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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1182; FRL–9982–53–
OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Emissions Certification and
Compliance Requirements for Nonroad
Compression-Ignition Engines and OnHighway Heavy Duty Engines
(Revision)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Emissions Certification and Compliance
Requirements for Nonroad
Compression-ignition Engines and Onhighway Heavy Duty Engines (EPA ICR
Number 1684.20, OMB Control No.
2060–0287) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on May 31,
2018 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below,
including its estimated burden and cost
to the public. 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: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before September 20,
2018.
SUMMARY:
Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number
referencing the Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2007–1182 to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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.
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ADDRESSES:
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Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail
Code 6405J, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–343–9264; email address:
reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information 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, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: The currently approved ICR
addresses certification and compliance
requirements for the following
industries: Nonroad (NR) compressionignition (CI) engines and equipment,
marine CI engines in Categories 1 and 2;
and heavy-duty (HD) engines. In this
revision, the following ICRs are being
incorporated, either in whole or in part,
to eliminate redundancy: Control of
Emissions from New Marine
Compression-Ignition Engines at or
Above 30 Liters per Cylinder (2060–
0641); Engine Emission Defect
Information Reports and Voluntary
Emission Recall Reports (2060–0048);
Emissions Certification and Compliance
Requirements for Locomotives and
Locomotive Engines (2060–0392); and
Certification and Compliance
Requirements for Medium- and HeavyDuty Engines and Vehicles (2060–0678).
With this consolidation, we are
combining all certification and
compliance burden associated with the
heavy-duty and nonroad compressionignition engine, equipment and vehicle
industries under a single ICR.
Title II of the Clean Air Act (CAA),
charges EPA with issuing certificates of
conformity for those engines and
vehicles that comply with applicable
emission requirements. Such a
certificate must be issued before those
products may be legally introduced into
commerce. To apply for a certificate of
conformity, manufacturers are required
to submit descriptions of their planned
production, descriptions of emission
control systems and test data. The
emission values achieved during
certification testing may also be used in
the Averaging, Banking, and Trading
(ABT) Program, which allows engine
manufacturers to bank credits for engine
families that emit below the standard
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and use the credits to certify engine
families that emit above the standard.
The CAA also mandates EPA verify
that manufacturers have translated their
certified prototypes into mass produced
engines; and that these engines comply
with emission standards throughout
their useful lives. EPA verifies this
through Compliance Programs,
including Production Line Testing
(PLT), In-use Testing and Selective
Enforcement Audits (SEAs). PLT is a
self-audit program that allows marine
engine manufacturers to monitor their
products’ emissions profile with
statistical certainty and minimize the
cost of correcting errors through early
detection. In-use testing verifies
compliance with emission standards
throughout an engine family’s useful
life. Through SEAs, EPA verifies that
test data submitted by engine
manufacturers is reliable and testing is
performed according to EPA regulations.
Under the Transition Program for
Equipment Manufacturers (TPEM),
NRCI equipment manufacturers may
delay compliance with Tier 4 standards
for up to seven years if they comply
with certain limitations. The Program
seeks to ease the impact of new
emission standards on equipment
manufacturers as they often need to
redesign their products.
