[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10480-10481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04017]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0971; FRL-9923-72-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission 
Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission

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Standards for Architectural Coatings'' (EPA ICR No. 1750.07, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0393) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through February 28, 2015. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 55448) on 
September 16, 2014, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows 
for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of 
the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the 
public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0371, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected] or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kim Teal, Sector Policies and 
Programs Division (Mail Code D243-04), Office of Air Quality Planning 
and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-5580; fax number: 919-541-
5450; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The 
telephone number for the EPA Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For 
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The EPA is required under section 183(e) of the Clean Air 
Act to regulate volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from the use 
of consumer and commercial products. Pursuant to section 183(e)(3), the 
EPA published a list of consumer and commercial products and a schedule 
for their regulation (60 FR 15264). Architectural coatings are included 
on the list, and the standards for such coatings are codified at 40 CFR 
part 59, subpart D. The information collection includes initial reports 
and periodic recordkeeping necessary for the EPA to ensure compliance 
with federal standards for VOC in architectural coatings. Respondents 
are manufacturers or importers that produce, package, or repackage 
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 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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers or importers that 
produce, package, or repackage architectural coatings for sale or 
distribution in the United States, including the District of Columbia 
and all United States territories.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under 40 CFR part 59, 
subpart D.
    Estimated number of respondents: 500 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 14,661 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,261,526 per year. There are no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-04017 Filed 2-25-15; 8:45 am]
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