Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Leather Finishing Operations (Renewal), ICR Number 1985.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0478, 15080-15082 [05-5818]
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Title: Willingness to Pay Survey:
Phase III Cooling Water Intake
Structures
Abstract: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is in the
process of developing new regulations
to provide national performance
standards for controlling impacts from
cooling water intake structures (CWIS)
for Phase III facilities under section
316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). In
order to develop comprehensive
quantified benefit estimates, for these
performance standards EPA proposes to
conduct a stated preference study to
estimate the non-use benefits of reduced
fish losses at CWIS. The study would
focus on a broad range of fish species,
including forage fish and a variety of
fish species harvested by commercial
and recreational fishermen.
The purpose of this information
collection request is to solicit public
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comment on and obtain approval for
conducting twelve focus groups that
will assist in the design of the stated
preference survey. EPA will use these
focus groups to better understand the
public’s perceptions of fishery resources
and to assist in the design of the stated
preference.
EPA received several comments on
the proposed ICR. Most of the received
comments did not address focus groups
explicitly, but rather the more general
topic of resource valuation and stated
preference surveys. Many of the
submitted comments were empirical in
nature and are therefore appropriately
addressed within the survey design
process. Some commenters argued that
non-use benefits in the Phase III policy
context are likely to be trivial and
unreliable. EPA considers stated
preference methods capable of
measuring the total values (including
use and non-use) of fish affected by
impingement and entrainment, if a
survey is appropriately designed.
Moreover, focus groups represent one of
the primary means of assessing whether
many of the commenters’ remarks are
indeed accurate regarding the inability
of survey instruments to measure nonuse values for fish affected by
entrainment and impingement. EPA also
points out that there is significant
evidence in the empirical literature as to
the substantive nature of non-use
benefits.
For a detailed discussion of these
issues, see EPA’s response to public
comments for the ICR notice published
on November 23, 2004 (69 FR 68140).
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. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and record keeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 160 minutes per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
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to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Focus
group participants.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
96.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
256 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,000,
which includes $0 capital/startup costs
and O&M costs, and $5,000 labor costs.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OECA–2004–0032; FRL–7889–2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
NESHAP for Leather Finishing
Operations (Renewal), ICR Number
1985.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0478
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, this
document announces that an
Information Collection Request (ICR)
has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on June 30, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. This ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before April 25, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OECA–
2004–0032, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at:
Office of Information and Regulatory
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Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Learia Williams, Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs
Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2223A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On September 14, 2004 (69 FR 55430),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OECA–
2004–0032, which is available for public
viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202)
566–1744, and the telephone number for
the Enforcement and Compliance
Docket and Information Center Docket
is: (202) 566–1752. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’
then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
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Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NESHAP for Leather Finishing
Operations (Renewal).
Abstract: The National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP), for Leather Finishing
Operations were proposed on October 2,
2000 (65 FR 58702). These standards
apply to any existing, reconstructed, or
new leather finishing operations. A
leather finishing operation is a single
process or group of processes used to
adjust and improve the physical and
aesthetic characteristics of the leather
surface through multistage application
of a coating comprised of dyes,
pigments, film-forming materials and
performance modifiers dissolved or
suspended in liquid carriers. A leather
finishing operation is only subject to the
regulation if it is a major source of
hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emitting
or has the potential to emit any single
HAP at the rate of 10 tons (9.07
megagrams) or more per year or any
combination of HAP at a rate of 25 tons
(22.68 megagrams) or more per year or
is collocated a major source of HAPs.
Owners and operators must submit
notification reports upon the
construction or reconstruction of any
leather finishing operation. Any leather
finishing operation that starts up after
proposal but before promulgation must
submit an initial notification, similar to
the one submitted by existing sources.
Each new or reconstructed source that
starts up after promulgation must
submit a series of notifications in
addition to the initial notification which
include: notification of intent to
construct or reconstruct and notification
of startup. Upon the collection of twelve
months of data after the date of initial
notification owners or operators of
leather finishing operations must submit
an annual compliance status
certification report and each year
thereafter. Records and reports will be
required to be retained for a total of five
years, two years at the site, and the
remaining three years at an off-site
location.
Notifications are used to inform the
Agency or delegated authority when a
source becomes subject to the standard.
The reviewing authority may then
inspect the source to check if the
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pollution control devices are properly
installed and operated, and the standard
is being met. Performance test reports
are needed as these are the Agency’s
records of a source’s initial capability to
comply with the emission standards,
and serve as a record of the operating
conditions under which compliance
was achieved. The information
generated by monitoring, recordkeeping
and reporting requirements described in
this ICR is used by the Agency to ensure
that facilities that are affected by the
standard continue to operate the control
equipment and achieve continuous
compliance with the regulation.
All reports are sent to the delegated
state or local authority. In the event that
there is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the EPA
Regional Office.
