[Federal Register: October 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 202)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0529; FRL-8971-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Synthetic Fiber
Production Facilities, EPA ICR Number 1156.11, OMB Control Number 2060-
0059
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 November 20,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2009-0529, 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 Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 28221T, 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: Robert C. Marshall, Jr., Office of
Enforcement Compliance Assurance, 2223A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564-7021; e-mail address: marshall.robert@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 July 30, 2009 (74 FR 38004), 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-2009-0529, 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) 566-1752.
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 Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1156.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0059.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2009.
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: This subpart applies to affected facilities at synthetic
fiber production facilities including each solvent-spun synthetic
process that produces more than 500 megagrams of fiber per year. The
affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of the NSPS at
40 CFR part 60, subpart A and any changes, or additions to the General
Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart HHH. Owners or
operators of the affected facilities must make an initial notification,
performance tests, periodic reports, and 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
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system is inoperative. Reports, at a minimum, are required
semiannually.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 34
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: Synthetic fiber production
facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 22.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly, and
semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,859.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $315,119, which includes $150,119 in
labor costs, no annualized capital/startup costs and operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs of $165,000.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost to the respondents in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This
is due to two considerations. First, the regulations have not changed
over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the
next three years. Secondly, the growth rate for respondents is very
low, negative, or non-existent. Therefore, the labor hours and cost
figures in the previous ICR reflect the current burden to the
respondents and are reiterated in this ICR.
Dated: October 13, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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