Supporting Statement
for
Information Collection Request
Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles (Renewal)
EPA ICR 0010.16
Compliance Division
Office of Transportation and Air Quality
Office of Air and Radiation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
PART
A OF THE SUPPORTING STATEMENT
1.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTION
(a)
TITLE OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTION
Information
Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles (Renewal), OMB
Control Number 2060-0095, ICR 0010.16.
(b) SHORT
CHARACTERIZATION (ABSTRACT)
The Clean Air Act
requires motor vehicles and engines imported into the U.S. to conform
to applicable emission requirements. This Information Collection
Request covers importation reporting requirements for light-duty
vehicle, light-duty truck, and on-road motorcycle vehicles and
engines. The information collection instruments are Form 3520-1
("Form 1") for initial entry, and Form 3520-8 ("Form
8") for final entry (see below). All heavy-duty on-road and all
non-road vehicle and engine importation reporting requirements are
now covered by ICR 1723 (OMB 2060-0294). The two programs use
separate forms, have differing regulatory provisions, and are
processed by differing staffs. Most importers are also required to
apply for and obtain a certificate of conformity from EPA; that
information burden for the light-duty and motorcycle certification
program is covered by ICR 0783 (OMB 2060-0104). There is some
program overlap between the present ICR and 0783 because testing for
Independent Commercial Importers (ICIs) is reported both on Form 8,
covered by this ICR, and, initially and in more detail, for
certification purposes, via collections covered by ICR 0783.
(Similarly, all importing light-duty vehicle and motorcycle
manufacturers, and not just ICIs, use Form 1.) Thus, the
certification information burden is covered in ICR 0783 and the
(different and less detailed) testing burden for imports subsequent
to certification for ICIs in this ICR.
The burden of submitting the fee and associated forms is covered by ICR 2080 (OMB 2060-0545).
The post-certification, final-entry testing burden for light-duty vehicle imports falls into two categories. For the category of certified light-duty ICIs, a city test (the “FTP”) is required for every third vehicle imported under a certificate for the first 300 vehicles imported, and every fifth thereafter (40 CFR 85.1505). The second light-duty imports category is “mod and test”, which applies to vehicles whose original production year is six or more prior to the year of importation. Each such vehicle must be modified to meet applicable emissions requirements and tested with the FTP (40 CFR 85.1509). In the first category, each FTP test will be accompanied by a two-hour evaporative emissions test, and in both categories, by a highway test in order to compute a combined fuel economy number to comply with fuel economy requirements. Form 8 includes spaces for reporting the test results and combined fuel economy for those vehicles that undergo them. Finally, a very limited number of nonconforming motorcycles have been imported in the last three years. Most are imported under a provision (40 CFR 85.1505(a)(2)(i)) that allows for no additional testing beyond the original certification testing. Otherwise, testing requirements are the same as those for light duty vehicles except that a highway test is not required.
Most ICIs contract with a broker to do some of the imports process and a testing laboratory to perform the necessary tests. The testing lab also performs whatever modifications are necessary to bring the vehicle up to certification standards.
The
Compliance Division (CD) in EPA’s Office of Transportation and
Air Quality collects information and requires some recordkeeping to
help insure that imported vehicles and engines are brought into
compliance with federal emission requirements or that they qualify
for exemption or exclusion from them. “Nonconforming”
refers to the vehicles and engines that are not constructed to EPA
certification standards and therefore must meet various additional
requirements, such as testing, prior to being certified and available
for sale in the U.S. The information is also used by the U.S.
Customs Service (Customs), state regulatory agencies, businesses, and
individuals to verify whether or not vehicles are in compliance.
Information collected includes vehicle identification data, U.S.
Customs entry statements that such information is correct, and
summary emission test results. The information is either stored in a
computer database, or retained in document form. The information is
used to monitor compliance of imports and respond to inquiries from
the public concerning the compliance status of specific imported
vehicles. This information is collected on two forms:
●
EPA Form 3520-1.
This form is used by importers who are applying for entry into the
U.S. of light-duty vehicle, light-duty truck, and motorcycle vehicles
or engines, whether conforming, nonconforming, exempt, or excluded.
