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), 56616-56617 [2023-17839]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 56616 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 159 / Friday, August 18, 2023 / Notices 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: ali.muntasir@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 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 July 22, 2022 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 23, 2013 (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa) were proposed on May 23, 2013; promulgated on April 4, 2014; and amended on November 5, 2020. These regulations apply to emissions of particulate matter (PM) and total reduced sulfur (TRS) at recovery furnaces, smelt dissolving tanks (SDTs), lime kilns, digester systems, brown stock washer (BSW) systems, multiple effect evaporator systems and condensate stripper systems at kraft pulp mills that commenced construction, or modification or reconstruction after May 23, 2013. At pulp mills, where kraft pulping is combined with neutral sulfite semi-chemical pulping, the provisions of this subpart are applicable when any portion of the material charged to an affected source is produced by the kraft pulping operation. This subpart includes provisions specifying that sources complying with the TRS standard for digester systems, BSW systems, evaporator systems and condensate stripper systems by venting to a control device must collect the gases in a closed-vent system subject to the provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart S. Facilities may be exempt VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:26 Aug 17, 2023 Jkt 259001 from the TRS standard in the NSPS if the facility can demonstrate that TRS emissions from a brown stock washer cannot feasibly be controlled either technically or economically. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa. In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/ operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Kraft pulp mills. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa). Estimated number of respondents: 12 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually. Total estimated burden: 4,250 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $1,000,000 (per year), which includes $487,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. due to an update of the respondent count. The previous ICR renewal assumed 12 existing sources and two new sources per year would be subject to these requirements. However, consultations with the Agency’s industry experts estimate there are 12 existing sources and no new sources per year. The previous ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the initial activities for subject facilities. This includes purchasing monitoring equipment, conducting performance tests and establishing recordkeeping systems. This ICR, by in large, reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities. Activities for existing source include continuously monitoring of pollutants and the submission of semiannual reports. In addition, there are no new facilities that are expected to be in the initial compliance phase described above. The overall result is a PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 decrease in burden hours and costs. There is also a decrease in the Capital and O&M costs from the most-recently approved ICR due to the updated respondent count. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2023–17838 Filed 8–17–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 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) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 a-and-rdocket@epa.gov; 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. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\18AUN1.SGM 18AUN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 159 / Friday, August 18, 2023 / Notices 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: ali.muntasir@ epa.gov. 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 https://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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:26 Aug 17, 2023 Jkt 259001 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] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0038; FRL–11348–01– OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 56617 information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (EPA ICR Number 2227.07, OMB Control Number 2060–0610), 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 September 30, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 during a 60day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Comments may be submitted on or before September 18, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OAR–2022–0038, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred method); or by email to a-andr-docket@epa.gov; or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this specific 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: ali.muntasir@ epa.gov. DATES: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2023. An agency may not 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 previous requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). This notice allows SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\18AUN1.SGM 18AUN1

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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 [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 https://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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