[Federal Register: September 25, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 185)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0452, FRL-8222-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic
Chemical Manufacturing (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1969.03, OMB Control
Number 2060-0533
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 25,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0452, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC), 2201T , 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of
operation for people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to
view documents. Consult EPA's Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147
(July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm
for current information on docket status, locations and
telephone numbers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia B. Mia of the Office of
Compliance at 202-564-7042 (phone) or 202-564-0050 (fax), or via e-mail
to: mia.marcia@epa.gov; or by mail to Mail Code 2223A, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
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 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0452, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 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/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 (ECDIC) is 202-566-1972.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, to access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then
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key in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA's
policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in
paper, will be made available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov
as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR Number 1969.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0533.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2006.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart FFFF, were proposed on April 4, 2002, and promulgated on
November 10, 2003. These regulations apply to new and existing
facilities that manufacture a miscellaneous organic chemical and are
located at, or are part of, major sources of hazardous air pollutant
(HAP) emissions. New facilities include those that commenced
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63
subpart FFFF.
In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least
five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance
reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or
local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated
authority, the reports are sent directly to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 254
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: New and existing facilities that
manufacture a miscellaneous organic chemical and are located at, or are
part of, major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 257 .
Frequency of Response: One-time, semiannually, and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 416,830.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,132,909, includes $670,256
annualized capital/startup costs and $5,462,653 O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 399,085 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden from the most recently
approved ICR is primarily due to the fact that this is the first ICR
prepared after the compliance date. In the previous ICR, annual burden
hours and costs associated with one-time activities were phased in over
the course of the three-year period. In this ICR, existing sources have
been phased into compliance and are subject to on-going requirements,
and new sources are subject to various one-time activities.
Additionally, some burden hours from the previous ICR were deleted
because it was not consistent with the concept of burden.
Dated: September 12, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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