Notice2023-17839
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)
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Published
August 18, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56616-56617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/">www.regulations.gov/</a> (our preferred
method); by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85e4a8e4ebe1a8f7a8e1eae6eee0f1c5e0f5e4abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66074b0708024b144b0209050d03122603160748010910">[email protected]</span></a>; 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd9c9194d3908893899c8e948fbd988d9cd39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b1a171255160e150f1a0812093b1e0b1a551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
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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