Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0036-0156
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-03-30T05:00Z

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1
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PART
A
OF
THE
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
1.
Identification
of
the
Information
Collection
(
a)
Title
and
Number
of
Information
Collection.

"
Information
Collection
Requirements
for
the
Control
of
Evaporative
Emissions
from
New
and
In­
Use
Portable
Gasoline
Containers",
The
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
tracking
number
for
this
information
collection
request
(
ICR)
is
2213.01.
This
is
a
new
ICR,
OMB
No.
XXXX­
XXXX,
expiration
date
MMM­
DD,
2009.

(
b)
Short
Characterization.

(
i)
Type
of
collection.

The
information
collection
covered
by
this
Information
Collection
is
a
requirement
on
the
manufactures
of
new
portable
gasoline
containers
for
their
certification
for
sale
in
the
United
States
by
EPA.
The
process
of
certification
is
documented
in
the
proposed
rule
published
in
40
CFR
XXXX
Part
59
Subpart
F 
CONTROL
OF
EVAPORATIVE
EMISSIONS
FROM
NEW
AND
IN­
USE
PORTABLE
GASOLINE
CONTAINERS.
The
requested
information
includes
both
reports
and
recordkeeping.

(
ii)
Content
of
reports.

All
manufacturers
of
portable
gasoline
containers
subject
to
the
rule
mentioned
in
section
(
i)
must
submit
applications
and
reports
to
EPA
to
certify
them
for
sale
in
the
United
States.
The
application
information
required
is
described
in
section
(
iii)
(
1)
of
this
document
and
is
required
preceding
sale
of
new
portable
gasoline
containers.
The
second
mandatory
report
is
warranty
and
defect
information
on
these
products.
The
information
required
in
that
report
is
described
in
section
(
iii)
(
9)
of
this
document.
The
warranty
and
defect
report
is
required
annually
in
the
July
of
the
year
following
model
year
the
portable
gasoline
container
was
certified.

(
iii)
Recordkeeping
requirements.

Respondents
must
organize
and
maintain
the
following
records:

(
1)
A
copy
of
all
applications
and
any
summary
information
sent
to
EPA.
An
application
is
for
an
emissions
family
that
describes
a
single
or
group
of
portable
gasoline
containers
that
are
expected
to
have
similar
emission
characteristics.
In
general
cans
made
with
similar
materials,
processes,
emission
control
strategy,
and
design
are
subject
to
pooling
into
a
single
emission
family.
An
emissions
family
is
limited
to
a
single
model
year.
The
information
required
in
an
application
is
as
follows;

a.
Description
of
the
emission
family's
specifications,
distinguishable
configuration,
and
other
basic
parameters
of
the
emission
controls
b.
Explain
the
method
of
emission
control.

c.
Description
of
the
products
selected
for
testing
and
the
reasons
for
selection.
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2
­
d.
Description
of
the
test
equipment
and
procedures
used.

e.
Specifications
of
the
test
fuel
used
for
tests
reported
in
the
application.

f.
Maintenance
and
use
instructions
provided
with
product
to
the
ultimate
purchaser
of
each
new
portable
gasoline
containers.

g.
Description
of
emission
control
information
label.

h.
A
statement
that
the
application's
emissions
family
products
were
tested
as
described
and
met
the
requirements
of
the
regulation.

i.
The
emission
data
for
the
application's
emissions
family
products
that
indicates
that
it
met
the
applicable
emission
standards
except
in
the
cases
where
the
products
only
differ
in
model
year
from
those
that
were
previously
certified.

j.
Test
results
from
invalid
tests
or
tests
that
were
not
conducted
as
specified
in
section
§
59.650
through
59.653
of
the
rule.

k.
An
unconditionally
certification
by
the
respondent
that
all
the
products
in
the
emissions
family
comply
with
the
requirements
of
the
rule.

l.
Estimates
of
U.
S.­
directed
production
volumes.

m.
Name
of
an
agent
for
service
of
process
located
in
the
United
States
for
any
action
by
EPA
related
to
the
requirements
for
the
rule.

