[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78455-78457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32397]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0008; FRL-7427-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 0649.08 (OMB No. 2060-0106) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

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: NSPS for Metal Furniture 
Coating--subpart EE, OMB Control No. 2060-0106, EPA ICR No. 0649.08, 
expiration date 1/31/2003) The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 23, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leonard Lazarus, Compliance and 
Monitoring Programs Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance, 2223-A, (202) 564-6369, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
(202) 564-6369; fax number: (202) 564-0500; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 20, 2002 (67 FR 41981), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OECA-2002-0008, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Metal Furniture Coating--subpart EE (OMB Control 
No. 2060-0106, EPA ICR No. 0649.08). This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 
2003. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards for Metal Furniture 
Coating--subpart EE were proposed on November 28, 1980 and promulgated 
on October 29, 1982. These standards apply to each metal furniture 
surface coating operation in which organic coatings are applied 
(greater than 3,842 liters of coating per year), commencing 
construction, modification or reconstruction after November 28, 1980. 
Approximately three hundred ninety-seven (397) sources are currently 
subject to the regulation, and it is estimated that an additional 
thirty (30) sources per year will become subject to the regulation in 
the next three years while an equal number will go off-line during this 
time period. This information is being collected to assure compliance 
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart EE.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
initial reports when a source becomes subject, conduct and report on a 
performance test, demonstrate and report on continuous monitor 
performance, and maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected 
facility. Semiannual reports of excess emissions are required. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources subject to 
NSPS.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
2 years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, 
and records. The estimated total cost of this ICR will be $836,540 per 
year over the next three years. All reports are sent to the delegated 
State or Local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated 
authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA Regional Office.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 71 
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 metal furniture 
coating facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 397.
    Frequency of Response: semiannual for all, every other year for 
excess emission report.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 73,181 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,016,640, includes $4,180,100 labor 
costs and $836,540 non-labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 27,889 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a correction in the 
number of facilities based on a review of records incorporated into 
EPA's Integrated Data

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for Enforcement Analysis (IDEA) database.

    Dated: December 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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