Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines and On-Highway Heavy Duty Engines (Renewal), 18541-18542 [2023-06543]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / Notices Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–0562; miller.jesse@ epa.gov@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 28, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 45315). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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. Abstract: This ICR is a description of the information collection requirements for combustion units that use nonhazardous secondary materials (NHSM) that are solid wastes and combines and harmonizes prior regulatory amendments into one ICR. This ICR also includes the burden associated with the 2016 amendments to the Final Rule (81 FR 6688, February 8, 2016), which added three materials to the list of categorical non-waste fuels: (1) construction and demolition (C&D) wood processed from construction and demolition debris according to best management practices; (2) paper recycling residuals (PRRs) generated from the recycling of recovered paper, paperboard and corrugated containers and combusted by paper recycling mills whose boilers are designed to burn solid fuel; and (3) creosote-treated railroad ties that are processed and combusted in units designed to burn both biomass and fuel oil as part of normal operations and not solely as part of start-up or shutdown operations. Finally, this ICR includes the burden associated with the 2018 amendments to the Final Rule (83 FR 5317, February 7, 2018), which added three types of other treated railroad ties (OTRTs) to the list of categorical non-waste fuels: (1) Creosote-borate treated railroad ties, and mixtures of creosote, borate and copper naphthenate treated railroad ties that are processed and combusted in units designed to burn both biomass and fuel oil; (2) Copper naphthenate treated VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:20 Mar 28, 2023 Jkt 259001 railroad ties that are processed and then combusted in units designed to burn biomass, biomass and fuel oil or biomass and coal; and (3) Copper naphthenate-borate treated railroad ties that are processed and then combusted in units designed to burn biomass, biomass and fuel oil or biomass and coal. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are business or other for-profit organizations. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Required to obtain benefit (Sections 1004 and 2002 of RCRA). Estimated number of respondents: 16. Frequency of response: One-time. Total estimated burden: 352 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $34,581 (per year), which includes $867 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 516 hours in this renewal. This decrease is due to a drop in the number of respondents. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2023–06539 Filed 3–28–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1182; FRL–10851–01– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines and OnHighway Heavy Duty Engines (Renewal) 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 1684.21, OMB Control No. 2060–0287) 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 18541 currently approved through March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 27, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Comments may be submitted on or before April 28, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OAR–2007–1182, to 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. 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. DATES: 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: reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 27, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 5334). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 E:\FR\FM\29MRN1.SGM 29MRN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 18542 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 29, 2023 / Notices 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: Title II of the Clean Air Act, (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.; CAA), charges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with issuing certificates of conformity for those engines and vehicles that comply with applicable emission requirements. The emission values achieved during certification testing may also be used in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading (ABT) Program. The program 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. They may also trade banked credits with other manufacturers. Participation in the ABT program is voluntary. The CAA also mandates EPA to verify that manufacturers have successfully 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’ which include Production Line Testing (PLT), In-use Testing and Selective Enforcement Audits, (SEAs). In-use testing allows manufacturers and EPA to verify 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 were able to delay compliance with Tier 4 standards for up to seven years as long as they comply with certain limitations. The program, has ended for all power categories. This includes hardship relief. All TPEM forms, except the reporting templates and the bond worksheet are being retired in this action. Participants are required to keep records ‘‘for at least five full years after the final year in which allowances are available for each power category’’ (40 CFR 1039.625(h). The information requested is collected by the Compliance Division (CD), Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA. CD uses this information to issue certificates of conformity and ensure that manufacturers comply with applicable regulations and the CAA. Some HD data is also used by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to implement their programs under 49 U.S.C. 32902. EPA’s and NHTSA’s Office of VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:20 Mar 28, 2023 Jkt 259001 Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and the Department of Justice may use the information for enforcement purposes. Manufacturers may assert a claim of confidentiality over information provided to EPA. Confidentiality is granted in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 2. Form Numbers: 5900–90, 5900–125, 5900–134, 5900–135, 5900–239, 5900– 240, 5900–241, 5900–259, 5900–273, 5900–274, 5900–297, 5900–298, 5900– 300, 5900–301, 55900–302, 5900–338, 5900–431, 5900–435, 5900–613, 5900– 614, 6900–5414. Estimated number of respondents: 568 (total). Frequency of response: Quarterly, annually, and on occasion, depending on the type of response. Total estimated burden: 142,054 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $29,109,404 (per year), includes an estimated $16,146,726 annualized capital or maintenance and operational costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a net decrease of 19,671 hours in the total estimated burden for ICR 1684.21 from the burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens of 161,725 for the previous ICR 1684.20 due to a 99% decrease in burden (14,547 hours) related to TPEM as the program has ended, a correction of a mistake in the certification burden calculations and an increase proportion of carry-over applications to new applications. