[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47279-47285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23890]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6156-6]


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 proposed and/or 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 November 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of 
Compliance, Mail Code 2224A, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20406. 
Information may also be acquired electronically through the EnviroSense 
Bulletin Board, (703) 908-2090 or the EnviroSense WWW/Internet Address, 
http://wastenot.inel.gov./envirosense/. All responses and comments will 
be collected regularly for EnviroSense.
    Interested persons may obtain a copy of the ICR without charge by 
calling Sandy Farmer of OPPE at (202) 260-2740.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb, Joyce Chandler, telephone/fax (202) 564-0000/
(202) 564-0038 or e-mail [email protected]
NSPS Subpart J Tom Ripp, telephone/fax (202) 564-7003/(202) 564-0038 or 
e-mail [email protected]
NESHAP Subpart BB, Rafael Sanchez, telephone/fax (202) 564-7028/(202) 
564-0038 or e-mail [email protected]
NSPS Subpart N and Na, Maria Malave, telephone/fax (202) 564-7027/(202) 
564-0038 or e-mail [email protected]
NSPS Subpart LL and UUU, Charles Williams, telephone/fax (202) 564-
7016/(202) 564-0038 or e-mail: [email protected]
Section 609, Sandy Jones, telephone/fax (202) 564-7038/(202) 564-0038 
or e-mail [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb, Municipal Waste Combustors

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those that combust municipal waste.
    Title: NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb, Municipal Waste Combustors, OMB 
Control Number 2060-1506, expires 1/31/99.
    Abstract: Emissions from municipal waste combustors cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. The NSPSs for subpart Ea and subpart 
Eb, therefore, were promulgated for this source category. The 
pollutants of concern for Subpart Ea are municipal waste combustor 
(MWC) metals, MWC organics, MWC acid gases, and nitrogen oxides. In 
Subpart Eb the additional pollutants of concern are cadmium (Cd), lead 
(Pb), and mercury (Hg). This ICR is for the combination of the existing 
information collection requests in support of the Clean Air Act. The 
NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb requires owners and operators with unit capacity 
above 225 mg/day to notify the Agency of intent to construct and 
initiate operation of a new, modified or reconstructed MWC. The 
notification must contain supporting information regarding unit design 
capacity, the calculations used to determine capacity, and estimated 
start-up dates.
    Owners and operators of the affected facilities described must 
notify the Agency of the date of construction or reconstruction, the 
anticipated and actual startup dates and notification of any physical 
or operation change to an existing facility which may increase the 
regulated pollutant emission rate.
    Owners and operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of the startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility. These notifications and records are 
required, in general, for all sources subject to NSPS. In addition, 
facilities subject to subpart Ea must install continuous monitoring 
systems (CMS) to monitor specified operating parameters to ensure that 
good combustion practices are implemented on a continuous basis. Owners 
and operators must submit quarterly and annual compliance reports. The 
notification and reports enable EPA or the delegated State regulatory 
authority to determine that the best demonstrated technology is 
installed and properly operated and maintained, and to schedule 
inspections. In addition, the reporting and record keeping requirement 
for facilities subject to subpart Eb include information on the 
pollutants, Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions testing and MWC 
siting requirements. As the means for determining compliance with the 
standards for Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions, owners and 
operators are required to collect the necessary information, keep 
records, and submit reports. Owners and operators are required to 
conduct initial compliance tests and annual retests for Cd, Pb, Hg, and 
fugitive ash emissions. As a means of determining continuous compliance 
for Hg, owners and operators are required to keep records of the weekly 
amount of carbon used for the activated carbon injection and to 
calculate the estimated hourly carbon injection rate for hours of 
operation. Owners and operators are required to submit and initial 
compliance report for Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions.
    Once a year, owners and operators are required to submit an annual 
report that indicates the emission level established during the annual 
test for Cd, Pb, Hg, fugitive ash emissions and the lowest calculated 
hourly carbon feed rate. If the emission level recorded for any of 
these pollutants shows emissions above the emission limit for the 
pollutant, then the owner or operator is required to submit a 
semiannual report for the calendar half during which the test was 
conducted that includes the test report for that pollutant, including 
the explanation for the exceedance. If the calculated carbon feed rate 
recorded show a carbon injection rate lower than the carbon injection 
rate established during the annual compliance test for Hg, then the 
owner or operator is required to submit the recorded and calculated 
carbon feed rate data in a semiannual report for the calendar half in 
which the date was recorded and calculated. Owners or operators are not 
required to submit test reports unless a pollutant or parameter is 
recorded as exceeding the emission limit for the pollutant or 
parameter.
    Owners or operators of facilities subject to subpart Eb are 
required to maintain records of initial performance tests and all 
annual performance retests for compliance with Cd, Pb, and Hg limits. 
Owners or operators are required to maintain records of periodic 
testing for fugitive ash emissions. All records are required to be 
maintained at the source for a period of five years.
    Under the siting requirements of the subpart Eb regulation, owners 
or operators are required to submit the results of the siting analysis 
and material separation plans, hold public meeting on the analysis and 
the plan, and submit a report summarizing public comments and 
responses.

