[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 113 (Thursday, June 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35210-35211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14876]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0042; FRL-7512-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
Number 1093.07 (OMB Number 2060-0162) to OMB Review and Approval; 
Comment Request

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: NSPS for the Surface Coating 
of Plastic Parts for Business Machines (Renewal). 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 July 14, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leonard Lazarus, Office of Compliance, 
2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-6369; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: [email protected].

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 September 26, 2002 (67 FR 60672), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OECA-2003-0042, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to OMB and EPA 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Mail your comments to OMB at: Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503, and (2) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or on paper, will be available for public viewing in 
EDOCKET 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. 
When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will 
provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment 
placed in

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EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including copyrighted material, 
will be available in the public docket. Although identified as an item 
in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure 
is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official 
public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. 
For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NSPS for the Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business 
Machines (40 CFR part 60, subpart TTT) (Renewal) (OMB Control Number 
2060-0162, EPA ICR Number 1093.07). This is a request to renew an 
existing, approved collection that is scheduled to expire on July 31, 
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    Abstract: Industrial surface coating operations emit volatile 
organic compounds (VOCs) in quantities that the Administrator believes 
cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated 
to endanger public health or welfare. Consequently, New Source 
Performance Standards for the surface coating of plastic parts for 
business machines were promulgated. VOC emissions from these facilities 
are the result of operation of the spray booths that apply prime coats, 
color coats, texture coats or touch-up coats. The standards ensure that 
owners or operators of these facilities use coatings that contain a low 
proportion of VOCs, and coating application equipment that provides a 
high transfer efficiency. In addition, or as an alternative, sources 
may use control equipment to meet the emission limits. 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. Responses to the 
collection of information are mandatory. The required information has 
been determined not to be confidential. However, any information 
submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made 
will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 
40, chapter 1, 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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 35 
(rounded) 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: Facilities that apply coatings to 
plastic parts for business machines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 978 hours.
    Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Annual 
Costs: $0.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,661 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a reduction in the number 
of sources.

    Dated: June 5, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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