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2023–06543 Filed 3–28–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0071; FRL–10836–01– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (EPA ICR SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Number 1158.14, OMB Control Number 2060–0156), 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 currently approved through March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 28, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OAR–2022–0071, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred method), or by email to 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and Program Division (D243–05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 0833; email address: ali.muntasir@ epa.gov. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. 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. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register (87 FR 43843), on July 22, 2022 during a 60day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting documents which explain in detail the information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\29MRN1.SGM 29MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-06543]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1182; FRL-10851-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for 
Nonroad Compression-Ignition Engines and On-Highway Heavy Duty Engines 
(Renewal)

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 1684.21, OMB Control No. 
2060-0287) 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 currently approved through 
March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on January 27, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 28, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-1182, to 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. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through March 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on January 27, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 5334). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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

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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: Title II of the Clean Air Act, (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.; 
CAA), charges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with issuing 
certificates of conformity for those engines and vehicles that comply 
with applicable emission requirements. The emission values achieved 
during certification testing may also be used in the Averaging, 
Banking, and Trading (ABT) Program. The program 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. They may also trade banked credits with other 
manufacturers. Participation in the ABT program is voluntary.
    The CAA also mandates EPA to verify that manufacturers have 
successfully 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' which include Production Line Testing (PLT), In-use Testing 
and Selective Enforcement Audits, (SEAs). In-use testing allows 
manufacturers and EPA to verify 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 were able to delay compliance with Tier 4 
standards for up to seven years as long as they comply with certain 
limitations. The program, has ended for all power categories. This 
includes hardship relief. All TPEM forms, except the reporting 
templates and the bond worksheet are being retired in this action. 
Participants are required to keep records ``for at least five full 
years after the final year in which allowances are available for each 
power category'' (40 CFR 1039.625(h).
    The information requested is collected by the Compliance Division 
(CD), Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and 
Radiation, EPA. CD uses this information to issue certificates of 
conformity and ensure that manufacturers comply with applicable 
regulations and the CAA. Some HD data is also used by the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to implement their 
programs under 49 U.S.C. 32902. EPA's and NHTSA's Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance and the Department of Justice may use the 
information for enforcement purposes.
    Manufacturers may assert a claim of confidentiality over 
information provided to EPA. Confidentiality is granted in accordance 
with the Freedom of Information Act and EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 
2.
    Form Numbers: 5900-90, 5900-125, 5900-134, 5900-135, 5900-239, 
5900-240, 5900-241, 5900-259, 5900-273, 5900-274, 5900-297, 5900-298, 
5900-300, 5900-301, 55900-302, 5900-338, 5900-431, 5900-435, 5900-613, 
5900-614, 6900-5414.
    Estimated number of respondents: 568 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, annually, and on occasion, 
depending on the type of response.
    Total estimated burden: 142,054 hours per year. Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $29,109,404 (per year), includes an estimated 
$16,146,726 annualized capital or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a net decrease of 19,671 hours 
in the total estimated burden for ICR 1684.21 from the burden currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens of 161,725 for 
the previous ICR 1684.20 due to a 99% decrease in burden (14,547 hours) 
related to TPEM as the program has ended, a correction of a mistake in 
the certification burden calculations and an increase proportion of 
carry-over applications to new applications.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06543 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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