[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 19487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08085]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0116; FRL-12764-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for Plating and Polishing Area 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 Plating and Polishing 
Area Sources (EPA ICR Number 2294.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0623) 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 May 31, 2025. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 
an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before June 9, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0116, to 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.
    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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standard, D243-05, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through May 31, 2025. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 63933). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 Plating and Polishing Area Sources (40 CFR part 
63, subpart WWWWWW) were proposed on March 14, 2008; promulgated on 
July 1, 2008; and most-recently amended on both September 19, 2011 and 
November 19, 2020.\1\ These regulations apply to both existing and new 
plating and polishing facilities that are an area source of hazardous 
air pollutant (HAP) emissions and that use one or more of the following 
metal HAP: cadmium, chromium, lead manganese, or nickel (hereafter 
referred to as the plating and polishing metal HAP).
    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 WWWWWW.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Plating and polishing area source 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart WWWWWW).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,900 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Total estimated burden: 67,700 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $9,270,000 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. 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 this industry is 
very low or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the 
overall burden. Since there are no changes in the regulatory 
requirements and there is no significant industry growth, there are 
also no changes in the capital/startup or operation and maintenance 
(O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-08085 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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