[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45959-45964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22264]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5604-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities
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 continuing Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting the ICRs to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collections as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 29, 1996.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, Mail
code 2223A, Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For NSPS subpart AA: Standards of
Performance for steel plants: Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed after
October 21, 1974 and on or before August 17, 1983 and NSPS subpart AAa:
Standards of Performance for steel plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and
Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels constructed after August 7, 1983--
Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via e-mail (MALAVE. MARIA@EPAMAIL.
EPA.GOV.) or send a fax to (202) 564-0050 her attention.
For NSPS subpart KK, lead acid batteries--Jane M. Engert, tel:
(202) 564-5021; FAX: (202) 564-0050; e-mail:
[email protected];
For NSPS subpart FFF, Standards of Performance for Flexible Vinyl
and Urethane Coating and Printing
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Industry--Ginger Gotliffe at (202) 564-7072 or via e-mail
([email protected])
For NSPS subpart PPP, Wool fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing
Plants--Scott Throwe at (202) 564-7013 of for a fax (202) 564-0050.
For NSPS subpart TTT, Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business
Machines--Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via e-mail (MALAVE.
MARIA@EPAMAIL. EPA.GOV.) or send a fax to (202) 564-0050 her attention.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NSPS subpart AA/AAa
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those owners or operators of electric arc furnaces and dust handling
systems in steel plants that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty
steels; and commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction
after the date of proposal (i.e., October 21, 1974), and on or before
August 17, 1983 (for Subpart AAa).
Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Electric Arc
Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels, Subparts AA and AAa;
OMB No. 2060-0038; Agency No. 1060.08.
Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described
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 an affected facility.
These notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of
all sources subject to NSPS.
Recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to steel
plants subject to NSPS subpart AA and AAa include the initial
notifications, and recording all measurements required under the
monitoring sections. Owners or operators of electric arc furnaces
controlled by a direct shell evacuation system are required to
install and maintain a continuous monitoring device that
continuously records pressure inside the EAF, and records 15 minute
integrated averages. Prior notification it is required for the
procedure used for determining compliance when emissions are
combined with facilities that are not subject. The results of the
performance tests including all requirements specified in
Secs. 60.275, 60.276(c), 60.275a, and 60.276(f) must be reported.
Semiannual reports of unacceptable operation of the affected
facilities, and semiannual reports of exceedances of control device
opacity are also required. Unacceptable operation is considered to be
operation at a furnace with static pressures that exceed the values
established at 60.274(f) and 60.274a(g), or operation of the control
system fan motor at values 15% of the values established
under the performance test, or operation at flow rates lower than those
established in the performance test. Exceedances of opacity are defined
as all 6-minute periods during which the average opacity is greater
than the standard. In general, excess emission reports must include the
magnitude of excess emissions; conversion factors used; the date and
time of commencement and completion of each excess emission time
period; identification of excess emissions during startups, shutdowns,
and malfunctions; the nature and Cause of the malfunction (if known)
and corrective measures taken; and identification of the time period
during which the CMS was inoperative (this does not include zero and
span checks nor typical repairs or adjustments).
Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part
shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for
at least two years following the date 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. 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 standards are being met. Performance test reports are
needed as these are the Agency's records of a source initial capability
to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating conditions
under which compliance was achieved.
The Administrator may require owners and operators subject to
Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are required to comply with
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, as specified in Section
114(a) of CAA.
In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate
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. 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 only type of industry cost associated with
the information collection activity in the standards is labor cost. The
average annual burden to industry over the past three years for these
recordkeeping and reporting requirements were estimated to be 21,430
person-hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of
$14.50 per hour plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual cost to
industry over the past three years of the previously approved ICR was
estimated to be $652,528. 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 KK
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
lead-acid battery manufacturing plants that produce or have the
capacity to produce in one day (24 hours) batteries
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containing an amount of lead equal to or greater than 6.5 tons.
Specifically, the affected facilities in each plant include grid
casting, paste mixing, three-process operations, lead oxide
manufacturing, lead reclamation, and other lead-emitting operations in
lead acid battery manufacturing plants that commenced construction,
modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal.
Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Lead-Acid
Battery Manufacturing Plants [40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KK] OMB Control
Number: 2060-0081, Expires: 4/30/97.
