[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29551-29556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14681]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5517-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards for Subparts DD, DDD, 
I, JJJ, L, and RRR

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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting 
the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 
specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described 
below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of 
Compliance. People interested in getting copies of or making comments 
about these ICRs should direct inquiries or comments to the Office of 
Compliance, Mail Code 2224A, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Information may also be acquired electronically through the Enviro$en$e 
Bulletin Board, (703) 908-2092 or the Enviro$en$e WWW/Internet Address, 
http//wastenot.inel.gov./envirosense/. All responses and comments will 
be collected regularly for Enviro$en$e.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Harmon, (202) 564-7049, 
facsimile number (202) 564-0037, for NSPS Subpart DD; Sandi Jones, 
(202) 564-7038, facsimile number (202) 564-0037, for NSPS Subpart DDD; 
Scott Throwe, (202) 564-7013, facsimile number (202) 564-0050, for NSPS 
Subpart I; Joyce Chandler, (202) 564-7073, facsimile number (202) 564-
0037, for NSPS Subpart JJJ; Jane M. Engert, (202) 564-5021, facsimile 
number (202) 564-0050, or via e-mail ([email protected].), 
for NSPS Subpart L; and Darlene Williams, (202) 564-7031 or via e-mail 
(Williams.Darlene@EPAMAIL. EPA.GOV.), for NSPS Subpart RRR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NSPS Subpart DD Supplementary Information

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
each truck unloading station, truck loading station, barge and ship 
unloading station, barge and ship loading station, railcar loading 
station, railcar unloading station, grain dryer, and all grain handling 
operations at any grain terminal elevator or any grain storage 
elevator.
    Title: NSPS Subpart DD: Standards of Performance for Grain 
Elevators, OMB control Number 2060-0082, expires November 30, 1996.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.300, 
et seq., Subpart DD, New Source Performance Standards for Grain 
Elevators. This information notifies EPA when a source becomes subject 
to the regulations, informs the Agency if a source is in compliance 
when it begins operation, and informs the Agency if the source remained 
in compliance during any period of startup, shutdown, or malfunction.
    In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from 
grain elevators cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. 
Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source category, as required 
under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
    Controlling emissions of particulate matter from grain elevators 
requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but 
also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. Particulate 
emissions from grain elevators are the result of grain drying and grain 
handling operations, including loading and unloading. These standards 
rely on the proper operation of particulate control devices such as 
baghouses and equipment such as shed doors and spouts designed to 
reduce particulate emission during grain unloading and loading.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities subject to NSPS 
Subpart DD must make the following one-time-only reports: notification 
of the date of construction or reconstruction; notification of the 
anticipated and actual dates of startup; notification of any physical 
or operational change to an existing facility that may increase the 
rate of emission of the regulated pollutant; notification of the date 
of the initial performance test; and the results of the initial 
performance test, including information necessary to determine the 
conditions of the performance test and performance test measurements 
and results, including particulate matter concentration and opacity.
    Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility, as well as the nature and cause of 
the malfunction (if known) and corrective measures taken. These 
notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of all 
sources subject to NSPS. Without such information, enforcement 
personnel would be unable to determine if the standards are being met 
on a continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.
    EPA estimates that one additional source will become subject to the 
standard in each of the next three years.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    The required information consists of emissions data and other 
information that have been determined not to be private. However, any 
information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of 
confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency 
policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, 
September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 
42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 1764, March 23, 1979).
    The EPA solicits comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the

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use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The current ICR estimates the average total 
annual burden to industry to be $3,261. This is based on an estimated 
average total annual burden for this industry of 107.1 person-hours. 
The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per 
hour, plus 110 percent overhead.
    EPA's estimate of 107.1 average total annual burden hours over the 
three year life of this ICR represents a 21 percent decrease from the 
134.85 hours estimated in the previous ICR. This downward adjustment, 
however, results from EPA's discovery of a calculation error that 
overstated the true burden.
    To account for the annual burden hours associated with the startup, 
shutdown, and malfunction recordkeeping activities of the estimated one 
new source annually over the three year life of the ICR, the prior ICR 
and this ICR both assume that 1.5 sources represents the average number 
of new sources over three years. This average number of new sources is 
added to the number of existing sources, and the total estimated annual 
average number of sources is multiplied by the estimated annual burden 
hours per source for these activities. In the prior ICR, the average 
number of new sources, 1.5, was added to the number of existing 
sources, 60, but the estimated burden annual hours per source, 1, was 
mistakenly multiplied by 1.5 before the estimated annual average number 
of sources, 61.5, was multiplied by the estimated annual burden hours 
per source, 1.5[sic]. As a result, the burden hours, 92.25, and cost, 
$2,809.01, associated with these activities were overstated by 50 
percent, skewing the estimated total annual burden to industry by 30.75 
hours and $936.34.
    The estimated annual burden is calculated as one hour for the newly 
subject respondent to read the reporting requirements; 24 hours for the 
new respondent to perform the initial performance test, 4.8 hours 
annually to account for the estimated 20 percent of performance tests 
that must be repeated, 4 hours for the new respondent to perform the 
Method 9 tests, 0.8 hours annually to account for the estimated 20 
percent of Method 9 tests that must be repeated, two hours to prepare 
and send the notification of construction/reconstruction of the newly-
subject source, two hours to prepare and send notification of 
anticipated startup, two hours to prepare and send notification of 
actual startup, and two hours to prepare and send notification of the 
initial performance test. Together, these information collection 
activities required of the anticipated one new source annually amount 
to and average of 42.6 person hours at a cost of $1,297. Additionally, 
EPA estimates that established sources will spend an average of an hour 
annually entering information regarding startups, shutdowns, and 
malfunctions. Assuming 63 existing sources and one addition source for 
each of the three years that this ICR will be in effect, EPA estimates 
an average of 64.5 sources annually will each devote one person hour to 
these activities for a total of 64.5 person hours, at a cost of $1,964. 
Therefore, the estimated total annual industry burden is 107.1 hours at 
a cost of $3,261.
    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; 
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.