(
2)
The
respondent
must
keep
records
for
each
portable
gasoline
container
tested
(
emission
data
unit)
for
the
requirements
of
the
rule.
For
each
emission
data
unit,
that
would
include
the
following
information
a.
The
emission­
data
unit's
construction,
including
its
origin
and
buildup,
steps
taken
to
ensure
that
it
represents
production
containers,
components
built
specially
for
it,
and
all
the
components
you
include
in
the
application
for
certification.

b.
All
emission
tests,
including
documentation
on
routine
and
standard
tests,
as
specified
the
rule.
Each
test
report
shall
include
i.
Test
results
ii.
Purpose
of
test
iii.
Date
and
time
of
the
test.

iv.
Test
cell
ambient
conditions
during
the
test
such
as
temperature,
barometric
pressure,
and
relative
humidity.

v.
Diagnostic
data
indicating
test
procedure
conformance
to
the
rule.

vi.
Significant
events
that
may
affect
the
products
conformance
with
the
rule.

vii.
Production
figures
for
each
emissions
family
divided
by
assembly
plant.

viii.
Maintenance
instructions
for
the
portable
fuel
containers
in
the
engine
family.

ix.
A
running
list
of
portable
gasoline
container
identification
numbers
for
all
the
containers
produced
under
each
certificate
of
conformity
­
3
­
x.
All
the
above
information
must
be
kept
five
years
after
a
certificate
of
conformity
is
issued
for
the
emissions
family
in
question.
Data
covering
test
cell
ambient
conditions,
however,
is
required
to
be
kept
for
one
year
only
after
a
certificate
of
conformity
is
issued
for
the
emissions
family
in
question.

(
3)
The
stored
records
can
be
in
any
format
and
on
any
media,
as
long
as
it
can
be
promptly
delivered
to
EPA
on
request.

(
9)
Annual
successful
warranty
claims,
including
the
reason
for
the
claim
and
defect
report
summarizing
by
emissions
family
are
to
be
provided
to
the
agency.
These
reports
are
due
to
EPA
by
July
1
for
the
preceding
calendar
year.

2.
Need
for
and
Use
of
the
Collection
(
a)
Need/
Authority
for
the
Collection.
The
EPA
is
required
under
Section
183(
e)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
Act)
to
regulate
VOC
emissions
from
the
use
of
consumer
and
commercial
products.
Pursuant
to
Section
183(
e)(
3),
the
EPA
published
a
list
of
consumer
and
commercial
products
and
a
schedule
for
their
regulation
on
March
23,
1995
(
60
FR
15264).
Consumer
products
were
included
in
Group
I
of
the
list,
and
standards
were
promulgated
on
September
11,
1998.
In
the
Administrator's
judgment,
VOC
emissions
from
the
use
of
consumer
products
contribute
to
ground­
level
ozone
formation
in
ozone
non­
attainment
areas.

Statutory
authority
for
the
portable
gasoline
container
controls
is
found
in
sections
183(
e)
and
111,
42
U.
S.
C.
sections
7511b(
e)
and
7411.
This
authority
was
granted
to
regulate
Volatile
Organic
Compounds
emissions
(
VOCs)
from
the
use
of
consumer
and
commercial
products.
Portable
gasoline
containers
are
a
consumer
product
which
in
and
of
itself
do
not
emit
large
amounts
of
VOCs.
However,
they
have
been
shown
to
be
deficient
in
preventing
VOCs
in
the
form
of
gasoline
vapors
from
being
emitted
into
the
air.
This
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
is
part
of
the
certification
of
new
portable
gasoline
containers
that
will
significantly
lower
VOC
emissions
nation
wide.

The
record
keeping
in
an
application
for
an
emissions
family
of
portable
gasoline
containers
is
necessary
to
prove
to
the
agency
that
the
emissions
family
meets
the
emission
standard
in
the
regulation.
The
items
specified
in
(
iii)(
1)
for
the
application
are
specific
enough
to
provide
enough
information
to
allow
the
agency
to
issue
a
certificate
of
compliance
for
the
emissions
family
covered
in
application.

