[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 87 (Friday, May 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24036-24037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9083]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2005-0049; FRL-7908-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal), 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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2005. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2005-
0049, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, EPA West, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

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: The EPA has submitted the following ICR to 
OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 
CFR 1320.12. On February 25, 2005 (70 FR 9304), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). The EPA has addressed the 
comments received.
    The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket 
ID No. OAR-2005-0049, which is available for public viewing at the Air 
and Radiation 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 Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center 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 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 this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 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.
    Title: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Architectural Coatings (40 CFR part 59, subpart D) (Renewal).
    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 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 46 
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: Respondents to this information 
collection are manufacturers and importers of architectural coatings.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and occasional.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 22,761.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,599,707, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $1,599,707 
annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 650 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to adjustments to the 
estimates.


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    Dated: April 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-9083 Filed 5-5-05; 8:45 am]
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