ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009–0422; FRL- ]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; 

Comment Request; NESHAP for Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative 

Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR part 63, subpart N), 

EPA ICR Number 1611.07, OMB Control Number 2060–0327.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this 

document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the 

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS 

AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-2009–0422,

to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by email to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 2801T , 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-05), Measurement Policy
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Group, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; 

telephone number: (919) 541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address: 

schaefer.john@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On July 8, 2009 

(74 FR 32580), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 

no comments. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice.

EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID number EPA-HQOECA-2009–0422, which is available for public viewing online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-

1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to 

submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to 

access those documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select 

“docket search,” then key in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 

available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose 
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public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go 

to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NESHAP for Chromium Emissions from Hard and Decorative Chromium 

Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks (40 CFR part 63, subpart N)

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1611.07, OMB Control Number 2060–0327.

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2010. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while 

this submission is pending at OMB. 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 in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed 

either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related 

collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain 

EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.

Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of the NESHAP at 

40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes, or additions to the General Provisions specified at 

40 CFR part 63, subpart N. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit a one-timeonly report of any physical or operational changes, initial performance tests, and periodic reports 

and results. Owners or operators 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. Reports, at a minimum, are

required semiannually.
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Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to average 77.6 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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Hard chromium electroplating, decorative chromium 

electroplating, and chromium anodizing. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,770

Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly, semiannually, and annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 171,118

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $31,933,586, which includes $5,383,586 in labor costs, $0

in capital/startup costs, and $26,550,000 in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Changes in the Estimates: There was a decrease in burden hours, costs, and number of 

responses currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to a 

change in the number of estimated chromium electroplating and anodizing operations affected by

ICR since the last renewal which decreased from 5,020 to 1,770 sources. 
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Dated: ______________________ 

_____________________________

Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division

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