The
information
in
the
application
is
sufficient
to
allow
the
manufacture
to
aggregate
containers
of
like
design
into
one
emission
family.
This
saves
the
manufacturer
the
expense
of
testing
models
of
similar
but
not
identical
design.
The
information
is
also
detailed
enough
to
allow
recertification
for
subsequent
new
model
years
where
the
only
difference
containers
of
the
current
and
future
model
years
is
only
the
model
year
itself.
The
emissions
family
collection
for
similar
containers
and
the
carry
over
provisions
are
seen
as
a
reasonable
approach
to
simplify
and
lower
the
cost
of
gasoline
container
certification
program
for
the
manufacture.

The
warranty
and
defect
reports
provided
by
the
manufactures
to
the
agency
are
needed
to
assure
that
the
containers
survive
normal
use
and
provides
to
EPA
confidence
that
they
are
minimally
meeting
the
emission
standards.
Cans
showing
excessive
warranty
claims
or
high
­
4
­
defect
rates
could
be
candidates
for
in­
use
testing
by
EPA.
Though
EPA
does
not
have
the
authority
to
recall
portable
fuel
containers
the
warranty
and
defect
information
along
with
in­
use
testing
by
EPA
could
be
used
as
grounds
to
withhold
subsequent
certification
of
containers
that
are
not
operating
as
required
by
the
regulation.

(
b)
Use/
Users
of
the
Information.

Agency
enforcement
personnel
will
use
the
information
collected
to;

 
Determine
if
a
manufacture's
portable
gasoline
containers
meet
the
emission
standard
when
new.

 
Allow
the
agency
to
issue
a
certificate
of
compliance
to
the
manufacturer
so
that
they
can
market
the
approved
containers.

 
Allow
the
agency
to
issue
certificates
in
successive
model
years
to
containers
that
differ
only
in
model
year
to
manufactures
and
waiving
the
testing
process
required
for
a
new
design.

 
Allow
the
agency
to
issue
certificates
to
the
manufacture
for
containers
that
are
substantially
similar
to
the
tested
prototype
and
waive
the
testing
process
required
for
a
new
design.

 
Provide
information
to
the
agency
to
indicate
that
the
portable
gasoline
containers
are
meeting
the
standard
in­
use.

 
Provide
information
to
the
agency
that
a
portable
gasoline
container
design
is
not
meeting
the
standard
in­
use
and
provides
a
basis
on
which
to
reject
a
manufactures
application
for
that
design
in
subsequent
model
years.

3.
Non­
duplication,
Consultations,
and
Other
Collection
Criteria
(
a)
Non­
duplication.

The
information
collected
pursuant
to
the
regulation
is
product
and
manufacturing
specifications,
testing,
successful
warranty
claims,
and
defect
data
concerning
portable
gasoline
containers.
Similar
information
will
be
collected
by
the
state
of
California
for
their
Portable
Fuel
Container
regulation1.
However,
the
California
regulation
is
different
in
several
key
areas
that
make
the
information
unsuitable
for
information
collection
required
for
Federal
rule.
These
are
all
due
to
differences
in
the
standards
and
certification
requirements
in
the
two
rules.

 
The
test
fuel
and
the
temperature
cycles
used
in
the
Federal
program
are
more
in
keeping
with
nation
wide
ambient
temperatures
and
fuels
while
those
required
in
the
California
regulation
are
more
suitable
to
California
fuels
and
ambient
conditions.

1
"
Certification
Procedure
for
Portable
Fuel
Containers
and
Spill­
Proof
Spouts",
California
Air
Resources
Board
July
22,
2005
­
5
­
 
The
California
regulation
requires
that
the
containers
be
spill
proof.
The
federal
regulation
does
not.

