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by OMB. However, EPA is still
evaluating information that may lead to
a change in the estimates.
Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–OAR–
2007–1184
Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by these actions are
manufacturers and remanufacturers of
locomotives and locomotive engines.
Title: Information Requirements for
Locomotive and Locomotive Engines.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
1800.04, OMB Control Number 2060–
0392.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2008.
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and a person is not required to respond
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Abstract: The Clean Air Act requires
manufacturers and remanufacturers of
locomotives and locomotive engines to
obtain a certificate of conformity with
applicable emission standards before
they may legally introduce their
products into commerce. To apply for a
certificate of conformity, respondents
are required to submit descriptions of
their planned production, including
detailed descriptions of emission
control systems and test data. This
information is organized by ‘‘engine
family’’ groups expected to have similar
emission characteristics and is
submitted every year, at the beginning
of the model year. Respondents electing
to participate in the ABT Program are
also required to submit information
regarding the calculation, actual
generation, and usage of credits in
quarterly reports, and an end-of-the-year
report. Under the Production-line
Testing (PLT) Program, manufacturers
are required to test a sample of engines
as they leave the assembly line. The
Installation Audit Program requires
remanufacturers to audit the installation
of a sample of remanufactured engines.
These self-audit programs (collectively
referred to as the ‘‘PLT Program’’) allow
manufacturers and remanufacturers to
monitor compliance with statistical
certainty and minimize the cost of
correcting errors through early
detection. Under the In-use Testing
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Program, manufacturers and
remanufacturers are required to test
locomotives after a number of years of
use to verify that they comply with
emission standards throughout their
useful lives. There are recordkeeping
requirements in all programs.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden
associated with the certification
program is estimated to average 17,074
hours. 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 which have subsequently
changed; 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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
• Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 7.
• Frequency of response: Annual and
quarterly and on occasion.
• Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 10.
• Estimated total annual burden
hours: 17,074.
• Estimated total annual costs:
$2,326,156. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $1,384,025 for operation
and maintenance costs.
Are There Changes in the Estimates
From the Last Approval?
To date, there are no changes in the
number of hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with that
identified in the ICR currently approved
by OMB. However, EPA is still
evaluating information that may lead to
a change in the estimates.
What Is the Next Step in the Process for
These ICRs?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICRs as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
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additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: January 9, 2008.
Karl Simon,
Director, Compliance and Innovative
Strategies Division, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0015; FRL–8516–2]
Workshop To Discuss Policy-Relevant
Science To Inform EPA’s Integrated
Plan for the Review of the Primary
Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Workshop.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing that
a workshop entitled ‘‘Workshop to
Discuss Policy-Relevant Science to
Inform EPA’s Integrated Plan for the
Review of the Primary Carbon
Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality
Standards’’ is being organized by EPA’s
National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA), Office of Research
and Development and EPA’s Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards
(OAQPS), Office of Air and Radiation.
The workshop will be held on January
28–29, 2008 in Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina. The workshop will be
open to attendance by interested public
observers on a first-come, first-served
basis up to the limits of available space.
DATES: The workshop will be held on
January 28 and 29, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held
at U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
An EPA contractor, E.H. Pechan &
Associates, Inc., is providing logistical
support for the workshop. For further
information on the workshops, contact
Ms. Barbara Bauer, E.H. Pechan
Conference Coordinator, 3622 Lyckan
Parkway, Durham, NC 27707, telephone:
919–493–3144 ext. 188; facsimile: 919–
493–3182; e-mail:
barbara.bauer@pechan.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding information,
registration, and logistics for the
workshop should be directed to the E.H.
Pechan conference coordinator listed in
ADDRESSES above or from the following
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Additional questions regarding the
workshop should be directed to Ms.
Chris Trent, U.S. EPA, OAQPS,
telephone: 919–541–5337; facsimile:
919–541–0237; e-mail:
trent.chris@epa.gov or Dr. Tom Long,
U.S. EPA, NCEA, telephone: 919–541–
1880; facsimile: 919–541–2985; e-mail:
long.tom@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Information About the Workshop
The Agency’s last review of the
carbon monoxide (CO) national ambient
air quality standards (NAAQS) was
completed on August 1, 1994 with a
final determination that no revision of
the CO standard was appropriate (59 FR
38906). This review of the CO NAAQS
is consistent with the Clean Air Act’s
requirement that the Agency
periodically review the latest scientific
information and the standards. In
completing this review, the Agency will
apply the Agency’s new NAAQS review
process.1 This workshop is a key step in
this new process. The workshop will
provide an opportunity for internal and
external experts to highlight significant
new and emerging CO research, and to
make recommendations to the Agency
regarding the design and scope of the
review for the primary (health-based)
CO standard to ensure that it addresses
key policy-relevant issues and considers
the new science relevant to informing
our understanding of these issues.2
We intend that workshop discussions
will build upon three prior publications
or events:
1. National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Carbon Monoxide: Final
Rule (59 FR 38906, August 1, 1994). The
preamble to the final rule included
detailed discussions of policy-relevant
issues central to the last review.
2. Air Quality Criteria for Carbon
Monoxide (EPA 600/P–99/001F, June
2000).3
3. December 2006 workshop
sponsored by NCEA, entitled
‘‘Interpretation of Epidemiologic
Studies of Multi-pollutant Exposure and
Health Effects.’’ The workshop dealt
with important issues relevant to this
review, such as the interpretation and
understanding of criteria air pollutant
1 For more information on the NAAQS review
process, please see https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/.
2 This workshop will not address a secondary
welfare-based standard as the CO NAAQS includes
only a primary standard.
