[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 499-510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-132]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6215-4]


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 document announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting 
the renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), EPA 
is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection as 
described below.


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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of 
Compliance, Mail Code 2224A, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 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 from Enviro$en$e. 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: Frank Coleman, telephone: (202) 564-
5012; FAX: 202-564-0085; e-mail: [email protected] for 
Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices; Carol Buckingham, 
telephone: (202) 564-5008; FAX: (202) 564-0085; e-mail: 
[email protected] for Application for Registration of 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments, and Pesticide Report for Pesticide-
Producing Establishments; Scott Throwe, telephone: (202) 564-7013; FAX: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail: [email protected] for NSPS Subpart 
EE, Metal Furniture Coating; Marcia Mia, telephone (202) 564-7042; FAX: 
(202) 564-0037; e-mail: [email protected] for NSPS Subpart VV, 
VOC Equipment Leaks in the Synthetic Organic Chemical Industry; 
Jonathan Binder, telephone: (202) 564-2516; FAX: (202) 564-0009; e-
mail: [email protected] for Solid Waste Landfills; 
Charles Williams, telephone: (202) 564-7016; FAX: (202) 564-0050; e-
mail [email protected] for NSPS Subpart H, Sulfuric Acid 
Plants; Julie Tankersley, telephone: (202) 564-7002; FAX: (202) 564-
0050; e-mail: [email protected] for NSPS Subpart XX, 
Bulk Gasoline Terminals; Scott Throwe, telephone: (202) 564-7013; FAX: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail: [email protected] for NESHAP Subpart 
N, Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Glass Manufacturing; Scott Throwe, 
telephone: (202) 564-7013; FAX: (202) 564-0050; e-mail: 
[email protected] and for NSPS Subpart CC, Glass 
Manufacturing Plants and Seth Heminway, telephone: (202) 564-7016; e-
mail: [email protected] for Wood Preservative-Exposure 
Levels in Wood Treatment Plants.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices

    Affected Entities: This action affects entities which import 
pesticides or devices into the United States.
    Title: Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices (EPA Form 3540-
1), OMB Number 2070-0020, EPA ICR Number 0152.06, Expiration Date: 
April 30, 1999.
    Abstract: The U.S. Customs regulations at 19 CFR 12.112 require 
that an importer desiring to import pesticides into the United States 
shall, prior to the shipment's arrival, submit a Notice of Arrival of 
Pesticides and Devices (EPA Form 3540-1) to EPA who will determine the 
disposition of the shipment. After completing the form, EPA returns the 
form to the importer, or his agent, who must present the form to 
Customs upon arrival of the shipment at the port of entry. This is 
necessary to insure that EPA is notified of the arrival of pesticides 
and devices as required by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 17(c).
    Part I of the form requests identification and address information 
of the importer or his agent followed by information on the imported 
pesticide. The importer or his agent is entitled to make a 
confidentiality business information claim (CBI) on information 
submitted with the following exceptions: (1) the EPA registration 
number; (2) the producer establishment number; (3) the brand name of 
product; and (4) the major active ingredients including the percentage 
of each.
    EPA regional personnel review the completed form for completeness 
and accuracy and to determine if the product should be released, denied 
entry, detained for inspection, or held intact by the consignee pending 
inspection. Part II is signed and the form is returned to the 
respondent with EPA instructions to the U.S. Customs Service as to the 
disposition of the shipment.
    Upon the arrival of the shipment, the importer presents the EPA-
approved NOA to the District Director of U.S. Customs at the port of 
entry. U.S. Customs compares entry documents for the shipment with the 
Notice of Arrival; it notifies the EPA Regional Office of any 
discrepancies between the NOA and the entry documents and per EPA's 
instruction either releases the shipment, denies entry, or detains the 
shipment for examination. If EPA inspects the shipment and it appears 
from examination of a sample that it is adulterated, or misbranded or 
otherwise violates the provisions of FIFRA, or is otherwise injurious 
to health or the environment, the pesticide or device may be refused 
admission. EPA resolves any discrepancies on the report with the 
importer or his agent.
    The purpose of this reporting requirement is to ensure that the 
Agency is made aware of pesticides arriving in the customs territory of 
the United States. This information is necessary to ensure compliance 
with FIFRA and to identify the responsible party importing pesticides. 
If EPA did not collect this information, the Agency would be unable to 
meet the statutory requirements of FIFRA.
    The information collected is used by EPA Regional pesticide 
enforcement and compliance staff and the Headquarters Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and Office of Pesticide Programs. 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, 
and other Federal agencies may also make use of this information.
    In the case of unregistered product imports between establishments 
operated by the same producer, the EPA is considering an establishment 
number for the importing registered establishment. This would be an 
addendum to the information collection request form. Under 40 CFR 
152.30(a) unregistered pesticides may be imported between registered 
establishments operated by the same producer. EPA believes that this 
information request will not generate any significant burden to the 
respondents. The change will provide more useful information to the 
Agency so that it can determine whether certain pesticides may be 
imported and do so in a more timely way than is currently done.
    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 automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The average annual reporting and recordkeeping 
burden is 2,100 hours. This is based on an estimated 7,000 respondents 
and 0.3 hours per respondent. The total

