61810 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 206 / Wednesday, October 26, 2005 / Notices 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/ 

edocket. 

Title: Laboratory Quality Assurance 

Evaluation Program for Analysis of 

Cryptosporidium under the Safe 

Drinking Water Act. 

Abstract: Under the Laboratory 

Quality Assurance Evaluation Program, 

EPA evaluates labs on a case-by-case 

basis through evaluating their capacity 

and competency to reliably measure for 

the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in 

surface water using EPA Method 1622 

or EPA Method 1623. To obtain 

approval under the program, the 

laboratory must submit an application 

package and provide: a demonstration of 

availability of qualified personnel and 

appropriate instrumentation, equipment 

and supplies; a detailed laboratory 

standard operating procedure for each 

version of the method that the 

laboratory will use to conduct the 

Cryptosporidium analyses; a current 

copy of the table of contents of their 

laboratory’s quality assurance plan for 

protozoa analyses; and an initial 

demonstration of capability data for 

EPA Method 1622 or EPA Method 1623, 

which include precision and recovery 

test results and matrix spike/matrix 

spike duplicate test results for 

Cryptosporidium. 

After the laboratory submits to EPA 

an application package including 

supporting documentation, EPA and the 

laboratory conduct the following steps 

to complete the process: 

1. EPA contacts the laboratory for 

follow-up information and to schedule 

participation in the performance testing 

program. 

2. EPA sends initial proficiency 

testing samples to the laboratory (unless 

the laboratory has already successfully 

analyzed such samples under EPA’s 

Protozoan PE program). These sample 

packets consist of eight spiked samples 

shipped to the laboratory within a 

standard matrix. 

3. The laboratory analyzes initial 

proficiency testing samples and submits 

data to EPA. 

4. EPA conducts an on-site evaluation 

and data audit. 

5. The laboratory analyzes ongoing 

proficiency testing samples three times 

per year and submits the data to EPA. 

These sample packets consist of three 

spiked samples shipped to the 

laboratory within a standard matrix. 

6. EPA contacts laboratories by letter 

within 60 days of their laboratory onsite evaluation to confirm whether the 

laboratory has demonstrated its capacity 

and competency for participation in the 

program. 

The procedure for obtaining an 

application package, the criteria for 

demonstrating capacity and 

competency, and other guidance to 

laboratories that are interested in 

participating in the program, are 

provided at http://www.epa.gov/ 

safewater/lt2/cla_final.html. 

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 19 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: Public 

and private water testing laboratories. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

22. 

Frequency of Response: Three times 

per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

3,980. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$275,000, includes $109,000 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 367 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is just an 

adjustment to the estimate. 

Dated: October 18, 2005. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2005–0084; FRL–7988–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; National Emission Standards 

for Hazardous Air Pollutants From 

Plating and Polishing Operations, EPA 

ICR Number 2186.01 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

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 

for a new collection. This ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its estimated burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 25, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID number OAR–

2005–0084, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by 

mail to: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 206 / Wednesday, October 26, 2005 / Notices 61811 

Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, Mailcode 6102T, 

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: 

Donna Lee Jones, Emission Standards 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (C439–02), Research 

Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; 

telephone number: (919) 541–5251; fax 

number: (919) 541–3207; e-mail address: 

jones.donnalee@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA 

has submitted the following ICR to OMB 

for review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On July 29, 2005 (70 FR 43865), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for this ICR under Docket ID 

number OAR–2005–0084, which is 

available for public viewing at the Air 

and Radiation Docket and Information 

Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 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 Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center is (202) 566–1742. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft 

collection of information, submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing the contents of the public docket, 

and to access those documents in the 

public docket that are available 

electronically. Once in the system, 

select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket 

ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA within 30 

days of this notice. The EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or on paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted information, EPA will 

provide a reference to that material in 

the version of the comment that is 

placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed 

comment, including the copyrighted 

material, will be available in the public 

docket. Although identified as an item 

in the official docket, information 

claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 

otherwise restricted by statute, is not 

included in the official public docket, 

and will not be available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

see EPA’s Federal Register notice at 67 

FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 

Title: National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants from Plating 

and Polishing Operations. 

Abstract: The proposed ICR will 

collect information and data from 1,208 

existing plating and polishing facilities. 

Facilities will be requested to complete 

a simple paper questionnaire on general 

facility information (location, 

description, types of processes 

performed, operating hours, technical 

contact), HAP emissions and permit 

data, permit conditions, emission tests 

data, process design and operating data, 

HAP-containing material data, finished 

product types, local ventilation system 

information, HAP emission control 

measures, and pollution prevention 

practices. The questionnaire may be 

completed from readily available 

information; no additional emission 

testing or monitoring will be required. 

The EPA will use the collected 

information and data to evaluate the 

need for area source National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) required under section 

112(k) of the Clean Air Act for the 

Plating and Polishing Area Source 

Category. If an area source NESHAP is 

developed, the collected information 

will be used to evaluate the types of 

provisions needed to limit HAP 

emissions from plating and polishing 

operations and to estimate the impacts 

of regulatory options. 

The EPA’s authority to collect 

information is contained in Section 114 

of the Clean Air Act, (42 U.S.C 7414). 

All information submitted to EPA 

pursuant to this ICR for which a claim 

of confidentiality is made is safeguarded 

according to Agency policies in 40 CFR 

part 2, subpart B. 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 40 CFR are listed in 40 

CFR part 9 and are identified on the 

form and/or instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 12.1 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: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are establishments primarily 

engaged in all types of electroplating, 

electroless plating, metal or thermal 

spraying, anodizing, coloring, and 

finishing of metals and formed products 

for the trade. Also potentially affected 

by this action are establishments which 

perform these types of activities, on 

their own account, on purchased metals 

or formed products. The standard 

industrial classification (SIC) code for 

this industry is primarily 3471, 

Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, 

Anodizing, and Coloring; the North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) code is 332813, 

Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, 

Anodizing, and Coloring. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,208. 

Frequency of Response: This is a new 

collection requiring a one-time 

response. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

5,608 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$366,566, which includes $0 annual 

capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M 

costs, and $366,566 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: This section 

does not apply since this is a new 

collection. 

Dated: October 18, 2005. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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