[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49765-49766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21181]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0050; FRL-7546-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry 
Cleaning Facilities (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart M), EPA ICR Number 
1415.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0234

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. 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 18, 
2003.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0050, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; 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-2003-0050, 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. 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. 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 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 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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart M).
    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 smaller facilities), and must keep records for five 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, 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 are estimated to average 
approximately 1 hour 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: Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning 
Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 34,240.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,537,784 hours.
    Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O & M) Annual 
Costs: $53,000, which includes zero annualized capital/startup costs 
and $53,000 annual O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 325,655 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase in burden is due to a more accurate 
estimate of existing and anticipated new sources. In addition, a 
revised hourly labor rate from the United States Department of Labor, 
resulted in an increase over the three-year period from the previous 
ICR. Since the active ICR indicated that there were 25,090 existing 
respondents subject to the rule over the three-year period, we 
conducted additional research by contacting a number of Trade 
Associations, and subsequently determined that the number of 
respondents subject to the rules addressed by this ICR is 34,240. In 
addition, a math error in the previous ICR was corrected.

    Dated: August 12, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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