  SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563; FRL-        ]

Agency Information Collection Activities:  Submission to OMB for Review
and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound
Emission Standards for Consumer Products (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1764.04;
OMB Control No. 2060-0348.

AGENCY:	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:	Notice.

SUMMARY:	In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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,   SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 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 [insert date 30
days after publication in the Federal Register].  

ADDRESSES:  Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563,  to (1) EPA 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, Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
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:  Mr. Bruce Moore, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards,  Sector
Policies and Programs Division, Natural Resources and Commerce Group
(E143-03), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina  27711; telephone
number: (919) 541-5460; fax number: (919) 541-3470; e-mail address: 
moore.bruce@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12.  On August 2, 2007 (72 FR 42409), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d).  EPA received no comments   SEQ CHAPTER
\h \r 1 during the comment period.  Any additional comments on this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.

	 EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563 which is available for   SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 online
viewing at   HYPERLINK "http://www.regulations.gov"  www.regulations.gov
,   SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 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  
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 is open from 8 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 EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at   HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov"  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 EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in
paper, will be made available for public viewing at   HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov"  www.regulations.gov   as 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.    SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 For
further information about the electronic docket, go to   HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov"  www.regulations.gov . 

Title:  National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for
Consumer Products (Renewal)

ICR numbers:  EPA ICR No. 1764.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0348  

ICR Status:  This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2007.  Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at 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 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 OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.

Abstract:  The information collection includes initial reports and
periodic recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with
Federal standards for volatile organic compounds in consumer products. 
Respondents are manufacturers, distributors, and importers of consumer
products.  Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40 CFR part
59, subpart C, National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for
Consumer Products.  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.  

Burden Statement:  The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden
for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 hours per
response.  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 which have
subsequently changed; 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 and importers of consumer
products

	Estimated Number of Respondents:  732 

	Frequency of Response:  On occasion

	Estimated Total Annual Hours Burden:  29,613 hours

Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,187,537.  This includes labor costs of
$1,187,537 and no capital or O&M costs.

Changes in Estimates:  There is no change in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens.  However,
the estimated total annual costs are increased by $83,480 due to
increased costs of employment compensation since the previous approval.

Dated:  ______________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Sara Hisel-McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division

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