[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55246-55247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28137]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5912-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for
Chromium Emissions From Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and
Chromium Anodizing Tanks
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D)), 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: 40 CFR part 63 Subpart N--
Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and
Chromium Anodizing Tanks, OMB Control Number 2060-0327, expiring 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 24, 1997.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy
Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No. 1611.03.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions from Hard
and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks
(OMB Control No.2060-0327; EPA ICR No 1611.03), expiring 12/31/97. This
is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Administrator has judged that Hazardous Air
Pollutants (HAP) emissions from chromium emissions from hard and
decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing tanks cause
or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to
endanger public health or welfare. Owners/operators of affected hard
and decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing
operations must notify EPA of construction, modification, startups,
shut downs, date and results of initial performance test and provide
reports of excess emissions. They must also develop startup, shutdown,
malfunction plans and develop an operation and maintenance plan for
their control system. Affected facilities also must provide
notification of compliance status and report monitoring exceedances.
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 June 18,
1997 and no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15
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; 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: Operators of Hard and Decorative
Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 948.
Frequency of Response: 2.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1896.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 516,186 person hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $75,300,000.
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. 1611.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0327 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])
and
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 17, 1997.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-28137 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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