[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 37282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16225]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0660; FRL-9996-88-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaners/
Halogenated Hazardous Air Pollutants (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 Halogenated Solvent 
Cleaners/Halogenated Hazardous Air Pollutants (EPA ICR Number 1652.10, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0273), 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 September 30, 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 August 30, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0660, 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 Halogenated Solvent Cleaners/Halogenated 
Hazardous Air Pollutants were proposed on November 29, 1993, and 
promulgated on December 2, 1994. The NESHAP was amended on the 
following dates: June 5, 1995; December 11, 1998; July 13, 1999; August 
19, 1999; and May 3, 2007. These regulations apply to each individual 
batch vapor, in-line vapor, in-line cold, and batch cold solvent 
cleaning machine that uses any solvent containing methylene chloride, 
perchloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, carbon 
tetrachloride, chloroform, or any combination of these halogenated HAP 
solvents, in a total concentration greater than 5 percent by weight, as 
a cleaning and/or drying agent. New facilities include those that 
commenced construction or reconstruction on or after December 2, 1994. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart T.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notification 
reports, 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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Halogenated Solvent Cleaners.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63).
    Estimated number of respondents: 931 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannual.
    Total estimated burden: 31,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,230,000 (per year), which includes 
$660,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most 
recently-approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The adjustment decrease 
in burden is due to more accurate estimates of existing and anticipated 
new sources. The estimates in this ICR reflect a decrease in the 
universe of respondents that is the result of changes within the 
industry to use alternative solvents and solvent machines that do not 
contain the HAP subject to the NESHAP. These estimates also more 
accurately reflect the number of respondents identified in EPA's ECHO 
database. The decrease in the number of respondents also results in a 
decrease in the operation and maintenance costs. There are no changes 
to the capital and startup costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-16225 Filed 7-30-19; 8:45 am]
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