[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7260-7261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4391]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5430-8; OMB No. 2060-0106 EPA No. 0649.06]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3507(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) for 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart EE--Surface Coating of Metal 
Furniture described below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden and 
cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection 
instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0649.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart EE--Surface Coating of Metal 
Furniture (OMB Control No. 2060-0106; EPA ICR No. 0649.06.). This is a 
request for revision of a currently approved collection. The standards 
require initial notification reports with respect to construction, 
modification, reconstruction, startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions. 
The standards also require reports on initial performance tests.
    Abstract: The control of emissions of VOCs from the metal furniture 
surface coating industry requires not only the installation of properly 
designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that 
equipment. Emissions of VOCs from the metal furniture surface coating 
industry are the result of the application and curing or drying of 
organic coatings on the surface of each metal furniture part or 
product. These standards rely on the reduction of VOC emissions through 
either a capture system and incinerator or a capture system and solvent 
recovery system.
    In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate 
recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such information 
enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether the 
standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the Clean 
Air Act. 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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on November 
24, 1995 and no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: Each year of this request the EPA will receive 
1600 responses. These responses include notification of start-up and 
performance test results for a total 186 responses, quarterly 
exceedance reports for a total of 472 responses, and semi-annual non-
exceedance reports for a total of 942 responses. The reporting and 
recordkeeping burden can be separated into two parts. Initial start-up, 
performance testing, and notification 

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requires 80 hours. Each year an estimated 36 facilities will face this 
burden. Continued monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping requires 179 
hours annually. Each year an estimated 589 facilities will face this 
burden. 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; 
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.

Initial Start-Up

    Respondents/Affected Entities: 1.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 36.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 80 hours/facility.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $2,436/facility.

Continued Monitoring, Reporting, and Recordkeeping

    Respondents/Affected Entities: 1.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 589.
    Frequency of Response: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 179 hours/facility.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $5,451/facility.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 0649.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0106 in any 
correspondence to:

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

      and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 20, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-4391 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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