[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 61 (Friday, March 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11971-11972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06025]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0076; FRL-9989-91-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Surface Coating of Large 
Household and Commercial Appliances (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 the Surface Coating of 
Large Household and Commercial Appliances (EPA ICR Number 1954.07, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0457), 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 March 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 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 April 29, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0076, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. 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: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Surface Coating of Large Household and 
Commercial Appliances (40 CFR part 63, subpart NNNN) apply to both 
existing and new facilities that perform surface coating of large 
household and commercial appliances and related parts where the total 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) emitted are greater than or equal to 10 
tons per year of any one HAP, or where the total HAPs emitted are 
greater than or equal to 25 tons per year of any combination of HAPs. 
New facilities include those that commenced construction or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. 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

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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. This information 
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart 
NNNN.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Facilities that perform surface 
coating of large household and commercial appliances and related parts.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart NNNN).
    Estimated number of respondents: 10 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 3,870 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $429,000 (per year), which includes $5,400 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease 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 due to a decrease in 
the total number of facilities subject to the NESHAP. The estimate is 
based on EPA's recent reevaluation of the source category inventory 
associated with the recently-proposed amendments to 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart NNNN (83 FR 46262, September 12, 2018). Per EPA's reevaluation, 
the number of respondents in the source category has decreased from the 
estimates in the 2002 final rule because the final rule included 
assumptions regarding several facilities that were not major sources of 
HAP. Additionally, there have been changes within the large appliance 
surface coating industry that result in fewer facilities being subject 
to the NESHAP. For example, many facilities that used liquid coatings 
have switched to powder coatings, or have switched to plastic parts and 
stainless steel instead of painted steel parts, or are using precoated 
metal coils instead of coating finished parts. As a result, there is a 
much smaller number of major sources. In addition to the burden 
decrease from the decreased number of respondents, there is also a 
burden decrease in the operating and maintenance costs due to the 
determination that only one affected source uses an emission control 
device to comply with the NESHAP. These changes result in an overall 
decrease in the labor hours O&M costs, and number of responses.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-06025 Filed 3-28-19; 8:45 am]
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