forms be submitted directly to 
EPA. Rather, these forms are used by CBP to facilitate the importation 
process at U.S. borders. EPA does require that the forms be kept by 
importers for a period of five years after importation to assist EPA's 
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) and CBP should 
any issues arise with any given importation.
    In addition, this ICR covers the burden of EPA Form 3520-8 which 
EPA makes available upon request and is used by Independent Commercial 
Importers (ICIs), who bring on-highway vehicles into compliance and 
provide emissions test results, to request final importation clearance 
for their on-highway vehicles.
    Since 2016, CBP has been using the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE) to facilitate the electronic filing of imports documents rather 
than collecting paper. ACE has become the primary system through which 
the trade community and other importers report imports and exports. 
Through ACE as the single point of submission, manual processes have 
been streamlined and automated, and paper submissions (e.g., fillable 
PDFs) have been significantly reduced. The information detailed on both 
EPA forms has been incorporated into ACE. Rather than file hard copy 
forms, importers will log into ACE and check boxes that correspond to 
information elements currently found on the forms. Filers using the ACE 
interface will also receive transaction information that will be kept 
by the filer. However, EPA will continue to maintain the forms on our 
website in fillable PDF format. Although importers are expected to use 
the ACE interface to submit information, the PDF versions of the form 
can also be submitted directly into ACE by importers.
    Form Numbers: 3520-1, 3520-21, 3520-8.
    Frequency of response: Once per entry. (One form per shipment may 
be used.)
    Respondents/affected entities: Information collected is from 
individual importers, or companies who import and/or manufacture on-
highway vehicles and motorcycles and nonroad engines, vehicles, and 
equipment.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required for any importer to 
legally import on-highway vehicles and motorcycles and nonroad engines, 
vehicles, and equipment vehicles or engines into the U.S.
    Estimated number of respondents: 14,810.
    Total estimated burden: 81,985 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $8,009,549 (per year).
    Changes in estimates: The number of entries (forms filed with CBP) 
has increased from approximately 160,000 per year to approximately 
260,000 per year. Therefore, the total estimated cost has increased by 
approximately $3,764,850 compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. This is due to the increased number of forms filed and a slight 
increase in labor costs. Total burden hours remain unchanged.

Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality.
[FR Doc. 2022-21589 Filed 10-4-22; 8:45 am]
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