[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44945-44946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19501]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0089; FRL-7538-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
Number 1712.04 (OMB Number 2060-0330) 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: NESHAP for Shipbuilding and 
Ship Repair Facilities (Surface Coating) (40 CFR part 63, subpart II). 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 2, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leonard Lazarus, Office of Compliance, 
Mail Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-6369; 
fax number: (202) 564-0050; 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 September 26, 2002 (67 FR 60672), 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 
Number OECA-2003-0089, 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 Avenue, 
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. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to OMB and EPA 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) 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, and (2) 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, Mail Code: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    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, Confidential Business Information (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 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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Facilities (Surface 
Coating) (40 CFR part 63, subpart II) (OMB Control Number 2060-0330, 
EPA ICR Number 1712.04). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection that is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2003. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The respondents are owners or operators of Shipbuilding 
and Ship Repair Facilities. Operations covered include: primer and top 
coat application in manufacturing processes and in ship repair 
processes. The NESHAP regulation 40 CFR part 63, subpart II, was 
promulgated on December 15, 1995. In order to ensure compliance with 
the standards adequate record keeping and reporting 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.
    These standards rely on the reduction of Hazardous Air Pollutant 
(HAP) emissions by using coatings which comply with the volatile 
organic compound (VOC) limits set forth in this Maximum Achievable 
Control Technology (MACT) standard. In some cases, the control of 
emissions of HAP from surface coating at shipbuilding and repair 
facilities also requires the installation of properly designed 
equipment, and the operation and maintenance of that equipment. The 
required notifications are used to inform the Agency or delegated 
authority when a source becomes subject to the standard. The 
implementation plans from facilities are needed as these are the 
Agency's record of a source's initial capability to comply with the 
emission standard, and serve as a record of the operating conditions 
under which compliance was achieved. In addition, the semiannual 
reports are used for problem identification, as a check on source 
operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations. Record 
keeping and reporting are mandatory under this regulation. Records must 
be maintained for 5 years.

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    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 255 
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 shipbuilding and 
ship repair facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 28,594 (rounded) hours.
    Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O & M) Annual 
Costs: $0.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 6,445 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The adjustment increase in burden is due to more 
accurate estimates of existing and anticipated new sources, and an 
improved calculation of burden for the reporting requirements.

    Dated: July 23, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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