[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 37 (Friday, February 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9304-9306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3683]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2005-0049; FRL-7877-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards 
for Architectural Coatings, EPA ICR Number 1750.04, OMB Control Number 
2060-0393

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 Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a continuing Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The 
existing ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2005. Before 
submitting the ICR renewal to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 26, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2005-
0049, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by electronic 
mail (e-mail) to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, EPA, National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Architectural Coatings, 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dave Salman, Emission Standards 
Division (C539-03), EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-0859; fax number: (919) 541-5689; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Docket. The EPA has established a public 
docket for the ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2005-0049 (formerly A-92-
18), which is available for public viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 
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 Air Docket is (202) 566-1742. An 
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain 
a copy of the draft supporting statement for the proposed information 
collection, 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. Once in the system, 
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to the ICR should be submitted to EPA within 
60 days of this notice. The EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 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 that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire 
printed comment, including the 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.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacture or import architectural coatings 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 
Architectural Coatings, OMB Control No. 2060-0393; EPA ICR No. 1750.04; 
renewal of EPA ICR No. 1750.03 expires April 30, 2005.
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports, 
annual reporting, and recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure 
compliance with Federal standards for volatile organic compounds in 
architectural coatings. Respondents are manufacturers and importers of 
architectural coatings. Responses to the collection are mandatory under 
40 CFR part 59, subpart D--National Volatile Organic Compound Emission 
Standards for Architectural Coatings. All information submitted to 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 in 40 CFR are listed in 
40 CFR part 9.
    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: The total industry burden for the renewal 
information collection is estimated to be 22,761 hours per year, at a 
total labor cost of $1,599,707 per year. There are no capital costs 
associated with this collection. More details are available in the 
draft supporting statement for the renewal information collection which 
is available in the docket. Burden was calculated based on the 
following assumptions:
    (i) Initial Notification Reports will be submitted by five new 
respondents per year. The estimated 500 existing regulated entities 
have already submitted their initial notification reports under the 
existing and previous ICR.
    (ii) Reading the rule to obtain the recordkeeping and reporting 
instructions would require 2 hours per new respondent.
    (iii) Completion of the Initial Notification Report, including the 
date code explanation, would require 3 hours per new respondent.
    (iv) Notification of change in date code would require 2 hours per 
respondent.
    (v) Annual planning for recordkeeping activities would require 8 
hours per new respondent.
    (vi) Labeling products would require 67 hours per respondent.
    (vii) An additional recordkeeping and annual reporting burden, 
required only for those who choose the recycled coating provision, 
exceedance fee provision, or tonnage exemption in lieu of meeting the 
coating volatile organic compound content limits, is based on the 
assumptions that 25 respondents per year will use the recycled coating 
provision; 120 will use the exceedance fee provision; and 150 will use 
the tonnage exemption. The burden estimates for these provisions are 
133 hours, 92 hours, and 40 hours per respondent, respectively.
    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

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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.

    Dated: February 17, 2005.
Gregory A. Green,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality, Planning, and Standards.
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