[Federal Register: July 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 145)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2003-0140; FRL-7790-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Epoxy Resin and Non-
Nylon Polyamide Production (Renewal), ICR Number 1681.05, OMB Number
2060-0290
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 September 30, 2004. 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 30,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0140, 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of Compliance,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number OECA-2003-0140, 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: NESHAP for Epoxy Resin and Non-Nylon Polyamide Production
(40 CFR part 63, subpart W) (Renewal).
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 63,
subpart W, regulating hazardous air pollutants from process vents,
storage vessels, wastewater systems and equipment leaks. The standards
require mandatory recordkeeping and reporting to document process
information related to the source's ability to comply with the
standards. This information is used by the Agency to identify sources
subject to the standards and to insure that the maximum achievable
control technology is being properly applied. Section 112 of the Clean
Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires that EPA establish standards to
limit emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from stationary
sources. The sources subject to these provisions emit the HAPs
epichlorohydrin, and in lesser amounts, hydrochloric acid and methanol.
In the Administrator's judgment, hazardous air pollutant emissions in
this industry cause or contribute to air pollution that may be
reasonably expected to endanger public health or welfare. Respondents
are owners or operators of new and existing facilities that manufacture
polymers and resins from epichlorohydrin. Source categories include
basic liquid epoxy resin (BLR) producers and producers of
epichlorohydrin-modified non-nylon polyamide resins, also known as wet
strength resins (WSR).
All reports are sent to the delegated State or Local Agency. In the
event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent
directly to the EPA Regional Office.
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 are estimated to average 214
hours per response. Burdens 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;
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complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of new and
existing facilities that manufacture polymers and resins from
epichlorohydrin.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually, quarterly and initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,853 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $252,711, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $9,000 annual O&M costs, and $243,711
annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 672 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in the hourly burden from the most
recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources.
There are thirteen sources in the active ICR compared to seven sources
in the renewal.
Dated: July 14, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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