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respondent cost of $75,369 is calculated using labor rates of $17.09 
per hour plus 110% overhead or $35.89 from the United States Department 
of Commerce Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 1998, Table 2: Employment 
Costs for Civilian Workers by Occupational and Industry Group. This 
estimate includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, 
acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose 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.

Application for Registration of Pesticide-Notification-Producing 
Establishments

    Affected entities: This action affects domestic and foreign 
establishments who produce/manufacture pesticide products, active 
ingredients, or devices.
    Title: Application for Registration of Pesticide-Producing 
Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8), Notification of Registration of 
Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-8(A), and Pesticide 
Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16). OMB 
Control Number 2070-0078, EPA ICR Number 0160.06, Expiration Date: 
April 30, 1999.
    Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must 
collect information on pesticide-producing establishments in order to 
meet the statutory requirements of section 7 of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The FIFRA requires 
producers of pesticide products, active ingredients, or devices to 
register their establishments with EPA and to submit an initial and, 
thereafter, annual report on the types and amounts of products 
produced.
    Section 7(b) of FIFRA requires that any person who manufactures 
pesticides or active ingredients [or devices] subject to the Act must 
register the establishment in which the pesticide is produced with the 
Administrator of EPA. The EPA Form 3540-8, Application for Registration 
of Pesticide-Producing Establishments, is used to collect the 
establishment registration information required by this section. The 
EPA Form 3540-8(A), Notification of Registration of Pesticide-Producing 
Establishments, is used to notify the applicant of issuance of their 
EPA Establishment Registration Number(s) which is required for the 
facility(s) to produce, distribute and sell pesticides, active 
ingredients, or devices.
    The FIFRA section 7(c)(1) requires that any producer operating an 
establishment registered under section 7 report to the Administrator 30 
days after it is registered, and annually thereafter. Producers must 
report which types and amounts of pesticides, active ingredients, or 
devices are currently being produced, were produced during the past 
year, and were sold or distributed in the past year. The Code of 
Federal Regulations at 40 CFR 167 outlines the requirements for 
registration of pesticide-producing establishments and the schedule for 
submitting production information. The EPA Form 3540-16, Pesticide 
Report for Pesticide-Producing Establishments, is used to collect the 
pesticide production information required by section 7 of FIFRA.
    The purpose of this reporting requirement is to obtain and maintain 
current pesticide production information, including the locations of 
all pesticide-producing establishments. This information provides an 
overview of establishments engaged in pesticide production activities 
and allows the Agency to target establishments for inspections with 
optimal utilization of limited inspection resources. Such production 
information permits EPA to trace ineffective, contaminated, or 
otherwise violative products to their source, and minimizes any adverse 
environmental impact that might arise from the production or 
distribution of violative products. In addition, the information is 
used by the Agency, the USDA, the FDA, and other Federal agencies for 
various other purposes, such as risk/benefit analysis.
    This ICR renewal submission revises the current ICR by making minor 
modifications to the instructions for completion of/and the reporting 
forms for EPA Forms 3540-8, 3540-8(A), and 3540-16. The instruction 
revisions include wording changes of the instruction statements and a 
change to EPA Form 3540-16 from portrait format to a landscape format. 
These revisions to the instructions and form will not place any 
additional burden on the regulated community. Also, in addition to 
regular postal service annual mailings of the forms and instructions, 
they will also be made available on-line at: <http://es.epa.gov/oeca/
datasys/sstsys.html> (do not include any capital letters in the 
address).
    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection 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.
    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 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Burden Statement: The average annual burden to industry for the 
portion of this collection involving the registration of an 
establishment is estimated to be 30 minutes per response, including 
time for reviewing the instructions and completion of the necessary 
information on EPA Form 3540-8. There are an average 700 responses 
annually for a total burden of 350 hours.
    The average annual burden to industry for the portion of this 
collection to report annual pesticide production information is 
estimated to be 1 hour and 33 minutes per response, including time for 
reviewing the instructions, planning activities, gathering and 
reviewing for accuracy, and storing or maintaining the information for 
completion of EPA Form 3540-16. There are an average 12,342 annual 
responses for a total burden of 18,590 hours.
    There is no respondent burden associated with notification of the 
respondent of assignment of their establishment registration using EPA 
Form 3540-8(A).
    The estimated number if establishments for this ICR is based on the 
fact that there are currently 12,342 establishments actively registered 
with EPA. This is not significantly different from the 12,336 
establishments that were actively registered at the time of the last 
ICR renewal three years ago. The EPA does not expect any significant 
changes in the regulatory program or in the industry that would change 
the number of producing establishments during the next three years.

