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.
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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)
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.
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 5900-242 TPEM
30-day notice_2060-0287.pdf
1684table20.xlsx
1684ss20.docx
TPEM