[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3958-3959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1738]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6528-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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 following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements for National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards 
for Automobile Refinish Coatings, EPA No. 1765.02, OMB No. 2060-0353, 
expires March 31, 2000. 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 February 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1765.02. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Mark Morris at (919) 541-5416.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for National 
Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Automobile Refinish 
Coatings (OMB Control No. 2060-0353; EPA ICR No. 1765.02), expiring 
March 31, 2000. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    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

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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.
    The information collection includes initial and periodic reporting 
necessary for the EPA to ensure compliance with the promulgated federal 
rule for automobile refinish coatings. The rule will be enforced 
through random sampling of coatings to determine VOC content. All 
manufacturers and importers of coatings and coating components subject 
to this rule must submit an initial report. The initial report must 
include the name and mailing address of the manufacturer or importer. 
The rule requires that containers of all subject automobile refinish 
coatings and coating components display the date of manufacture or a 
code indicating the date of manufacture. All manufacturers and 
importers of subject coatings and coating components must submit an 
explanation of all date codes used on automobile refinish coating and 
coating component containers. Date code explanations can be submitted 
with the initial report. Thereafter, respondents must submit 
explanations of any new date codes within 30 days of their first use. 
The EPA is required under section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act (Act) to 
regulate VOC emissions from the use of consumer and commercial 
products. Pursuant to section 183(e)(3), the EPA published a list of 
consumer and commercial products and a schedule for their regulation 
(60 FR 15264). Automobile refinish coatings were included in Group 1 of 
the list, and the standards for such coatings were promulgated on 
September 11, 1998 (63 FR 48806).The reports required under the rule 
enable the EPA to identify all coating and coating component 
manufacturers and importers in the United States, and to determine 
which coatings and coating components are subject to the rule based on 
dates of manufacture. Agency enforcement personnel will use the 
information collected to identify manufacturers and importers subject 
to the rule and to determine which coatings and coating components are 
subject to the rule by dates of manufacture.
    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 EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on August 27, 
1999 (64 FR 46906); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.2 
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; 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 
coatings/components for Automobile Refinishing.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 22 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $0.
    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. 1765.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0353 in any 
correspondence. Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Office of Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division 
(2822), 1200 Pennsylvania, NW, 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: January 19, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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