[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28508-28509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13854]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6102-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; NESHAP for Epoxy Resins and Non-Nylon
Polyamide Resin
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: National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Epoxy Resins and Non-nylon
Polyamide Production, OMB Control Number 2060-0290, expiration date
July 31, 1998. 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 June 25, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy
Farmer at EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1681.03.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: NESHAP for Epoxy Resin and Non-nylon Polyamide Resin
Production, Subpart W, OMB Control No. 2060-0290; EPA ICR No. 1681.03
expiring 07/31/98. This is a request for extension of a currently
approved collection.
Abstract: The ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting requirements
that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart W,
regulating hazardous air pollutants from process vents, storage
vessels, wastewater systems and equipment leaks. The standards require
recordkeeping and reporting to document process information related to
the source's ability to comply with the standards. This information is
used by the Agency to identify sources subject to the standards and to
insure that the maximum achievable control technology is being properly
applied. Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires
that EPA establish standards to limit emissions of hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs) from stationary sources. The sources subject to these
provisions emit the HAPs epichlorohydrin, and in lesser amounts,
hydrochloric acid and methanol. In the Administrator's judgment,
hazardous air pollutant emissions in this industry cause or contribute
to air pollution that may be reasonably expected to endanger public
health or welfare. Respondents are owners or operators of new and
existing facilities that manufacture polymers and resins from
epichlorohydrin. Source categories include basic liquid epoxy resin
(BLR) producers and producers of epichlorohydrin-modified non-nylon
polyamide resins, also known as wet strength resins (WSR).
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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 12/02/97
(62 FR 63703); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 156
hours per respondent. 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 or operators of new and
existing facilities that manufacture polymers and resins from
epichlorohydrin
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually (some quarterly).
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4525 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $9,000.
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. 1681.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0290 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.
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Dated: May 18, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-13854 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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