[Federal Register: October 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 192)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0433; FRL-8724-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Carbon Black,
Ethylene, Cyanide, and Spandex (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1983.05, OMB
Control Number 2060-0489
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 that is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 3,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2008-0433, to (1) EPA online using http://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 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: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address:
schaefer.john@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.
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EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0433, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, 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 http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Carbon Black, Ethylene, Cyanide, and Spandex
(Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1983.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0489.
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: All existing sources must be in compliance with the
requirements of the Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology
(MACT) National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) within three years of the effective date (promulgation date)
of standards for an affected source. All new sources must be in
compliance with the requirements of the Generic MACT (GMACT) NESHAP
upon startup or prior to the promulgation date of standards for an
affected source, whichever is later. These standards apply to hazardous
air pollutant (HAP) emission sources in the carbon black production,
cyanide chemicals manufacturing, ethylene production, and spandex
production source categories.
Compliance is assumed through initial performance testing or design
analysis, as appropriate, and ongoing compliance is demonstrated
through parametric monitoring. The facilities are subject to the major
source provisions specified under the GMACT NESHAP.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 90
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: Facilities that manufacture carbon
black, cyanide chemicals, ethylene, and spandex.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 72.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally, semiannually and annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,533
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,439,214, which is comprised of
Operations & Management (O&M) costs of $359,065, labor costs of
$1,080,149, and no annualized capital/start-up costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens.
Dated: September 26, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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