[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])

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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 17, 1997.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-28137 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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