NSPS Subpart DDD Supplementary Information

    Affected entities: Approximately 30 sources are currently subject 
to the standard, and it is estimated that an additional 10 sources per 
year will become subject to the standard in the next three years. 
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the pollutants regulated under 
this Subpart. Entities potentially affected by this action are 
facilities involved in the manufacture of polypropylene, polystyrene, 
or poly(ethylene terephthalate)for which construction, modification or 
reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal, or after January 
10, 1989, depending on the process section.
    Title: Subpart DDD: Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic 
Compound Emissions from the Polymer Manufacturing Industry, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0145, expires December 31, 1996.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recording and reporting requirements 
under 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart DDD, that apply to facilities involved in 
the manufacture of polymers. This information is used by the Agency to 
identify sources subject to the standards and to insure that the best 
demonstrated technology is being properly applied.
    The affected facilities include: (1) For polypropylene and 
polyethylene manufacturing, each raw materials preparation section, 
each polymerization reaction section, each material recovery section, 
each product finishing section, and each product storage section; (2) 
for polystyrene manufacturing processes, each material recovery 
section; and (3) for poly(ethylene terephthalate) manufacturing, each 
polymerization reaction section. For equipment leaks, the affected 
facilities are each group of fugitive emissions equipment within any 
process unit.
    In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from the polymer 
manufacturing industry cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. 
Consequently, NSPS were promulgated for this source category.
    In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate 
recordkeeping is necessary. This information enables the Agency to 
determine whether the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as 
required by the Clean Air Act.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and 
actual dates of startup; notification of a physical or operational 
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated 
pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the initial 
performance test; and the results of the initial performance test. 
Owners or operators 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 required, in general of all sources subject to NSPS.
    In addition, owners/operators of affected facilities are required 
to record periods of operation during which the performance boundaries 
are exceeded, results of flare pilot flame monitoring, all periods of 
operation of a boiler or process heater, and to continuously record the 
indication of any emission stream diverted away from the control 
device. Records of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be 
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they occur. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this 
part shall maintain a file of all of these records, and retain the file 
for at least two years following the date of such measurements and 
records.
    The reporting requirements for this industry currently include the 
initial notifications listed, the initial performance test results, and 
semiannual reports. Semiannual reports shall include the following: all 
exceedances of parameter boundaries; all periods during which the vent 
stream is diverted from the control device; all periods when the boiler 
or process heater was not operated; all periods in which the pilot 
flame of the flare was absent; and any recalculation of the TRE index 
value.
    All reports are sent to the delegated State or local authority. In 
the event that there is not such delegated authority, the reports are 
sent directly to the EPA Regional Office. Notifications are used to 
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject 
to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to 
check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and 
operated and the standard is being met. Performance test reports are 
needed as these are the Agency's record of a source's initial 
capability to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating 
conditions under which compliance was achieved. The semiannual reports 
are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and 
maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used:
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The estimate was based on the assumption that 
there would be 10 new affected facilities each year and that there 
would be an annual average of 45 affected facilities over each of the 
next three years covered by the ICR. For new sources, it was estimated 
that it would take 10 person-hours to read the instructions, 3,600 
person hours to conduct the initial performance tests and 720 person 
hours for a total of 4,320 person hours (assuming that 20% of the tests 
must be repeated), and 70 person hours to gather the information and 
write the initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it 
would take 270 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 4,095 
person hours to enter information for records of operating parameters.
    The annual average burden to industry for the three-year period 
covered by this ICR from record keeping and reporting requirements has 
been estimated at 8,765 person hours. The respondents cost were 
calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110% overhead. The 
total annual burden to industry is estimated at $266,894.
    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; 
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.