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    Therefore, EPA believes that the current tally of registered 
establishments is a reliable estimate of the number of respondents for 
the next three years. These estimates include the time necessary to 
review instructions, develop, acquire, install and utilize technologies 
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.
    Please send comments regarding these matters, or any aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed in the Address section of this document.

NSPS Subpart EE, Metal Furniture Coating

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
each metal furniture surface coating operation in which organic 
coatings are applied and for which construction, modification or 
reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal, November 28, 1980. 
A surface coating operation includes the coating application 
station(s), flash-off area, and curing oven.
    Title: New Source Performance Standard for Metal Furniture Surface 
Coating, 40 CFR part 60, subpart EE, OMB Control Number 2060-1006, EPA 
ICR Number 0649.06, Expiration date: April 30, 1999.
    Abstract: In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from the 
metal furniture surface coating industry cause or contribute to air 
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health 
or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source 
category.
    Owners/operators of affected facilities must report excess 
emissions and deviations in operating parameters on a quarterly basis. 
Where no exceedances have occurred during a particular quarter, a 
report stating this shall be submitted semi-annually. Notification of 
construction and startup indicates to enforcement personnel when a new 
affected facility has been constructed and therefore is subject to the 
standards. The information generated by the monitoring, record keeping 
and reporting requirements described above is used by the Agency to 
ensure facilities affected by the NSPS continue to operate the control 
equipment used to achieve compliance with the NSPS.
    Approximately 705 sources are currently subject to the standards. 
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) are the pollutants regulated under 
this Subpart. The respondents are owners or operators of metal 
furniture surface coating operations. The control of VOC emissions from 
metal furniture surface coating operations requires not only the 
installation of properly designed equipment, but also the operation and 
maintenance of that equipment. VOC emissions from the coating of metal 
furniture surfaces result from the application and curing or drying of 
organic coatings on the surface of each metal furniture part or 
product. These standards rely on the reduction of VOC emissions through 
either a capture system and incinerator or a capture system and solvent 
recovery system.
    Owners and operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time only reports: initial notification and 
notification of the initial performance test. Performance test are 
needed as these are the Agency's record of a source's initial 
capability to comply with the emission standards, and note the 
operating conditions applicable to NSPS Subpart EE, Metal Furniture 
Coating, under which compliance was achieved.
    Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shut down, or malfunction in 
the operation of an affected 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.
    Information is recorded in sufficient detail to enable owners or 
operators to demonstrate compliance with the standards. This 
information is used to monitor effective operation of the capture 
system and control devices; thus, ensuring continuous compliance with 
the standards. The semiannual reporting requirement for no exceedances 
of the monitoring parameters provides a good indication of a source's 
compliance status.
    In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to 
protect public health, adequate record keeping 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 are 
mandatory under the regulation. Records must be maintained for 2 years. 
The information collected from record keeping and reporting 
requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of 
sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.
    Approximately 705 affected facilities under Subpart EE, must comply 
with 40 CFR, Part 60 General Provisions recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements including: Owners/operators of affected facilities must 
report excess emissions and deviations in operating parameters on a 
quarterly basis. Where no exceedances have occurred during a particular 
quarter, a report stating this shall be submitted semi-annually.
    Notification of construction and startup indicates to enforcement 
personnel when a new affected facility has been constructed and, 
therefore, is subject to the standards. The information generated by 
the monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements described 
above is used by the Agency to ensure facilities affected by the NSPS 
continue to operate the control equipment used to maintain regulatory 
compliance with the NSPS Subpart EE.
    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 individual burdens for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry are 
consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act. The only type of industry costs associated with the information 
collection activity in the standards are labor costs. The labor 
estimates in the table were derived from

