[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10825-10826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05511]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0025; FRL-9989-42-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Asbestos (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 Asbestos, Subpart M) 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0111.15, OMB Control No. 2060-0101), 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 (82 FR 29552) on June 29, 2017 during a 60-day comment period, 
and through a second announcement published (83 FR 48612) on September 
26, 2018 to account for changes in reporting and recordkeeping 
resulting from a recent action on an alternative work practice, and a 
planned change to allow electronic reporting for notifications. 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 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 April 22, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0025, 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, 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: www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: For the Asbestos NESHAP ICR, owners and operators of 
affected facilities are required to comply with reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart M), as well as for the applicable specific standards. This 
includes submitting initial notifications, performance tests, and 
periodic reports and results, 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 the EPA to determine 
compliance with these standards.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Demolition and renovation 
facilities; disposal of asbestos wastes; asbestos milling, 
manufacturing and fabricating; use of asbestos on roadways; asbestos 
waste conversion facilities; and the use of asbestos insulation and 
spray-on materials.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart M).
    Estimated number of respondents: 9,687 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly and 
semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 287,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $32,700,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease in the total 
estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. The change is due to the addition of electronic 
reporting. The result is a reduction in burden by 5,050 hours per year. 
We expect there to be an initial burden for respondents to learn the 
new electronic reporting system, and a reduced burden over time to 
submit notifications electronically (as compared to submitting them 
through the U.S. mail, the currently required process). We expect the 
regulated community and states in Region 3 to adopt electronic 
submission of 40 CFR 61.145(b) notifications gradually, with other 
Regions and their regulated community to follow. Therefore, although we 
have conservatively estimated that approximately 10 percent of the 
respondents use electronic reporting in this renewal, we expect the 
number of respondents using electronic reporting to increase in the 
coming years, which will result in additional burden reductions over 
time.
    We have updated the respondent and Agency burdens to include an AWP 
for ACPRPs. Burden associated with the CTPS AWP is due to the 
collection and retention of samples and the requirement to report 
malfunctions. Other changes, such as recordkeeping and notations to the 
utility records (in the case of ACPRP using the AWP) or notation to the 
deed are unchanged. Industry sources estimated ``there would eventually 
be 100 (pipe replacement) companies that would use the close tolerance 
horizontal directional drilling method over the years with the majority 
of the (A/C pipe) footage being installed by 25 companies.''
    Finally, we have updated the number of respondents to accurately 
reflect industry growth from the prior renewal, and updated the 
respondent and Agency labor rates, which are referenced from the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics and OPM, respectively. The overall result is a 
decrease in burden; however, the revised labor rates and industry 
growth

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result in an increase in respondent labor costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05511 Filed 3-21-19; 8:45 am]
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