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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 onhighway 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 (https://
www.epa.gov/importing-vehicles-andengines/publications-and-formsimporting-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
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Importers (ICIs), who bring on-highway
vehicles into compliance and provide
emissions test results, to request final
importation clearance for their onhighway 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
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and a slight increase in labor costs.
Total burden hours remain unchanged.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0437; FRL 10182–01–
OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Emission
Control System Performance Warranty
Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket
Part Certification Program (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Emission Control System Performance
Warranty Regulations and Voluntary
Aftermarket Part Certification Program
(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 0116.1, OMB
Control No. 2060–0060) 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 public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through June 30, 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–2013–0437, 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.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Sohacki, Compliance Division,
Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48105; telephone number:
734–214–4851; fax number 734–214–
4869; email address: sohacki.lynn@
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,
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 https://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
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: Under Section 206(a) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521), onhighway engine and vehicle
manufacturers may not legally introduce
their products into U.S. commerce
unless EPA has certified that their
production complies with applicable
emission standards. Per section 207(a),
original vehicle manufacturers must
warrant that vehicles are free from
defects in materials and workmanship
that would cause the vehicles not to
comply with emission regulations
during their useful life. Section 207(a)
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directs EPA to provide certification to
those manufacturers or builders of
automotive aftermarket parts that
demonstrate that the installation and
use of their products will not cause
failure of the engine or vehicle to
comply with emission standards. An
aftermarket part is any part offered for
sale for installation in or on a motor
vehicle after such vehicle has left the
vehicle manufacturer’s production line
(40 CFR 85.2113(b)). Participation in the
aftermarket certification program is
voluntary. Due to the fact that EPA has
received only two aftermarket part
certification applications since 1989, the
Agency does not expect to receive any
applications in the next three years. The
purpose of this ICR renewal is to
preserve EPA’s authority to receive such
an application in the event that one is
submitted. Consequently, for the
purposes of this information collection
request, EPA has assumed that one
manufacturer will apply for aftermarket
part certification during the three-year
period covered by this collection.
Aftermarket part manufacturers or
builders (manufacturers) electing to
participate conduct emission and
durability testing as described in 40 CFR
part 85, subpart V, and submit data
about their products and testing
procedures. Any information submitted
to the Agency for which a claim of
confidentiality is made is safeguarded
according to policies set forth in CFR
title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B—
Confidentiality of Business Information
(see 40 CFR part 2).
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Manufacturers or builders of automotive
aftermarket parts.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Estimated number of respondents: 1
(total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 547 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $37,208 (per
year), includes $1,955 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in estimates: There is no
change in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–10240–01–OA]
Notification of a Public Meeting of the
Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee (CASAC) and CASAC
Ozone Review Panel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public meeting of the Chartered Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review
Panel to discuss a draft CASAC report
on EPA’s 2020 Ozone Integrated Science
Assessment (ISA).
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on November 14, 2022, from 11:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. and November 15, 2022,
from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. All times
listed are in Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be
conducted virtually. Please refer to the
CASAC website at https://casac.epa.gov
for details on how to access the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this notice may
contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office,
by telephone at (202) 564–2050 or via
email at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General
information concerning the CASAC, as
well as any updates concerning the
meetings announced in this notice can
be found on the CASAC website:
https://casac.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The CASAC was
established pursuant to the Clean Air
Act (CAA) Amendments of 1977,
codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2), to
review air quality criteria and NAAQS
and recommend to the EPA
Administrator any new NAAQS and
revisions of existing criteria and
NAAQS as may be appropriate. The
CASAC shall also: advise the EPA
Administrator of areas in which
additional knowledge is required to
appraise the adequacy and basis of
existing, new, or revised NAAQS;
describe the research efforts necessary
to provide the required information;
advise the EPA Administrator on the
relative contribution to air pollution
concentrations of natural as well as
anthropogenic activity; and advise the
EPA Administrator of any adverse
public health, welfare, social, economic,
or energy effects which may result from
various strategies for attainment and
maintenance of such NAAQS. As
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0437; FRL 10182-01-OAR]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary
Aftermarket Part Certification Program (Renewal)
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), ``Emission Control
System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part
Certification Program (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0116.1, OMB Control No.
2060-0060) 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 public comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30,
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-
2013-0437, 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.
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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Sohacki, Compliance Division,
Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 2000 Traverwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; telephone number:
734-214-4851; 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 https://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 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: Under Section 206(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7521), on-highway engine and vehicle manufacturers may not legally
introduce their products into U.S. commerce unless EPA has certified
that their production complies with applicable emission standards. Per
section 207(a), original vehicle manufacturers must warrant that
vehicles are free from defects in materials and workmanship that would
cause the vehicles not to comply with emission regulations during their
useful life. Section 207(a) directs EPA to provide certification to
those manufacturers or builders of automotive aftermarket parts that
demonstrate that the installation and use of their products will not
cause failure of the engine or vehicle to comply with emission
standards. An aftermarket part is any part offered for sale for
installation in or on a motor vehicle after such vehicle has left the
vehicle manufacturer's production line (40 CFR 85.2113(b)).
Participation in the aftermarket certification program is voluntary.
Due to the fact that EPA has received only two aftermarket part
certification applications since 1989, the Agency does not expect to
receive any applications in the next three years. The purpose of this
ICR renewal is to preserve EPA's authority to receive such an
application in the event that one is submitted. Consequently, for the
purposes of this information collection request, EPA has assumed that
one manufacturer will apply for aftermarket part certification during
the three-year period covered by this collection.
Aftermarket part manufacturers or builders (manufacturers) electing
to participate conduct emission and durability testing as described in
40 CFR part 85, subpart V, and submit data about their products and
testing procedures. Any information submitted to the Agency for which a
claim of confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to policies
set forth in CFR title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2).
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers or builders of
automotive aftermarket parts.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a
benefit.
Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 547 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $37,208 (per year), includes $1,955
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division.
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