Form Numbers: HD/NR Engine
Manufacturer Annual Production Report
(5900–90); AB&T Report for Nonroad
Compression Ignition Engines (5900–
125); AB&T Report for Heavy-duty Onhighway Engines (5900–134); AB&T
Report for Locomotives (5900–274);
AB&T Report for Marine Compressionignition Engines (5900–125); PLT Report
for Marine CI CumSum (5900–297); PLT
Report for Marine CI Non-CumSum
(5900–298); PLT Report for Locomotives
(5900–135); PLT Report for Locomotives
(5900–273); In-use Testing for
Locomotives (5900–93); Replacement
Engine Exemption Report (6900–5415);
HD Defect Information Reports (590–
301); HD Voluntary Emissions Recall
Reports VERRs (590–300); HD VER
Quarterly Reports (590–302); HD
Alternative Fuel Conversions of
Intermediate Age (5900–338); HD
Alternative Fuel Conversions Outside of
Useful Life (5900–259); TPEM
Equipment Manufacturer Notification
(5900–242); TPEM Equipment
Manufacturer Report (5900–240); TPEM
Engine Manufacturer Report (5900–241);
TPEM Importers Notification (TBD);
TPEM Importers Annual Report (TBD);
TPEM Statement to Comply (5900–239);
TPEM Hardship Relief Application
Questionnaire (5900–465); TPEM
Hardship Relief Prescreening
Questionnaire (5900–465)
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Respondents/affected entities:
Manufacturers of engines, equipment
and vehicles in the nonroad
compression ignition (CI), marine CI,
locomotives and medium- and heavyduty on-highway industries; Marine CI
vessel owners and operators and owners
of HD truck fleets.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Regulated manufacturers must respond
to this collection if they wish to sell
their products in the US, as prescribed
by Section 206(a) of the CAA (42 U.S.C.
7521). Participation in some programs
such as ABT and TPEM is voluntary,
but once a manufacturer has elected to
participate, it must submit the required
information.
Estimated number of respondents:
468 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly,
Annually, On Occasion.
Total estimated burden: 127,900
hours per year. Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $21,639,590 (per
year), which includes an estimated
$11,682,548 annualized capital or
maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
net decrease of 73,137 hours in the total
estimated burden. This decrease is due
to: (1) A decrease in TPEM respondents;
(2) respondents’ reliance on carry-over
testing data; and 3) eliminating
duplication.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0043; FRL–9982–
49–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS
for Polymeric Coating of Supporting
Substrates Facilities (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NSPS for Polymeric Coating of
Supporting Substrates Facilities (EPA
ICR No. 1284.11, OMB Control No.
2060–0181), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
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currently approved through August 31,
2018. Public comments were previously
requested, via the Federal Register, on
June 29, 2017 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. An agency may
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before September 20,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2014–0043, to: (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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:
Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance,
and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2227A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050;
email address: yellin.patrick@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 ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
EPA 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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Polymeric Coating of Supporting
Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60,
subpart VVV) apply to each existing and
new coating operation and any on-site
coating mix preparation equipment used
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to prepare coatings for the polymeric
coating of supporting substrates. New
facilities include those that commenced
construction, modification, or
reconstruction after the date of proposal.
In general, all NSPS standards require
initial notifications, performance tests,
and periodic reports by the owners/
operators of the affected facilities. They
are also required to maintain records of
the occurrence and duration of any
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in
the operation of an affected facility, or
any period during which the monitoring
system is inoperative. These
notifications, reports, and records are
essential in determining compliance
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Polymeric coating facilities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart
VVV).
Estimated number of respondents: 62
(total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
quarterly and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 14,200 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,190,000 (per
year), which includes $700,000 in
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
small adjustment increase in the total
estimated burden and capital and O&M
costs as currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This
increase is not due to any program
changes. The change in the burden and
cost estimates occurred due to an
increase in the respondent universe.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0311; FRL–9982–
17–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Emission Guidelines for Sewage
Sludge Incinerators (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1182; FRL-9982-53-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance
Requirements for Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines and On-Highway
Heavy Duty Engines (Revision)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Emissions Certification and
Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-ignition Engines and
On-highway Heavy Duty Engines (EPA ICR Number 1684.20, OMB Control No.
2060-0287) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Public
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 31,
2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public.
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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 20,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number
referencing the Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1182 to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for
EPA.
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: Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail Code 6405J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-343-9264; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information 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, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The currently approved ICR addresses certification and
compliance requirements for the following industries: Nonroad (NR)
compression-ignition (CI) engines and equipment, marine CI engines in
Categories 1 and 2; and heavy-duty (HD) engines. In this revision, the
following ICRs are being incorporated, either in whole or in part, to
eliminate redundancy: Control of Emissions from New Marine Compression-
Ignition Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder (2060-0641); Engine
Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary Emission Recall
Reports (2060-0048); Emissions Certification and Compliance
Requirements for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines (2060-0392); and
Certification and Compliance Requirements for Medium- and Heavy-Duty
Engines and Vehicles (2060-0678). With this consolidation, we are
combining all certification and compliance burden associated with the
heavy-duty and nonroad compression-ignition engine, equipment and
vehicle industries under a single ICR.
