Agency Information Collection Activities Submission for OMB Review; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Submission for OMB

Review; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Subpart T, National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent

Cleaning, OMB number 2060-0273, expires 12/31/97. The ICR describes the

nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost;

where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: call Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-

2740, or download off the Internet from http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm

and refer to EPA ICR No. 1652.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Subpart T, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning (OMB Control No.

2060-0273; EPA ICR No.1652.03) expiring 12/31/97. This is a request for

extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

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compliance with 40 CFR part 63.460, et seq., Subpart T, National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for

Halogenated Solvent Cleaning. This information notifies EPA when a

source becomes subject to the regulations, informs the Agency if a

source is in compliance when it begins operation, and informs the

Agency if the source remained in compliance during any period of

operation. In the Administrator's judgment, emissions of hazardous air

pollutants (HAPs) from halogenated solvent cleaners may cause or

contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to

endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NESHAP standards were

promulgated for this source category, as required under section 112 of

the Clean Air Act.

HAP emissions from halogenated solvent cleaners are the result of

inadequate equipment design and work practices. These standards rely on

the proper design and operation of halogenated solvent cleaners such as

working-mode covers, freeboard ratio of 1.0, and reduced room draft to

reduce solvent emissions from halogenated solvent cleaners. Certain

records and reports are necessary to enable EPA to identify sources

subject to the standards and to ensure that the standards are being

achieved. Owners/operators of halogenated solvent cleaners must provide

EPA with an initial notification of existing or new solvent cleaning

machines, initial statement of compliance, an annual control device

monitoring report (owners/operators of batch vapor and in-line cleaning

machines), an annual solvent emission report (owners/operators of batch

vapor and in-line cleaning machines), an annual solvent emission report

(owners/operators of batch vapor and in-line cleaning machines

complying with the alternative standard), and exceedance of monitoring

parameters or emissions. The records that the facilities maintain

indicate to EPA whether they are operating and maintaining the

halogenated solvent cleaners properly to control emissions. In order to

ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to protect public

health, adequate reporting and recordkeeping is necessary. In the

absence of such information enforcement personnel would be unable to

determine whether the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as

required by the Clean Air Act.

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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The

Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of information was published on 06/18/97

(62 FR 33072); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7

hours/response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial

resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or

disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This

includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,

install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of

collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to

a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review

the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the

information.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners/operators of halogenated

solvent cleaners.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,845.

Frequency of Response: 4.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32,483 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $2,859,000.

Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the

accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods

for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of

automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please

refer to EPA ICR No. 1652.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0273 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 (or

E-Mail Farmer.S[email protected]).

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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