[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 104 (Thursday, May 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30376-30377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10521]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0749; FRL-8320-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Chromium Emissions 
from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing 
(Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1611.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0327

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. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on, or before July 2, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0749, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute], Compliance 
Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of 
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; 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 October 6, 2006 (71 FR 58853), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0749, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket 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 is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and

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to access those documents in the docket that are 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 http://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 Chromium Emissions From Hard and Decorative 
Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1611.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0327.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 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, and 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) using maximum achievable control technology (MACT) 
for control of chromium emissions from hard and decorative chromium 
electroplating and chromium anodizing tanks were proposed on December 
16, 1993 and promulgated on January 25, 1995.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports. Respondents that are not 
required to conduct an initial performance test (i.e., decorative 
chromium electroplating, or chromium anodizing operations that use a 
wetting agent and meet the surface tension limit required by the rule, 
and decorative chromium electroplating operations that use a trivalent 
chromium bath) are required to notify the Administrator of the initial 
compliance status of the source. Owners, or operators also are required 
to maintain records of a source's operations, including the occurrence 
and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation 
of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring 
system is inoperative. The types of reports required by these standards 
include initial compliance status reports. Periodic reports required by 
this standard include annual compliance status reports for area sources 
and semiannual compliance status reports for major sources, unless an 
exceedance has occurred which requires sources to submit such reports 
on a more frequent basis. These notifications, reports, and records are 
essential in determining compliance, and are required of all sources 
subject to NESHAP standards.
    Any owner, or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance 
reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state, or 
local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated 
authority, the reports are sent directly to the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 83 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Operators of hard chromium 
electroplating, decorative chromium electroplating, and chromium 
anodizing facilities/chromium electroplating, or chromium anodizing 
tanks.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,020.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, 
annually.
    Total Annual Hour Burden: 495,774 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $106,662,892, of which $75,300,000 
accounts for annual O&M costs and $31,362,892 are labor costs. There 
are no annualized capital/startup costs associated with this ICR.
    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. Second, the growth rate for the industry is very low, so there 
is no significant change in the overall burden.
    Because 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 to estimate the 
industry and Federal Government burdens. There is one exception: The 
burden associated with regulators attending performance tests was 
deleted because that activity is considered part of the implementation 
of the enforcement program and cannot be attributed to this rule.

    Dated: May 23, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director; Collection Strategies Division.
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