[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61410-61411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27158]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0024; FRL-7579-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent 
Cleaning, EPA ICR Number 1652.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0273

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 October 31, 
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 November 28, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0024, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket 
and Information Center (ECDIC) EPA West, 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 Ave., 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 May 16, 2003 (68 FR 27059), 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-2003-0024, 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 20460. 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 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 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: NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart T).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart T), was proposed on November 29, 1993, promulgated on December 
2, 1994, and corrected to final rule June 5, 1995.
    The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined 
in the rule are similar to those required for other NESHAP regulations. 
Plants must

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demonstrate compliance with the emission standards by monitoring their 
control devices and performing annual emissions testing. This 
information notifies EPA when a source becomes subject to the 
regulations, informs the Agency if a source is in compliance when it 
begins operation, and informs the Agency if the source remained in 
compliance during any period of operation.
    In the Administrator's judgment, emissions of hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) from halogenated solvent cleaners may cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NESHAP standards were 
promulgated for this source category, as required under section 112 of 
the Clean Air Act. HAP emissions from halogenated solvent cleaners are 
the result of inadequate equipment design and work practices.
    These standards rely on the proper design and operation of 
halogenated solvent cleaning machines such as working-mode covers, a 
freeboard ratio of 1.0, and reduced room draft to reduce solvent 
emissions from halogenated solvent cleaners. Certain records and 
reports are necessary to enable EPA to identify sources subject to the 
standards and to ensure that the standards are being achieved.
    Owners/operators of halogenated solvent cleaners must provide EPA 
with an initial notification of existing or new solvent cleaning 
machines, initial statements of compliance, an annual control device 
monitoring report (owners/operators of batch vapor and in-line cleaning 
machines), an annual solvent emission report (owners/operators of batch 
vapor and in-line cleaning machines complying with the alternative 
standard), and exceedance of monitoring parameters or emissions. The 
records that the facilities maintain indicate to EPA whether they are 
operating and maintaining the halogenated solvent cleaners properly to 
control emissions. 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 met 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, 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 14 
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 solvent cleaning 
machines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,431.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 41,035 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $3,852,248 which includes zero 
annualized capital/startup costs and $1,015,000 annual O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the number of 
respondents identified in the active ICR, due to stagnant growth in the 
industry; however, there is a decrease of 4,172 hours in the estimated 
Burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens. The reason for the decrease in burden was a correction of the 
active ICR estimated burden calculation for existing sources. A rule 
promulgated in December 1994 stated that existing sources were not 
required to comply with the standard recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements after December 1997; thus the requirement no longer 
exists. Therefore, the renewal of the ICR shows a reduction in burden. 
For the same reason, there are no capital/startup costs, only O&M costs 
associated with this ICR as compared to the active ICR currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory.

    Dated: October 20, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-27158 Filed 10-27-03; 8:45 am]
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