EPA Extends Vinyl Coating Pollution Reporting Rules
Published Date: 12/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The EPA is asking to keep collecting info from flexible vinyl and urethane coating and printing businesses to make sure pollution rules are followed. They’re extending the current approval through 2025 and want your comments by January 20, 2026. This keeps things running smoothly without adding new costs or big changes for companies.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Mandatory Reporting Continues for Facilities
If you operate a facility with rotogravure printing lines that print or coat flexible vinyl or urethane, you must keep submitting required notifications, performance tests, periodic reports, and records under 40 CFR part 60, subpart FFF. Responses are mandatory and occur initially, annually, or semiannually to show compliance.
Estimated Annual Burden and Costs
EPA estimates 43 respondents will incur a total burden of 1,360 hours per year and total costs of $809,000 per year to comply with this information collection, including $623,000 in annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. The respondents are facilities subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart FFF.
Higher Burden from More New or Modified Sources
EPA reports an increase in the estimated burden and costs from the last approved ICR due to an increase in the number of new or modified sources. Capital and O&M costs were also updated from 2007 dollars to 2024 dollars using the CEPCI index.
Public Comment Window Extended to Jan 20, 2026
EPA is allowing an additional 30 days for public comments on this information collection. Comments may be submitted on or before January 20, 2026, to the docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0070 or to OMB via reginfo.gov.
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