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. The OMB Control
Numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed
in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15,
and are identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 33 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Owners or operators of leather finishing
operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
annually and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
334 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$21,279, which includes zero O&M
costs, zero Capital Expense, and $21,279
in Respondent Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 151 hours in the total
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estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease in the burden
from the most recently approved ICR is
due to a decrease in the number of
sources. Our data indicates that there
are approximately ten sources subject to
the rule, as compared to the active ICR
that shows twelve sources. There are no
new facilities expected to be
constructed in the next three years. The
decline in the number of sources was
due to the high energy cost to operate
the machinery and foreign competition.
Our research also shows that since the
removal/delisting of the compound
ethylene glycol butyl ether (EGBE) from
the list of HAPs that the Agency
regulates under the Clean Air Act, a
number of leather finishing facilities
that use EGBE will no longer be subject
to the CAAA’s Maximum Achievable
Control Technology (MACT)
requirements, thus the number of
sources would be decreased even more
over the next three years.
There are no capital/startup or
operation and maintenance costs,
because NESHAP for Leather Finishing
Operations does not require any special
monitoring or recordkeeping equipment,
therefore, no capital and operations and
maintenance costs are associated with
recordkeeping or reporting to the rule.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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AGENCY
[FRL–7889–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities OMB Responses
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document announces the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) responses to Agency clearance
requests, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). 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.
The OMB control numbers for EPA’s
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9
and 48 CFR chapter 15.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Auby (202) 566–1672, or e-mail at
auby.susan@epa.gov and please refer to
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the appropriate EPA Information
Collection Request (ICR) Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Responses to Agency Clearance
Requests
OMB Approvals
EPA ICR No.1715.06; TSCA Section
402 and Section 404 Training and
Certification, Accreditation and
Standards for Lead-Based Paint
Activities; in 40 CFR part 745; was
approved 02/07/2005; OMB Number
2070–0155; expires 02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1597.06; Requirements
and Exemptions for Specific RCRA
Wastes (Renewal); in 40 CFR part 273,
40 CFR 266.230, 40 CFR 266.240, 40
CFR 266.245, 40 CFR 266.250, 40 CFR
266.345, 40 CFR 266.355, 40 CFR
266.360; was approved 02/07/2005;
OMB Number 2050–0145; expires 02/
29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1445.06; Continuous
Release Reporting Regulations (CRRR)
under CERCLA 1980 (Renewal); in 40
CFR 302.8; was approved 02/09/2005;
OMB Number 2050–0086; expires 02/
29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1488.06; Superfund Site
Evaluation and Hazard Ranking System
(Renewal); in 40 CFR part 300; was
approved 02/10/2005; OMB Number
2050–0095; expires 02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1446.08; PCBs:
Consolidated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Requirements; in 40 CFR
302.8; was approved 02/09/2005; OMB
Number 2070–0112; expires 02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1487.08; Cooperative
Agreements and Superfund State
Contracts for Superfund Response
Actions (Renewal); in 40 CFR part 35,
subpart O; was approved 02/09/2005;
OMB Number 2050–0179; expires 02/
29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 0938.10; General
Administrative Requirements for
Assistance Programs: EPA
Administrative Capability
Questionnaire; in 40 CFR parts 30 and
31; was approved 02/08/2005; OMB
Number 2030–0020; expires 12/31/2005.
EPA ICR No. 0596.05; Application for
Emergency Exemption for Pesticides; in
40 CFR part 166; was approved 02/10/
2005; OMB Number 2070–0032; expires
02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1425.06; Application for
Reimbursement to Local Governments
for Emergency Response to Hazardous
Substance Releases Under CERCLA
section 123 (Renewal); was approved
02/10/2005; OMB Number 2050–0077;
expires 02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1681.05; NESHAP for
Epoxy Resin and Non-Nylon Polyamide
Production (Renewal); in 40 CFR part
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63, subpart W; was approved 02/15/
2005; OMB Number 2060–0290; expires
02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1669.04; Lead-Based
Paint Pre-Renovation Information
Dissemination—TSCA Sec. 406(b); in 40
CFR part 745, subpart E; was approved
02/14/2005; OMB Number 2070–0158;
expires 02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1741.04; Correction of
Misreported Chemical Substances on
the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Chemical Substances Inventory;
in 40 CFR part 710; OMB Number 2070–
0145; expires 02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 1767.04; NESHAP for
Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants
(Renewal); in 40 CFR part 63, subpart
LL; was approved 02/15/2005; OMB
Number 2060–0360; expires 02/29/2008.
