The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a request to extend an existing information collection related to vehicle emission inspection and maintenance programs run by state and local governments. The EPA wants public feedback on different aspects of this collection, which helps evaluate and improve these programs, ensuring they meet set emission reduction standards. The current approval for this data collection is valid only till October 31, 2021, and such projects require displaying a valid approval number to legally collect information from the public. Comments must be submitted by April 30, 2021, through the federal regulations website.
Simple Explanation
The EPA wants to keep track of how well cars are checked for pollution by states and cities, and they need people's ideas to make this better. They're asking for helpful thoughts before they ask for permission again to keep doing this, kind of like asking to keep using a library book, and you can tell them what you think by April 30, 2021.