Abstract: The largest single use of lead in the United States is in
the manufacture of lead-acid, or secondary, storage batteries. Lead-
acid battery manufacturing plants emit lead particulates 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.
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 the industry over
the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting
requirements is estimated at 320 person-hours. This is based on an
estimated 48 respondents. The average annual burden for reporting only
is projected to be 128 person-hours. 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 FFF
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those which are subject to NSPS Subpart FFF, or each rotogravure
printing line used to print or coat flexible vinyl or urethane
products, and for which construction, modification, or reconstruction
commenced after January 18, 1983.
Title: NSPS Subpart FFF: Standards of Performance for Flexible
Vinyl and Urethane Coating and Printing Industry, OMB number 2060-0073,
expires April 30, 1997.
Abstract: The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air
Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for new
stationary sources that reflect:
* * * application of the best technological system of continuous
emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of
achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health
and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator
determines has been adequately demonstrated [Section 111(a)(1)].
The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated
technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator
review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every four years. In
addition, Section 114(a) states that:
* * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator
subject to any requirement of this Act to (A) establish and maintain
such records, (B) make such reports, (C) install, use and maintain
such monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such
methods at such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as
the Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) provide such other
information, as he may reasonably require.
In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from flexible vinyl
and urethane coating and printing industry cause or contribute to air
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health
or welfare. Therefore, the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) were
promulgated for this source category. The NSPS for the Flexible Vinyl
and Urethane Coating and Printing Industry were proposed on January 18,
1983, and promulgated on June 29, 1984. These standards apply to each
rotogravure printing line used to print or coat flexible vinyl or
urethane products, and for which construction, modification or
reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal. Volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) are the pollutants regulated under this Subpart. The
standards restrict the use of inks to those with a weighted average VOC
content of less than 1.0 kilogram VOC per kilogram of ink solids,
unless the source can otherwise reduce emissions to the atmosphere by
85 percent.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date of
construction or reconstruction (40 CFR 60.7(a)(1)); notification of the
anticipated and actual dates of startup (40 CFR 60.7(a)(2) and (a)(3);
notification of any physical or operational change to an existing
facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate (40
CFR 60.7(a)(4)); and the notification of
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the date of the initial performance test (40 CFR 60.7 (a)(5) and (d)).
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 (40 CFR 60.7(b), 60.584(d)). These
notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of all
sources subject to NSPS.
Recordkeeping specific to flexible vinyl and urethane coating
operations include: temperature measurements when a capture system and
an incinerator are used, the calculation of the daily volume of VOC
solvent recovered, and the cumulative amount of solvent recovered when
a capture system is used in combination with a solvent recovery system
(40 CFR 60.584 (a)). Owners or operators of affected facilities using
incineration are also required to install, calibrate, and maintain
temperature measurement devices downstream of the exhaust gases if
thermal incineration is used, and both upstream and downstream of the
catalyst bed if catalytic incineration is used (40 CFR 60.584 (b) and
(c)).
The owner or operator shall keep a calendar month record of the
cumulative amount of solvent contained in inks used in the printing and
coating process (40 CFR 60.583 (b) and (c)). When thermal or catalytic
incineration is performed, the owner or operator shall keep records of
each three-hour period during which the incinerator temperature
averaged more than 28 degrees centigrade below the temperature of the
most recent performance test (40 CFR 60.584 (b) and (c)). Daily records
of this information shall be kept at the source for a period of two
years (40 CFR 60.7(d)).
Test reporting requirements apply only to the initial performance
test. A written report must be furnished to the Administrator
describing the results of the initial performance test (40 CFR 60.8(a),
60.585(a)). In addition, semiannual reports of excess emissions are
required, including a semiannual negative declaration if there are no
excess emissions (40 CFR 60.585(b)).
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 record of a source's initial
capability to comply with the emission standard. An Agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection or 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 1994 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions,
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork
Reduction Act. 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.