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    All reports required under these regulations are to be submitted to 
the respondent's State or local agency, whichever has been delegated 
NSPS enforcement authority by EPA. The information will be used solely 
to determine that all sources subject to the NSPS are achieving the 
standards.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of 
the proposed collection information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected;
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection 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 record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
90,219 hours. For Subpart Ea, it is estimated that the annual 
compliance test will require 850 hours, while the quarterly audits will 
require 125 hours and 36 hours respectively for in-situ and extractive. 
For Subpart Eb the burden is estimated as 227 hours for the initial 
performance test and test report (or the annual compliance test and 
test report) for a large plant consisting of three affected units. The 
estimate for writing the initial notification report is estimated as 2 
hours, while the report writing for the annual compliance report is 
estimated as 17 hours. The burden for the initial site selection 
analysis and report is estimated as 270 hours, while the burden for the 
public meeting and comment response is estimated as 140 hours. 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 instruction; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing/maintaining information, disclosing 
and providing information. Additionally, it includes the time needed to 
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. The estimated number of respondents is 34.

NSPS Subpart J, Petroleum Refineries

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
fluid catalytic cracking unit catalyst regenerators, fuel gas 
combustion devices and all Claus sulfur recovery plants except Claus 
plants of 20 long tons per day or less at petroleum refineries.
    Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Subpart J--Standards 
of Performance for Petroleum Refineries, OMB No. 2060-0022, Expiration 
Date: March 31, 1999.
    Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described 
must make the following one-time-only reports: notifications of the 
anticipated and actual date of startup, notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction, notification of any physical or 
operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
emission rate of any regulated air pollutant, notification of the date 
upon which demonstration of the continuous monitoring system 
performance commences, notification of the date of the initial 
performance test, and results of the performance tests.
    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, or malfunction in the operation of 
the air pollution control device, or any periods during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports and 
records are required in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to refineries 
consist mainly of recording the average coke burn-off rate, the rate of 
fuel combustion, and the hours of operation on a daily basis. The owner 
or operator is also required to install a continuous emission monitor 
and record the emission levels of opacity, carbon monoxide, and sulfur 
dioxide or hydrogen sulfide. Owners or operators are required to report 
all periods of emissions in excess of the standard.
    In the Administrator's judgement, particulate matter, carbon 
monoxide and sulfur dioxide from petroleum refineries cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, New Source Performance 
Standards have been promulgated for this source category as required 
under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
    The control of emissions of particulate matter, carbon monoxide and 
sulfur dioxide from petroleum refineries requires not only the 
installation of properly designed equipment, but also the proper 
operation and maintenance of that equipment. These standards rely on 
the capture of pollutants vented to a control device.
    To ensure compliance with these standards, the required records and 
reports are necessary to enable the Administrator: (1) To identify new, 
modified, or reconstructed sources subject to the standard; (2) to 
ensure that the emission limits are being achieved; and (3) to ensure 
that emission reduction systems are being operated and maintained 
properly. 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 and in accordance with any applicable permit.
    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;
    (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 1995 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made

