[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70768-70769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33843]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6206-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Maximum Achievable Control Technology 
Standards Development Under Title III (Section 112) of the Clean Air 
Act Regulatory Development Program

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: Maximum Achievable Control 
Technology Standards Development Under Title III (section 112) of the 
Clean Air Act Regulatory Development Program, EPA ICR Number 1602.03, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0239, expiration February 28, 1999. 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 January 21, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at (202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1602.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards Development 
Under Title III (section 112) of the Clean Air Act Regulatory 
Development Program, EPA ICR Number 1602.03 OMB Control Number 2060-
0239. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: Depending on the number of facilities in an individual 
source category, respondents would be required to complete one of two 
surveys. In those source categories with 400 or fewer facilities, 
respondents would complete a survey for MACT standards development. 
This survey is designed to obtain facility-specific information on 
process types, emissions, controls, and factors affecting costs to 
ensure that the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards has 
sufficient information to make subcategory distinctions and MACT floor 
decisions for each National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP). In those source categories with more than 400 
facilities, respondents would complete a screening survey. EPA would 
use the results of the screening survey to develop a survey design for 
a separate source category information collection request for clearance 
to send the MACT standards development survey to the appropriate 
facilities as determined by the survey design. The EPA is also asking 
the respondent to provide corporate, facility and product level sales 
information. This information is necessary to perform a small business 
analysis to meet the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and 
the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act. The EPA 
considers the sales information to be readily available to the 
respondent; therefore, the burden

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hours estimated for each respondent has not been changed. The agency's 
authority to gather information is presented in section 114 of the 
Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7414). If any information is 
submitted to EPA for which a claim of confidentiality is made, the 
information will be safeguarded according to EPA policies set forth in 
Title 40, chapter I, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business 
Information (see 40 CFR part 2). 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 Ch. 15. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 
1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on June 2, 1998 (63 FR 29987). The EPA received one letter 
with comments.
    Burden Statement: The average annual reporting burden for 805 
facilities estimated to receive the MACT standards development survey 
is 68,425 hours and 17,000 hours for the 2,000 facilities estimated to 
receive the screening survey. The estimated burden hours per response 
is 85 hours for the MACT standards development survey and 8.5 hours for 
the screening survey. 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: Source categories as listed by EPA 
for development of NESHAP under section 112(d), Amended Clean Air Act.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,805 (805 (MACT Standards); 2,000 
(Screening Study)).
    Frequency of Response: Initial.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 85,425 hours (68,425 MACT, 
17,000 Screening Study).
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: 0.
    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. 1602.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0239 in any 
correspondence.
    Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OP, 
Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20460.
    Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 16, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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