Notice2024-29961
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)
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Published
December 18, 2024
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 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.
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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 [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our
preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aecf83cfc0ca83dc83cac1cdc5cbdaeecbdecf80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fa9bd79b949ed788d79e9599919f8eba9f8a9bd49d958c">[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.
Submit written comments and recommendations 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 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b4a474205465e455f4a5842596b4e5b4a054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2948454007445c475d485a405b694c5948074e465f">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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
<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 (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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