[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 245 (Monday, December 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73278-73279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28047]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0638; FRL-9385-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Leather Finishing Operations) (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), National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Leather Finishing Operations (EPA 
ICR Number 1985.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0478), 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 February 28, 2022. Public comments 
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on February 8, 
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 not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to 
respond to a collection of information unless it

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displays a currently-valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 26, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0638, 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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Leather Finishing Operations (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart TTTT) apply to existing and new leather finishing facilities 
that are major sources of HAP or are collocated with other sources that 
are individually or collectively a major source of HAP emissions. 
Owners and operators of affected facilities are required to submit 
initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. 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 used by the 
EPA to determine compliance with these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Leather finishing operations.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart TTTT).
    Estimated number of respondents: 4 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 138 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $16,300 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup expense 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 
change in the burden and cost estimates occurred because the previous 
ICR assumed that respondents would only need to familiarize with the 
regulatory requirements once, during the year in which rule revisions 
occurred, and omitted familiarization with the regulatory requirements 
in the years following. This ICR assumes that respondents will need to 
familiarize with the regulatory requirements every year. The overall 
result is a small increase in burden hours and costs. Aside from this 
minor change in burden hours, the only other change is due to a slight 
increase in costs, which is wholly due to the use of updated labor 
rates. This ICR uses labor rates from the most-recent Bureau of Labor 
Statistics report (September 2020) to calculate respondent burden 
costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-28047 Filed 12-23-21; 8:45 am]
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