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, 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-rdocket@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 
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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 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-OAR2007-0563 which is available for online viewing at 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 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 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 www.regulations.gov. 
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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 
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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: ______________________________________________

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Sara Hisel-McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division