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the United States Department of Labor Statistics, March 1988, Table 2: 
Employment Cost for Civilian Workers by Occupational and Industry 
Group. The average annual burden to industry over the next three years 
from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated at 
128,213 person-hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on the 
basis of $17.09 per hour plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual 
burden to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to 
be $4,601,565. 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.

NSPS Subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in Synthetic Organic Chemical 
Industry

    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to subpart VV, Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) 
Equipment Leaks in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing 
Industry (SOCMI) with the exceptions listed in 40 CFR 60.480(d)
    Title: NSPS subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI, OMB 
Number 2060-0012, EPA ICR Number 0662.05, Expiration Date: September 
30, 1998.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 60.480, 
subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI. 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 source's ability to identify and eliminate 
leaking equipment. The standards apply to specific pieces of equipment 
contained within a process unit in the SOCMI, including pumps in light 
liquid service, compressors, pressure relief devices in gas/vapor, 
light or heavy liquid service, sampling connection systems, open-ended 
valves or lines, valves in gas/vapor and light liquid service, pumps 
and valves in heavy liquid service, and flanges and other connectors.
    In the Administrator's judgement, VOC emissions from equipment 
leaks in the SOCMI 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 owners or operators of the affected facilities described must 
make one time only reports: notification of the date of construction or 
reconstruction, notification of the anticipated and actual date of 
startup, notification of any physical or operational change to an 
existing facility which may increase the emission rate of any air 
pollutant to which the standard applies (in this case, VOC), 
notification of the initial performance test, and the results of the 
performance test. The only regular reports required by this Subpart are 
a semiannual excess emissions summary.
    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 malfunctions of the air pollution 
control device. These notifications, reports and records are required, 
in general of all sources subject to the NSPS.
    In order to ensure compliance with 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. The information collected from 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for targeting 
inspections, and is of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in 
court. Recordkeeping and reporting are mandatory under this regulation. 
Records must be maintained for 2 years.
    Recordkeeping requirements specific to equipment leaks in the SOCMI 
support the facility's leak detection and repair program and include 
identification of leaking equipment; a log of leaking equipment; a log 
of information relating to the closed vent systems and control devices; 
a log identifying all equipment subject to the standard; a log of 
valves designated as difficult to monitor or unsafe to monitor; a log 
of valves complying with skip period leak detection and repair 
alternative standard; a log of criterion established which indicates a 
failure of the seal system, barrier system, or both for each barrier 
fluid system; dates of compliance tests and results; and for 
determining exemptions, an analysis of design capacity of affected 
sources or demonstration that the equipment is not in VOC service, and 
a statement listing the feed or raw materials and products.
    Reporting requirements specific to equipment leaks in the SOCMI 
consist of an initial semiannual report including process unit 
identification and number of valves, pumps and compressors subject to 
the standards. All semiannual reports are to include process unit 
identification, number of components leaking and not repaired, dates of 
process unit shutdowns, and revisions to items submitted in the initial 
semiannual report. The source is also required to notify the 
Administrator of the election to use an alternative standard for valves 
ninety days before implementing the provision.
    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 number 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.
    Additionally, the Agency would like to solicit comment on the 
estimate of the percentage of facilities employing contractors to 
perform their leak detection and repair programs and the costs per 
component of such contracted services; as well as the estimated growth 
of the number of facilities subject to the standard over the next three 
year period.
    Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
the currently approved ICR. Where appropriate, the Agency identified

