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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102887-102888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29961]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0371; FRL-12495-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Architectural Coatings (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (EPA ICR Number 
1750.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0393) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through December 31, 2024. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 during a 
60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for 
public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before January 17, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2011-0371 to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    The 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through December 31, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on April 23, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 30358). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The EPA is required under section 183(e) of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA) to regulate volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from 
the use of consumer and commercial products. Pursuant to CAA section 
183(e)(3), the EPA published a list of consumer and commercial products 
and a schedule for their regulation (60 FR 15264). Architectural and 
industrial maintenance coatings are included on the list, and the 
standards for such coatings are codified at 40 CFR part 59, subpart D. 
The information collection includes initial reports and periodic 
recordkeeping necessary for the EPA to ensure compliance with federal 
standards for VOC in architectural coatings. Respondents are 
manufacturers, distributors, and importers of architectural coatings. 
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.
    Form Numbers: None.

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    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers and importers of 
architectural coatings.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 59, 
subpart D)
    Estimated number of respondents: 520 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 24,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,550,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment 
increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to an 
increase in the number of respondents due to growth in the industry. 
There is an increase in costs from the most recently approved ICR due 
to the increased respondent count and the use of updated labor rates. 
This ICR uses labor rates from the most recent Bureau of Labor 
Statistics report (September 2022) to calculate respondent burden 
costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29961 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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