Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-ignition Engines and On-highway Heavy Duty Engines (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
03/31/2020
08/31/2018
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2023
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2020
2,206
0
3,880
161,725
0
201,037
12,861,419
0
17,371,993
The 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 addition, 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.
US Code:
42 USC 7521
Name of Law: Clean Air Act, Title II
There is a net decrease of 39,312 hours in the total estimated burden for ICR 1684.20 from the burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens of 3,880 for the previous ICR 1684.18. This net decrease occurs despite the incorporation of four other ICRs into ICR 1684.20 as discussed in Section 1(b) of this document. Table 22 shows the change in the number of responses and burden in this ICR and the reasons for those changes. As mentioned in Section 6(d)(i), there is a sharp reduction in respondents in ICs #3 and #4 due to:
(1) A 92% decrease in TPEM respondents as the program phases out. According to 2017 data, there are 107 companies currently participating in TPEM as opposed to 1,462 respondents estimated during the previous ICR review (ICR 1684.18). Program availability varies by power category and schedule of emissions standards. The most popular Tier 3 period of availability has already ended for all but one power category. TPEM will end altogether in 2021.
(2) Respondentsâ heavy reliance on carry-over testing data: On average, 80% of all engine families certified in the past two years are carry-over families, an important increase from 56% in the previous ICR.
(3) Other reductions were achieved by eliminating duplication. For example, in the previous ICR, EPA mistakenly accounted calls serviced by our help desks for special provisions not covered in this ICR. Specifically, the previous ICR included calls from spark ignition (gasoline) engines and equipment, covered under ICR EPA Number 1695.11, OMB Number 2060-0338 Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Spark-ignition Engines; as well as light-duty vehicles which are covered under ICR EPA Series 0783, OMB Number 2060-0104 Certification and In-use Testing of Motor Vehicles.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 6900-0287 TPEM Hardship Relief Prescreening Questionnaire
30-day notice_2060-0287.pdf
1684table20.xlsx
1684ss20.docx
TPEM