Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products
Posted Date: 2014-04-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22961-22962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09457]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563; FRL 9909-88-OEI]

Information Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; 
Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards 
for Consumer Products (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 Consumer Products (EPA ICR No. 1764.06, 
OMB Control No. 2060-0348), 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 April 30, 2014. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 
3799) on January 23, 2014, during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comment. 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 May 27, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0563, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov (include Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563 in the subject line of the message), 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: Ms. Kim Teal, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division, Mail 
Code D243-04, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 
number 919-541-5580; fax number 919-541-5450; email address: 
teal.kim@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 telephone number for the Docket Center 
is 202-566-1744. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov 
or in person at the EPA Docket Center, William Jefferson Clinton 
Building West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20004. 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 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). Consumer products were 
included on the list, and the standards are codified at 40 CFR part 59, 
subpart C. The information collection includes initial

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reports and periodic recordkeeping necessary for the EPA to ensure 
compliance with federal standards for volatile organic compounds in 
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's policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart 
B, Confidentiality of Business Information.
    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the agency's estimate, 
which is only briefly summarized here:
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers and importers of 
consumer products.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under 40 CFR part 59, 
subpart C, ``National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Consumer Products,'' and provide assurance that the mandates of section 
183(e) of the CAA are being achieved.
    Estimated number of respondents: 732 total.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 29,613 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,364,069 (per year), which no capital or 
operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There are no changes in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB.

    Dated: April 17, 2014.
Erin Collard,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-09457 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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