Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0659-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-07-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34389-34390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15264]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0659; FRL-9995-95-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning 
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), NESHAP for Perchloroethylene Dry 
Cleaning Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1415.12, OMB Control Number 2060-
0234, 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 
August 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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

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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 August 19, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0659, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email 
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.

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 
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities (40 
CFR part 63, subpart M) were proposed on December 9, 1991, promulgated 
on September 22, 1993, and most recently-amended on July 11, 2008. 
These regulations apply to existing and new dry-cleaning facilities 
that use perchloroethylene (PCE). New facilities include those that 
commenced either construction or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 63, subpart M.
    In general, all NESHAP 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 NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Dry cleaning facilities that use 
perchloroethylene.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart M).
    Estimated number of respondents: 28,020 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 1,590,000 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $189,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$948,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 
adjustment increase in burden from the most recently-approved ICR is 
due to an increase in the number of existing major sources. The EPA's 
records indicate that there are currently 20 major sources subject to 
this NESHAP; the previous estimate of 12 major sources was based on the 
final amendments to the NESHAP in 2008. There is also an adjustment 
increase in operation and maintenance costs due to the increase in the 
number of respondents. Finally, there is an adjustment increase in 
labor costs to account for costs from major source facilities operated 
by Federal employees versus the private sector.

Courtney Kerwin,
 Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-15264 Filed 7-17-19; 8:45 am]
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