[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46906-46907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22327]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards 
for Automobile Refinish Coatings

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 the 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 Automobile Refinish Coatings,'' EPA No. 1765.01, 
OMB No. 2060-0353, expires January 31, 2000. Before submitting the ICR 
to OMB for review and approval, the EPA is soliciting comments on 
specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described 
below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Comments should be submitted (in duplicate) to: 
Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (6102), Attention: 
Docket No. A-95-18, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20460.
    Docket. Information on the ICR and the Automobile Refinish Coatings 
Rule can be obtained from the docket (above) and is also available for 
downloading from the EPA's internet website for this rule at ``http://
www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/183e/arc/arcpg.html.'' The docket is available for 
public inspection and copying between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm, Monday 
through Friday, at the EPA's Air and Radiation Docket and

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Information Center, Waterside Mall, Room M-1500, 1st Floor, 401 M 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-7548, FAX (202) 
260-4400. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark Morris at (919) 541-5416, 
Organic Chemicals 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 or import 
automobile refinish coatings or coating components 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 
Automobile Refinish Coatings; OMB Control No 2060-0353; EPA ICR No. 
1765.01; expires January 31, 2000.
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial and periodic 
reporting necessary for the EPA to ensure compliance with Federal 
standards for volatile organic compounds in automobile refinish 
coatings. Respondents are manufacturers and importers of automobile 
refinish coatings and coating components. Responses to the collection 
are mandatory under 40 CFR part 59, subpart B--National Volatile 
Organic Compound Emission Standards for Automobile Refinish 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. 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 the 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 22 hours per 
year, at a total labor cost of $1,100 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 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 all 
regulated entities (approximately 30) prior to expiration of the 
existing ICR. Therefore, the burden calculation is based on one new 
initial notification per year by a new regulated entity.
    (ii) Reading the rule to obtain the recordkeeping and reporting 
instructions would require 2 hours.
    (iii) Completion of the Initial Notification Report would require 2 
hours.
    (iv) Notification of a change in date coding systems would require 
2 hours.

    Dated: August 15, 1999.
John S. Seitz,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-22327 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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