Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 23, 2013 / Notices 63183 

section 183(e)(3), the EPA published a 

list of consumer and commercial 

products and a schedule for their 

regulation (60 FR 15264). Automobile 

refinish coatings were included on the 

list, and the standards for such coatings 

are codified at 40 CFR part 59, subpart 

B. The reports required under the 

standards enable EPA to identify all 

coating and coating component 

manufacturers and importers in the 

United States and to determine which 

coatings and coating components are 

subject to the standards, based on dates 

of manufacture. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Manufacturers and importers of 

automobile refinish coatings and coating 

components. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under 40 CFR part 59, 

subpart B. 

Estimated number of respondents: 4. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total annual hour burden: 14. Burden 

is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total annual cost: $924, which 

includes $0 annualized capital or O&M 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There are 

no changes in the total estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24792 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0402; FRL–9901–89– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Mobile 

Air Conditioner Retrofitting Program 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), Mobile Air 

Conditioner Retrofitting Program (EPA 

ICR No. 1774.06, OMB Control No. 

2060–0450), to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through October 31, 2013. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (78 

FR 37220) on June 20, 2013 during a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before November 22, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2013–0402, 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, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca von dem Hagen, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, Office of 

Atmospheric Programs, MC 6205J, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

343–9445; fax number: (202) 343–2362; 

email address: vondemhagen.rebecca@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 Federal 

Building West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

further information about EPA’s public 

docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: EPA’s Significant New 

Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program 

implements Section 612 of the 1990 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments, 

which authorized the Agency to 

establish regulatory requirements to 

ensure that ozone-depleting substances 

(ODS) are replaced by alternatives that 

reduce overall risks to human health 

and the environment, and to promote an 

expedited transition to safe substitutes. 

To promote this transition, CAA 

specified that EPA establish an 

information clearinghouse of available 

alternatives, and coordinate with other 

Federal agencies and the public on 

research, procurement practices, and 

information and technology transfers. 

Since the program’s inception in 

1994, SNAP has reviewed over 400 new 

chemicals and alternative 

manufacturing processes for a wide 

range of consumer, industrial, space 

exploration, and national security 

applications. Roughly 90% of 

alternatives submitted to EPA for review 

have been listed as acceptable for a 

specific use, typically with some 

condition or limit to minimize risks to 

human health and the environment. 

Regulations promulgated under SNAP 

require that Motor Vehicle Air 

Conditioners (MVACs) retrofitted to use 

a SNAP substitute refrigerant include 

basic information on a label to be 

affixed to the air conditioner. The label 

includes the name of the substitute 

refrigerant, when and by whom the 

retrofit was performed, environmental 

and safety information about the 

substitute refrigerant, and other 

information. This information is needed 

so that subsequent technicians working 

on the MVAC system will be able to 

service the equipment properly, 

decreasing the likelihood of significant 

refrigerant cross-contamination and 

potential failure of air conditioning 

systems and recovery/recycling 

equipment. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: New 

and used car dealers, gas service 

stations, top and body repair shops, 

general automotive repair shops, 

automotive repair shops not elsewhere 

classified, including air conditioning 

and radiator specialty shops. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under 40 CFR part 82, 

subpart G. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

294 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once per 

retrofit of a motor vehicle air 

conditioner. 

Total estimated burden: 8 hours (per 

year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $570 (per year), 

which includes $10 (per year) 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 


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1EPA has posted copies of these actions at: 

http://www.epa.gov/reg3artd/airregulations/

delegate/vadelegation.htm. 

2Sierra Club v. EPA, 551 F.3rd 1019 (D.C. Cir. 

2008). 

Changes in Estimates: There is 

decrease of 1,492 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB (per year). This decrease is based 

on the decline of CFC–12 MVACs in 

service today. EPA estimated that the 

total percent of CFC–12 MVACs 

retrofitted in 2003 was 1.5%, which 

equals an estimated 500,000 CFC–12 

MVACs retrofitted to R–134a. The 

number of MVACs originally designed 

to use CFC–12 as well as the number of 

those retrofitted to R–134a has been 

decreasing every year and EPA 

estimates a continued reduction in the 

number of CFC–12 MVACs retrofits will 

occur during the next three years. EPA 

estimates that currently, in 2013, there 

are 330,000 MVACs originally designed 

to use CFC–12 operating in the U.S. EPA 

estimates that in 2014, 2015 and 2016 

the number of cars originally designed 

to use CFC–12 will decrease to 170,000, 

84,000 and 40,000, respectively. Of 

these, EPA estimates that 0.1% will be 

retrofitted annually to use alternative 

refrigerants between October 2013 and 

September 2016. Therefore, EPA 

estimates that in 2014, 2015 and 2016 

the numbers of MVACs to be retrofitted 

are 170, 84 and 40, respectively; 

resulting in a total of 294 MVAC 

retrofits over the three years of this ICR. 

These reductions are due to the decrease 

of CFC–12 MVACs available on the road 

for retrofitting. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24790 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL-9901–78–Region 3] 

Delegation of Authority to the 

Commonwealth of Virginia To 

Implement and Enforce Additional or 

Revised National Emission Standards 

for Hazardous Air Pollutants and New 

Source Performance Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of delegation of 

authority. 