3 Please see https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/
standards/co/s_co_index.html to obtain a copy of
the 2000 Air Quality Criteria Document, the notice
of final rulemaking from 1994, and other related
documents.
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health effects analyses in populationlevel epidemiologic studies, with a
focus on multi-pollutant exposures (71
FR 67566, November 22, 2006).
Workshop participants are
encouraged to review each of these
documents and/or supporting materials
thoroughly before the meeting begins, as
they provide important insights into
new scientific advances and key policyrelevant questions.
Based in large part on the input
received during this workshop, EPA
will develop a draft integrated CO
NAAQS review plan that will outline
the schedule, process, and approaches
for evaluating the relevant scientific
information and addressing the key
policy-relevant issues to be considered
in this review. The Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC) will be
asked to conduct a consultation with the
Agency on the draft integrated plan later
this year, and the public will have the
opportunity to comment on it as well.
The final integrated plan will be used to
frame each of the major elements of the
CO review under the new NAAQS
process: an integrated science
assessment document, a risk/exposure
assessment report, and a policy
assessment to be published as an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking
(ANPR).
II. Workshop Information
Members of the public may attend the
workshop as observers. Space is limited,
and reservations will be accepted on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Dated: January 8, 2008.
Jenny N. Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0015; FRL-8516-2]
Workshop To Discuss Policy-Relevant Science To Inform EPA's
Integrated Plan for the Review of the Primary Carbon Monoxide National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Workshop.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing that a workshop entitled ``Workshop to
Discuss Policy-Relevant Science to Inform EPA's Integrated Plan for the
Review of the Primary Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality
Standards'' is being organized by EPA's National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA), Office of Research and Development and
EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), Office of
Air and Radiation. The workshop will be held on January 28-29, 2008 in
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The workshop will be open to
attendance by interested public observers on a first-come, first-served
basis up to the limits of available space.
DATES: The workshop will be held on January 28 and 29, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander
Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. An EPA contractor, E.H.
Pechan & Associates, Inc., is providing logistical support for the
workshop. For further information on the workshops, contact Ms. Barbara
Bauer, E.H. Pechan Conference Coordinator, 3622 Lyckan Parkway, Durham,
NC 27707, telephone: 919-493-3144 ext. 188; facsimile: 919-493-3182; e-
mail: barbara.bauer@pechan.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding information,
registration, and logistics for the workshop should be directed to the
E.H. Pechan conference coordinator listed in ADDRESSES above or from
the following
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Web site: https://projects.pechan.com/epa/coreview/.
Additional questions regarding the workshop should be directed to
Ms. Chris Trent, U.S. EPA, OAQPS, telephone: 919-541-5337; facsimile:
919-541-0237; e-mail: trent.chris@epa.gov or Dr. Tom Long, U.S. EPA,
NCEA, telephone: 919-541-1880; facsimile: 919-541-2985; e-mail:
long.tom@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Workshop
The Agency's last review of the carbon monoxide (CO) national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) was completed on August 1, 1994
with a final determination that no revision of the CO standard was
appropriate (59 FR 38906). This review of the CO NAAQS is consistent
with the Clean Air Act's requirement that the Agency periodically
review the latest scientific information and the standards. In
completing this review, the Agency will apply the Agency's new NAAQS
review process.\1\ This workshop is a key step in this new process. The
workshop will provide an opportunity for internal and external experts
to highlight significant new and emerging CO research, and to make
recommendations to the Agency regarding the design and scope of the
review for the primary (health-based) CO standard to ensure that it
addresses key policy-relevant issues and considers the new science
relevant to informing our understanding of these issues.\2\
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\1\ For more information on the NAAQS review process, please see
https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/.
\2\ This workshop will not address a secondary welfare-based
standard as the CO NAAQS includes only a primary standard.
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We intend that workshop discussions will build upon three prior
publications or events:
1. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Carbon Monoxide:
Final Rule (59 FR 38906, August 1, 1994). The preamble to the final
rule included detailed discussions of policy-relevant issues central to
the last review.
2. Air Quality Criteria for Carbon Monoxide (EPA 600/P-99/001F,
June 2000).\3\
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\3\ Please see https://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/co/s_co_
index.html to obtain a copy of the 2000 Air Quality Criteria
Document, the notice of final rulemaking from 1994, and other
related documents.
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3. December 2006 workshop sponsored by NCEA, entitled
``Interpretation of Epidemiologic Studies of Multi-pollutant Exposure
and Health Effects.'' The workshop dealt with important issues relevant
to this review, such as the interpretation and understanding of
criteria air pollutant health effects analyses in population-level
epidemiologic studies, with a focus on multi-pollutant exposures (71 FR
67566, November 22, 2006).
Workshop participants are encouraged to review each of these
documents and/or supporting materials thoroughly before the meeting
begins, as they provide important insights into new scientific advances
and key policy-relevant questions.
Based in large part on the input received during this workshop, EPA
will develop a draft integrated CO NAAQS review plan that will outline
the schedule, process, and approaches for evaluating the relevant
scientific information and addressing the key policy-relevant issues to
be considered in this review. The Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee (CASAC) will be asked to conduct a consultation with the
Agency on the draft integrated plan later this year, and the public
will have the opportunity to comment on it as well. The final
integrated plan will be used to frame each of the major elements of the
CO review under the new NAAQS process: an integrated science assessment
document, a risk/exposure assessment report, and a policy assessment to
be published as an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR).
II. Workshop Information
Members of the public may attend the workshop as observers. Space
is limited, and reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-
served basis.
Dated: January 8, 2008.
Jenny N. Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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