
[Federal Register: July 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 144)]
[Notices]               
[Page 43440-43441]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr25jy08-64]                         

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0393; FRL-8697-6]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal); EPA 
ICR No. 1750.05; OMB Control No. 2060-0393

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, 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 August 25, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0393, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail 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 6102T, 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 May 15, 2008 (73 FR 28112), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments 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-2008-0393 which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, 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 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 http://
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 http://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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Architectural Coatings (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1750.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0393.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2008. 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 architectural 
coatings. Respondents are manufacturers, distributors, and importers of 
consumer products. 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for

[[Page 43441]]

this collection of information is estimated to average 33 hours per 
respondent. 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 
architectural coatings.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,641 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,224,507. This includes $1,224,507 
in labor costs and no capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a reduction of 6,120 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the 
OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This reduction is a result of 
revised estimates of number of exceedance fee reports and tonnage 
exemption reports to be submitted. These revised estimates were updated 
based on actual reports received in 2007 and 2008 in accordance with 
OMB's terms of clearance when the existing ICR was previously renewed 
in 2005. The estimated total annual costs decrease by $375,200 as a 
result.

    Dated: July 21, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-17090 Filed 7-24-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