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assumptions, while being consistent with the concept of burden under 
the Paper Reduction Act.
    The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be no new 
affected facilities each year and that there was an average of 146 
sources in existence for the three years covered by the ICR. For all 
sources, it was estimated that it would take: 2236 person-hours to fill 
out quarterly and semiannual emission reports (assuming 65% of the 
sources will have at least one quarter with excess emissions and that 
35% of the sources will have to report semiannually.
    The annual average annual burden to industry over the past three-
year period from recordkeeping and reporting requirements had been 
estimated at 19,045 person-hours. The average annual burden to industry 
over the past three years was estimated to be $579,920.
    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. For the new, ICR cost estimates for the 
required monitoring systems will need to be included in the overall 
burden estimate.

NSPS Subpart N and Na, Primary and Secondary Emissions From Basic 
Oxygen Process Furnaces

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
each basic oxygen process furnaces (BOPF) in a steel plant (Subpart N--
addresses primary emissions from BOPF), and any top-blown BOPF and hot 
metal transfer station or skimming station used for a bottom-blown or 
top-blown BOPF (Subpart Na--addresses secondary emission from BOPF.
    Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Primary and 
Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces; OMB No. 2060-
0029; EPA No. 1069-05; Expiration Date, March 31, 1999.
    Abstract: In addition to the monitoring, record keeping and 
notification requirements specified in the General Provisions in 
Sec. 60.7(a), (b), (d) and (f), and Sec. 60.8(a) and (d), owners or 
operators are to comply with the requirements specified in NAPS 
Subparts N and Na, will install, calibrate, maintain, and continuously 
operate pressure loss and water supply pressure monitoring devices (for 
sources using venturi scrubbers), as specified in 40 CFR 60.143(b).
    Owners/operators will install, calibrate, operate and maintain a 
monitoring device that continually measures and records for each steel 
production cycle the various rates or levels of the exhaust ventilation 
at each phase of the cycle through each duct of the secondary emission 
capture system, as specified in 40 CFR 60.143a(a). Owners/operators are 
to maintain continuous records of all monitoring device measurements 
(i.e., measurement of the water supply pressure and pressure loss 
through the venturi scrubber emission control equipment, and 
measurement of the various rates or levels of the exhaust ventilation 
at each phase of the cycle through each duct of the secondary emission 
capture system), as specified in 40 CFR 60.143(b) and 60.143a.
    Owners/operators subject to NSPS Subpart B, will report on a 
semiannual basis, all measurements of monitoring devices that average 
more than ten percent below the average results maintained during the 
most recent performance test, as specified in 40 CFR 60.143(c), 
60.143a(d) and 60.143a(e).
    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 Agency computed the burden for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
the currently approved 1996 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions, 
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper 
Reduction Act. A 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 assumptions that there would be no 
new sources over the three years of the existing ICR and that there 
were approximately 24 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 Subparts N and Na 
are summarized by the following information. The estimates on reporting 
requirements are as follows: (1) Read Instructions (1 person-hour) and 
(2) Performances test (194 person-hours). The estimates for report 
writing are based on: (1) Notification requirements (0 person-hours); 
(2) Report of performance tests (32 person-hours); and, (3) Semiannual 
report of low pressures (10 person-hours). The estimates for reporting 
requirements are based on: (1) All existing sources use venturi 
scrubbers' emission control systems and half have reportable low 
pressure for which they submit a semiannual report; (2) ten percent of 
the existing sources are requested by the regulatory agency to conduct 
a performance test; and, (3) records of operating parameters of 
continuous monitoring system being recorded 365 days per year. Records 
must be kept for a period of two years following the date of 
measurements, maintenance reports, and records. The average burden to 
industry over the three years of the current ICR from these 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements was estimated to be 2,974.8 
person-hours.

