[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38726-38727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18835]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5541-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; OMB 
#2060-0083; EPA #1127.05 and OMB Number: 2060-0004; EPA ICR Number: 
0658.06

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3507(a)(1)(D), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Requests (ICRs) NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Subpart I) and 
NSPS for Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating (Subpart 
RR)) described below have been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describe the nature 
of the information collections and their expected burden and cost; 
where appropriate, they include the actual data collection instruments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 26, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1127.05 or 0658.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (OMB 
Control No. 2060-0083; EPA ICR No 1127.05). This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Owners/operators of hot mix asphalt facilities must 
notify EPA of construction, modification, startups, shut downs, date 
and results of initial performance test. The only type of industry 
costs associated with the information collection activity in the 
standards are labor costs. In order to ensure compliance with the 
standards promulgated to protect public health, adequate reporting and 
recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such information 
enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether the 
standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the Clean 
Air Act.
    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 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on September 
29, 1995.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4,611 
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 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners/operators of hot mix asphalt 
facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1370.
    Frequency of Response: annually.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1370.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4611 hours.

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    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
    Title: NSPS for Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating 
(Subpart RR); OMB Control No. 2060-0004; EPA ICR No. 0658.06. This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of facilities that manufacture 
pressure sensitive tape and labels must make the following onetime-only 
reports: notification of the date of construction or reconstruction; 
notification of the anticipated and actual dates of initial start-up; 
notification of any physical change to an existing facility that may 
increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of initial 
performance test and the results of the initial performance test. 
Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrences and duration of any start-up, shut-down 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.
    Monitoring requirements specific to these coating operations 
consist of maintaining a calendar month record of all coatings used and 
their VOC content, the amount of solvent applied and recovered, and 
temperature of exhaust gases during incineration.
    This collected information is used by the Agency to efficiently 
monitor industry compliance with NSPS. In the absence of collecting 
such information, continuous monitoring of compliance with the 
standards could be ensured only through continuous on-site inspections 
by regulatory agency personnel, which would be extremely costly.
    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 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 3/26/96 (61 
FR 13177). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.3 
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; 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: owners and operators who manufacture 
pressure sensitive tape and labels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 350.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 724.
    Frequency of Response: semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 36,302 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1127.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0083 or EPA ICR 
No. 0658.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0004 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
      and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 16, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-18835 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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