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specific tasks and made assumptions, while being consistent with the 
concept of burden under Paper Work Reduction Act.
    The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be 281 
new affected facilities each year and that there would be an annual 
average of 3227 affected facilities over each of the next three years 
covered by the ICR. For the new sources, it was estimated that it would 
take: 281 person hours to read the instructions, 16,176 person hours to 
conduct the initial performance tests (assuming that 20% of the tests 
must be repeated), and 2360 person hours to gather the information and 
write the initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it 
would take 25,816 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 
258,160 person hours to enter information for records of operating 
parameters.
    The annual burden to industry for the three year period covered by 
this ICR from recordkeeping and reporting requirements has been 
estimated at 292,478 hours. The respondents costs were calculated on 
the basis of $21.00 per hour plus 110% overhead which equals $44.10. 
The total annual burden to industry is estimated at $12,898,280.
    This estimate includes the time needed to review instructions; 
develop, acquire, install, and use technology and systems for the 
purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information, 
processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing 
information; adjust the existing way to comply with any previously 
applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to 
respond to a collection for information; search data sources; complete 
and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. No additional third party burden is 
associated with this ICR.

NSPS Subpart WWW, Solid Waste Landfills

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
each municipal solid waste landfills that commenced construction, 
reconstruction or modification or began accepting waste after May 30, 
1991
    Title: New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills.
    Abstract: In the Administrator's judgement municipal solid waste 
(MSW) landfill emissions generated by decomposition of municipal solid 
waste deposited in an MSW landfill may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for 
this source category. Owners or operators of MSW landfills for which 
construction, modification or reconstruction commences on or began 
accepting waste after May 30, 1991, are subject to NSPS Subpart WWW.
    All respondents will need to submit an initial design capacity 
report. This report would include the landfill's maximum design 
capacity, date of anticipated startup, and the anticipated refuse 
acceptance rate. If the design capacity of a new landfill is less than 
2,500,000 megagrams (Mg), no further reporting or recordkeeping is 
required. Under certain circumstances, amended design capacity reports 
may be required.
    If the facility's design capacity is equal to or greater than 
2,500,000 Mg, the owner or operator is required to determine the 
facility's nonmethane organic compound (NMOC) emission rate. 
Determination of the NMOC rate is carried out using a three-tiered 
system of calculations as described in 40 CFR part 60.
    The first tier is used primarily as a screening tool to determine 
if additional testing is warranted. If the NMOC emission rate at Tier 1 
is less than 50 Mg/yr, neither additional testing nor the installation 
of controls is warranted. If, using the calculations in the first tier, 
a facility's NMOC emissions are calculated to be 50 Mg/yr or greater, 
the owner or operator would be required to either: (1) install a 
collection and control system; or (2) perform Tier 2 by testing for 
NMOC concentration and then recalculating the annual NMOC emission 
rate.
    Likewise, if Tier 2 testing and calculations show an NMOC emission 
rate of 50 Mg/yr or greater, the owner or operator could either install 
a collection and control system, or recalculate the NMOC emission rate 
by calculating a site-specific methane generation rate constant using 
Tier 3.
    Tier 1 uses default values specified in the New Source Performance 
Standards (NSPS) to calculate the NMOC emissions rate, and requires no 
field testing. Tier 2 and Tier 3 both require sampling. For Tier 2, the 
NMOC concentration is determined through site-specific sampling using 
test Method 25C as described in 40 CFR Part 60 Appendix A. For Tier 3 
the site specific landfill methane generation rate is determined by gas 
flow testing using test Method 2E.
    If the NMOC emission rate is determined to be less than 50 Mg/yr, 
using Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 calculations, no further calculation or 
testing is required for that year. Owners or operators of MSW landfills 
emitting less than 50 Mg NMOC per year may submit reports of NMOC 
emission rates yearly. However, NSPS Subpart WWW, also allow owners or 
operators to report less frequently. Under these provisions, the NMOC 
report may be accompanied by an estimation of the annual NMOC emission 
rate for each of the next 5 years, provided that none of the estimated 
rates reaches 50 megagrams per year. In this case, the owner or 
operator would not submit annual reports, but the estimation would be 
updated and resubmitted every 5 years. The owner or operator would also 
be required to revise the estimate in any year in which the actual 
waste acceptance rate for that year exceeds the waste acceptance rate 
upon which the previously submitted estimate is based.
    Owners or operators of landfills with collection and control 
systems installed in compliance with the standards are not required to 
submit reports of NMOC emission rates. Owners or operators of affected 
facilities would be required to keep records of accumulated refuse and 
waste acceptance rates for a minimum of 5 years.
    For landfills required to install collection and control systems 
(i.e., those emitting greater than 50 Mg/yr of NMOC), submission of a 
collection and control system design plan is required. After review of 
the design plan and installation of the collection and control system, 
an initial performance test and report for the system is required. 
Thereafter, annual compliance reports would be required.
    For control systems using an enclosed combustion device, the 
initial performance test would also include the average combustion 
temperature, and the percent reduction of NMOC achieved.
    For control systems using a boiler, the initial performance report 
would include a description of the location at which the emission 
stream is introduced into the boiler, and the average combustion 
temperature of the boiler.
    For control systems using an open flare, the initial performance 
report would include a description and the flare type, visible 
emissions reading, a heat content determination, flow rate 
measurements, and exit velocity determinations.
    Where control devices other than an open flare or closed combustion 
device are used, owners or operators would be required to submit to the 
Administrator information describing the control device and parameters 
that will indicate its proper performance.
    Following submission of the initial performance report, owners or 
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would be required to keep continuous monitoring records of the 
parameters reported in the initial performance report and records of 
monthly monitoring of the collection system and quarterly monitoring of 
surface methane concentration. Annual compliance reports and 
recordkeeping would include: descriptions of any periods in which the 
value of any of the monitored operating parameters falls outside the 
established ranges, and any period when the collection system or air 
pollution control equipment malfunctioned or when the collected gas was 
diverted from the control device. When applicable, each owner or 
operator of a controlled landfill will submit a closure report to EPA 
within 30 days of waste acceptance cessation.
    All reports are submitted to the respondent's State or local 
agency, whichever has been delegated enforcement authority by the EPA. 
The information collected will be used by EPA personnel to ensure 
compliance with the NSPS and identify the sources subject to the 
standards. When appropriate under NSPS, Subpart WWW, each owner or 
operator of a controlled landfill shall submit annual reports of 
exceedances, gas steam diversion, control device non-operation, 
collection system failure, the date at installations and the location 
of each well or well collection system and equipment removal.
    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 individual burdens for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry are 
consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act. The only type of industry costs associated with the information 
collection activity in the standards are labor costs. The labor 
estimates in the table were derived from the United States Department 
of Labor Statistics, March 1998, Table 2: Employment Cost for Civilian 
Workers by Occupational and Industry Group. The average annual burden 
to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements is estimated at 128,213 person-hours. The 
respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $17.09 per hour 
plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual burden to industry over 
the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $4,601,565.
    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.

