Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1750.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0393, 24036-24037 [05-9083]

Download as PDF 24036 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 87 / Friday, May 6, 2005 / Notices ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OAR–2005–0049; FRL–7908–4] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1750.04, OMB Control Number 2060–0393 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2005. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 6, 2005. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR– 2005–0049, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, EPA West, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. Mr. Dave Salman, Emission Standards Division (C539–03), EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541–0859; fax number: (919) 541–5689; e-mail address: salman.dave@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On February 25, 2005 (70 FR 9304), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). The EPA has addressed the comments received. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VerDate jul<14>2003 18:03 May 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–2005–0049, which is available for public viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center is (202) 566–1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket ID number identified above. Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice. The EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA’s Federal Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/ edocket. Title: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (40 CFR part 59, subpart D) (Renewal). Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports, annual reporting, and recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with Federal standards for volatile organic compounds in architectural coatings. Respondents are manufacturers and PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 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. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 46 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Respondents to this information collection are manufacturers and importers of architectural coatings. Estimated Number of Respondents: 500. Frequency of Response: Annual and occasional. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 22,761. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,599,707, which includes $0 annualized capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $1,599,707 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 650 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to adjustments to the estimates. E:\FR\FM\06MYN1.SGM 06MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 87 / Friday, May 6, 2005 / Notices Dated: April 25, 2005. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 05–9083 Filed 5–5–05; 8:45 am] Background BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [R04–OAR–2005–NC–0002–200508; FRL– 7909–2] Adequacy Status of the Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, and Winston-Salem, NC Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan Updates for Transportation Conformity Purposes Today’s notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter to NCDENR on April 29, 2005, stating that the MVEB in the submitted Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, and Winston-Salem carbon monoxide maintenance plan updates submitted on March 23, 2005, are adequate. This finding has also been announced on EPA’s conformity Web site: https:// www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm, (once there, click on the ‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ text icon, then look for Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions’’). The adequate MVEB are provided in the following tables. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: ACTION: CHARLOTTE AREA MVEB Pollutant 2015 Mecklenburg ...... CO ..................... 470.18 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P SUMMARY: These MVEB are effective May 23, 2005. Matt Laurita, Environmental Engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch, Air Quality Modeling and Transportation Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Mr. Laurita can also be reached by telephone at (404) 562–9044, or via electronic mail at laurita.matthew@epa.gov. The finding is available at EPA’s conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm (once there, click on the ‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ text icon, then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions’’). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate jul<14>2003 18:03 May 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. County Notice of adequacy. DATES: EPA has described the process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999 memorandum entitled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on Implementation of March 2, 1999 Conformity Court Decision’’). EPA has followed this guidance in making this adequacy determination. This guidance is incorporated into EPA’s July 1, 2004, final rulemaking entitled ‘‘Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments for the New 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards and Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing Areas; Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Response to Court Decision and Additional Rule Changes.’’ Dated: April 29, 2005. A. Stanley Meiburg, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. [FR Doc. 05–9213 Filed 5–5–05; 8:45 am] [Tons per day] In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that EPA has found that the motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEB) in the Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), Raleigh/Durham (Durham and Wake Counties), and Winston-Salem (Forsyth County) carbon monoxide maintenance plan updates, submitted March 23, 2005, by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR), are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. On March 2, 1999, the DC Circuit Court ruled that submitted State Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be used for transportation conformity determinations until EPA has affirmatively found them adequate. As a result of EPA’s finding, the Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, and Winston-Salem areas can use the MVEB from the submitted Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham, and Winston-Salem carbon monoxide maintenance plan updates, respectively, for future conformity determinations. 24037 RALEIGH/DURHAM AREA MVEB [Tons per day] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY County Pollutant 2015 [ER–FRL–6663–1] Durham .............. Wake ................. CO ..................... CO ..................... 177.22 384.27 Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–7167 or https://www.epa.gov/ [Tons per day] compliance/nepa/ Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact County Pollutant 2015 Statements Forsyth .............. CO ..................... 247.64 Filed 04/25/2005 Through 04/29/2005 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. Transportation conformity is required EIS No. 20050175, Draft EIS, FHW, CA, by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, Campus Parkway Project, Proposes to as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity Construct a New Expressway from rule requires that transportation plans, Mission Avenue Interchange and programs and projects conform to state Yosemite Avenue/Lake Road, US air quality implementation plans and Army COE Section 404 Permit, City of establishes the criteria and procedures Merced, Merced County, CA, for determining whether or not they do. Comment Period Ends: 07/05/2005, Conformity to a SIP means that Contact: Mahfoud Licha 916–498– transportation activities will not 5866 produce new air quality violations, EIS No. 20050176, Draft EIS, FAA, AK, worsen existing violations, or delay Juneau International Airport, timely attainment of the national Proposed Development Activities to ambient air quality standards. Enhance Operations Safety, Facilitate The criteria by which EPA determines Aircraft Alignment, US Army COE whether a SIP’s MVEB are adequate for Section 404 Permit, City and Borough transportation conformity purposes are of Juneau, AK, Comment Period Ends: outlined in 40 Code of Federal 06/20/2005, Contact: Patti Sullivan Regulations 93.118(e)(4). Please note 907–271–5454 that an adequacy review is separate EIS No. 20050177, Draft EIS, AFS, AZ, from EPA’s completeness review, and it Coconino National Forest Project, Realso should not be used to prejudge authorize Grazing on the Pickett Lake EPA’s ultimate approval of the SIP. and Padre Canyon Allotments, Even if EPA finds a budget adequate, the Implementation, Mormon Lake Range Agency may later determine that the SIP District, Coconino County, AZ, itself is not approvable. Comment Period Ends: 06/20/2005, PO 00000 WINSTON-SALEM AREA MVEB Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06MYN1.SGM 06MYN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2005-0049; FRL-7908-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Volatile Organic 
Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal), EPA 
ICR Number 1750.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0393

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501, et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2005. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2005-
0049, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, EPA West, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dave Salman, Emission Standards 
Division (C539-03), EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-0859; fax number: (919) 541-5689; e-mail 
address: salman.dave@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has submitted the following ICR to 
OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 
CFR 1320.12. On February 25, 2005 (70 FR 9304), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). The EPA has addressed the 
comments received.
    The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket 
ID No. OAR-2005-0049, which is available for public viewing at the Air 
and Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice. The EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and 
without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, 
confidential business information (CBI), or other information whose 
public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a 
comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference 
to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in 
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted 
material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified 
as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose 
disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the 
official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in 
EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's 
Federal Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 
(May 31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
Architectural Coatings (40 CFR part 59, subpart D) (Renewal).
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports, 
annual reporting, and recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure 
compliance with Federal standards for volatile organic compounds in 
architectural coatings. Respondents are manufacturers 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 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.
    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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 46 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Respondents to this information 
collection are manufacturers and importers of architectural coatings.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Response: Annual and occasional.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 22,761.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,599,707, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $1,599,707 
annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 650 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to adjustments to the 
estimates.


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    Dated: April 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-9083 Filed 5-5-05; 8:45 am]
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