[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31308-31309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12393]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6700-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Perchloroethylene (PCE) Dry Cleaning Facilities

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP for Perchloroethylene 
(PCE) Dry Cleaning Facilities Subpart M, OMB Control Number 2060-0234 
and expiration date of 6/30/00. 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 June 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No.1415.04.
    For technical questions about the ICR contact Joyce Chandler at 
(202) 564-7073, by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Perchloroethylene (PCE) Dry Cleaning Facilities Subpart M (OMB Control 
No. 2060-0234; EPA ICR No. 1415.04) expiring 6/30/00. This is a request 
for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: These standards apply to owners or operators of dry 
cleaning facilities that use perchloroethylene (PCE). Owners or 
operators of such facilities must provide EPA, or the delegated State 
regulatory authority, with the one-time notifications and reports. The 
owners or operators must also perform weekly monitoring (or biweekly 
for the smallest facilities) and must keep records for 5 years. The 
notification and reports enable EPA or the delegated State regulatory 
authority to determine whether the appropriate control technology is 
installed and properly operated and maintained, and to schedule 
inspections and/or compliance assistance activities. The responses to 
this information collection are mandatory under Clean Air Act section 
112 and 40 CFR part 63, subpart M. The responses are not anticipated to 
be kept confidential due to the nature of the information collected; 
however, any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of 
confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency 
policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 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 document required under 5 
CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information 
was published on 10/29/99 (64 FR 58396); No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 230 
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: Dry Cleaning Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 25,090.
    Frequency of Response: 2 per new facility.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,212,129.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: 0.
     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. 1415.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0234 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460;
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: May 10, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-12393 Filed 5-16-00; 8:45 am]
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