[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 79890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32196]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0422; FRL--9940-42-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Chromium Emissions From Hard and 
Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Chromium Emissions 
from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing 
Tanks (40 CFR part 63, subpart N) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1611.11, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0327) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through December 31, 2015. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 
2015 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 
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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 22, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0422, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Supporting documents which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in 
the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of chromium electroplating or 
chromium anodizing tanks at existing and new facilities performing hard 
chromium electroplating, decorative chromium electroplating, and 
chromium anodizing are required to comply with reporting and record 
keeping requirements for the general provisions of 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart A, as well as the applicable specific standards found at 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart N. This includes submitting initial notifications, 
performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining 
records of 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. These reports are 
used by EPA to determine compliance with the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Hard chromium electroplating, 
decorative chromium electroplating, and chromium anodizing facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart N).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,343 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, annually, semiannually and 
quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 242,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $28,300,000 (per year), includes $20,400,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the respondent 
burden hours and a decrease in the number of annual responses and the 
annual cost burden. The burden currently approved by OMB is the sum of 
the burden from EPA ICR Number 1161.10 (2012 amendment) and EPA ICR 
Number 1611.07 (existing rule). Changes to the OMB approved burden 
occurred because this ICR is updated to reflect the ongoing compliance 
burden and cost of the 2012 rule, and to use more recent estimate on 
the number of sources for all burden calculations.
    The increase in the respondent labor hours is primarily due to the 
correction of a data entry error, which was that the number of area 
sources using wetting agents monitoring on a regular schedule was 
switched with the number monitoring on a reduced schedule, and vice 
versa.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-32196 Filed 12-22-15; 8:45 am]
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