Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0076-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Halogenated Solvent Cleaners/Halogenated Hazardous Air Pollutants
Posted Date: 2022-11-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71630-71631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25577]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0076; FRL-10443-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent Cleaners/
Halogenated Hazardous Air Pollutants (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Halogenated Solvent 
Cleaners/Halogenated Hazardous Air Pollutants (EPA ICR Number 1652.11, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0273), to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through January 31, 2023. Public comments were 
previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 8, 2022, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given 
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency 
may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 23, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0076, to: (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ 
(our preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that 
all comments received will be included in the public docket without 
change including any personal information provided, unless the comment 
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to

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www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 
The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For 
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaners/Halogenated 
Hazardous Air Pollutants were proposed on November 29, 1993; 
promulgated on December 2, 1994; and most recently-amended on May 3, 
2007. These regulations apply to each individual batch vapor, in-line 
vapor, in-line cold, and batch cold solvent cleaning machine that uses 
any solvent containing methylene chloride; perchloroethylene; 1,1,1-
trichloroethane; trichloroethylene; carbon tetrachloride; chloroform; 
or any combination of these halogenated HAP solvents, in a total 
concentration greater than 5 percent by weight, as a cleaning and/or 
drying agent. New facilities include those that commenced either 
construction or reconstruction on or after December 2, 1994. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
63, subpart T.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notification 
reports, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/
operators of the affected facilities. They 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. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to 
NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Halogenated solvent cleaning 
machines.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart T).
    Estimated number of respondents: 931 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, semiannual.
    Total estimated burden: 31,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,420,000 (per year), which includes 
$660,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours in 
this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations: (1) the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years; and (2) the growth rate for the industry is either very low, 
negative, or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the 
overall burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25577 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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