NSPS Subpart I Supplementary Information

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 
Subpart, Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities.
    Title: NSPS Subpart I: Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt 
Facilities, OMB Control Number 2060-0083, expires November 30, 1996.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with Subpart I, New 
Source Performance Standards for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities. This 
information notifies the Agency when a source becomes subject to the 
regulations, and informs the Agency that the source is in compliance 
when it begins operation.
    In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter from hot mix 
asphalt facilities cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. 
Therefore, New Source Performance Standards have been promulgated for 
this source category as required under Section 111 of the Clean Air 
Act.
    The control of emissions of particulate matter requires not only 
the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the proper 
operation and maintenance of that equipment. These standards rely on 
the capture of pollutants vented to a control device.
    Owners or operators of hot mix asphalt facilities subject to NSPS 
Subpart I are required to make initial notifications for construction, 
startup, and performance testing. They must also report the results of 
a performance test.
    Owners or operators 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 malfunction in the operation of 
the air pollution control device. These notifications, reports and 
records are required in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic,

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mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    Burden Statement: At the writing of the previous ICR there were 
1100 sources currently subject to the standards. It is estimated that 
60 additional sources per year will become subject to the standard. The 
current ICR estimates average burden to the industry to be 4,341 person 
hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 
per hour plus 110 percent overhead rate. The current ICR also estimates 
the average annual burden to the industry is $132,183.45.
    The following is a breakdown of burden used in the ICR. Burden is 
calculated as two hours for respondents to write the reports for: 
notification of construction or reconstruction; notification of 
physical or operational changes; notification of anticipated startup; 
notification of actual startup; and notification of initial performance 
test. Initial performance tests are allocated 24 burden hours. It is 
assumed that 20% of all affected facilities will have to repeat 
performance tests.
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 
information to or for a federal agency. These estimates include 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; 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.

NSPS Subpart JJJ Supplementary Information

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those whose which are subject to NSPS Subpart JJJ or each petroleum dry 
cleaning facilities for which construction, modification or 
reconstruction commenced after December 14, 1982. The affected 
facilities include the petroleum solvent dry cleaning dryers, washers, 
filters, stills, and settling tanks.
    Title: NSPS Subpart JJJ: Standard of Performance for Petroleum Dry 
Cleaners, OMB Control Number 2060-0079, expires November 30, 1996.
    Abstract: The information collected is needed to determine which 
sources are subject to the regulation and whether these sources are in 
compliance with the standards. EPA is required to under Section 111 of 
the Clean Air Act, as amended, to establish standard of performance for 
new stationary sources. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are the 
pollutants regulated under this Subpart. The standards require that any 
affected petroleum dry cleaning dryer be a solvent recovery dryer.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and 
actual dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational 
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated 
pollutant emission rate; and the notification of the date of the 
initial performance test. Owners or operators are also required to 
maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, 
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of the affected facility. 
These notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of 
all sources subject to NSPS. Notifications are used to inform the 
Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the 
standard. Performance test records are needed as these are the Agency's 
record of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission 
standards.
    Recordkeeping requirements specific to petroleum dry cleaners 
include only the performance test required under Section 60.624. There 
are no reporting requirements specific to Subpart JJJ.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
the currently approved 1993 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and make assumptions, 
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.
    The estimate was based on the assumption that there are 
approximately 216 sources currently subject to the standard, and it is 
estimated that an additional 18 sources per year will become subject to 
the standard in the next three years. For new sources it is estimated 
that it takes a respondent 81.2 person hours for recordkeeping and 
reporting. The frequency of these reports is once. The annual burden to 
industry is 1,462 person hours per year. Respondent costs would be 
calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour, plus 110 percent overhead. 
The annual cost of the burden to the industry is $44,517.90.
    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; 
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.

NSPS Subpart L Supplementary Information

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
secondary lead smelters. Specifically, the affected facility in each 
smelter is any pot furnace of more than 250 kg charging capacity, blast 
(cupola) furnaces, and reverberatory furnaces.
    Title: NSPS Subpart: Standards of Performance for Secondary Lead 
Smelters, OMB Control Number 2060-0080, expires January 31, 1997.
    Abstract: Secondary lead smelters produce elemental lead from 
scrap, providing the primary means for

