Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 205 / Thursday, October 23, 1997 / Notices 55247

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.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov)

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.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial

Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and

Fumigation Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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:

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements for the National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene

Oxide Sterilization and Fumigation

Operations, OMB Control Number

2060–0283, expiration date December

31, 1997. 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.

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. 1666.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NESHAP Subpart O: National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial

Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and

Fumigation Operations (OMB Control

No. 2060–0283; EPA ICR No. 1666.03)

expiring 12/31/97. This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The Agency is required

under section 112(d) of the Clean Air

Act, as amended, to regulate emissions

of hazardous air pollutants listed in

section 112(b).

In the Administrator’s judgement,

ethylene oxide (EO) emitted from

commercial EO sterilization and

fumigation operations causes, or

contributes significantly to air pollution

that may reasonably be anticipated to

endanger public health or welfare.

Consequently, the NESHAP for EO

emissions have been developed for this

source category.
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Certain records and reports are

necessary to enable the Administrator

to: (1) identify new, modified,

reconstructed, and existing sources

subject to the standards and (2) ensure

that the standards, which are based on

maximum achievable control

technology (MACT) and generally

available control technology (GACT),

are being achieved.

The NESHAP for Commercial

Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and

Fumigation Operations were

promulgated on December 6, 1994.

These standards apply to new and

existing commercial EO sterilization

and fumigation facilities that use air

pollution control devices that are in

operation after promulgation of the

NESHAP.

Owners or operators of the affected

facilities described must submit onetime reports of start of construction,

anticipated or actual startup dates, and

physical or operation changes to

existing facilities. In addition, owners or

operators of existing commercial EO

sterilization and fumigation operations

will submit one-time reports of actual

annual EO use. Owners or operators of

new commercial EO sterilization and

fumigation operations will submit onetime reports of estimated annual EO use.

Reports of initial emissions testing are

necessary to determine that the

applicable emission limit is being met.

The owner or operator of a commercial

EO sterilization and fumigation

operation that uses an air pollution

control device to meet the emission

limit is required to maintain records of

the site-specific monitoring parameters

as well as daily and monthly

inspections of the control device.

All reports are sent to the delegated

State or local authority. In the event that

there is no such delegated authority, the

reports are sent directly to the EPA

Regional Office. Notifications are used

to inform the Agency or delegated

authority when a source becomes

subject to the standard. The reviewing

authority may then inspect the source to

check if the pollution control devices

are properly installed and operated and

the standard is being met. Performance

test reports are needed as these are the

Agency’s record of a source’s initial

capability to comply with the emission

standard. 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 6/18/

97 (62 FR 33068); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 75 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:

Commercial Ethylene Oxide

Sterilization and Fumigation

Operations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

98.

Frequency of Response: Daily,

Monthly, and Semi-annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

7,328 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $228,000.

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. 1666.03 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0283 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.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov)

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. 97–28139 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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Public Meetings Regarding

Environmental Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and

opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is announcing a series of public

meetings to solicit information from

stakehodlers regarding their use of, and

access to, environmental information

and data.

DATES: EPA is scheduling up to twenty

public meetings during October 1997

through December 1997. Specific dates

and cities are listed in the tentative

schedule under Supplementary

Information below. Requests to attend

the meetings and/or provide oral

comments at the meetings must be

received at least 7 days prior to the

scheduled meetings. The final times and

precise locations of the meetings will be

available to interested persons from the

EPA contact person, upon request, two

weeks prior to each meeting.

ADDRESSES: Requests to attend the

meetings and/or to provide oral

comments should be made to Ms. Lisa

M. Hunter; Center for Environmental

Information and Statistics (MC: 2164);

Office of Policy, Planning and

Evaluation; U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency; 401 M Street, SW;

Washington, DC; 20460; (202) 260–4744.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Lisa M. Hunter, EPA Headquarters,

(202) 260–4744, or e-mail,

hunter.lisa@epamial.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is

undertaking a variety of customer

survey efforts to learn how Agency

stakeholders use and access

environmental information and data.

One of these efforts will consist of a

series of twenty meetings throughout

the country to better understand the

views of particular individuals and

groups that typically use environmental

information. Each discussion session

will focus on a particular stakeholder

group or user’s environmental

information needs. The public is invited

to attend these meetings as observers

and/or to provide comment during a

public comment period at the end of

each meeting. The tentative schedule for

the public meetings—including

potential dates, cites,and intended

stakeholder groups—is as follows: