[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52995-52996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27014]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5980-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; New 
Source Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: New Source Performance 
Standards for Nitric Acid Plants, Subpart G OMB Control Number 2060-
0019, expiration date: 12/31/97. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden and

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cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection 
instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1056.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Standards of Performance for Nitric Acid Plants, Subpart G; 
OMB Control No. 2060-0019; EPA ICR No. 1056.06. This is a request for 
an extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 60.70, 
subpart G, Standards of Performance for Nitric Acid Plants. 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 recordkeeping to 
document process information relating to the sources' ability to meet 
the requirements of the standard and to note the operation conditions 
under which compliance was achieved. 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 6/18/97 62 FR 33068); no comments were received
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 42 
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 
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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Nitric and Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 32.
    Frequency of Response: semi-annual and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,516 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $3,268,000.
    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. 1056.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0019 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 20530.

    Dated: October 6, 1997.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-27014 Filed 10-9-97; 8:45 am]
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