[Federal Register: February 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 37)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2002-0012; FRL-7453-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of EPA ICR
No. 1541.07 (OMB No. 2060-0183) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP: Benzene Waste
Operations (40 CFR part 61, subpart FF), OMB Control Number 2060-0183,
EPA ICR Number 1541.07, expiration date
2/28/2003. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments must be submitted on or before March 27,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rafael Sanchez, Compliance Assurance
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 564-7028; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: sanchez.rafael@epa.gov. Refer
to EPA ICR Number 1541.07.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 20, 2002 (67 FR 41981), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OECA-2002-0012, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-
1744, and the telephone number for the ECDIC is (202) 566-1514. An
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2201T,
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1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NESHAP: Benzene Waste Operations (40 CFR part 61, subpart
FF) (OMB Control Number 2060-0183, EPA ICR Number 1541.07). This is a
request to renew an existing approved collection that is scheduled to
expire on February 28, 2003. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: Any facility which manages a waste containing benzene
must maintain records and submit reports to the Agency. There is a
tiered threshold for burden. Facilities managing waste containing less
than 1 megagram per year (Mg/yr) of benzene must certify to that effect
and maintain documentation to support their finding. Facilities
managing more than 1 Mg/yr and less than 10 Mg/yr of benzene-containing
waste must prepare an initial certification, test annually to verify
that their waste stream still falls within this range, and maintain
documentation to support these findings. Facilities managing more than
10 Mg/yr of waste must submit quarterly and annual reports documenting
the results of continuous monitoring. The Agency uses this information
to determine compliance and to select plants or processes for
inspection.
The required notifications are used to inform the Agency or
delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard.
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's record of
a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and
serve as a record of the operating conditions under which compliance
was achieved. The monitoring and excess emissions reports are used for
problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance,
and for compliance determinations. The information collected from
record keeping and reporting requirements is used for targeting
inspections, and for other uses in compliance and enforcement programs.
Responses to this information collection are deemed to be
mandatory, per section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required
information consists of emissions data and other information that have
been determined not to be private. However, any information submitted
to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40,
chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information
(see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR
40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674,
March 23, 1979).
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 71
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to respond to a
collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the
collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and Operators of Benzene
Waste Operations subject to Subpart FF.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 234.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly, Semi-annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,626.
Estimated Total Non-labor Annual Cost: $0.
There is a decrease of 402 hours in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens due
to a decrease in the number of regulated sources.
Dated: February 10, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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