[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9777-9778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05017]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0098; FRL-9990-65-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Nine Metal Fabrication and 
Finishing Sources (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Nine Metal Fabrication 
and Finishing Sources (EPA ICR Number 2298.05, OMB Control Number 2060-
0622), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
March 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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 neither conduct nor 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 April 17, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0098, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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, WJC 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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP), for Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing Area 
Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXXXX) apply to owners or operators 
of any existing or new metal fabrication and finishing facility that is 
an area source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions and uses or 
has the potential to emit metal fabrication or finishing metal HAP 
(MFHAP), defined to be the compounds of cadmium, chromium, lead, 
manganese, and nickel, or any of these metals in the elemental form 
with the exception of lead. The affected sources consist of several 
types of metal

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fabrication and finishing processes, including any abrasive blasting, 
metalworking (which includes machining, and dry grinding and dry 
polishing with machines), spray painting, and welding operations. New 
facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction 
after the date of proposal. In general, all NESHAP standards require 
initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the 
owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to 
maintain 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 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to 
NESHAP. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXXXX.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of facilities 
in the nine metal fabrication and finishing source categories.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart XXXXXX).
    Estimated number of respondents: 5,800 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 39,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,440,000 (per year), which includes $0 for 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
labor hours and cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is 
due to the addition of burden hours to more accurately account for the 
time spent by existing facilities to re-familiarize themselves annually 
with the rule requirements.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05017 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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