The form identifies to all parties involved the category of import
and the requirements that are appropriate to that category. The form
goes from the importer or its agent (broker) to Customs, which stamps
the form and forwards it in batch to EPA. EPA gathers the forms in
Ann Arbor where they are logged and filed for future reference. The
form is posted on EPA’s imports website,
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/index.htm
.
●
EPA Form 3520-8.
This form is used by ICIs to request “final admission” of
a nonconforming vehicle or engine upon their certification that it
has been brought into compliance with Federal emission requirements.
The form is held for fifteen days, during which the ICI can not
release the vehicle for sale or to its owner. This gives EPA a chance
to conduct any review or oversight, including confirmatory testing,
deemed necessary before the vehicle or engine is released.
EPA requests a waiver from posting the expiration date of the OMB clearance on these forms. Because Form 1 is used by both Customs, EPA, and importers, repeated uploadings to the imports website and revisions to reflect expiration of the clearance deadline, continuation of clearance pending review, and the new expiration date may be burdensome, with the existence of revisions inadequately communicated to users. Form 8 has a limited number of users who in the past have had to be individually contracted to inform them of substantive updates. Posting of Form 8 on the imports website is currently under consideration. Both forms have been in use for many years and importers are familiar with their features.
The information collection will involve an estimated yearly 12,200 responses from 10,000 respondents at an O&M cost of $98,970, a capital cost of $42,523, and a labor cost of $318,918.
The reporting and recordkeeping burden covered by this ICR and the ICR for Importation of Nonroad Engines and Recreational Vehicles (OMB Control Number 2060-0320, EPA ICR Number 1723.09) is being consolidated into a new ICR, Importation of On-highway Vehicles and Nonroad Engines, Vehicles, and Equipment (OMB Control Number 2060-NEW, EPA ICR Number 2583.01). Once that overarching consolidation ICR is approved by OMB, this ICR will be discontinued.
2.
NEED FOR AND USE OF THE COLLECTION
(a)
NEED/AUTHORITY FOR THE COLLECTION
Joint EPA and
Customs regulations at 40 CFR 85.1501 et seq., 19 CFR 12.73, and 19
CFR 12.74, promulgated under the authority under the Clean Air Act
(Sections 203 and 208), give authority for the collection of the
information. The collection helps insure compliance of imported
vehicles and engines with federal emissions requirements, which helps
meet the Agency goal of reducing air pollution. Without this
information, EPA and Customs officials could not confirm that
imported vehicles and engines conform to U.S. emission requirements,
and consequently would not be able to allow importation or sale of
these vehicles and engines.
(b) PRACTICAL UTILITY/USERS
OF THE DATA
The information on Form 1 and Form 8 is used by Customs and/or
Agency personnel to verify that all Federal emission requirements
(or exemptions or exclusions thereto) concerning imported
nonconforming light-duty motor vehicles and motorcycles are met. The
information is also used to identify and prosecute violators of the
regulations and to monitor the program in achieving the objectives of
the regulations. It is also used to answer public inquiries
concerning the compliance or exempted or excluded status of
particular motor vehicles. Public access to this information is not
direct but rather through the EPA imports section and the Automotive
Imports Helpline in order to maintain security of information
protected under the Privacy Act.
3.
NONDUPLICATION, CONSULTATIONS, AND OTHER COLLECTION CRITERIA
(a)
NONDUPLICATION
A search of the Government
Information Locator System (GILS) found no other program or agency
collecting this information. As explained above, Form 1 is necessary
to identify, at the point of importation, the applicable category of
the vehicle or engine for regulatory purposes; Form 8 is necessary to
report test results to EPA (where required) and alert it of pending
release to the owner. As stated on Form 1, vehicles that are
primarily manufactured for use on public roads are also required to
file an HS-7 Declaration Form to identify the basis for the vehicle’s
admission under the laws administered by the Department of
Transportation. EPA had discussions with the Department in late 2005
that considered whether a combined form would be feasible, and the
conclusion was that a single form was not practical at this time
because of the unique requirements of each program and the different
agencies administering them.
