Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Chromium Emissions From Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5912-9]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for

Chromium Emissions From Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and

Chromium Anodizing Tanks

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

3507(a)(1)(D)), 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: 40 CFR part 63 Subpart N--

Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and

Chromium Anodizing Tanks, OMB Control Number 2060-0327, expiring 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 24, 1997.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy

Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No. 1611.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions from Hard

and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks

(OMB Control No.2060-0327; EPA ICR No 1611.03), expiring 12/31/97. This

is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Administrator has judged that Hazardous Air

Pollutants (HAP) emissions from chromium emissions from hard and

decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing tanks cause

or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to

endanger public health or welfare. Owners/operators of affected hard

and decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing

operations must notify EPA of construction, modification, startups,

shut downs, date and results of initial performance test and provide

reports of excess emissions. They must also develop startup, shutdown,

malfunction plans and develop an operation and maintenance plan for

their control system. Affected facilities also must provide

notification of compliance status and report monitoring exceedances.

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 June 18,

1997 and no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15

hours per 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: Operators of Hard and Decorative

Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 948.

Frequency of Response: 2.

Estimated Number of Responses: 1896.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 516,186 person hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $75,300,000.

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. 1611.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0327 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 17, 1997.

Richard Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97-28137 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]

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