Servicing of Motor Vehicle
Air Conditioners (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
10/29/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2021
46,033
45,902
4,165
4,130
0
0
Section 609 of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 (Act) provides general guidelines for the
recovery and recycling of motor vehicle air conditioners. It states
that "no person repairing or servicing motor vehicles for
consideration may perform any service on a motor vehicle air
conditioner involving the refrigerant for such air conditioner
without properly using approved refrigerant recovery and/or
recovery and recycling equipment (hereafter referred to as
"refrigerant handling equipment") and no such person may perform
such service unless such person has been properly trained and
certified." In 1992, EPA developed regulations under section 609
that were published in 57 FR 31240, and codified at 40 CFR Subpart
B (Section 82.30 et seq.). The information required to be collected
under the Section 609 regulations is: approved refrigerant handling
equipment; approved independent standards testing organizations;
technician training and certification; and certification, reporting
and recordkeeping.
The previously approved ICRs
supporting statement estimated a total annual respondent burden of
4,130 hours. This ICR estimates a total annual burden of 4,165
hours. Hence, there is an increase of 35 hours since the previously
approved ICR. Since the previous ICR renewal, EPA estimates that
the total number of establishments has increased from 160,400 to
165,800, based on recently released data on the number of motor
vehicle establishments from the U.S. Census Bureau. As in the
previous ICR renewal, EPA assumed that 3% of establishments send
refrigerants off-site and need to record the address of the
off-site facility. The estimate for the number of establishments
that send refrigerants off-site increased from 4,812 to 4,974 to
reflect a higher, more accurate, number of motor vehicle
establishments in the United States.
$4,004
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Christina Thompson 202 564-0983
thompson.christina@epa.gov
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.