[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24703-24705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9898]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0034; FRL-9515-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Nine Metal Fabrication and
Finishing Area Sources
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
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to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted
below describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden
and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 25, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0034, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
28221T, 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: Learia Williams, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On February 8, 2012 (77 FR 6557), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to both EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0034, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 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. For further information about the
electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing Area Sources
(Renewal)
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2298.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0622
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 31, 2012.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General
Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes,
or additions to the General Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart XXXXXX.
These regulations apply to owners or operators of any existing or
new metal fabrication and finishing facility that is an area source of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions and uses or has the potential
to emit metal fabrication or finishing metal HAP (MFHAP), defined to be
the compounds of cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, and nickel, or any
of these metals in the elemental form with the exception of lead.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit initial
notification, annual compliance certifications (which include annual
reports of exceedences if any have occurred.) Owners or operators 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. Reports, at a minimum, are required semiannually.
All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In
the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are
sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXXXX, as
authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required
information consists of emissions data and other information that have
been determined to be private.
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 the EPA
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, 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 11
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Owners or operators of nine metal
fabrication and finishing area sources.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,933.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, and annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,562.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,972,260, which includes $1,972,260
in labor costs; there are no capital/startup or operating and
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the total costs
as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This
increase is not due to any program changes. The change in the cost
estimates occurred due to the most updated labor rates for both
respondents and the Agency. Despite the increase in burden costs, there
is a decrease in the labor hours in this ICR compared to the previous
ICR due to a mathematical error in
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determining the person-hours per respondent.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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