Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Spark-ignition Engines (Renewal)

ICR 202111-2060-006

OMB: 2060-0338

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Modified
Supplementary Document
2021-11-22
Supplementary Document
2021-11-22
Supporting Statement A
2021-11-22
ICR Details
2060-0338 202111-2060-006
Received in OIRA 201910-2060-005
EPA/OAR 1695.14
Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Spark-ignition Engines (Renewal)
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 11/30/2021
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 01/31/2022
2,113 4,080
738,603 281,351
30,243,493 12,374,111

This information collection is requested under the authority of Title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.) Under this Title, EPA is charged with issuing certificates of conformity for those engines which comply with applicable emission standards. Such a certificate must be issued before engines may be legally introduced into commerce. To apply for a certificate of conformity, manufacturers are required to submit descriptions of their planned production line, including detailed descriptions of the emission control system, and test data. This information is organized by engine family groups expected to have similar emission characteristics. The emission values achieved during certification testing may also be used in the Averaging, Banking, and Trading (ABT) Program. The program allows manufacturers to bank credits for engine families that emit below the standard and use the credits for families that emit above the standard. They may also trade banked credits with other manufacturers. Participation in the ABT program is voluntary. Different categories of spark-ignition engines may also be required to comply with production-line testing (PLT) and in-use testing. There are also recordkeeping and labeling requirements. This information is collected electronically by the Gasoline Engine Compliance Center (GECC), Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ), Office of Air and Radiation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. GECC uses this information to ensure that manufacturers comply with applicable regulations and the Clean Air Act (CAA). It may also be used by the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) and the Department of Justice for enforcement purposes. Non- CBI may be disclosed on OTAQ's Web site or upon request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to trade associations, environmental groups, and the public. Any information submitted for which a claim of confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to EPA regulations at 40 CFR 2.201 et seq.

US Code: 42 USC 7521 Name of Law: Clean Air Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  86 FR 29578 06/02/2021
86 FR 67947 11/30/2021
No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Spark-ignition Engines (Renewal) 5900-134, 5900-91, 5900-93, 5900-451, 5900-452, 5900-453, 5900-454, 5900-455, 5900-456, 5900-457, 5900-458, 5900-459, 5900-460, 5900-463, 5900-464, 5900-465, 5900-466, 5900-467, 5900-90, 5900-92, 5900-93, 5900-130, 5900-131, 5900-133 HDSI ABT Template ,   NR Small Volume Bond Worksheet ,   Altitude Kit Summary Worksheet ,   Fuel Cap Test Data ,   Fuel Line Test Data ,   Fuel Tank Test Data ,   Marine and Large si diurnal test data ,   NRSI SSI Equipment Certification ,   Marine SI Vessel Certification ,   MSI Engine Map Data Sheet ,   Snowmobile PLT ,   Snowmobile Cert Template ,   Catalytic Converter Information ,   Snowmobile abt Template ,   Rec Vehicle Fuel Line Test Data ,   Rec Vehicle Fuel Tank Test Data ,   Production Annual Report ,   MSI PLT Template ,   MSI ABT Reporting Template ,   LSI In-use Testing ,   MSI In-use Testing ,   LSI PLT Template ,   NR-SSI-ABT-Template ,   PLT-NR-SSI

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 2,113 4,080 0 0 -1,967 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 738,603 281,351 0 0 457,252 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 30,243,493 12,374,111 0 0 17,869,382 0
No
No
Our previous computation and renewal request failed to provide estimates of Defect, Recall, Evaporative Components, and compliance testing, as differentiated from certification testing. In addition, the California Air Resources Board has adopted a new fuel standard for spark-ignition engines, that has taken affect. Manufacturers must conduct new testing to satisfy the new fuel requirement and durability demonstration, which has increased the number of manufacturers that must conduct new testing at the time of certification. These increases in testing, more detailed compliance testing and reporting requirements, consolidation of additional regulatory programs applicable to NRSI engines and vehicles, has increased the burden now assessed to comply across all of these industries for these regulatory requirements. As a result, there is an increase in hours for the industries involved, 738,603.0 for the total estimated burden in this collection. There have been no regulatory changes by the EPA to the programs covered by this ICR. This increase is primarily due to an adjustment in the hours required to file a complete application for certification and conduct compliance activities throughout a calendar year, additional testing as a result of a change in California test fuel, combined with the consolidation of evaporative components and Defect and Recall reporting.

$3,625,995
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Jullian Davis 734 214-4029 [email protected]

  No

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.
11/30/2021


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