[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 224 (Monday, November 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61146-61147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28055]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0401; FRL-8983-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic
Chemical Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1969.04, OMB Control
Number 2060-0533
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 December 23,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0401, 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
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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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 8, 2009 (74 FR 32580), 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-2009-0401, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov and 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 http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing
(Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1969.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0533.
ICR Status: This ICR is schedule to expire on December 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: 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. Semiannual reports are also
required.
Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at
least five years following the collection 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 EPA regional office. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFF, as
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The
required information consists of emissions data and other information
that has been determined to be private.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information estimated to average 254 hour
per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose and 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. All
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously
applicable instructions and requirements that 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: Miscellaneous organic chemical
manufacturing.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 257.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 416,830.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $41,436,793, which includes
$35,303,884 in labor costs, $670,256 capital/startup costs and
$5,462,653 in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours in
this ICR as compared to the previous one. 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; (2) the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or
nonexistent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden.
Some insignificant reporting errors were corrected in this ICR.
Dated: November 16, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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