 
The
Federal
rule
requires
the
reporting
of
successful
warranty
claims
and
defect
reports
concerning
fuel
containers
sold
as
certified
under
the
rule.
While
the
California
regulation
does
require
that
the
manufacturer
issue
warranties,
it
does
not
require
them
to
report
on
the
outcomes
of
successful
claims
against
them.

These
differences
make
the
California
data
unsuitable
for
the
Federal
rule
on
fuel
containers.

(
b)
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
The
proposed
information
collection
represented
by
this
ICR
is
included
in
the
notice
of
proposed
rule
making,
"
Control
of
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
from
Mobile
Source",
40
CFR
Parts
59,
80,
85
and
86,[
EPA­
HQ­
OAR­
2005­
0036;
FRL­
XXXX­
X],
RIN
2060­
AK70.
A
copy
of
the
proposed
rule
is
available
in
this
docket
and
it
will
be
submitted
for
publication
in
the
Federal
Register.

(
c)
Consultations
EPA
has
had
ongoing
discussions
with
the
gasoline
container
manufactures
concerning
the
gasoline
container
rule
and
its
impact
on
their
business.
The
dates
and
method
of
contact
are
listed
below
Organization
Consultation
Blitz
USA:
Meetings
on:
3/
23/
04,
4/
15/
04,
9/
29/
05
Phone
discussions
on:
2/
17/
04,
5/
5/
04,
5/
13/
04,
9/
16/
04,
3/
22/
05
Scepter
Meeting
on:
11/
9/
04
Phone
discussions
on:
6/
3/
04,
4/
27/
05,
8/
26/
05
Wedco
Phone
discussions
on:
5/
28/
04,
4/
19/
05
Midwest
Can
Company
Phone
discussions
on:
6/
21/
05,
7/
28/
05
No­
Spill
Research
Phone
discussions
on:
7/
21/
04
Industry
wide
Conference
call:
11/
17/
04
(
d)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection.

The
requirement
of
the
portable
fuel
container
regulation
is
that
information
is
submitted
on
a
yearly
basis
coinciding
with
the
manufacturer's
"
model
year."
The
certificate
of
conformity
is
effective
until
December
31of
the
model
year
for
which
it
was
issued.
For
these
reasons,
a
collection
frequency
longer
than
a
model
year
is
not
possible.
However,
when
a
fuel
container
design
is
"
carried
over"
or
a
new
version
of
a
container
that
is
for
all
intents
purposes
substantially
similar
to
a
current
container,
the
amount
of
new
information
required
is
­
6
­
substantially
reduced.
The
manufactures
can
modify
the
terms
for
certification
under
§
59.621
which
could
conceivably
effect
the
frequency
of
data
collection.
However,
changes
would
have
to
be
approved
by
EPA
and
can
not
lead
to
less
effective
emission
control.

(
e)
General
Guidelines.

This
ICR
adheres
to
the
guidelines
for
Federal
data
requesters,
as
provided
at
5
CFR
1320.6.
The
regulation
requires
that
records
concerning
the
application
for
certification
be
maintained
for
5
years
and
testing
data
for
1
year.
Successfully
awarded
warranty
information
and
product
defect
reports
are
required
for
the
preceding
model
by
July
1rst
of
the
following
year.
There
is
no
requirement
to
report
unsuccessful
claims
against
container
warranties
and
after
the
reporting
of
the
data
to
EPA.
There
is
no
requirement
by
EPA
for
the
manufactures
to
retain
that
information.
These
periods
of
record
retention
are
consistent
with
other
ongoing
and
similar
programs.
They
are
necessary
to
allow
enough
record
history
for
the
agency
to
adequately
monitor
compliance.

(
f)
Confidentiality.

Any
information
submitted
to
EPA
for
which
a
claim
of
confidentiality
is
made
will
be
safeguarded
according
to
EPA
regulations
at
40
C.
F.
R.
2.201
et.
seq.

(
g)
Sensitive
Questions.

This
section
is
not
applicable
because
this
ICR
does
not
involve
matters
of
a
sensitive
nature.

