[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 214 (Friday, November 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 66241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28273]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6896-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, 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. 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: Title: National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Chromium Emissions 
from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing 
Tanks OMB Control Number 2060-0327, expiration date 12/31/00. 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 December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No.1611.04 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0327, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to 
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: 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. 1611.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR, contact Scott Throwe at (202) 564-7013.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions from Hard 
and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0327, EPA ICR Number 1611.04, expiration date 
12/30/00. 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, modification, startups, shut 
down, date and results of initial performance test and provide reports 
of excess emissions. They must also develop startup, shutdown, 
malfunction plans and develop an operations 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 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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 04/18/00 
(65 FR 20813) and no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 272 
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: Owners/operators of hard and 
decorative chromium electroplating plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 948.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly, Semi-annually, Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 516,186.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $62,920,921.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1611.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0327 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 26, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-28273 Filed 11-2-00; 8:45 am]
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