(b)
PUBLIC NOTICE
A Federal
Register
notice was published, soliciting public comment for this ICR on
September 9, 2016. A copy of the draft Supporting Statement was also
placed in the docket. No comments were received.
(c) CONSULTATIONS
The
following representatives and manufacturers of imported vehicles,
engines, and equipment provided feedback on the current process
Larry Keller
Polaris Industries
2100
Highway 55
Medina, MN 55340
Jennifer
Kamarek
Compliance
Specialist
Vandegrift
Customs Brokerage
500 E. Main Street
Norfolk,
VA 23510
Kent
Zielsdorf
Caterpillar
10 SW Washington
Peoria, IL 61602
(d)
EFFECTS OF LESS FREQUENT COLLECTION
Since
reporting is done only at the time of initial and “final”
entry, the effects of less frequent collection would be to seriously
undermine the Agency's ability to determine whether vehicles being
imported meet applicable emission requirements. Consequently, the
Agency would not be able to allow entry of vehicles being imported.
Therefore, less frequent collection is not feasible.
(e)
GENERAL GUIDELINES
This ICR requires that ICIs notify
EPA when requesting final admission for vehicles (Form 8) and this
may occasionally result in reporting more often than quarterly if
vehicles are tested and ready for sale more frequently than
quarterly. This requirement is necessary for EPA to have the
opportunity to inspect vehicles prior to release from the ICI. If
EPA only required quarterly reports, either the ICI would have to
hold vehicles and release them on a quarterly basis or EPA would not
likely have the opportunity to inspect or require confirmatory
testing of vehicles imported by the ICI.
EPA's
regulations require that ICIs retain records for a period of six
years from the date of entry (40 CFR 85.1507(a)). ICIs are
responsible for the same emissions warranties that apply to original
manufacturers, generally extending to 8 years or 80,000 miles for
major emission control components. The Clean Air Act requires that
light-duty vehicles meet federal emission standards throughout their
useful lives, which is defined by the Clean Air Act to be 10 years or
100,000 miles (Sec. 202(d)); these requirements are implemented
through the certification process for ICIs just as they are for
original manufacturers. The imports regulations specify that the
useful life period starts from the date that the vehicle is released
to the owner by the ICI. The six year record retention requirement
is the minimum considered consistent with these obligations.
(f)
CONFIDENTIALITY
Any information submitted to the
Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be
safeguarded according to policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1,
Part 2, Subpart B - Confidentiality of Business Information (see CFR
2). The public is not permitted access to information containing
personal or organizational identifiers. This collection complies
with the Privacy Act of 1974 and OMB Circular A-130.
(g)
SENSITIVE QUESTIONS
There are no sensitive questions.
4.
THE RESPONDENTS AND THE INFORMATION REQUESTED
(a)
RESPONDENTS/NAICS CODES
The Light-duty Vehicle
Group and Imports Team of CD collect information from individual
importers and both small and large companies that import light-duty
vehicle, light-duty truck, and on-road motorcycle vehicles or
engines. The NAICS code for respondents is 423110, Automobile and
Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers, and 441200, Other Motor
Vehicle Dealers.
