Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 9, 2005.
Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR–2003–0006, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to
Carl Scarbro, Assessment and Standards Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, AATC, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (734) 214–4209; fax number: (734) 214–4939; e-mail address:
EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On Friday, January 24, 2003 (68 FR 3524), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received a single request for information
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–2003–0006, which is available for public viewing at the Office of Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 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 Office of Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's
The collection is a survey, to be conducted by the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) in the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). Development of rapid in-use instrumentation promises to substantially reduce the cost of emissions measurement for highway vehicles. This study will combine rapid in-use measurement capability with statistical survey design to contribute to the development of usage and emission rates for the EPA Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) model. Response to the survey is voluntary.
The target population is highway vehicles registered in the study area. EPA shall recruit vehicles from State registration databases and from regional or state Inspection and Maintenance Programs (I/M).
Emissions and usage will be measured using portable on-board electronic instrumentation. Emissions instrumentation will measure carbon dioxide (CO
Data will be collected during normal operation. Following quality-assurance and analysis, the data will be stored in OTAQ's Mobile Source Observation Database. The information collection will involve 1,285 respondents, requiring 1,327 hours at a total cost to those respondents of $35,672. For the agency, the collection will require 26,327 hours at a total cost to the agency of $1,532,629.
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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.