[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 14834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04152]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0120; FRL-11793-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Automobile Refinish 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 Automobile Refinish Coatings (EPA ICR 
Number 1765.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0353) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through February 29, 2024. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0120, to: EPA online using www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred 
method), or 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. The 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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through February 29, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on May 18, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31748). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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, 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 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: All manufacturers and importers of coatings and coating 
components subject to 40 CFR part 59, subpart B (National Volatile 
Organic Compound Emission Standards for Automobile Refinish Coatings) 
must submit an initial report. The initial report must include the name 
and mailing address of the manufacturer or importer. The rule requires 
that containers of all subject automobile refinish coatings and coating 
components display the date of manufacture or a code indicating the 
date of manufacture. All manufacturers and importers of subject 
coatings and coating components must submit an explanation of all date 
codes used on automobile refinish coating and coating component 
containers. Date code explanations can be submitted with the initial 
report. Thereafter, respondents must submit explanations of any new 
date codes within 30 days of their first use.
    The information collection includes initial and periodic reporting 
necessary for the EPA to ensure compliance with the promulgated federal 
rule for automobile refinish coatings. The rule will be enforced 
through random sampling of coatings to determine VOC content. 
Respondents are manufacturers and importers of automobile refinish 
coatings and coating components.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers and importers of 
automobile refinish coatings and coating components.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 59, 
subpart B).
    Estimated number of respondents: 32 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 14 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,850 (per year). There are no annualized 
capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is an adjustment due to an increase in the number 
of respondents due to growth in the industry.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-04152 Filed 2-28-24; 8:45 am]
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