National Volatile Organic
Compound (VOC) Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings (40 CFR part
59, subpart E) (Proposed Rule)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
02/28/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2025
83
169
28,685
13,598
0
0
The National Volatile Organic Compound
Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings (40 CFR Part 59, Subpart E)
were proposed on July 16, 2007; promulgated on March 24, 2008; and
amended on: November 7, 2008; December 24, 2008; June 23, 2009; and
March 9, 2012. These regulations apply to both existing and new
manufacturers or importers of an aerosol coating product and a
distributor of an aerosol coating product if it is either named on
the label or if it specifies the formulation of the product. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
Part 59, Subpart E. This ICR includes the burden for the current
rule and the incremental burden associated with final revisions to
the rule which were previously proposed on September 17, 2021. The
current rule requires regulated entities to submit an Initial
Notification to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at
least 90 days before the compliance date. The initial notification
requests basic information about regulated entities, including
contact information of the certifying official. Other required
information includes: (1) a product date code system used to label
products and the category code system, if the facility is not using
the default category codes included in Table 1 of the rule; and (2)
a revised notification if there is a change in the information in
the Initial Notification, with the exception of changes to product
formulations. The regulated entity is not required to submit a
revised notification if the volatile organic compounds (VOC)
formulations submitted in its Initial Notification change; also:
(3) a revised notification if the manufacturer, for example, adds a
new coating category, changes the product date code system or batch
definition, or begins to use a VOC that is not listed in the rule;
and (4) maintain compliance calculations for each of its aerosol
coatings formulations, records of the date(s) the batch was
manufactured, the volume of the batch, and the VOC formula for the
formulation. Records of these calculations must be maintained for 5
years after the product is manufactured, processed, distributed for
wholesale, or imported for sale or distribution in interstate
commerce in the United States, and the regulated entity must supply
this information to the EPA within 60 days of a written request.
Each regulated entity is required to submit a triennial report. The
triennial report provides updated VOC formulation data and, for
each VOC formulation, the total mass of each individual VOC or
mixture used as ingredients in the aerosol coatings manufactured,
imported, or distributed that year. This information must be
provided only for the second year of the triennial reporting cycle,
depending upon the date the regulated entity became subject to the
rule. Subsequent reports are required at 3-year intervals. In this
rule, the EPA is updating coating category product-weighted
reactivity (PWR) limits, adding new compounds and reactivity
factors, updating existing reactivity factors, revising the rule’s
default reactivity factor, amending thresholds for VOC regulated by
the rule, amending reporting requirements to add electronic
reporting, updating test methods to reflect more recent versions,
adding a new compliance date, and making clarifying edits. New and
existing regulated entities will have to submit an initial
notification report. Regulated entities will also be required to
submit notifications of changes in the products, or company
information, and to maintain records. In addition, regulated
entities will be required to submit triennial reports of
formulation data and VOC usage. All reports are to be submitted
through CEDRI to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional
Office for the address listed on the aerosol coating
product.
The increase in burden results
from updating coating category product-weighted reactivity (PWR)
limits, adding new compounds and reactivity factors, updating
existing reactivity factors, revising the rule’s default reactivity
factor, amending thresholds for VOC regulated by the rule, amending
reporting requirements to add electronic reporting, updating test
methods to reflect more recent versions, adding a new compliance
date, and making clarifying edits.
$71,900
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Muntasir Ali 919
541-0833
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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National VOC Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings (40 CFR part 59, subpart E)