[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 62 (Monday, April 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15689-15690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6055]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0443; FRL-8294-1]


NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaners/Halogenated Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1652.06, 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 April 30, 2007. 
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 May 2, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0443, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), 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 EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0443, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Center is 
(202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.epa.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the index 
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in 
the docket that are

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available electronically. Once in the system, select ``docket search,'' 
then key in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that 
EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically 
or in paper, will be made available for public viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without change, unless 
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information 
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning/Halogenated 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (Renewal).
    Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1652.06; OMB Control Number 2060-0273.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning/Halogenated 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (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 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, and 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 
approximately 14 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: Halogenated Solvent Cleaners.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,431.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 41,035.
    Estimated Total Costs: $3,852,448 which includes $0 annualized 
Capital Start Up costs, $1,015,000 annualized Operation and Maintenance 
(O&M) costs, and $2,837,448 annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in 
the previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change in burden 
to industry.

    Dated: March 26, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-6055 Filed 3-30-07; 8:45 am]
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