Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563-0014
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products; Renewal
Posted Date: 2017-06-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29075-29076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13373]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563; FRL-9964-18-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for 
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), Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements for National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards 
for Consumer Products, 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 June 30, 2017. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on March 22, 2017, during a 60-day comment period. 
No comments were received on that document. 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 July 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0563, to (1) the EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to 
EPA

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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.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Susan Fairchild, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code 
D243-04, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 
number: (919) 541-5167; fax number: (919) 541-5450; email address: 
Fairchild.susan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents for this ICR (Reporting 
and Recordkeeping Requirements for National Volatile Organic Compound 
Emission Standards for Consumer Products (40 CFR part 59, subpart C) 
(Renewal); OMB Control Number 2060-0348; EPA ICR Number 1764.07), 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, 
EPA WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the EPA Docket Center is (202) 
566-1744. For additional information about the 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). The standards for 
consumer products are codified at 40 CFR part 59, subpart C. The 
information collection includes initial reports and periodic 
recordkeeping necessary for the EPA to ensure compliance with Federal 
standards for VOC in consumer products. Respondents are manufacturers, 
distributors, and importers of 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. The reports 
required under the standards enable the EPA to identify all consumer 
products manufacturers, distributors, and importers in the United 
States and to determine which consumer products are subject to the 
standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action as respondents are manufacturers, distributors, and 
importers of consumer products.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Responses to the collection are 
mandatory under 40 CFR part 59, subpart C.
    Estimated number of respondents: 300 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 16,126 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,765,427 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 13,487 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to adjustments to the estimated 
hours for each level of review. These adjustments are consistent with 
the assumptions used routinely in ICR renewals, and are discussed in 
the supporting statements for this action.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-13373 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am]
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