[Federal Register: September 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 180)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0014; FRL-7814-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Rubber Tire
Manufacturing (Renewal), ICR Number 1158.08, OMB Number 2060-0156
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 October 31, 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 October 18,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0014, 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: Maria Malave, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of Compliance,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: malave.maria@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 May 25, 2004 (69 FR 29718), 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-2004-0014, 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 is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the
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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: NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart
BBB) (Renewal).
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) subpart BBB
applies to affected facilities in rubber tire manufacturing plants that
commence construction, modification or reconstruction after January 20,
1983. The affected facilities include: Each undertread cementing
operation, each sidewall cementing operation, each tread end cementing
operation, each bead cementing operation, each green tire spraying
operation, each Michelin-A operation, each Michelin-B operation, each
Michelin-C automatic operation. The rule establishes standards for
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) use and emission limits.
Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements allow the
regulatory agencies to determine compliance with the standard. One-
time-only reports are required to identify the affected facilities and
the compliance method used. Notification of Method 25 performance is
also required. Annual reports of Method 24 results to verify VOC
content of water-based sprays would be required.
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 167
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: Owners and operators of rubber tire
manufacturing plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 41.
Frequency of Response: Annually, semiannually, initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,323 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $866,093, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $16,000 annual O&M costs, and
$850,093 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in 172 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The reason for the change is due to the inclusion
of managerial and clerical person-hours. The active ICR only covered
technical burden hours.
The increase in labor cost from the most recently approved ICR is
due to a revised hourly labor rate from the United States Department of
Labor.
Dated: September 5, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-20976 Filed 9-16-04; 8:45 am]
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