[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 82 (Friday, April 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 22960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09017]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-OAR-2011-0371; FRL--10023-35-OMS]


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 (EPA) has submitted an 
Information Collection Request (ICR), National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (EPA ICR Number 
1750.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0393) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through June 30, 2021. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on September 16, 2020, 
during a 60-day comment period. This document 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 June 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
OAR-2011-0371, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 
by email to a-and-r-docket@epa,gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Kaye Whitfield, Sector Policies and 
Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (D243-
04), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone number: 
919-541-2509; fax number: 919-541-4991; 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 
https://www.regulations.gov/. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the 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 (CAA) to regulate volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from 
the use of consumer and commercial products. Pursuant to CAA section 
183(e)(3), the EPA published a list of consumer and commercial products 
and a schedule for their regulation (60 FR 15264). Architectural and 
industrial maintenance coatings are included on the list, and the 
standards for such coatings are codified at 40 CFR part 59, subpart D 
which specifies that manufacturers and importers of architectural 
coatings adhere to volatile organic compound (VOC) content limits in 
the regulation. Information collection requirements for manufacturers 
and importers complying with the VOC content limits consist of product 
labeling; an initial notification report, which includes an explanation 
of any date code used; and subsequent explanations of any date codes 
revised after submittal of the initial report. The regulation does not 
contain any additional reporting or recordkeeping requirements unless a 
manufacturer or importer chooses to comply through one of the optional 
provisions in lieu of meeting the VOC content limits (i.e., the tonnage 
exemption, exceedance fee, or recycled coating credit provisions).
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Respondents are manufacturers, 
distributors, and importers of architectural coatings.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under 40 CFR part 59, 
subpart D--National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Architectural Coatings.
    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: $1,481,441 (per year). There are no 
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: Labor rates have been updated using 2019 
values, leading to an increase in the total estimated respondent cost 
burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-09017 Filed 4-29-21; 8:45 am]
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