Title II of the Clean Air Act (CAA), charges EPA with issuing
certificates of conformity for those engines and vehicles that comply
with applicable emission requirements. Such a certificate must be
issued before those products may be legally introduced into commerce.
To apply for a certificate of conformity, manufacturers are required to
submit descriptions of their planned production, descriptions of
emission control systems and test data. The emission values achieved
during certification testing may also be used in the Averaging,
Banking, and Trading (ABT) Program, which allows engine manufacturers
to bank credits for engine families that emit below the standard and
use the credits to certify engine families that emit above the
standard.
The CAA also mandates EPA verify that manufacturers have translated
their certified prototypes into mass produced engines; and that these
engines comply with emission standards throughout their useful lives.
EPA verifies this through Compliance Programs, including Production
Line Testing (PLT), In-use Testing and Selective Enforcement Audits
(SEAs). PLT is a self-audit program that allows marine engine
manufacturers to monitor their products' emissions profile with
statistical certainty and minimize the cost of correcting errors
through early detection. In-use testing verifies compliance with
emission standards throughout an engine family's useful life. Through
SEAs, EPA verifies that test data submitted by engine manufacturers is
reliable and testing is performed according to EPA regulations.
Under the Transition Program for Equipment Manufacturers (TPEM),
NRCI equipment manufacturers may delay compliance with Tier 4 standards
for up to seven years if they comply with certain limitations. The
Program seeks to ease the impact of new emission standards on equipment
manufacturers as they often need to redesign their products.
Form Numbers: HD/NR Engine Manufacturer Annual Production Report
(5900-90); AB&T Report for Nonroad Compression Ignition Engines (5900-
125); AB&T Report for Heavy-duty On-highway Engines (5900-134); AB&T
Report for Locomotives (5900-274); AB&T Report for Marine Compression-
ignition Engines (5900-125); PLT Report for Marine CI CumSum (5900-
297); PLT Report for Marine CI Non-CumSum (5900-298); PLT Report for
Locomotives (5900-135); PLT Report for Locomotives (5900-273); In-use
Testing for Locomotives (5900-93); Replacement Engine Exemption Report
(6900-5415); HD Defect Information Reports (590-301); HD Voluntary
Emissions Recall Reports VERRs (590-300); HD VER Quarterly Reports
(590-302); HD Alternative Fuel Conversions of Intermediate Age (5900-
338); HD Alternative Fuel Conversions Outside of Useful Life (5900-
259); TPEM Equipment Manufacturer Notification (5900-242); TPEM
Equipment Manufacturer Report (5900-240); TPEM Engine Manufacturer
Report (5900-241); TPEM Importers Notification (TBD); TPEM Importers
Annual Report (TBD); TPEM Statement to Comply (5900-239); TPEM Hardship
Relief Application Questionnaire (5900-465); TPEM Hardship Relief
Prescreening Questionnaire (5900-465)
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Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of engines, equipment
and vehicles in the nonroad compression ignition (CI), marine CI,
locomotives and medium- and heavy-duty on-highway industries; Marine CI
vessel owners and operators and owners of HD truck fleets.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Regulated manufacturers must
respond to this collection if they wish to sell their products in the
US, as prescribed by Section 206(a) of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7521).
Participation in some programs such as ABT and TPEM is voluntary, but
once a manufacturer has elected to participate, it must submit the
required information.
Estimated number of respondents: 468 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly, Annually, On Occasion.
Total estimated burden: 127,900 hours per year. Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $21,639,590 (per year), which includes an
estimated $11,682,548 annualized capital or maintenance and operational
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a net decrease of 73,137 hours
in the total estimated burden. This decrease is due to: (1) A decrease
in TPEM respondents; (2) respondents' reliance on carry-over testing
data; and 3) eliminating duplication.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-17984 Filed 8-20-18; 8:45 am]
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