[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54629-54630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27851]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5912-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities Submission for OMB 
Review; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning

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 notice announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Subpart T, National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent 
Cleaning, OMB number 2060-0273, expires 12/31/97. The ICR describes the 
nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost; 
where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: call Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, or download off the Internet from http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm 
and refer to EPA ICR No. 1652.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Subpart T, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning (OMB Control No. 
2060-0273; EPA ICR No.1652.03) expiring 12/31/97. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for

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compliance with 40 CFR part 63.460, et seq., Subpart T, National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for 
Halogenated Solvent Cleaning. This information notifies EPA when a 
source becomes subject to the regulations, informs the Agency if a 
source is in compliance when it begins operation, and informs the 
Agency if the source remained in compliance during any period of 
operation. In the Administrator's judgment, emissions of hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) from halogenated solvent cleaners may cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NESHAP standards were 
promulgated for this source category, as required under section 112 of 
the Clean Air Act.
    HAP emissions from halogenated solvent cleaners are the result of 
inadequate equipment design and work practices. These standards rely on 
the proper design and operation of halogenated solvent cleaners such as 
working-mode covers, freeboard ratio of 1.0, and reduced room draft to 
reduce solvent emissions from halogenated solvent cleaners. Certain 
records and reports are necessary to enable EPA to identify sources 
subject to the standards and to ensure that the standards are being 
achieved. Owners/operators of halogenated solvent cleaners must provide 
EPA with an initial notification of existing or new solvent cleaning 
machines, initial statement of compliance, an annual control device 
monitoring report (owners/operators of batch vapor and in-line cleaning 
machines), an annual solvent emission report (owners/operators of batch 
vapor and in-line cleaning machines), an annual solvent emission report 
(owners/operators of batch vapor and in-line cleaning machines 
complying with the alternative standard), and exceedance of monitoring 
parameters or emissions. The records that the facilities maintain 
indicate to EPA whether they are operating and maintaining the 
halogenated solvent cleaners properly to control emissions. In order to 
ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to protect public 
health, adequate reporting and recordkeeping is necessary. In the 
absence of such information enforcement personnel would be unable to 
determine whether the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as 
required by the Clean Air Act.
    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 EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 06/18/97 
(62 FR 33072); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7 
hours/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; 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/operators of halogenated 
solvent cleaners.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,845.
    Frequency of Response: 4.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32,483 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $2,859,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1652.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0273 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 (or 
E-Mail Farmer.S[email protected]).

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 14, 1997.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-27851 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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