This information collection request
for aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities was prepared by
EPA's Sector Policies and Programs Division (SPPD) in the Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), and they are the
intended users of the collected data. Respondents are owners or
operators of aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities.
Aerospace manufacturing and rework was listed as a source category
under the Clean Air Act (CAA) on July 16, 1992 (57 FR 31576). The
Clean Air Act requires that a risk and technology review be
conducted for this source category by September 1, 2003. This
information collection will provide SPPD with the data necessary to
conduct the risk and technology review. This survey was developed
specifically for aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities.
This information collection has been tailored to the processes at
aerospace facilities and uses an electronic submission approach
that will be less burdensome for both the facilities that must
respond and for EPA personnel who must compile the responses.
Respondents are asked to complete simple forms from available
information, and no request is made to create or develop emission
estimates from information in the literature. Information is
requested from approximately 1,000 aerospace manufacturing and
rework facilities on general facility information, coatings and
spray booth information, other process information (e.g., storage
tanks, composite processing, etc.), emission control devices in
place and their basic design and operating features, quantity of
air emissions, pollution prevention programs at each facility, and
information regarding startup and shutdown events. This information
is necessary for EPA to adequately characterize residual risk at
these facilities, to characterize emissions and control measures
for operations not currently regulated, and to develop standards
for new and existing aerospace facilities under section 112 of the
CAA, if appropriate. The information will be collected from the
electronic completion of simple forms, which will be compiled to
develop a computer data base. The completed forms and the computer
data base will become part of the rulemaking docket. EPA estimates
that there will be roughly 1,000 survey respondents, and that they
will incur a total burden of 46,955 hours at an estimated cost of
$2,261,288 as a result of this one-time collection. The cost to the
Agency is estimated to be approximately $71,444.
EPA is required to review each
MACT standard and to revise them "as necessary (taking into account
developments in practices, processes, and control technologies)" no
less frequently than every eight years. These reviews are commonly
referred to as "technology reviews." In addition, EPA is required
to assess the risk remaining (residual risk) after each MACT
standard and promulgate more stringent standards if they are
necessary to protect public health. Under EPA's residual risk and
technology review (RTR) program, EPA is addressing these two
requirements concurrently. EPA is updating the information they
currently possess and filling identified data gaps in that
information in order to provide a thorough basis for the RTR
efforts. The data collection effort will gather additional
information to allow comprehensive and technically sound analyses
that will form the basis for future rulemaking decisions.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
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).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(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;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.