[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 187 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54185-54186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21286]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0971; FRL-9103-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings (EPA ICR Number 
2289.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0617), to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in

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accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 
2021. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on April 13, 2021 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 neither conduct nor 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 November 1, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0971 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 
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: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; 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, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, 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). Aerosol coatings are 
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 the 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. Regulated entities read 
instructions to determine how they are affected by the rule. They are 
required to submit initial notifications when an aerosol coating is 
manufactured and notification of changes in the initial report, to 
report formulation data and exemptions claimed, and to maintain 
records. In addition, regulated entities are required to submit 
triennial reports that include formulation data and VOC usage.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: M manufacturers, distributors, and 
importers of aerosol coatings. These regulated entities fall within the 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 32551, 
``Paint and Coating Manufacturing,'' and NAICS Code 325998, ``All Other 
Miscellaneous Chemical Production and Preparation Manufacturing.''
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 59, 
Subpart E).
    Estimated number of respondents: 67 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual, triennial.
    Total estimated burden: 13,600 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $973,000 (per year), which includes zero 
dollars in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a small increase in burden from 
the most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB 
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This situation is due to two 
considerations. The regulations have not changed over the past three 
years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years. The 
estimated growth rate for this industry is one new respondent per year, 
leading to a slow increase in burden. We have added 1 hour of burden 
for existing sources to re-familiarize themselves with the rule each 
year and adjusted the respondent burden to account for managerial hours 
as 5% of technical hours and clerical hours as 10% of technical hours 
for industry respondents, which reflects the EPA standard estimates of 
burden by labor category.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-21286 Filed 9-29-21; 8:45 am]
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