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OMB Control No: 2060-0510	ICR Reference No: 201903-2060-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201512-2060-012
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2034.07
Title: NESHAP for the Wood Products Surface Coating Industry (40 CFR part 63, subpart QQQQ) (Proposed Rule)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 09/25/2019
	Date Received in OIRA: 03/04/2019
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2019
Responses	696	0	696
Time Burden (Hours)	75,800	0	75,800
Cost Burden (Dollars)	278,000	0	278,000

Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Wood Building Products Surface Coating Industry were proposed on June 21, 2002 and promulgated on May 28, 2003. Amendments to the NESHAP are being proposed as a result of the residual risk and technology review (RTR) required under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The NESHAP applies to new and existing facilities that perform surface coating of wood building products 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, and that use at least 4,170 liters (1,100 gallons) of coatings annually. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of the original proposal (June 21, 2002). This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQ. In general, all NESHAP require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. Owners/operators are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any failures to meet applicable standards, 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. A semiannual compliance report is also required. Any owner/operator subject to NESHAP shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date 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 appropriate U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office. The proposed RTR amendments to the rule would eliminate the startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) exemption; remove the SSM plan requirement; add electronic submittal of notifications, semiannual reports and performance test reports; and make technical and editorial changes. The remaining portions of the NESHAP would remain unchanged.

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The change in burden is a program change decrease as a result of the proposed RTR amendments to the NESHAP for Surface Coating of Wood Building Products, which would: (1) adjust references to the General Provisions and revise provisions in the NESHAP to remove the SSM exemption and SSM plan requirement; (2) add electronic submittal of semiannual reports and performance test reports; and (3) make technical and editorial changes. The number of affected facilities changed from the estimate conducted for the 2003 NESHAP because of: (1) continued consolidation and closures within the wood building products industry; and (2) updates to the number of affected facilities based on EPAs recent RTR efforts and subsequent updates from other information sources. In addition, the burden estimate for reading and understanding the rule requirements was increased to reflect the actual time it would take industry to review the proposed rule amendments. Burden estimates were added for the industry to prepare for performance tests, report the results of the performance tests through the ERT, and transition to submitting notifications and semiannual reports through CEDRI. Burden estimates were removed for developing SSM plans and submitting periodic SSM reports.

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