[Federal Register: September 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 187)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0377; FRL-8721-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Glass Manufacturing
Plants, (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1131.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0054
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 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 collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 27,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2008-0377, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental
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Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information
Center, 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: Sounjay Gairola, Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-4003; e-mail address: gairola.sounjay@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 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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-2008-0377, which is available for public viewing
either online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at
the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 is (202)
566-1927.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, 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 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, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
www.regulations.gov.
Title: NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1131.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0054.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2008.
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, and 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Glass
Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart CC) was promulgated on
October 7, 1980 and amended on October 17, 2000. The provisions of this
subpart apply to each glass manufacturing plant that either commenced
construction or modification after June 15, 1979.
Owners or operators of subpart CC facilities are required to comply
with reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and maintain records of
specific information needed by EPA to determine if compliance has been
achieved. Sources are required to submit semiannual reports of excess
emissions. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in
determining compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources
subject to NSPS.
Notifications are to inform the Agency or delegated authority when
a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority may
then inspect the source to ensure that the pollution control devices
are properly installed and operating and that the standards are being
met. Performance test reports are required as these are the Agency's
records of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission
standards and to serve as a record of the operating conditions under
which compliance is to be achieved. The information generated by
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this
ICR are used by the Agency to ensure that facilities that are affected
by the standard continue to operate the control equipment and achieve
continuous compliance with the regulation.
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 EPA regional office. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart CC, as
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The
required information consists of emissions data and other information
that have been determined to be private.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 8
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: Glass manufacturing plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 41.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally, semiannually and annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 803.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $302,600, which is comprised of
$237,800 in Operations & Maintenance (O&M) costs, $64,800 in labor
costs, and no annualized capital/startup costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours to
the respondents in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due
to two considerations: (1) The regulations have not changed over the
past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three
years; and (2) the growth rate for respondents is very low, negative,
or non-existent. Therefore, the labor hours in the previous ICR reflect
the current burden to the respondents and are reiterated in this ICR.
There is a minor change to the cost figures, since the previous ICR
rounded to the nearest $1,000; this ICR presents a cost figure
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$200 less than the previous ICR due to using the exact figure.
Dated: September 22, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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