Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0015-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for the Graphic Arts Industry
Posted Date: 2023-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50150-50151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16214]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0015; FRL-11251-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NSPS for the Graphic Arts Industry (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 the Graphic Arts 
Industry (EPA ICR Number 0657.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0105) 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 July 31, 
2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on July 22, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before August 31, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0015, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), 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 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 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

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27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through July 31, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on July 22, 2022, during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA 
Docket Center, WJC West, 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 the 
Graphic Arts Industry (40 CFR part 60, subpart QQ) were proposed on 
October 28, 1980; promulgated on November 8, 1982; and most recently 
amended on April 9, 2004. These regulations apply to each publication 
rotogravure printing press (not including proof presses) commencing 
either construction, or modification, or reconstruction after the date 
of proposal. New facilities include those that commenced either 
construction, or modification, or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 60, subpart QQ.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of graphic arts 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart QQ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 6 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 470 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $56,200 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 1,590 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease in burden is an adjustment based on a 
review of sources listed on the Enforcement Compliance History Online 
(ECHO) database and consultations with industry indicating that the 
estimated number of sources in this renewal should be lowered. The ECHO 
sources listed included 6 active respondents subject to subpart QQ. 
Additionally, consultations with Gravure Association of Americas 
identified two companies with operations using the publication 
rotogravure printing process, both of which owned facilities included 
in the ECHO list. Based on consultations, EPA's ECHO database, and 
comparisons with previous ICRs, the industry is currently declining. As 
a result, it is assumed no new respondents will be added over the next 
three years. Labor costs have also been adjusted to correct an error in 
the previous ICR's calculations resulting from managerial and technical 
labor rates being transposed and applied incorrectly to each other's 
labor hours.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-16214 Filed 7-31-23; 8:45 am]
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