4.
The
Respondents
and
the
Information
Requested
(
a)
Respondents/
SIC
and
NAICS
Codes.

Respondents
to
this
information
collection
are
manufacturers
of
portable
fuel
containers.
They
fall
within
standard
industrial
classification
(
SIC)
3411
and
within
the
North
American
Industrial
Classification
System
(
NAICS)
code
of
324110.

(
b)
Information
Requested.

(
i)
Data
items.

Table
2,
Source
Data
and
Information
Requirements,
summarizes
the
recordkeeping
and
reporting
requirements.
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7
­
TABLE
2
SOURCE
DATA
AND
INFORMATION
REQUIREMENTS
Group
Item
Sub
Item
Requirement
Application
(
Report)
Emissions
Family
Specification
Physical
Configurations
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Emissions
Family
Specification
Method
of
Emission
Control
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Emissions
Family
Specification
Container
Models
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Testing
Test
Equipment
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Testing
Test
Methods
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Testing
Test
Fuels
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Testing
Emission
Test
Data
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Compliance
Statement
of
Compliance
of
Tests
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Compliance
Maintenance
and
Use
Instructions
to
Users
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Compliance
Description
of
Emissions
Control
Label
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Compliance
Statement
of
Compliance
of
Member
Containers
to
Emissions
Family
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Compliance
Name
of
Agent
of
Process
for
the
Application
§
59.623
Application
(
Report)
Impact
Estimate
of
US
Sales
§
59.623
In­
Use
Report
Awarded
Warranty
Information
Reasons
for
Claim
§
59.628
In­
Use
Report
Defect
List
and
number
of
defects
by
emissions
family
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Application
(
Report)
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Annual
In­
Use
Report
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Emission­
Data
Unit
(
prototype
test
container)
Configuration
and
Components
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Emission­
Data
Unit
(
prototype
test
container)
Build
Information
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Emission­
Data
Unit
(
prototype
test
container)
Representativeness
to
Production
Version
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Emission­
Data
Unit
(
prototype
test
container)
All
Emission
Test
Data
for
Emission­
Data
Unit
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Emission­
Data
Unit
(
prototype
test
container)
Date
and
Time
for
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Emission­
Data
Unit
(
prototype
test
container)
Ambient
Test
Cell
Conditions
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Production
Figures
By
Emissions
Family
and
Assembly
Plant
§
59.628
Record
Keeping
Unique
Container
Serial
Numbers
By
Certificate
of
Conformity
§
59.628
­
8
­
(
ii)
Respondent
Activities.

The
respondent
will
have
to
document
fuel
container
specifications
in
detail
such
as
physical
size,
shapes,
materials,
quality
of
component
fit,
and
production
methods.
There
respondent
shall
have
to
keep
records
on
testing
that
was
performed
to
assure
compliance
with
the
fuel
container
regulation.
The
respondent
must
collect
and
keep
warranty
and
defect
information
for
annual
reporting
on
in­
use
survival
of
their
products
in
the
hands
of
consumers
to
EPA.
The
respondent
must
also
retain
records
on
the
units
produced,
apply
serial
numbers
to
individual
containers,
and
track
the
serial
numbers
to
their
certificates
of
conformance.
Many
of
these
activities
are
those
performed
in
the
production
of
any
modern
consumer
product,
but
clearly
some
of
the
information
is
uniquely
required
to
the
fuel
container
regulation
5.
The
Information
Collected­­
Agency
Activities,
Collection
Methodology,
and
Information
Management.

(
a)
Agency
Activities.

A
significant
portion
of
EPA's
activity
for
the
fuel
container
regulation
will
be
spent
reviewing
applications
to
verify
that
the
correct
tests
have
been
conducted
and
necessary
information
submitted.
Running
change
submissions
must
also
be
reviewed
for
possible
impacts
and
manufacturers'
evaluations
thereof.
A
part
of
this
process
involves
determining
if
"
carry
over"
of
data
from
a
previous
model
year
or
addition
of
a
new
container
model
to
an
existing
emissions
family
is
appropriate,
or
if
new
testing
will
be
required.
EPA
has
the
right
to
select
a
number
of
containers
for
testing
to
confirm
that
the
cans
are
indeed
meeting
the
emissions
standards.

