The national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) using maximum achievable control
technology (MACT) for control of chromium emissions from hard and
decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodizing tanks
were proposed on December 16, 1993 and promulgated on January 25,
1995. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. Respondents
that are not required to conduct an initial performance test (i.e.,
decorative chromium electroplating, or chromium anodizing
operations that use a wetting agent and meet the surface tension
limit required by the rule, and decorative chromium electroplating
operations that use a trivalent chromium bath) are required to
notify the Administrator of the initial compliance status of the
source. Owners, or operators also are required to maintain records
of a source's operations, including 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. The types of reports required by these standards
include initial compliance status reports. Periodic reports
required by this standard include annual compliance status reports
for area sources and semiannual compliance status reports for major
sources, unless an exceedance has occurred which requires sources
to submit such reports on a more frequent basis. These
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining
compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NESHAP
standards. Any owner, or operator subject to the provisions of this
part 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 United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional
office.
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the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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the proposed collection of information, that the certification
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.