[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10025-10026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4005]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563; FRL-9270-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products (Renewal)

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. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 25, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0563, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk 
Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael K. Ciolek, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division, Natural Resources and 
Commerce Group (D243-05), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-4921; fax number: (919) 541-1039; 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 November 9, 2010 (75 FR 68783), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the Air 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Docket is 
(202) 566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Consumer Products (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1764.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0348.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2011. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports and 
periodic recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with 
Federal standards for volatile organic compounds in consumer products. 
Respondents are manufacturers, distributors, and importers of consumer 
products. Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40 CFR part 
59, subpart C, National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards 
for Consumer Products. 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for

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this collection of information is estimated to average 40 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 
which have subsequently changed; 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 
consumer products.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 732.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 29,613.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,364,069 in labor costs; there are 
no capital/startup costs or O&M costs associated with this ICR.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
capital and O&M costs to the respondents in this ICR compared to the 
previous ICR because the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. However, the change in labor costs for industry and EPA is due 
to the use of more current labor rates.

    Dated: February 16. 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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