(
b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
As
noted
in
section
2(
b)
of
this
ICR,
the
information
collected
is
a
necessary
part
of
compliance
determination
for
model
year
2009
therefore,
the
information
collected
under
this
rule
will
not
be
collected
until
calendar
year
2008.
A
database
shall
be
developed
to
store
the
information
at
that
time.

(
c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility.

Under
the
rule,
there
are
provisions
for
small
entity
flexibility.
Respondents
can
apply
for
extension
of
deadlines,
including
new
container
designs
under
existing
emissions
families.
Hardship
exceptions
are
provided
when
a
manufacture
is
facing
issues
of
solvency
due
to
circumstances
beyond
their
control
such
as
a
natural
disaster,
a
part
supplier
not
meeting
contractual
obligations,
or
the
cost
of
conformance
to
the
rule.

(
d)
Collection
Schedule.

The
portable
fuel
container
regulation
applies
to
all
fuel
containers
manufacture
on
or
after
January
1,
2009.
Containers
excluded
from
the
rule
are
those
specified
in
§
59.699.
Information
collections
are
on
a
model
year
basis.
Model
years
end
on
December
31
of
the
model
year
certified.

6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
the
Collection
­
9
­
These
estimates
represent
the
average
annual
burden
that
will
be
incurred
by
the
affected
industry
during
the
3­
year
period
beginning
in
2008.
It
is
believed
that
most
of
the
record
keeping
and
reporting
costs
will
shall
be
done
at
start
up
in
2008.

(
a)
Estimating
Respondent
Burden.

The
average
annual
labor
burden
estimates
for
reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements
for
all
manufacturers
presented
in
Table
3.

Table
3
 
Estimated
Annual
Respondent
Burden
and
Costs
for
labor
Salaries
Management
Hours
Technical
Hours
Clerical
Hours
Total
Hours
Costs
Application
9
24
9
42
$
2,499
Record
Keeping
9
12
15
36
$
2,071
Testing
9
84
9
102
$
5,883
Defect
and
Warranty
Reporting
9
9
18
36
$
2,027
Annual
totals
36
129
51
216
$
12,480
(
b)
Estimating
Respondent
Costs.

(
i)
Estimating
Labor
Costs
Table
3
also
presents
estimated
labor
costs
for
the
required
recordkeeping
and
reporting
activities.
Industry
labor
rates
are
based
on
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics2
for
a
manager
product
inspector
and
office
and
administrative
support
book
keeping
clerical.
Overhead
of
100
percent
was
added,
resulting
in
the
following
labor
rates:
management
($
85.68);
technical
($
56.40);
and
clerical
($
41.56).

(
ii)
Estimating
Capital
and
Operations
and
Maintenance
Costs
EPA
estimates
ongoing
O&
M
costs
associated
with
the
reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements
for
the
portable
gasoline
container
rule.
These
costs
will
be
associated
with
communication
of
information
with
EPA.
Those
costs
are
found
in
Table
4.
Respondents
have
indicated
that
they
do
not
plan
on
building
their
own
facilities
to
perform
the
required
testing
for
the
gasoline
container
regulation.
They
shall
contract
out
the
work
to
existing
testing
laboratories.

(
iii)
Estimating
Start
Up
Capital
and
Operations
and
Maintenance
Costs
2
http://
stats.
bls.
gov/
news.
release/
ecec.
t02.
htm
­
10
­
Start
up
capitol
costs
for
the
respondents
are
presented
in
Table
4.
These
costs
are
associated
with
the
development
of
the
appropriate
information
technology
to
store
and
report
the
required
information.
­
11
­
Table
4­
Capitol,
Operating
and
Maintenance
Costs
Activity
Average
Number
per
Year
per
Respondent
Total
Costs
Per
Year
Familiarize
with
reporting
requirements
One­
time
amortized
cost
$
300
Update
data
collection
Software
One­
time
amortized
cost
$
119
Communication
with
EPA
5
$
100
Totals
$
519
(
c)
Estimating
Agency
Burden
and
Cost.