SUMMARY: On March 13, 2013, EPA sent 

the Commonwealth of Virginia 

(Virginia) a letter acknowledging that 

Virginia’s delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce National 

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants (NESHAP) and New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) had been 

updated, as provided for under 

previously approved delegation 

mechanisms. To inform regulated 

facilities and the public of Virginia’s 

updated delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce NESHAP and 

NSPS, EPA is making available a copy 

of EPA’s letter to Virginia through this 

notice. 

DATES: On March 13, 2013, EPA sent 

Virginia a letter acknowledging that 

Virginia’s delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce NESHAP and 

NSPS had been updated. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of documents 

pertaining to this action are available for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours at the Air Protection 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103– 

2029. Copies of Virginia’s submittal are 

also available at the Virginia 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

629 East Main Street, Richmond, 

Virginia 23219. Copies of Virginia’s 

notice to EPA that Virginia has updated 

its incorporation by reference of Federal 

NESHAP and NSPS, and of EPA’s 

response, may also be found posted on 

EPA Region III’s Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/reg3artd/airregulations/

delegate/vadelegation.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray 

Chalmers, (215) 814–2061, or by email 

at chalmers.ray@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 14, 2013, Virginia notified 

EPA that Virginia has updated its 

incorporation by reference of Federal 

NESHAP and NSPS to include many 

such standards, as they were published 

in final form in the Code of Federal 

Regulations dated July 1, 2012. On 

March 13, 2013, EPA sent Virginia a 

letter acknowledging that Virginia now 

has the authority to implement and 

enforce the NESHAP and NSPS as 

specified by Virginia in its notice to 

EPA, as provided for under previously 

approved automatic delegation 

mechanisms. All notifications, 

applications, reports and other 

correspondence required pursuant to 

the delegated NESHAP and NSPS must 

be submitted to both the US EPA Region 

III and to the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality, unless the 

delegated standard specifically provides 

that such submittals may be sent to EPA 

or a delegated State. In such cases, the 

submittals should be sent only to the 

Virginia Department of Environmental 

Quality. A copy of EPA’s letter to 

Virginia follows: 

Michael G. Dowd, Director 

Air Division 

Virginia Department of Environmental 

Quality 

629 East Main Street 

P.O. Box 1105 

Richmond, Virginia 23218 

Dear Mr. Dowd: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has 

previously delegated to the Commonwealth 

of Virginia (Virginia) the authority to 

implement and enforce various federal 

National Emissions Standards for Hazardous 

Air Pollutants (NESHAP) and New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS), which are 

found at 40 CFR Parts 60, 61 and 63.1 In 

those actions, EPA also delegated to Virginia 

the authority to implement and enforce any 

future EPA NESHAP or NSPS on the 

condition that Virginia legally adopt the 

future standards, make only allowed wording 

changes, and provide specified notice to 

EPA. 

In a letter dated February 14, 2013, 

Virginia informed EPA that Virginia had 

updated its incorporation by reference of 

federal NESHAP and NSPS to include many 

such standards, as they were published in 

final form in the Code of Federal Regulations 

dated July 1, 2012. Virginia noted that its 

intent in updating its incorporation by 

reference of the NESHAP and NSPS was to 

retain the authority to enforce all standards 

included in the revisions, as per the 

provisions of EPA’s previous delegation 

actions. Virginia committed to enforcing the 

federal standards in conformance with the 

terms of EPA’s previous delegations of 

authority. Virginia made only allowed 

wording changes. 

Virginia provided copies of its revised 

regulations specifying the NESHAP and 

NSPS which Virginia has adopted by 

reference. These revised regulations are 

entitled 9 VAC 5–50 ‘‘New and Modified 

Stationary Sources,’’ and 9 VAC 5–60 

‘‘Hazardous Air Pollutant Sources.’’ These 

revised regulations have an effective date of 

February 13, 2013. 

Accordingly, EPA acknowledges that 

Virginia now has the authority, as provided 

for under the terms of EPA’s previous 

delegation actions, to implement and enforce 

the NESHAP and NSPS standards which 

Virginia has adopted by reference in 

Virginia’s revised regulations 9 VAC 5–50 

and 9 VAC 5–60, both effective on February 

13, 2013. 

Please note that on December 19, 2008, in 

Sierra Club v. EPA,2 the United States Court 

of Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Circuit vacated certain provisions of the 

General Provisions of 40 CFR Part 63 relating 

to exemptions for startup, shutdown, and 

malfunction (SSM). On October 16, 2009, the 

Court issued a mandate vacating these SSM 

exemption provisions, which are found at 40 

CFR § 63.6(f)(1) and (h)(1). 

Accordingly, EPA no longer allows sources 

the SSM exemption as provided for in the 

vacated provisions at 40 CFR § 63.6(f)(1) and 

(h)(1), even though EPA has not yet formally 

removed these SSM exemption provisions 

from the General Provisions of 40 CFR Part 


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