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NSPS Subpart LL for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which produce emissions from metallic mineral processing plants 
subject to NSPS.
    Title: NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants Subpart LL OMB # 
2060-0016 EPA # 0982.06.
    Abstract: The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from 
metallic mineral processing plants cause or contribute to air pollution 
that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger health or welfare. 
Owners/operators of metallic mineral processing plants must notify EPA 
of construction, modification, startups, shut downs, date and results 
of an initial performance test. Owner/ operators with facilities using 
any wet scrubbing device will install, calibrate, and maintain 
continuous monitoring devices to measure pressure drops and flow rate. 
Weekly records of the pressure drop and flow rates are to be 
maintained, and semiannual reports are to be submitted when the 
pressure drops and flow rate differ 30% from the most recent 
performance test.
    Under the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Metallic 
Mineral Processing Plants an affected facility is each crusher and 
screen in open-pit mines; each crusher, screen, bucket elevator, 
conveyer belt transfer point, thermal dryer, product packaging station, 
storage bin, enclosed storage area, truck loading and unloading 
station, railroad car loading and unloading station, railroad car 
loading and unloading station at the mill or concentrator, commencing 
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. The NSPS does not apply to facilities located in underground 
mines, or to facilities performing the beneficiation of uranium ore at 
uranium ore processing plants.
    Approximately 22 sources are currently subject to the standards. 
Particulate Matter (PM) is the pollutant regulated under this Subpart. 
The standards limit particulate emissions from the stack to 0.05 grams 
per dry standard cubic meter and to 7% opacity requirement. No affected 
facility may discharge any process fugitive emissions that exhibit 
greater than 10% opacity. Owners and operators must make the following 
one-time reports: notification of the date of construction or 
reconstruction; notification of the dates of startup; notification of 
any physical or operational change to an existing facility which may 
increase the regulated pollutant emissions rate; notification of the 
demonstration of the Continuous Monitoring Systems (CMS); notification 
of the date of initial performance tests; and the results 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 effected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports and 
records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Record keeping and reporting requirements specific to metallic 
mineral processing plants consist of the measurements of the pressure 
drop and flow rate across the scrubber. Records of startup, shutdowns, 
and malfunctions should be reported semiannually.
    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;
    (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 reporting burden disaggregated to show 
the estimated average burden hours per response, the proposed frequency 
of response, and the estimated number of likely respondents. For 
example, notification of anticipated startup 2 hours, of actual startup 
2 hours, initial performance test 330 hours, demonstration of CMS 4 
hours, semiannual scrubber malfunction report 8 hours. This estimate 
assumes that 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated 
due to failure, an operation of 250 days per year and an hourly wage of 
$ 17.09 plus 110 percent overhead. It 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. 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 49 CFR Part 
9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

NSPS for Subpart UUU, Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral 
Industries.
    Title: NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries 40 CFR 
Part 60 Subpart UUU, Expiration Date 03/31/99.
    Abstract: Under the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries, Subpart UUU, proposed April 
23, 1986 and promulgated on September 28, 1992, affected facilities are 
those plants that process or produce any of the following minerals or 
their concentrates: Alumina, ball clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, 
fire clay, fuller's earth, gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin, lightweight 
aggregate, magnesium compounds, perlite, roofing granules, talc, 
titanium dioxide, and vermiculite. The affected facility as listed 
above would be each new, modified or reconstructed calciner or dryer. 
The types of dryers to which the standards apply include: rotary 
(direct), rotary (indirect), fluid bed, vibrating grate, flash, and 
spray dryers. The types of calciners to which the standards apply 
include: Rotary, flash, and kettle calciners; multiple hearth furnaces 
and expansion furnaces. Affected facilities subject to NSPS LL, 
Metallic Mineral Processing Plants, are not subject to this Subpart.
    Approximately 150 sources are currently subject to the standard, 
and approximately 5 sources per year become subject. Particulate matter 
is the pollutant regulated under this Subpart. The Administrator has 
judged that PM emissions from Calciners and Dryers cause or contribute 
to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public 
health and welfare. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must 
make the 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

