[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43865-43866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15057]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2005-0084; FRL-7946-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Information Request for National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Plating and Polishing Operations, EPA 
ICR Number 2186.01

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a proposed Information Collection 
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a 
request for a new collection. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for 
review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of 
the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 27, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID number OAR-2005-
0084, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to 
[email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, EPA, Air and 
Radiation Docket, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Auby, Collection Strategies 
Division, Environmental Protection Agency (2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1672; fax 
number: (202) 566-1639; e-mail address: [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has established a public docket for 
this ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2005-0084, which is available for 
public viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742. An 
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain 
a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing 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 within 
60 days of this notice. The EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or on 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 information, 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 at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./
edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
establishments primarily engaged in all types of electroplating, 
electroless plating, metal spraying, anodizing, coloring, and finishing 
of metals and formed products for the trade. Also potentially affected 
by this action are establishments which perform these types of 
activities, on their own account, on purchased metals or formed 
products. The standard industrial classification (SIC) code for this 
industry is primarily 3471, Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, 
Anodizing, and Coloring; the North American Industry Classification 
System (NAICS) code is 332813, Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, 
Anodizing, and Coloring.
    Title: Information Request for National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) from Plating and Polishing 
Operations.
    Abstract: The proposed ICR will collect information and data from 
930 existing plating and polishing facilities. Facilities will be 
requested to complete a simple paper questionnaire on general facility 
information (location, description, processes, electroplating finishes 
applied, technical contact), hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions 
and permit data, permit conditions, emission tests data, processes and 
equipment, HAP-containing material data, local ventilation system 
information, and HAP emission control/reduction measures. The 
questionnaire may be completed from readily available information; no 
additional emission testing or monitoring will be required.
    The EPA will use the collected information and data to evaluate the 
need for area source NESHAP required under section 112(k) of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA) for the Plating and Polishing Area Source Category. If 
the area source NESHAP are developed, the collected information will be 
used to evaluate the types of provisions needed to limit HAP emissions 
from plating and polishing operations and to estimate the impacts of 
regulatory options.
    This collection of information is mandatory under section 114 of 
the CAA (42 U.S.C 7414). All information submitted to EPA pursuant to 
this ICR for which a claim of confidentiality is made is safeguarded 
according to Agency policies in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. 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. OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are 
listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The projected cost and hour burden for this one-
time collection is $720,000 and 11,400 hours. This burden is based on 
an estimated 930 likely respondents and an average annual respondent 
burden of 12 hours at a cost of $770 per facility. 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.

    Dated: July 20, 2005.
Sally L. Shaver,
Director, Emission Standards Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 
and Standards.
[FR Doc. 05-15057 Filed 7-28-05; 8:45 am]
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