Agency
burden
and
costs
associated
with
the
data
collection
are
presented
in
Table
4.

Table
5
­
Estimated
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
Collection
Activity
Burden
Hours
Frequency
Annual
Burden
Hours
Annual
Costs
Modify
database
to
manage
the
collected
data,
maintenance
&
computer
time
[
1]
4
1
4
$
236.63
Answer
Respondent
Questions
3
5
15
$
907.99
Review
and
Approve
Can
Manufacturers
Application
and
Certification
Data
20
20
400
$
24,213.12
Enter
Data
1
20
20
$
1,210.66
Annual
Report
16
1
16
$
968.52
Totals
455
$
27,536.93
Labor
rates
and
associated
costs
are
based
on
Office
of
Personnel
Management
Table
SALARY
TABLE
2006­
GS3.
Overhead
of
60
per
cent
was
added,
resulting
in
the
following
labor
rates:
management
(
GS15
Step
5
­
$
79.50);
technical
(
GS13
Step
5
­
$
57.20);
and
clerical
(
GS7
Step
5
­
$
27.12).
The
number
of
management
hours
is
assumed
to
equal
5
percent
of
the
number
of
technical
hours;
the
number
of
clerical
hours
is
assumed
to
equal
1
percent
of
the
number
of
technical
hours
(
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Burden
and
Costs
The
following
assumptions
were
used
to
estimate
the
respondent
universe
and
total
burden
and
costs
for
industry
to
comply
with
the
various
requirements
of
the
rule:

 
There
are
five
manufactures
of
fuel
containers
for
the
domestic
market
3
http://
www.
opm.
gov/
oca/
06tables/
pdf/
gs_
h.
pdf
­
12
­
 
The
average
number
of
emission
families
that
will
be
produced
per
manufacture
in
the
first
five
years
of
the
rule
will
be
five.

 
Many
of
the
families
will
be
carried
over
from
successive
model
years.

 
Manufactures
will
produce
designs
that
will
meet
the
standards.

(
e)
Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
and
Cost
Tables.

(
i)
Respondent
Tally
The
bottom
line
respondent
burden
hours
and
cost,
presented
in
Table
3,
are
calculated
by
summing
the
person­
hours
column
and
by
summing
the
cost
column.
The
annual
burden
and
cost
averaged
over
the
5
years
beginning
in
the
year
2008
are
216
hours,
$
12,999
in
wages,
capitol,
and
operating
and
maintenance
costs.
The
average
burden
equals
the
total
burden
(
216
hours)
divided
by
the
number
of
respondents
(
5
respondents),
or
about
43
hours
per
respondent.

(
ii)
Agency
Tally
The
bottom
line
Agency
burden
and
cost
are
presented
in
Table
4.
Agency
cost
for
each
activity
is
calculated
by
summing
the
technical,
management,
and
clerical
costs
for
each
burden
item.
The
estimated
annual
burden
and
cost
averaged
over
the
3
years
beginning
in
October
2008
are
455
hours
and
$
27,536.93.

(
iii)
Variations
in
the
annual
bottom
line.

The
EPA
does
not
anticipate
any
significant
annual
variations
in
the
bottom
line
after
the
first
year
the
rule
is
in
effect.

(
f)
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden.

The
burden
reported
in
this
ICR
is
attributed
to
a
new
regulation.

(
g)
Burden
Statement
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
43
hours
and
$
2,599.80
per
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.
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
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.
­
13
­
To
comment
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques,
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2005­
0036,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
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
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
is
(
202)
566­
1742.
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.
Also,
you
can
send
comments
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Office
for
EPA.
Please
include
the
EPA
Docket
ID
No.
(
OAR­
2005­
0036)
and
OMB
control
number
(
XXXX­
XXXX)
in
any
correspondence.