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existing facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission 
rate; notification of demonstration of the continuous monitoring system 
(CMS); notification of the date of the initial performance test; and 
the results 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, for any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative. These notifications, reports and records are required, in 
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Reporting requirements, for this industry currently include 
semiannual reports of instances of exceedance of control device 
operating parameters. Semiannual excess emission reports and monitoring 
system performance reports shall include the exceedances of control 
device operating parameters (specified in Sec. 60.735, Recordkeeping 
and Reporting), the date and time of the exceedance or deviance, the 
nature and cause of the malfunction (if known) 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/adjustments).
    In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to 
protect public health, adequate recordkeeping and reporting 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. Recordkeeping and 
reporting is mandatory under this regulation. Records must be kept for 
2 years.
    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 CFR 60.735.
    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 are labor costs. 
This information collection is consistent and compatible, to the 
maximum extent practicable, with the respondents existing reporting or 
recordkeeping practices. The average annual burden to industry over the 
next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is 
estimated at 330 hours for performance test, assuming 20 percent of 
performance test must be repeated, 100 hours for continuous opacity 
monitoring (COM), 2 hours scrubber demonstration, 18 hours method 9 
testing, 4 hours recalibration of COM, 4 hours recalibration of 
scrubber, 2 hours for notification of construction, startups, 
performance tests and 16 hours for reports of excess emissions.
    This estimate assumes 250 days of operation per year, that 12 
facilities will have personnel certified for Method 9 testing, that 20% 
employ scrubbers and 80% use dry control devices. 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.

NESHAP Subpart BB Benzene Emissions From Bulk Transfer Operations

    Affected entities: Entities affected by this action are those which 
the total of all loading racks at which benzene is loaded into tank 
trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene production facility 
and each bulk terminal.
    Title: NESHAP for Benzene Emissions from Bulk Transfer Operations--
40 CFR Part 61, Subpart BB, OMB No. 2060-0182, Expiration Date: 1/31/
99.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Benzene Emissions 
from Benzene Transfer Operations were proposed on September 14, 1989 
and promulgated on March 7, 1990. The standards are codified at 40 CFR 
part 61, Subpart BB.
    These standards apply to the following facilities in benzene 
transfer operations: The total of all loading racks at which benzene is 
loaded into tank trucks, railcars, or marine vessels at each benzene 
production facility and each bulk terminal. Specifically exempted from 
the regulation are loading racks at which only the following are 
loaded: Benzene-laden waste (covered under Subpart FF of Part 61), 
gasoline, crude oil, natural gas liquids, petroleum distillates (e.g., 
fuel oil, diesel, or kerosene), or benzene-laden liquid from coke by-
product recovery plants. Any affected facility which loads only liquid 
containing less than 70 weight-percent benzene or whose annual benzene 
loading is less than 1.3 million liters of 70 weight-percent or more 
benzene is exempt from the control requirements and need only maintain 
records and submit an initial report. The control requirements for bulk 
transfer facilities require that benzene emissions be routed to a 
control device that achieves a 98 weight-percent emissions reduction, 
and (2) that loading of benzene be limited to vapor-tight tank trucks 
or vapor-tight railcars.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time-only notices or reports: notification of 
anticipated startup; notification of actual startup; initial compliance 
report (or control exemption by sources below cut off ); notification 
of emission tests, report following an emission test; notification of a 
monitoring system performance test; and report following a monitoring 
system performance test. These notifications and reports are general 
provisions and required of all sources subject to any NESHAP.
    Monitoring and recording requirements specific to benzene transfer 
operating include vapor-tightness documentation, and monitoring and 
operation parameters specific to the control method chosen 
(incinerator, vent valves status, steam generator, process heater, 
flare, carbon adsorption). Sources must maintain records of periods 
exceeding most recent performance test parameters, including the date 
and time of any exceedance or deviation, the nature and cause of the 
malfunction and corrective measures taken.
    Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the 
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which the monitoring system is malfunctioning or inoperative. Reporting 
requirements specific to benzene transfer operations include an initial 
engineering report and a quarterly report by affected facilities 
subject to the standards at Sec. 61.302. The quarterly reports include 
excess emissions and deviations in operating parameters. Sources not 
subject to the control standards must continue to record information 
and must file a report only the first year.
    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:
    (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 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The majority of industry costs associated with 
the information collection activity in the standards are labor costs. 
The current average annual burden to industry from these recordkeeping 
and reporting requirements is estimated at 14,685 person-hours. The 
respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour 
plus 110 percent overhead. The current average annual burden to 
industry is estimated to be $447,158.
    In addition to the loading rack affected facilities, owners and 
operators of tank trucks, railcars, and marine vessels are also 
impacted by the standards. Based upon available information, it has 
been estimated that there are 97 tank trucks and railcars, and 131 
marine vessels subject to the standards. All tank trucks and railcars 
must be tested annually to ensure vapor-tightness. Marine vessels must 
either be checked for vapor-tightness or operated at negative pressure. 
In calculations of burden, 65 marine vessels are assumed to conduct 
vapor-tightness tests.
    No person is 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 displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.

