[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 205 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55247-55248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28139]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and 
Fumigation Operations

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and 
Fumigation Operations, OMB Control Number 2060-0283, expiration date 
December 31, 1997. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, or download off the Internet from http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm 
and refer to EPA ICR No. 1666.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: NESHAP Subpart O: National Emission Standards for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and 
Fumigation Operations (OMB Control No. 2060-0283; EPA ICR No. 1666.03) 
expiring 12/31/97. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: The Agency is required under section 112(d) of the Clean 
Air Act, as amended, to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants 
listed in section 112(b).
    In the Administrator's judgement, ethylene oxide (EO) emitted from 
commercial EO sterilization and fumigation operations causes, or 
contributes significantly to air pollution that may reasonably be 
anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Consequently, the 
NESHAP for EO emissions have been developed for this source category.

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    Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the 
Administrator to: (1) identify new, modified, reconstructed, and 
existing sources subject to the standards and (2) ensure that the 
standards, which are based on maximum achievable control technology 
(MACT) and generally available control technology (GACT), are being 
achieved.
    The NESHAP for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and 
Fumigation Operations were promulgated on December 6, 1994. These 
standards apply to new and existing commercial EO sterilization and 
fumigation facilities that use air pollution control devices that are 
in operation after promulgation of the NESHAP.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must 
submit one-time reports of start of construction, anticipated or actual 
startup dates, and physical or operation changes to existing 
facilities. In addition, owners or operators of existing commercial EO 
sterilization and fumigation operations will submit one-time reports of 
actual annual EO use. Owners or operators of new commercial EO 
sterilization and fumigation operations will submit one-time reports of 
estimated annual EO use.
    Reports of initial emissions testing are necessary to determine 
that the applicable emission limit is being met. The owner or operator 
of a commercial EO sterilization and fumigation operation that uses an 
air pollution control device to meet the emission limit is required to 
maintain records of the site-specific monitoring parameters as well as 
daily and monthly inspections of the control device.
    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 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 75 
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: Commercial Ethylene Oxide 
Sterilization and Fumigation Operations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 98.
    Frequency of Response: Daily, Monthly, and Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,328 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $228,000.
    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. 1666.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0283 in any 
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. 
(or E-Mail Farmer.S[email protected])

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 17, 1997.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-28139 Filed 10-22-97; 8:45 am]
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