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 Cons umer 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. Th e IC R , 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
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- 0563 , to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), b y email to a - and
- r docket@epa.gov, or b y 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 b y mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17 th 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
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Carolina 27711 ; telephone number: (919) 541
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- 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. O n August 2, 2007 ( 72 FR 42409 ), EPA sought comments on this I CR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the comment period
. Any additional comments on this I CR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 day s o f this notice. EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA
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- 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 Cent er (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
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. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment s ys tem 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 s ys tem, 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 cop yri ghted material, Confidential Business Information ( CBI) , or other information whose public disclosure is restricted b y statute. For further information about th e 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 I CR No. 1764.04 , OMB Control No. 20 60
- 0348 ICR St atus : This I CR 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 m andatory under 40 CFR part 59, s ubpart 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, s ubpart B , Confidentiality of Business In formation. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of in formation is estimated to average 40 hours per response . Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended b y persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or providePage 4 of 4

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 R esponse: On occasion Estimated T otal Annual Hours B urden: 29 ,613 hours Estimated T otal Annual C osts: $1,187,537 . This includes labor cost s 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 b y $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