[Federal Register: July 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 144)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0393; FRL-8697-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic
Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal); EPA
ICR No. 1750.05; OMB Control No. 2060-0393
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 August 25,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0393, 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 6102T, 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 May 15, 2008 (73 FR 28112), 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-2008-0393 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 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
Architectural Coatings (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1750.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0393.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2008. 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 architectural
coatings. Respondents are manufacturers, distributors, and importers of
consumer products. Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40
CFR part 59, subpart D--National Volatile Organic Compound Emission
Standards for Architectural Coatings. 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
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this collection of information is estimated to average 33 hours per
respondent. 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
architectural coatings.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,641 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,224,507. This includes $1,224,507
in labor costs and no capital or O&M costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a reduction of 6,120 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the
OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This reduction is a result of
revised estimates of number of exceedance fee reports and tonnage
exemption reports to be submitted. These revised estimates were updated
based on actual reports received in 2007 and 2008 in accordance with
OMB's terms of clearance when the existing ICR was previously renewed
in 2005. The estimated total annual costs decrease by $375,200 as a
result.
Dated: July 21, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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