(b)
INFORMATION REQUESTED
(i) Data Items
The
data requested in reports include:
- vehicle identification
number
- vehicle make
- vehicle model
- model year of the vehicle
- port of entry
- date of entry
- entry number
- importer name, address and telephone number
- owner name, address, telephone number and SSN or EIN
- emission test results
- applicable EPA certificate of conformity
- fuel economy
- test date
- modification date
- name of emissions test laboratory
- vehicle storage location
- justification for an exclusion or exemption, if applicable
and
records are maintained on:
- documents related to
certification, modification, importation, storage, registration or
emission testing
- bills of sale, invoices, or purchase agreements
- documents providing parts identification data associated with the emission control system
-
documents providing evidence of the initiation of the "hold
period"
(ii) Respondent Activities
To
complete the collection, the respondent would:
-read form instructions
-collect data and complete forms
-conduct
required emission testing (ICIs only)
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
IMPORTATION OF NONCONFORMING MOTOR VEHICLES
AND MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES
40
CFR PART 85 SUBPARTS P and R
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS CITATION
I. ICI requirements
-
Reporting
- Application for final admission 85.1505(a)
(certified)
-
Reasonable assistance during inspection, 85.1506(c),(g)(4)
including copies of records or documents 85.1506(b)(2)
- Application for final admission 85.1509(b)
(modification/test)
- Repair and retest 85.1509(g)
- Maintenance instructions, attestation, 85.1510(a)
parts
list
- Altitude compensator instructions, attestation
85.1510(b)
- Emission warranties, attestation
85.1510(c)
- Emission labeling, attestation
85.1510(d)
- Fuel economy labeling, attestation
85.1510(e)
- Gas guzzler tax forms, attestation
85.1510(f)
- Reply to notice of suspension or
85.1513(f)(3)(ii),
revocation 85.1513(f)(3)(iv)
85.1513(f)(6)
- Request for hearing 85.1513(f)(3)(iii)
Recordkeeping
-
Certification, modification, test, purchase, 85.1507
sale,
storage, registration, importation
- Owners or ultimate
purchasers 85.1508(b)
- Maintenance instructions, parts
list, 85.1510
altitude compensator instructions,
emission warranties, emission labeling,
fuel
economy labeling
II. Requirements applying to all
importers
-
Notification of conditional admission 85.1504(a)
- Request
for prior approval (exemption), 85.1511(b),(g)
request
for extension of exemption
- Request for prior approval
(exclusion) 85.1511(c)-(g)
-
Attestations, copy of paid invoice 85.1512(f)
- Claim of
confidentiality 85.1514
5.
THE INFORMATION COLLECTED--AGENCY ACTIVITIES, COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(a)
AGENCY ACTIVITIES
Form 1s are collected as they are
received from Customs and, in some cases, from importers or their
agents and collected by the Imports Team; Form 8s are collected by
the Imports Team and copies distributed to certification staff; since
late 2005 the data from Form 8 has been entered into the Automated
Imports Tracking System (AITS). After receiving the information, EPA
uses it to determine whether vehicles meet EPA requirements and
whether to conduct investigations or require confirmatory testing,
and retains it in order to respond to public, State government, and
Federal government inquires. In addition, ICI applications for
certification are now included in the Verify information system,
effective with the 2010 year imports.
(b)
COLLECTION METHODOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Form 1 is available in fillable .pdf form downloadable from EPA's
imports website. Form 8 has recently been converted to fillable .pdf
format and posting at the same site is under consideration. Forms are
submitted to EPA by the importer or its agent or Customs after being
filled out at the port of entry in the case of Form 1 and by the
importer or its agent in the case of Form 8. Both Customs and CD use
the information to determine if vehicles meet EPA requirements. CD
retains information in the AITS and document form in order to respond
to public, State government, and Federal government inquires, which
are handled by CD staff.
(c) SMALL ENTITY FLEXIBILITY
Small entities that are required to submit information to EPA
have been doing so by completing and submitting EPA paper forms. EPA
regulations provide, as an alternative, for submission of imports
data electronically (e.g. 40 CFR 85.1505(a), 85.1509(b) & (c)).
Under EPA guidance (CCD-02-04;
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/cert/dearmfr/dearmfr.htm
) ICIs qualify per
se
as small volume manufacturers entitled to the special provisions
available to all certifying small manufacturers under EPA’s
certification regulations. As stated above, ICI certification
activities are now conducted electronically via Verify. Form 8s are
currently submitted electronically as email attachments or in paper
form.
(d) COLLECTION SCHEDULE
The
information is not subject to a collection schedule, but is collected
at the time of vehicle entry and when the vehicle is ready for final
admission by EPA.
6.
ESTIMATING THE BURDEN AND COST OF THE COLLECTION
(a)
ESTIMATING RESPONDENT BURDEN (HOURS)
See
the table below. Each form is estimated to take 0.5 hours to
complete. Completing required post-certification testing is estimated
at 23 hours per test. There is no requirement for importers to keep
copies of Form 1. There is no recordkeeping burden associated with
Form 8 other than adding it to the existing records for the certified
family.