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recycling lead-acid batteries (automotive) into useable products. 
Currently upwards of 95% of all lead-acid batteries are recycled by 
these facilities. Secondary lead smelters emit lead and non-lead 
particulate matter in quantities that, in the Administrator's judgment, 
cause or contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or 
welfare. Consequently, New Source Performance Standards were 
promulgated for this source category. These standards rely on the 
proper installation, operation and maintenance of particulate control 
devices such as electrostatic precipitators or scrubbers.
    In order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate 
recordkeeping and reporting is necessary. This information enables the 
Agency to: (1) Identify the sources subject to the standard; (2) ensure 
initial compliance with emission limits; and (3) verify continuous 
compliance with the standard. Specifically, the rule requires an 
application for approval of construction, notification of startup, 
notification and report of the initial emissions test, and notification 
of any physical or operational change that may increase the emission 
rate. In addition, sources are required to keep records of all 
startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions.
    In the absence of such information collection requirements, 
enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether the 
standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the Clean 
Air Act. Consequently, these information collection requirements are 
mandatory, and the records required by this NSPS must be retained by 
the owner or operator for two years. In general, the required 
information consists of emissions data and other information deemed not 
to be private. However, any information submitted to the agency for 
which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according 
to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 2, 
Subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information. 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 are 
listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The average annual burden to industry over the 
next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is 
estimated at 34.5 person-hours. This is based on an estimated 23 
respondents. Respondent costs would be calculated on the basis of 
$14.50 per hour, plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual burden 
for reporting only is projected to be less than 10 hours. This is 
because virtually all reporting requirements apply to new facilities 
only, and no new secondary lead smelters are anticipated over the next 
three years. There is a chance that some existing facility might need 
to report a physical or operational change; however, these reports are 
very rare, and might only involve one facility over the three-year 
period, with a burden of less than 10 hours.
    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 estimate 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; 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.

NSPS Subpart RRR Supplementary Information

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to the Standards of Performance of Volatile 
Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) Reactor Processes, Subpart RRR with the 
exceptions listed in 40 CFR 60.700(c).
    Title: NSPS Subpart RRR: Standards of Performance for VOC Emission 
from SOCMI Reactors Processes, OMB number 2060-0269, expires November 
30, 1996.
    Abstract: This ICR contains record keeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.700, 
Subpart RRR, Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from SOCMI 
Reactor Processes. This information is used by the Agency to identify 
sources subject to the standards and to insure that the best 
demonstrated technology is being properly applied. The standards 
require periodic record keeping to document process information 
relating to the sources' ability to meet the requirements of the 
standard and to note the operating conditions under which compliance 
was achieved.
    In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from SOCMI reactor 
processes cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be 
anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NSPS were 
promulgated for this source category.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time-only reports: Notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and 
actual dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational 
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated 
pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the initial 
performance test; and the results of the initial performance test. 
Owners or operators 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 required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    In addition, owners/operators of affected facilities are required 
to record periods of operation during which the performance boundaries 
are exceeded, results of flare pilot flame monitoring; continuous 
records of flow to the control device as well as records of all periods 
and the duration when the vent stream is diverted from the control 
device; records of all monthly visual inspections of the seals as well 
as records of all periods and the duration when the seal mechanism is 
broken, the bypass line valve position has changed, the serial number 
of the broken car-seal has changed, or when the key for a lock-and-key 
type configuration has been checked out.

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    Records of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be noted as 
they occur. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this 
part shall maintain a file of all of these records, and retain the file 
for at least two years following the date of such measurements and 
records.
    The reporting requirements for this industry currently include the 
initial notifications listed, the initial performance test results, and 
semiannual reports. Semiannual reports shall include the following: All 
exceedances of parameter boundaries; all periods during which the vent 
stream is diverted from the control device; all periods when the boiler 
or process heater was not operated; all periods in which the pilot 
flame of the flare was absent; and any recalculation of the TRE index 
value.
    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. Notifications are used to 
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject 
to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to 
check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and 
operated and the standard is being met. Performance test reports are 
needed as these are the Agency's records of a source's initial 
capability to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating 
conditions under which compliance was achieved. The semiannual reports 
are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and 
maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
    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 listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR 
Chapter 15.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
record keeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry 
for the currently approved ICR. Where appropriate, the Agency 
identified specific tasks and made assumptions, while being consistent 
with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
    The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be 27 new 
affected facilities each year and that there would be an annual average 
of 203 affected facilities over each of the next three years covered by 
the ICR. For new sources, it was estimated that it would take: 27 
person hours to read the instructions, 11,520 person hours to conduct 
the initial performance tests (assuming that 20% of the tests must be 
repeated), and 432 person hours to gather the information and write the 
initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it would take: 
812 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 3784 person hours 
to enter information for records of operating parameters.
    The annual average burden to industry for the three-year period 
covered by this ICR from record keeping and reporting requirements has 
been estimated at 16,575 person hours. The respondents costs were 
calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110% overhead. The 
total annual burden to industry is estimated at $504,708.75.
    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; 
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. No additional third 
party burden is associated with this ICR.

    Dated: May 31, 1996.
Elaine G. Stanley,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-14681 Filed 6-10 -96; 8:45 am]
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