This estimate is based on the assumption that there would be one
new affected facility over the three years of the existing ICR and that
there were approximately 7 sources in existence at the start of the
three years covered by the ICR. The annual burden of reporting and
recordkeeping requirements for facilities subject to Subpart FFF are
summarized by the following information. The reporting requirements are
as follows: Read Instructions (1 person-hour), Initial performance test
(280 person-hours). It is assumed that 20% of tests are repeated due to
failure. Estimates for report writing are: Notification of
construction/reconstruction (2 person-hours), Notification of
anticipated startup (2 person-hours), Notification of actual startup (1
person-hour), Notification of initial performance test (2 person-
hours), Report of performance test (included in reporting requirements
listed above), Semiannual report (4 person-hours). Records must be kept
for a period of two years. The average burden to industry over the
three years of the current ICR from these recordkeeping and reporting
requirements was estimated to be 163.2 person hours. The respondent
costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110
percent overhead. The average annual burden to industry over that three
year period of the ICR was estimated to be $4,969.
NSPS Subpart PPP
Title: Standards of Performance for Wool Fiberglass Insulation
Manufacturing Plants (OMB Control No. 2060-0114; EPA ICR No. 1160).
This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Administrator has judged that particulate matter
emissions from Wool Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing Plants cause or
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to
endanger public health or welfare. Owners/operators of Wool Fiberglass
Insulation Manufacturing Plants must notify EPA of construction,
modification, startups, shut downs, date and results of initial
performance test and excess emissions.
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.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described 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
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regulated pollutant emission rate; and the notification of the date of
the initial performance test. Owner 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.
These notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of
all sources subject to NSPS.
A written report must be furnished to the Administrator describing
the results of the initial performance test. Recordkeeping and reports
specific to NSPS subpart PP are listed in 40 CFR section 60.684.
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.
If the information required by the standards were not collected,
the Agency would have no means for ensuring that compliance with the
NSPS is achieved and maintained by new, modified, or reconstructed
sources subject to the regulations. Under this circumstances, an owner
or operator could elect to reduce operating expenses by not complying
with the emission limitations. In the absence of the information
collection requirements, compliance with the standards could be ensured
only through continuous on-site inspections by regulatory agency
personnel. Consequently, not collecting the information would result in
either greatly increased expenditures of resources, the inability to
ensure compliance with the standards.
The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting
requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of
sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.
The Administrator may require owners and operators subject to
Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are required to comply with
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, as specified in Section
114(a) of CAA.
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.
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 annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3,680
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: 38.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 38.
Frequency of Response: 2.
Estimated Number of Responses: 76.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,680 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $112,056
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. 1160 and OMB Control No. 2060.0114 in any
correspondence.
NSPS Subpart TTT
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those owners or operators of spray booths in which plastic parts for
business machines receive prime, color, texture, or touch-up coats, and
for which construction, modification or reconstruction commenced after
the proposal date.
Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Surface Coating
of Plastic Parts for Business Machines, Subpart TTT; OMB No. 2060-0162;
Agency No. 1093.05.
Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described
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. Owner 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.
These notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of
all sources subject to NSPS.
Recordkeeping requirements specific to the surface coating of
plastic parts for business machines include the records of each monthly
performance test.
A written report must be furnished to the Administrator describing
the results of the initial performance test. Thereafter, quarterly
reports of noncompliance are required, and semiannual reports shall be
made when the source is in compliance with the applicable emission
limitations.
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.
If the information required by the standards were not collected,
the Agency would have no means for ensuring that compliance with the
NSPS is achieved and maintained by new, modified, or reconstructed
sources subject to the regulations. Under this circumstances, an owner
or operator could elect to reduce operating expenses by not complying
with the emission limitations. In the absence of the information
collection requirements, compliance with the standards could be ensured
only through continuous on-site inspections by regulatory agency
personnel. Consequently, not collecting the information would result in
either greatly increased expenditures of resources, the inability to
ensure compliance with the standards.
The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting
requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of
sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.
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The Administrator may require owners and operators subject to
Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are require to comply with
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, as specified in Section
114(a) of CAA.
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. 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 only type of industry costs associated with
the information collection activity in the standards are labor costs.
The average annual burden to industry over the past three years for
these recordkeeping and reporting requirements were estimated to be
29,444 person-hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on the
basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual
cost to industry over the past three years of the ICR was estimated to
be $896,569. 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.
Dated: August 23, 1996.
Bruce R. Weddle,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
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