

[Federal Register: July 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 132)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0069; FRL-8194-2]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Semiconductor 
Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2042.03, OMB Control Number 
2060-0519

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 10, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0069, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB 
by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory 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 (CAMPD), Office of Compliance (OC), (Mail 
Code 2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email 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 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0069, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room is open from 8 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 is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
 to submit or view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in 
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether 
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential 
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the 
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: NESHAP for Semiconductor Manufacturing (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2042.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0519.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for semiconductor manufacturing were proposed on 
May 8, 2002, (67 FR 30848), and promulgated on May 22, 2003, (68 FR 
87925). These standards apply to each existing, new, or reconstructed 
effected source that manufactures semiconductors.
    Semiconductor manufacturing process units are used to manufacture 
p-type and n-type semiconductor and active solid-state devices from a 
water substrate, including research and development activities 
integrated into a semiconductor manufacturing process unit. Respondents 
must submit one-time

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only notifications, compliance status report, and initial performance 
test results. Owners/operators are also required to maintain records of 
the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in 
the operations of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. Semiannual summary reports are also 
required.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart 
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at 
least five years following the collection of such measurements, 
maintenance reports, and records. 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 18 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Semiconductor manufacturing 
facility.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, initially, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 37.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $3,117, which include $0 annualized 
capital startup costs, $0 annualized O&M costs, and $3,117 annualized 
labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 197 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The decrease in burden is due to the requirements 
of the rule. In the first year of the previous ICR the source category 
consisted of an estimated 127 facilities, which included area sources, 
synthetic minor sources and major sources. Of these, only one facility 
is considered a major source and is subject to the semiconductor 
manufacturing NESHAP, and the other 126 non-major sources only read the 
rule the first year. There are no new sources expected over the three 
years of this ICR.
    There are no changes in the capital/startup and operations and 
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR, even though there is an 
O&M cost for the one source, it is not enough for conversion to the 
thousand dollar requirement.

    Dated: June 28, 2006.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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