Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0067-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Magnetic Tape Coating Facilities
Posted Date: 2022-11-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72483-72484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25629]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0067; FRL-10444-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Magnetic Tape Coating Facilities 
(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), NSPS for Magnetic Tape Coating 
Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1135.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0171), 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 27, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0067, 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.

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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Magnetic 
Tape Coating Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart SSS) were proposed on 
January 22, 1986; promulgated on October 3, 1988; and most-recently 
amended on February 12, 1999. These regulations apply to both existing 
and new coating operation and coating mixing equipment at magnetic tape 
coating facilities. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 60, subpart SSS.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
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 NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Magnetic tape coating facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart SSS).
    Estimated number of respondents: 4 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 811 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $132,000 (per year), which includes $34,900 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment 
decrease in burden from the most-recently approved ICR is due to a 
decrease in the number of sources. The number of respondents decreased 
by approximately 33%. The adjustment decrease in the number of 
respondents is due to a review of the EPA's Enforcement and Compliance 
History Online (ECHO) database, a list of

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facilities from a 2003 EPA Residual Risk Analysis, and facility 
permits. Additionally, the previous ICR included capital/startup costs 
in the estimated burden due to the addition of new coating lines to 
existing facilities. For the next three years, we do not expect new 
coating lines to be added, but the existing continuous monitoring 
equipment are expected to have O&M costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25629 Filed 11-23-22; 8:45 am]
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