[Federal Register: July 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 131)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2003-0142; FRL-7785-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface
Impoundments and Containers (40 CFR Part 264, Subpart CC and 40 CFR
Part 265, Subpart CC) (Renewal), ICR Number 1593.06, OMB Number 2060-
0318
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document
announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on 7/31/04. Under OMB regulations, the
Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information
while this submission is pending at OMB. This ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 9,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0142, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center, EPA West, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Chadwick, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, Mail Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; (202) 564-7054; fax
number (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: chadwick.dan@epa.gov.
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 November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62289) 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
Number OECA-2003-0142, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through EPA 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. When 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. 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 and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business
information (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: Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundments and
Containers (40 CFR Part 264, Subpart CC and 40 CFR Part 265, Subpart
CC) (Renewal).
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 264,
subpart CC and 40 CFR part 265, subpart CC. RCRA subpart CC requires
controls for minimizing release of volatile organic air emissions from
tanks, surface impoundments and containers holding hazardous waste.
Records and reports are necessary in order for the EPA to determine
that the standards are implemented and maintained to protect human
health and the environment.
Organic air emissions from hazardous waste Treatment, Storage and
Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) can contain toxic chemical compounds.
Cancer and other adverse noncancerous human health
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effects can result from exposure to these emissions. Organic emissions
from TSDFs react photochemically with other compounds in the atmosphere
to form ground level ozone. Excessive ambient ozone concentrations are
a major air quality problem in many cities throughout the United
States. Nationwide organic emissions from TSDFs are estimated to be
approximately one million megagrams per year. These organic emissions
are estimated to result in 48 excess incidences of cancer per year
nationwide and a 3 x 10-2 maximum individual risk (MIR). The
experience of the EPA in implementing and enforcing New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) promulgated under authority of the
Clean Air Act has demonstrated that certain information must be
collected to ensure compliance with air emission standards. Information
collection is needed by the EPA to determine: (a) Whether a hazardous
waste contains sufficiently low concentrations of volatile organics to
allow the waste to be managed in a tank, surface impoundment, or
container without the use of emission controls, and (b) for units
requiring emission controls, whether the controls are being properly
operated and maintained. The collected information will be used by the
EPA enforcement personnel to ensure that the requirements of the
recommended rules are being properly applied and that emission control
devices are being properly operated and maintained on a continuous
basis.
In addition, records and reports are necessary to enable the EPA to
identify TSDF owners or operators that may not be operating in
compliance with the standards. The reported information is used by the
EPA to target TSDFs for inspection and identify what records or waste
management units should be inspected at the TSDF. The information that
TSDF owners or operators are required to maintain is recorded in
sufficient detail to enable owners or operators to demonstrate their
means of complying with the applicable standards. The data collected by
the affected facility is retained at the facility for a minimum of
three years.
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 114
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 be able 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: Hazardous waste treatment, storage
and disposal facilities and large quantity generators.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,209.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 711,477 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $57,432,910 which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $12,418,000 annual (O&M) costs, and
$45,014,910 annual labor costs.
Changes on Estimates: There is an increase of 38,837 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an adjustment of the
burden based on including some recordkeeping and reporting requirements
that have never been included in this ICR before. The estimated total
capital and operations and maintenance costs have increased because
operations and maintenance costs were not previously reported for this
ICR.
Dated: June 26, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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