Notice2023-08440
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chromium Finishing Industry Data Collection (New)
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Published
April 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Chrome Finishing Industry Data Collection (EPA ICR Number 2723.01, OMB Control Number 2040-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 16, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24615-24616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08440]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0869; FRL-10916-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Chromium Finishing Industry Data Collection (New)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Chrome Finishing Industry Data
Collection (EPA ICR Number 2723.01, OMB Control Number 2040-NEW) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for
approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on November 16, 2022 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2021-0869, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3778601a7358545c52437752475619505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c58a92e881aaa6aea0b185a0b5a4eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>, 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Dr. Phillip Flanders, Engineering and
Analysis Division, Office of Science and Technology, 4303T,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-8323; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#450329242b212037366b152d2c29292c35052035246b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fd9f3fef1fbfaedecb1cff7f6f3f3f6efdffaeffeb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new
collection. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on November 16, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 68689). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: As mentioned in Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15,
published in January 2023, EPA plans to conduct a rulemaking to address
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) discharges from a subset of
facilities in the Metal Finishing and Electroplating point source
categories. Specifically, facilities performing certain chromium
operations that employ hexavalent chromium (hereafter referred to as
``chrome finishing facilities''), including chromium plating, chromium
anodizing, chromic acid etching, and chromate conversion coating that
use or have used PFAS to control hexavalent chromium emissions. These
facilities are expected to be the predominant sources of PFAS
discharges in the Metal Finishing and Electroplating point source
categories. Publicly available data on such facilities, including
whether they perform chrome finishing operations and use and discharge
of PFAS at the national scale, are limited. EPA reviewed the 2017
National Emissions Inventory (NEI), Compliance and Emissions Data
Reporting Interface (CEDRI), Environmental Compliance History Online
(ECHO), and Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS), as well as
data collected by several state environmental agencies. However, none
of these data sources provide a complete population of chromium
finishing facilities in the United States nor do they provide the
detailed information on specific facility operations (including use of
hexavalent chromium or PFAS), generation and management of wastewater,
or wastewater characteristics necessary for the complex technical and
economic analyses required for the review and development of ELGs.
Therefore, this questionnaire and wastewater sampling program are
necessary for EPA to determine if the current regulations remain
appropriate and to develop new regulations if they are deemed to be
warranted. EPA has identified and compiled mailing addresses for
approximately 2,035 potential chromium finishing facilities in the
United States. All active metal finishing and electroplating facilities
that conduct or have conducted one or more of the specified chromium
finishing operations will be required to complete the questionnaire.
Form numbers: 6100-079.
Respondents/affected entities: All chrome finishing facilities in
the U.S. will receive the questionnaire and no
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more than 20 facilities will be asked to conduct specific wastewater
sampling.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (Clean Water Act
section 308).
Estimated number of respondents: 2,035 (total).
Frequency of response: One-time data collection.
Total estimated burden: 15,406 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,202,613 (per year), which includes $4,805
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is a new data collection request.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-08440 Filed 4-20-23; 8:45 am]
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