(b) ESTIMATING RESPONDENT COSTS
(i)
Labor Costs
Labor costs are considered to be more
closely approximated by the motor vehicle manufacturing industry,
NAICS 336100, than retail and wholesale trades in vehicles that do
not involve testing and modification. Labor is considered
secretarial level for Form 1 and mechanical engineering cost for Form
8. Costs are from the May, 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics chart for
motor vehicle manufacturing
(http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_336100.htm
) with $59.55, $45.71 and $20.46 for manager, mechanical engineer
and secretaries, which, with a 160% overhead adjustment, come to
$95.28, $73.14, and $32.74, respectively; Testing labor costs are
based on the EPA average of $55.82 per hour from ICR 0783.54 adjusted
from late 2008 to 2012 using the CPI Inflation Calculator
(http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm) to 2012 as $60.81
per hour.
Cost and Hours Estimate for ICR 0010.13
|
Number Activities |
Hours per Activity |
Total Hours |
Labor |
O&M |
Capital/Startup (unamortized) |
Capital/Startup (amortized) |
Total Dep. Cap + O&M |
I. Reporting |
|
|||||||
Form 3520-1 |
12,000 |
0.5 |
6,000 |
$196,440 |
$0 |
0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Form 3520-8 |
200 |
0.5 |
100 |
$7,314 |
$1,200 |
0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Testing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Form 3520-8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regular ICI |
50 |
23 |
1,150 |
$69,932 |
$68,069 |
$186,667 |
$26,577 |
$94,646 |
Mod and Test |
30 |
23 |
690 |
$41,959 |
$28,102 |
$112,000 |
$15,946 |
$44,048 |
II. Recordkeeping |
|
|||||||
Form 3520-8 |
200 |
0.5 |
100 |
$3,274 |
$1,600 |
0 |
0 |
$1,600 |
Total Reporting |
12,200 |
|
7940 |
$315,644 |
$97,370 |
$298,667 |
$42,523 |
$139,893 |
Total |
12,200 |
0.659016 |
8040 |
$318,918 |
$98,970 |
$298,667 |
$42,523 |
$141,493 |
(ii) Operations and
Maintenance Costs
Operations and maintenance costs apply only to Form 8 and were calculated based on responses received from the ICIs contacted. The Operations and Maintenance cost for reporting ordinarily involves a purchase of services from a broker who complete a package of importation forms (including those of other agencies) and files them with Customs and EPA. This cost is estimated as a component of overall broker activities to import a vehicle or engine, and incorporates a $6 per form paperwork cost for broker form handling within overall broker activities, and a $8 per form mailing cost for Form 8s. O&M costs associated with testing are much less than those for certification vehicles: post-certification vehicles do not have mileage accumulation or durability demonstration requirements or consequent vehicle depreciation; vehicle preparation is minimal. O&M testing costs have been updated for this ICR based on contractor information. Because contact information per test includes labor and capital costs, which are segregated in this ICR, these per test costs have been adjusted for labor and capital cost components and total $1,361.37 for regular ICI vehicles and $936.73 for mod/test vehicles tested. Costs associated with modification of vehicles necessary to bring them up to certification standards are excluded: they are not reported on the imports forms, they vary widely depending on the vehicle being imported, and they therefore can not be predicted or accounted from one year to another; finally, they are analogous to, for example, the costs of catalytic converters and other emissions control technologies that original manufacturers are required to install in vehicles in order to comply with the Clean Air Act, and which are not included in the certification paperwork burden.
(iii)
Capital/Start-up Costs
Consistent with ICR 0783, a
capital cost of $4,000,000 for a test facility capable of conducting
750 combined FTP and highway tests per year has been allocated on a
per-test basis. Following ICR 2387.01, the Light Duty Greenhouse
Gases rule ICR, this is allocated 0.7 to the FTP portion. For ICIs,
these test facility costs will in most cases be covered by
contractual costs between the importer and a testing laboratory. As
mentioned above, these costs listed here are not initial
certification costs but the post-certification test costs for
additional imported vehicles. As with other ICRs, these capital costs
are annualized and subject to 7% interest depreciation but are
considered to be on-going rather than startup capital costs in the
sense that as facilities are depreciated they are continually being
replaced.