NSPS Subpart H Sulfuric Acid Plants

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those plants that produce sulfuric acid by the contact process by 
burning elemental sulfur, alkylation acid, hydrogen sulfide, organic 
sulfides and mercaptans, or acid sludge, but does not include 
facilities where conversion to sulfuric acid is utilized primarily as a 
means of preventing emissions to the atmosphere of sulfur dioxide or 
other sulfur compounds.
    Title: New Source Performance Standard Subpart H, Sulfuric Acid 
Plants, OMB Number 2060-0041, EPA ICR Number 1057.08, Expiration Date: 
June 31, 1999.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 60.80, 
subpart H, New Source Performance Standards for Sulfuric Acid Plants. 
This information notifies the Agency when a source becomes subject to 
the regulations, and informs the Agency that the source is in 
compliance when it begins operation. The Agency is informed of the 
sources' compliance status by semiannual reports. The calibration and 
maintenance requirements aid in a source remaining in compliance.
    In the Administrator's judgement, sulfur dioxide (SO2) 
and acid mist emissions from the manufacture of sulfuric acid 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 respondents subject NSPS Subpart H, are owners of sulfuric acid 
plants. The control of SO2 and acid mist requires not only 
the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the proper 
operation and maintenance of that equipment. Sulfur dioxide and acid 
mist emissions from sulfuric acid plants result from the burning of 
sulfur or sulfur-bearing feedstocks to form SO2, catalytic 
oxidation of SO2 to SO3, and absorption of 
SO2 in a strong acid stream. These standards rely on the 
capture of SO2 and acid mist by venting to a control device.
    Approximately 100 existing facilities are currently subject to the 
standards. Affected facilities must comply with 40 CFR 60.8 General 
Provisions recordkeeping and reporting requirements including 
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 existing 
facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; 
notification of demonstration of the continuous emission monitoring 
system (CEMS); notification of the date of the initial performance 
test; and the results of the initial performance test.
    Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's 
record of a source's initial capability to comply with emission 
standards, and note the operating conditions (acid mist SO2 
concentrations, volumetric flow rates of effluent gas) under which 
compliance was achieved. After the initial recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements, semiannual reports are required if there has been an 
exceedance of control device operating parameters.
    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 any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notification, reports

