Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0122-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing Area Sources
Posted Date: 2022-02-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 9048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03373]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0122; FRL--9585-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Nine Metal Fabrication and 
Finishing Area Sources (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 Nine Metal Fabrication 
and Finishing Area Sources (EPA ICR Number 2298.06, OMB Control Number 
2060-0622), 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 
April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on April 13, 2021 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 March 21, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0122, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
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 
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, North Carolina, 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 Nine Metal Fabrication and Finishing Area 
Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXXXX) were proposed on April 3, 
2008, and promulgated on July 23, 2008. These regulations apply to 
owners or operators of any existing or new metal fabrication and 
finishing facility that is an area source of hazardous air pollutant 
(HAP) emissions and either uses or has the potential to emit metal 
fabrication or finishing metal HAP (MFHAP), defined to be the compounds 
of cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, and nickel, or any of these 
metals in the elemental form with the exception of lead. The affected 
sources consist of several types of metal fabrication and finishing 
processes, including any abrasive blasting, metalworking (which 
includes machining, and dry grinding and dry polishing with machines), 
spray painting, and welding operations. New facilities include those 
that either commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXXXX.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of existing 
metal fabrication and finishing area sources.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart XXXXXX).
    Estimated number of respondents: 5,800 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 39,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,620,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations. First, the 
regulations have not changed significantly over the past three years 
and are not anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, 
the growth rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there 
is no significant change in the overall burden. Since there are no 
significant changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no 
significant industry growth, there are also no changes in the capital/
startup or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-03373 Filed 2-16-22; 8:45 am]
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