[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75929-75930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30910]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6911-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants From Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations

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: National Emissions Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Wood Furniture Manufacturing 
Operations, (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJ), OMB number 2060-0324, 
Expiration Date February 28, 2001. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR number 1716.03, OMB 
number 2060-0324 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/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No. 1716.03. For Technical 
questions about the ICR, contact Robert C. Marshall, Jr. (202) 564-
7021.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
From Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations, (40 CFR part 63, subpart 
JJ), OMB number 2060-0324, EPA ICR number 1716.03, expiration date 
February 28, 2001. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: Respondents to this information collection request are 
the owners and operators of both new and existing wood furniture 
manufacturing operations that are major sources of hazardous air 
pollutants. Respondents are required to submit both initial and regular 
semiannual compliance reports and to perform record keeping activities. 
The information is used to determine that all sources subject to the 
rule are complying with the standards. The information to be collected 
is mandatory under the rule. 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 August 17, 2000 (FR 50196); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 
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: Wood Furniture Manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 750.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly, semi-annually and 
annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 92,071 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $40,500.
    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 number 1716.03, OMB number 2060-0324 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: November 28, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-30910 Filed 12-04-00; 8:45 am]
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