[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54342-54343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26814]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

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National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Source Categories: Group IV Polymers and Resins

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule preamble correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects two errors in the preamble to the 
national emission standards for hazardous air pollutant emissions from 
Group IV polymers and resins published in the Federal Register on 
September 12, 1996 (61 FR 48208).

EFFECTIVE DATE: This action is effective September 12, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this 
correction document contact Mr. Robert Rosensteel, (919) 541-5608, 
Organic Chemicals Group, Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document makes two corrections to the 
preamble to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins published in the Federal 
Register on September 12, 1996 (61 FR 48208). First, we are correcting 
a discrepancy between the paper and electronic versions of the preamble 
sent to the Office of the Federal Register. In making this first change 
we are also altering the preamble language for the Group IV Polymers 
and Resins final rule to make the language consistent with the language 
contained in the preamble for the Group I Polymers and Resins final 
rule (61 FR 16093). Neither of these changes represent any change to 
EPA policy. Second, the published version of the preamble did not 
contain corrections to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) section (i.e., 
VI., C.) to reflect approval of the Information Collection Request by 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); approval of the Information 
Collection Request was received just prior to publication of the final 
rule. There are no changes required to the regulatory text because the 
carcinogenicity of certain hazardous air pollutants is not discussed in 
the regulatory text and the regulatory text correctly reflects OMB 
approval of the Information Collection Request.

    Dated: September 26, 1996.
Mary D. Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.

    The following corrections are being made in the preamble for: 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from 
Group IV Polymers and Resins published in the Federal Register on 
September 12, 1996 (61 FR 48208):
    1. The fifth paragraph of Section II. Summary of Considerations 
Made in Developing These Standards, A. Purpose of Standards is 
corrected to read as follows:
    II. * * *
    A. * * *
    * * * In regard to carcinogenicity, some of these pollutants are 
considered to be mutagens and carcinogens, and all can cause reversible 
or irreversible toxic effects following exposure.
    This same paragraph previously read as follows:
    * * * In regard to carcinogenicity, some of the organic HAP 
controlled under these standards are either probable (i.e., 
acetaldehyde, dioxane, acrylonitrile, and butadiene) or possible (i.e., 
styrene) human carcinogens.
    2. Paragraph C. Paperwork Reduction Act of Section VI. 
Administrative Requirements is being corrected to reflect approval of 
the Information Collection Request. This paragraph previously portrayed 
the Information Collection Request as not being approved and requested 
comments regarding the recordkeeping and reporting burden. The 
corrected text is as follows:

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The OMB has approved the information collection requirements 
contained in this standard under the provisions of the PRA [44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.] and has assigned OMB control number 2060-0351.
    The EPA is authorized by the Clean Air Act to collect information 
required to ensure compliance with NESHAP. Data obtained from the 
semiannual Periodic Reports and any other periodic reports and data 
obtained during visits by EPA personnel from records maintained by the 
respondents will be tabulated and published for internal EPA use in 
compliance and enforcement programs. Information contained in the 
Notification of Compliance Status will be entered into the Aerometric 
Information Retrieval Systems Facility Subsystem maintained and 
operated by the EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
    This collection of information has an estimated annual 
recordkeeping and reporting burden of 4,000 hours per respondent. These 
estimates include time for all the aspects of burden as defined in the 
1995 PRA and presented below. 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 existing ways of complying 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.
    In addition to hours burden associated with the collection of 
information, the 1995 PRA requires the EPA to estimate the total annual 
cost burden resulting from the collection of information, exclusive of 
the hours burden. The 1995 PRA indicates that this cost should include 
capital costs, as well as operation and maintenance costs, associated 
with preparations for collecting information; monitoring,

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sampling, and testing equipment; and record storage facilities. 
However, these costs should not include equipment or services purchased 
(1) prior to October 1, 1995, (2) to achieve regulatory compliance with 
requirements not associated with the information collection, (3) for 
reasons other than to provide information or keep records for the 
government, or (4) as part of customary and usual business or private 
practices. The 1995 PRA also provides for the solicitation of 
information required to develop these costs through multiple Federal 
Register notices. However, the time period available to develop these 
costs was not sufficient to allow the EPA to solicit the information 
required. In the absence of actual data, the EPA has judged it is 
reasonable to consider that these costs are negligible and has 
indicated this on the OMB Form 83-I with zeros. While there may be some 
respondents that experience costs, because the emissions from this 
industry are already fairly well-controlled, the EPA judges that most 
respondents will already have the required equipment (capital cost), 
and will have already been incurring the operation and maintenance 
costs.
    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 
is amending 40 CFR Part 9, Section 9.1, to indicate the information 
collection requirements contained in these final standards.

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