EPA ICR No. 2179.01; Recordkeeping
and Periodic Reporting of the
Production, Import, Recycling,
Destruction, Transshipment and
Feedstock Use of Ozone Depleting
Substances (Emergency ICR for Critical
Use Exempt Requirements); in 40 CFR
part 82, subparts A and E and 40 CFR
Section 83.13; was approved 02/17/
2005; OMB Number 2060–0564; expires
08/31/2005.
EPA ICR No. 2182.01; Pilot Project
Regarding the Transboundary
Movements of Municipal of Solid Waste
(MSW) Between the U.S. and Canada
(Request for Information on Exports of
Municipal Solid Waste from Ontario,
Canada to Michigan); was approved 03/
01/2005; OMB Number 2020–0030;
expires 09/30/2005.
EPA ICR No. 1736.04; EPA’s Natural
Gas STAR Program (Renewal); was
approved 03/02/2005; OMB Number
2060–0328; expires 03/31/2008.
Short Term Extensions
EPA ICR No. 0229.15; NPDES and
Sewage Sludge Monitoring Reports;
OMB Number 2040–0004; on 02/25/
2005 OMB extended the expiration date
to 05/31/2005.
EPA ICR No. 1639.04; National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance;
OMB Number 2040–0180; on 02/25/
2005 OMB extended the expiration date
to 05/31/2005.
EPA ICR No. 1944.02; Baseline
Standards and Best Management
Practices for the Coal Mining Point
Source Category; in 40 CFR part 434;
OMB Number 2040–0239; on 02/25/
2005 OMB extended the expiration date
to 05/31/2005.
EPA ICR No. 1878.01; Minimum
Monitoring Requirements for Direct and
Indirect Discharging Mills in the
Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda
Subcategory and the Papergrade Sulfite
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0032; FRL-7889-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Leather Finishing
Operations (Renewal), ICR Number 1985.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0478
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document
announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 25,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0032, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory
[[Page 15081]]
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On September 14, 2004 (69 FR 55430), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OECA-2004-0032, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NESHAP for Leather Finishing Operations (Renewal).
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP), for Leather Finishing Operations were proposed on
October 2, 2000 (65 FR 58702). These standards apply to any existing,
reconstructed, or new leather finishing operations. A leather finishing
operation is a single process or group of processes used to adjust and
improve the physical and aesthetic characteristics of the leather
surface through multistage application of a coating comprised of dyes,
pigments, film-forming materials and performance modifiers dissolved or
suspended in liquid carriers. A leather finishing operation is only
subject to the regulation if it is a major source of hazardous air
pollutant (HAP) emitting or has the potential to emit any single HAP at
the rate of 10 tons (9.07 megagrams) or more per year or any
combination of HAP at a rate of 25 tons (22.68 megagrams) or more per
year or is collocated a major source of HAPs.
Owners and operators must submit notification reports upon the
construction or reconstruction of any leather finishing operation. Any
leather finishing operation that starts up after proposal but before
promulgation must submit an initial notification, similar to the one
submitted by existing sources. Each new or reconstructed source that
starts up after promulgation must submit a series of notifications in
addition to the initial notification which include: notification of
intent to construct or reconstruct and notification of startup. Upon
the collection of twelve months of data after the date of initial
notification owners or operators of leather finishing operations must
submit an annual compliance status certification report and each year
thereafter. Records and reports will be required to be retained for a
total of five years, two years at the site, and the remaining three
years at an off-site location.
Notifications are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority
when a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority
may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices
are properly installed and operated, and the standard is being met.
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's records
of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standards,
and serve as a record of the operating conditions under which
compliance was achieved. The information generated by monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this ICR is used
by the Agency to ensure that facilities that are affected by the
standard continue to operate the control equipment and achieve
continuous compliance with the regulation.
All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In
the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are
sent directly to the EPA Regional Office.
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. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 33
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of leather
finishing operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Response: Initially, annually and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 334 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $21,279, which includes zero O&M
costs, zero Capital Expense, and $21,279 in Respondent Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 151 hours in the
total
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estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved
ICR Burdens. This decrease in the burden from the most recently
approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. Our data
indicates that there are approximately ten sources subject to the rule,
as compared to the active ICR that shows twelve sources. There are no
new facilities expected to be constructed in the next three years. The
decline in the number of sources was due to the high energy cost to
operate the machinery and foreign competition. Our research also shows
that since the removal/delisting of the compound ethylene glycol butyl
ether (EGBE) from the list of HAPs that the Agency regulates under the
Clean Air Act, a number of leather finishing facilities that use EGBE
will no longer be subject to the CAAA's Maximum Achievable Control
Technology (MACT) requirements, thus the number of sources would be
decreased even more over the next three years.
There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs,
because NESHAP for Leather Finishing Operations does not require any
special monitoring or recordkeeping equipment, therefore, no capital
and operations and maintenance costs are associated with recordkeeping
or reporting to the rule.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-5818 Filed 3-23-05; 8:45 am]
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