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OMB Control No: 2060-0287	ICR Reference No: 201808-2060-010
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201408-2060-008
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1684.20
Title: Emissions Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Compression-ignition Engines and On-highway Heavy Duty Engines (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/31/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/31/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2020
Responses	2,206	0	3,880
Time Burden (Hours)	161,725	0	201,037
Cost Burden (Dollars)	12,861,419	0	17,371,993

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7521 Name of Law: Clean Air Act, Title II

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 24992	05/31/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 42290	08/21/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	2,206	3,880	1,510	-3,184
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	161,725	201,037	120,602	-159,914
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	12,861,419	17,371,993	2,174,181	-6,684,755

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: 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) Respondents’ 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,426,425

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Nydia Reyes-Morales 202 343-9264 reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov

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