(c) ESTIMATING AGENCY BURDEN AND COST
The imports program is administered by EPA's Compliance Division (CD). Forty percent of one Full Time Equivalent employees (FTE), GS 12/3; the equivalent of twenty percent of one Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) Program employee (the SEE Program is an employment program for older workers authorized by the Environmental Programs assistance Act, passed by Congress in 1984, and provides employment opportunities to senior citizens age 55 and over); and a portion of the work assignment under a government contract are allocated to imports activities. Based on the 2013 Office of Personnel Management GS pay schedule, (http://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/2012/2013PAY_Attach_adjusted.pdf) in Executive Order 13635, EPA estimates a forty percent annual salary of $25,845 for the EPA FTE, and $6,212 for the SEE; we then multiply the hourly rates by the standard government benefits multiplication factor of 1.6, yielding a total cost of $32,057; $95,000 is estimated for the contractor. The contractor estimate is based upon the work assignment rather than an estimate of hours. An estimated total agency cost of $127,057 per year is therefore estimated for Light Duty nonconforming imports activities.
(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs
In the previous renewal we estimated that 12,000 Form 1s are submitted annually, averaging one respondent per form, and 352 Form 8s from five ICIs, based on a hand count of Form 8s received in 2005 and 2006, plus an estimate based on actual and projected imports from one high-volume importer covering four original production years. The total number of responses was therefore estimated as 12,352. The estimated number of respondents was 12,005.
For the current ICR we counted Form 8's received in calendar year 2012: there were 115 Form 8s from seven respondent importers. This included 15 Mod/Test, 99 regular ICI, and 1 motorcycle submittal in 11 families. One of each ICI submittal is for the original certification vehicle, which undergoes more stringent testing covered by ICR 0783. To leave room for small number fluctuations in this industry, this ICR assumes 200 form 8's, 50 regular ICI vehicle tests and 30 mod/test vehicle tests. Even with this margin, the decrease in testing volume accounts for most of the decrease in the authorization level requested in this ICR.
While the total responses is therefore 12,200 in this ICR, several importers will be manufacturers with large imports. Therefore we estimate 10,000 respondents for purposes of reporting responses per respondent of 1.22.
Both estimates are approximate and variable. For Form 1, our information is that Customs does not require every importer subject to the regulations at 19 CFR 12.73 to fill out the form; furthermore, the forms that are forwarded to us by Customs or by importers may not represent every form that is filled out. For Form 8, the number of ICIs is small, the number of engine families certified is small, and the number of vehicle imports within an engine family can vary widely. All these factors add up to produce significant "small number fluctuations". In 2005 there were 21 ICI families, including one high-volume importer that greatly multiplied the number of FTP tests employed. In 2008 there were 10 families, and without the high-volume importer. Consequently, to insure that EPA has the authority to accommodate the possible level of forms and tests needed under the collection authorization, we have adjusted the number of tests and forms as stated above.
(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost
(i) Respondent Tally
Respondents 10,000
Responses 12,200
Burden Hours 8,040
Labor Cost $318,918
Operating Cost $98,970
Capital Cost $298,667
Capital Cost (Annualized, discounted) $42,553
Capital and O&M $141,493
Total (Annualized, including Labor $460,412
(ii) Agency Tally
Employees 2
Employee Labor Cost $32,057
Contract Labor Cost $95, 000
Total
Cost $127,057
6(f)
Reasons For Change In Burden
This ICR follows the
burden hours assumptions of the previous renewal for filling out the
forms themselves. However, this ICR reflects a long-term downward
trend in the number of forms submitted, which includes information
that has to be generated by vehicle tests. This decrease, despite a
margin of error for small number fluctuations, is partially offset by
an increase in the estimated cost of conducting the required tests.
The agency and importer labor costs have been updated with more
recent cost figures for government and industry. The net result is a
decrease in total costs including labor from $541,662 to $460,412.
6(e)
BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this
collection is estimated to average less than one hour per response.
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.
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 Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0048, which is available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 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 is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available at www.regulations.gov. This site can be used 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. When 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, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0048 and OMB Control Number 2060-0095 in any correspondence.
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