[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32856-32857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15549]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[AD-FRL-6362-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards 
for Consumer Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501, et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit 
for renewal the following continuing Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): ``Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements for National Volatile Organic Compound 
Emission Standards for Consumer Products,'' EPA No. 1764.01, OMB No. 
2060-0348, expires June 30, 1999. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for 
review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of 
the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 17, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Information concerning the ICR and the rule. Information on 
the ICR and the Consumer Products Rule can be obtained from the docket 
(below) and is also available for downloading from EPA's internet 
website for this rule at ``http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/183e/cp/
cppg.html.''
    Docket: Docket Number A-95-40, containing the ICR and supporting 
statement, is available for public inspection and copying from 8:00 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at the EPA's Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center, Waterside Mall, Room M-1500, Ground 
Floor, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. A reasonable fee may be 
charged for copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bruce Moore at (919) 541-5460, 
Coatings and Consumer Products Group, Emission Standards Division (MD-
13), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 
North Carolina 27711, e-mail ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacture, distribute, or import consumer products for 
sale or distribution in the United States, including the District of 
Columbia and all United States territories.
    Title: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Consumer Products, OMB Control No. 2060-0348; EPA ICR No. 1764.01; 
expires June 30, 1999.
    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. An agency may not

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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 EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses).
    Burden Statement: 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. Total industry burden is estimated to be 29,550 hours per 
year, at a total labor cost of $970,500 per year. Labor costs were 
estimated based on Table 2 of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 
Employment Cost Trends. After adding overhead costs of 100 percent to 
the BLS figures, the resulting hourly labor rates for management, 
technical, and clerical labor are $69, $48, and $32, respectively. 
There are no capital costs associated with this collection. Burden was 
calculated based on the following assumptions:
    (i) Initial Notification Reports will have been submitted by nearly 
all regulated entities (approximately 3000) prior to expiration of the 
existing ICR. Therefore, the burden calculation is based on 30 
notifications per year beginning in 1999.
    (ii) Reading the rule to obtain the recordkeeping and reporting 
instructions would require 2 hours.
    (iii) Completion of the Initial Notification Report would involve 1 
hour for data gathering and 1 hour for preparation of the initial 
notification report.
    (iv) Notification of change in date code would require 1 hour 
preparation time.
    (v) Annual planning for recordkeeping activities would require 2 
hours.
    (vi) Implementation of recordkeeping would require 8 hours per 
month.

    Dated: June 9, 1999.
John S. Seitz,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-15549 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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