[Federal Register: October 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 204)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563; FRL-8485-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic
Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products (Renewal); EPA ICR
No. 1764.04; OMB Control No. 2060-0348
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 23,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0563, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bruce Moore, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Sector
Policies and Programs Division, Natural Resources and Commerce Group
(E143-03), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone
number: (919) 541-5460; fax number: (919) 541-3470; e-mail address:
moore.bruce@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On August 2, 2007 (72 FR 42409), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted
to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563 which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-
1744, and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket is 202-
566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified
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above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business
Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for
Consumer Products (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1764.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0348.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports and
periodic recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with
Federal standards for volatile organic compounds in consumer products.
Respondents are manufacturers, distributors, and importers of consumer
products. Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40 CFR part
59, subpart C, National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards
for Consumer Products. All information submitted to the EPA for which a
claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the
Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, Confidentiality
of Business Information.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers and importers of
consumer products.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 732.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hours Burden: 29,613 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,187,537. This includes labor costs
of $1,187,537 and no capital or O&M costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens.
However, the estimated total annual costs are increased by $83,480 due
to increased costs of employment compensation since the previous
approval.
Dated: October 16, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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