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OMB Control No: 2060-0338	ICR Reference No: 202512-2060-004
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202111-2060-006
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1695.15
Title: Certification and Compliance Requirements for Nonroad Spark-ignition Engines (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 12/31/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2026
Responses	5,132	2,113
Time Burden (Hours)	538,208	738,603
Cost Burden (Dollars)	45,650,005	30,243,493

Abstract: 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 Branch (GECB), Implementation, Analysis and 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.

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

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:
	90 FR 18979	05/05/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 61146	12/30/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	5,132	2,113	3,019
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	538,208	738,603	-200,395
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	45,650,005	30,243,493	15,406,512

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: While there have been no changes to EPAs certification and compliance programs over the past three years, there has been shifts in manufacturing process, the number of entities engaged in certification and compliance activities and EPAs continuing assessment and estimate of those activities and how the Agency manages and reports its data. In addition, we have refined the way we compute O&M costs in a way that more accurately estimates manufacturer burden in meeting the applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. As a result, the total number of manufacturers has decreased from 430 under ICR 1695.14 to 393 (on average) in this 1695.15 renewal. The result has been less labor burden per manufacturer, on average, because there are simply fewer manufacturers conducted the same NRSI certification and compliance activities. However, we saw a rise in O&M costs, which seems to be fueled by two phenomena. We have improved our estimates on contract testing and compliance activities related to contract overhead and recordkeeping expense. Also, we have correctly attributed these O&M obligations to the appropriate responses and not merely the respondent. As a result, the overall amount of the burden attributed to O&M has increased from the previous estimate, but still falls in line with the expected burden per response. The additional increase from 1695.14 to 1695.15 is attributed to an increase in the cost of contract testing across all manufacturer sectors. Finally, we have attributed fee payments to the O&M cost of each manufacturer, which also contributed to the increase in O&M cost from the previous ICR.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $17,391,443

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? No

Agency Contact: Jullian Davis 734 214-4029 davis.jullian@epa.gov

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