Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563-0019
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: 2023-08-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56616-56617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17839]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563; FRL-11345-01-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 
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 Number 
1764.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0348) 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 August 31, 2023. 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 September 18, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0563, to EPA online using 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.

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    Submit written comments 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 to the 
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 July 31, 2023. An agency may 
neither conduct nor 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 January 31, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 
43843). 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 Building, 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 (Act) to regulate VOC emissions from the use of consumer and 
commercial products. Pursuant to section 183(e)(3), the EPA published a 
list of consumer and commercial products and a schedule for their 
regulation on March 23, 1995 (60 FR 15264). Consumer products were 
included in Group I of the list, and standards were promulgated on 
September 11, 1998 and are codified at 40 CFR part 59, subpart C. The 
National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer 
Products (40 CFR part 59, subpart C) were proposed on April 2, 1996; 
promulgated on September 11, 1998; and most-recently amended on June 
25, 2013. These standards apply to manufacturers, importers, and 
distributors of consumer products. This information is being collected 
to ensure compliance with 40 CFR part 59, subpart C.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers, importers, and 
distributors of consumer products.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 59, 
subpart C).
    Estimated number of respondents: 337 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 17,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,210,000 (per year). There are no 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment increase in burden from 
the most-recently approved ICR is due to a correction in the 
calculation for clerical labor hours. The most-recently approved ICR 
incorrectly estimated clerical labor hours by multiplying technical 
labor hours by 0.01 (1%). This calculation was corrected to multiply 
technical labor hours by 0.1 (10%). As described above in section 
6(e)(i), clerical burdens are assumed to take 10% of the time required 
for technical tasks because the typical duties of clerical staff are to 
proofread the reports, make copies, and maintain records. Although the 
supporting statement for the most-recently approved ICR indicated there 
are 732 respondents, this was based on the sum of all values listed in 
column D of Table 1, which resulted in double counting. This has been 
corrected to 337 respondents as described in Sections 1(b) and 6(d), 
above. However, the number of respondents listed for each line item of 
Table 1 is unchanged; therefore, this correction did not result in a 
decrease in the estimated burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-17839 Filed 8-17-23; 8:45 am]
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