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– 04 22 ; 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 1 611 .0 7 , OMB Control Number 2060

– 0 327 . AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ACTION : Notice. SUMMARY : In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq .), th is 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 desc ribes 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 d ocket ID number EPA
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– 04 22 , 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 2 801 T , 1200 Pennsylvania Ave nue , 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 17 th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality Planni ng and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243

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Group, Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541
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- 3207 ; e - mail address: schaefer.j ohn@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 I CR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments
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additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 day s of this notice. EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under d ocket ID number EPA
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– 04 22 , 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 Ave nue , 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 holiday s. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566

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

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. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment s ys tem at http://www.regulations.gov , to submit or view public comments, acce ss the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the docket that are available electronicall y. Once in the system, select “docket search,” then key in the do cket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA’s poli cy 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 cop yri ghted material, CBI, or other information whose3

public disclosure is restricted b y 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 1 611 .0 7 , OMB Control Number 2060

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. ICR Status: This I CR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2 010
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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 unl ess 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 b y publication in the Fede ral Register or b y 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 t o the General Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and an y 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

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only report of an y ph ys ical 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 an y startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility , or any period during which the monitoring sy stem 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 7 7 .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; de velop, 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 way s to compl y with any previously applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequentl y 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 di sclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: H ard chromium electroplating, decorative chromium electroplating, and chromium anodizing. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,770 Frequency

of Response: Initiall y, occasionally , quarterl y, 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 $ 26,55 0,000 in operation and maintenance (O &M) costs. Changes in the Estimates: There was a decrease in burden hours, costs, and number of responses currentl y 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.5

Dated: _____________

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_____________________________ Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division BILLING CODE 6560
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