NSPS for Section 609 Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners

    Affected entities: Entities affected by this action are those which 
produce emissions subject to Section 609 Motor vehicle air 
conditioners.
    Title: Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners, OMB Control No. 
2060-0247, expiring 1/31/99.
    Abstract: In 1992, EPA developed regulations under section 609 of 
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Act) for the recycling of 
chlorofluorocarbons in motor vehicle air conditioners. The regulations 
were published in 57 FR 31240, and are codified at 40 CFR Subpart B 
(Section 82.30 et seq.). The regulation establishes standards and 
requirements for the servicing of MVACs that use any refrigerant other 
than CFC-12. The information requested for all entities that service 
motor vehicle air conditioning is required by Section 609(d) of the 
Act. Proposed automotive technician certification programs are required 
to be approved by EPA in Section 609(d)(4). Section 609(b)(2)(A) 
requires the approval of independent laboratories by EPA. The 
submission of data for EPA determination of substantially identical 
equipment is addressed by Section 609(b)(2)(B). The record keeping 
requirements for the motor vehicle recycling program are derived from 
Section 114 of the 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 Statements: The Agency estimates that are no capital/start-
up costs associated with the requirements of section 609 and therefore 
with the renewal of this information collection request.
    This renewal shows a significant reduction in burden from the 
original information collection request. This reduction is due 
primarily to revisions in the estimates of the number of service 
facilities that must complete certifications for the equipment they 
have purchased. The Agency estimates that no more than 10,000 existing 
facilities, plus 4,000 new facilities, will need to complete the 
certification form in any year. In addition, the reduction in burden 
hours from the original ICR is due in part to a revision in the 
estimate of the time it takes for a service facility manager to fill 
out the certification form. Compiling certification information and 
submitting it to EPA estimated to a half hour based on the limited 
nature of the information requested, and ease of obtaining the 
information. Compiling information from training programs and 
submitting it to EPA is estimated at two hours because of the brief 
nature of the document. The information can easily be incorporated into 
an establishment's mailing system. Compiling information on the 
independent laboratory equipment testing programs, requires independent 
laboratories to assemble test methodology, list equipment requirements 
and review the SAE standards. EPA estimated an hour to compile 
information. Substantially identical equipment submission of 
information is estimated at an hour to obtain information from a 
standard equipment owners manual. Small containers purchased for resale 
only, EPA estimated an hour of industry time for record keeping 
requirements. To record names and addresses of off site Reclamation or 
Recycling, EPA estimated five minutes based on the limited nature of 
the information requested and ease of obtaining the information. For 
industry to maintain information on all equipment operators and 
certified technicians, the time burden was estimated at five minutes 
based on the limited nature of the information requested and the ease 
of obtaining the information. These estimates 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

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requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

    Dated: August 28, 1998.
Bruce R. Weddle,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 98-23890 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P