[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58495-58496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24286]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0971; FRL-9468-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings (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 information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 21, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0971 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center (Mail Code 28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Sharon Nizich, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code 
D243-04, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 
number: (919) 541-2825; fax number: (919) 541-5450; 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 May 2, 2011, (76 FR 24476), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any comments 
on this ICR should be submitted to the EPA and the OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0971, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 is 202-566-1742.
    Use the 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 the 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 the 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 
Aerosol Coatings (Renewal)
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No 2289.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0617.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2011. 
Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at the 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 the 
EPA's regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the 
Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are 
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 the OMB control numbers in certain 
EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: EPA is required, under section 183(e) of the Clean Air 
Act, to regulate volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from the 
use of consumer and commercial products. Pursuant to section 183(e)(3), 
EPA published a list of consumer and commercial products and a schedule 
for their regulation (60 FR 15264). Aerosol coatings were included on 
the list, and the standards for such coatings are codified at 40 CFR 
part 59, subpart E. The reports required under the standards enable EPA 
to identify coating formulations manufactured, imported or distributed 
in the United States, and to determine the product-weighted reactivity. 
The ICR addresses the burden for activities conducted in 3 year 
increments after promulgation of the national VOC emission standards 
for aerosol coatings. The regulated entities read instructions to 
determine how they were affected by the rule. New and existing 
regulated entities submit an initial notification. Regulated entities 
are required to submit notifications of changes in the products or 
company information and to maintain records. In addition, regulated 
entities are required to submit triennial reports of formulation data 
and VOC usage.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 133 
hours per response over the course of the 3 year reporting period. 
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, distributors, and 
importers of aerosol coatings.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 64.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, triennially.
    Estimated Total Average Hour Burden: 12,265.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,033,626 in labor costs. There are 
no capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 143 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. Year 1 and 2 burden estimates include an initial 
number of respondents that will be required to perform recordkeeping 
and reporting activities, and assumes 1 additional initial and 
supplemental reports will be required to be completed due to new 
aerosol coating product formulations being introduced into the market, 
or changes in existing aerosol coatings formulations. Beginning in Year 
3, triennial reports will be submitted, increasing the burden for those 
years where a report is due.

    Dated: September 15, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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