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section 183(e)(3), the EPA published a
list of consumer and commercial
products and a schedule for their
regulation (60 FR 15264). Automobile
refinish coatings were included on the
list, and the standards for such coatings
are codified at 40 CFR part 59, subpart
B. The reports required under the
standards enable EPA to identify all
coating and coating component
manufacturers and importers in the
United States and to determine which
coatings and coating components are
subject to the standards, based on dates
of manufacture.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Manufacturers and importers of
automobile refinish coatings and coating
components.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory under 40 CFR part 59,
subpart B.
Estimated number of respondents: 4.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total annual hour burden: 14. Burden
is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total annual cost: $924, which
includes $0 annualized capital or O&M
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There are
no changes in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0402; FRL–9901–89–
OEI]

Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Mobile
Air Conditioner Retrofitting Program
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), Mobile Air
Conditioner Retrofitting Program (EPA
ICR No. 1774.06, OMB Control No.
2060–0450), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through October 31, 2013.
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requested via the Federal Register (78
FR 37220) on June 20, 2013 during a 60day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before November 22,
2013.
Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2013–0402, 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, and (2) OMB via
email to [email protected].
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca von dem Hagen, Environmental
Protection Agency, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Office of
Atmospheric Programs, MC 6205J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
343–9445; fax number: (202) 343–2362;
email address: vondemhagen.rebecca@
epa.gov.
ADDRESSES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 Federal
Building West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
further information about EPA’s public
docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: EPA’s Significant New
Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program
implements Section 612 of the 1990
Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments,

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which authorized the Agency to
establish regulatory requirements to
ensure that ozone-depleting substances
(ODS) are replaced by alternatives that
reduce overall risks to human health
and the environment, and to promote an
expedited transition to safe substitutes.
To promote this transition, CAA
specified that EPA establish an
information clearinghouse of available
alternatives, and coordinate with other
Federal agencies and the public on
research, procurement practices, and
information and technology transfers.
Since the program’s inception in
1994, SNAP has reviewed over 400 new
chemicals and alternative
manufacturing processes for a wide
range of consumer, industrial, space
exploration, and national security
applications. Roughly 90% of
alternatives submitted to EPA for review
have been listed as acceptable for a
specific use, typically with some
condition or limit to minimize risks to
human health and the environment.
Regulations promulgated under SNAP
require that Motor Vehicle Air
Conditioners (MVACs) retrofitted to use
a SNAP substitute refrigerant include
basic information on a label to be
affixed to the air conditioner. The label
includes the name of the substitute
refrigerant, when and by whom the
retrofit was performed, environmental
and safety information about the
substitute refrigerant, and other
information. This information is needed
so that subsequent technicians working
on the MVAC system will be able to
service the equipment properly,
decreasing the likelihood of significant
refrigerant cross-contamination and
potential failure of air conditioning
systems and recovery/recycling
equipment.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: New
and used car dealers, gas service
stations, top and body repair shops,
general automotive repair shops,
automotive repair shops not elsewhere
classified, including air conditioning
and radiator specialty shops.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory under 40 CFR part 82,
subpart G.
Estimated number of respondents:
294 (total).
Frequency of response: Once per
retrofit of a motor vehicle air
conditioner.
Total estimated burden: 8 hours (per
year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $570 (per year),
which includes $10 (per year)
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.

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Changes in Estimates: There is
decrease of 1,492 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB (per year). This decrease is based
on the decline of CFC–12 MVACs in
service today. EPA estimated that the
total percent of CFC–12 MVACs
retrofitted in 2003 was 1.5%, which
equals an estimated 500,000 CFC–12
MVACs retrofitted to R–134a. The
number of MVACs originally designed
to use CFC–12 as well as the number of
those retrofitted to R–134a has been
decreasing every year and EPA
estimates a continued reduction in the
number of CFC–12 MVACs retrofits will
occur during the next three years. EPA
estimates that currently, in 2013, there
are 330,000 MVACs originally designed
to use CFC–12 operating in the U.S. EPA
estimates that in 2014, 2015 and 2016
the number of cars originally designed
to use CFC–12 will decrease to 170,000,
84,000 and 40,000, respectively. Of
these, EPA estimates that 0.1% will be
retrofitted annually to use alternative
refrigerants between October 2013 and
September 2016. Therefore, EPA
estimates that in 2014, 2015 and 2016
the numbers of MVACs to be retrofitted
are 170, 84 and 40, respectively;
resulting in a total of 294 MVAC
retrofits over the three years of this ICR.
These reductions are due to the decrease
of CFC–12 MVACs available on the road
for retrofitting.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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[FRL-9901–78–Region 3]

Delegation of Authority to the
Commonwealth of Virginia To
Implement and Enforce Additional or
Revised National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants and New
Source Performance Standards
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of delegation of
authority.
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AGENCY:

On March 13, 2013, EPA sent
the Commonwealth of Virginia
(Virginia) a letter acknowledging that
Virginia’s delegation of authority to
implement and enforce National
Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) and New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) had been
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previously approved delegation
mechanisms. To inform regulated
facilities and the public of Virginia’s
updated delegation of authority to
implement and enforce NESHAP and
NSPS, EPA is making available a copy
of EPA’s letter to Virginia through this
notice.
DATES: On March 13, 2013, EPA sent
Virginia a letter acknowledging that
Virginia’s delegation of authority to
implement and enforce NESHAP and
NSPS had been updated.
ADDRESSES: Copies of documents
pertaining to this action are available for
public inspection during normal
business hours at the Air Protection
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103–
2029. Copies of Virginia’s submittal are
also available at the Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality,
629 East Main Street, Richmond,
Virginia 23219. Copies of Virginia’s
notice to EPA that Virginia has updated
its incorporation by reference of Federal
NESHAP and NSPS, and of EPA’s
response, may also be found posted on
EPA Region III’s Web site at: http://
www.epa.gov/reg3artd/airregulations/
delegate/vadelegation.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray
Chalmers, (215) 814–2061, or by email
at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 14, 2013, Virginia notified
EPA that Virginia has updated its
incorporation by reference of Federal
NESHAP and NSPS to include many
such standards, as they were published
in final form in the Code of Federal
Regulations dated July 1, 2012. On
March 13, 2013, EPA sent Virginia a
letter acknowledging that Virginia now
has the authority to implement and
enforce the NESHAP and NSPS as
specified by Virginia in its notice to
EPA, as provided for under previously
approved automatic delegation
mechanisms. All notifications,
applications, reports and other
correspondence required pursuant to
the delegated NESHAP and NSPS must
be submitted to both the US EPA Region
III and to the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality, unless the
delegated standard specifically provides
that such submittals may be sent to EPA
or a delegated State. In such cases, the
submittals should be sent only to the
Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality. A copy of EPA’s letter to
Virginia follows:
Michael G. Dowd, Director
Air Division
Virginia Department of Environmental
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629 East Main Street
P.O. Box 1105
Richmond, Virginia 23218
Dear Mr. Dowd: The United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
previously delegated to the Commonwealth
of Virginia (Virginia) the authority to
implement and enforce various federal
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) and New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS), which are
found at 40 CFR Parts 60, 61 and 63.1 In
those actions, EPA also delegated to Virginia
the authority to implement and enforce any
future EPA NESHAP or NSPS on the
condition that Virginia legally adopt the
future standards, make only allowed wording
changes, and provide specified notice to
EPA.
In a letter dated February 14, 2013,
Virginia informed EPA that Virginia had
updated its incorporation by reference of
federal NESHAP and NSPS to include many
such standards, as they were published in
final form in the Code of Federal Regulations
dated July 1, 2012. Virginia noted that its
intent in updating its incorporation by
reference of the NESHAP and NSPS was to
retain the authority to enforce all standards
included in the revisions, as per the
provisions of EPA’s previous delegation
actions. Virginia committed to enforcing the
federal standards in conformance with the
terms of EPA’s previous delegations of
authority. Virginia made only allowed
wording changes.
Virginia provided copies of its revised
regulations specifying the NESHAP and
NSPS which Virginia has adopted by
reference. These revised regulations are
entitled 9 VAC 5–50 ‘‘New and Modified
Stationary Sources,’’ and 9 VAC 5–60
‘‘Hazardous Air Pollutant Sources.’’ These
revised regulations have an effective date of
February 13, 2013.
Accordingly, EPA acknowledges that
Virginia now has the authority, as provided
for under the terms of EPA’s previous
delegation actions, to implement and enforce
the NESHAP and NSPS standards which
Virginia has adopted by reference in
Virginia’s revised regulations 9 VAC 5–50
and 9 VAC 5–60, both effective on February
13, 2013.
Please note that on December 19, 2008, in
Sierra Club v. EPA,2 the United States Court
of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit vacated certain provisions of the
General Provisions of 40 CFR Part 63 relating
to exemptions for startup, shutdown, and
malfunction (SSM). On October 16, 2009, the
Court issued a mandate vacating these SSM
exemption provisions, which are found at 40
CFR § 63.6(f)(1) and (h)(1).
Accordingly, EPA no longer allows sources
the SSM exemption as provided for in the
vacated provisions at 40 CFR § 63.6(f)(1) and
(h)(1), even though EPA has not yet formally
removed these SSM exemption provisions
from the General Provisions of 40 CFR Part
1 EPA has posted copies of these actions at:
http://www.epa.gov/reg3artd/airregulations/
delegate/vadelegation.htm.
2 Sierra Club v. EPA, 551 F.3rd 1019 (D.C. Cir.
2008).

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