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and records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Four new facilities are estimated to become subject to NSPS Subpart 
H annually.
    The Administrator has determined that emissions of SO2 
and it's mist cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably 
be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
    In order to ensure compliance with 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. The information collected from 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for targeting 
inspections, and is of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in 
court. Recordkeeping and reporting are mandatory under this regulation. 
Records must be maintained for 5 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 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 annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
595.80 hours per new facility and 220 hours per existing facility. 
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.
    The current ICR estimates the total annual burden to industry to be 
$1,094,703. This is based on a total average annual burden of 24,823 
respondents with an average wage of $17.09 per hour and 110% overhead. 
The burden is greatest for facilities in their first year of operation. 
The burden in the first year for reporting requirements is estimated to 
be 455.80 hours per facility. The burden for future years is greatly 
reduced because the initial notifications and initial performance tests 
are not required in subsequent years. The estimated burden for 
recordkeeping requirements for subsequent years per respondent is 140 
person hours. This estimate includes the time to enter information 
regarding records of operating parameters and calculations/record of 
conversion factors.
    The following is a breakdown of burden used in the ICR. The 
estimated burden is calculated as two hours for respondents to write 
the reports for; notification of construction or reconstruction, 
notification of physical or operation changes, notification of 
anticipated startup, notification of actual startup, notification of 
initial performance test, notification of demonstration of continuous 
monitoring system (CMS). The ICR uses 300 burden hours for the initial 
performance test. It is assumed that 20% of all affected facilities 
will have to repeat performance tests. The ICR uses four hours for 
performing the Reference Method 9 Test. It is estimated that 
performance of Reference Method 9 Test will occur, on average, 1.2 
times per facility a year. The ICR uses 40 hours to write an excess 
emission reports. It is assumed an excess emission report will take 
place twice a year.
    The recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 0.25 hours to enter 
information regarding records of operating parameters. It is assumed 
this will take place 350 times a year per facility. The burden to enter 
information regarding calculation/record of conversion factors is 0.5 
hours. It is assumed this will take place 1,050 times a year per 
facility.

NSPS Subpart XX, Bulk Gasoline Terminals

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to NSPS Subpart XX, Bulk Gasoline Terminals.
    Title: New Source Performance Standard Subpart XX, Bulk Gasoline 
Terminals, OMB Control Number 2060-0006, EPA ICR Number 0664.06, 
Expiration Date: June 30, 1999.
    Abstract: In the Administrator's judgment , VOC emissions from Bulk 
Gasoline Terminals may cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. 
Therefore, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Bulk Gasoline 
Terminals were proposed on December 17, 1980 and were promulgated on 
August 18, 1983, and amended on December 22, 1983. The standards are 
codified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart XX. These standards apply to the 
total of all loading racks at bulk gasoline terminals which deliver 
liquid product into gasoline tank trucks and for which construction, 
modification or reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal. A 
bulk gasoline terminal is any gasoline facility which receives gasoline 
by pipeline, ship or barge, and has a gasoline throughput greater than 
75,700 liters per day. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the 
pollutants regulated under this standard.
    Owners or operators of Bulk Gasoline Terminals must make the 
following 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 existing facility which may increase the regulated 
pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the initial 
performance test; and the results of the initial performance test.
    In order to ensure compliance with 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. The information collected from 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for targeting 
inspections, and is of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in 
court. Recordkeeping and reporting are mandatory under this regulation. 
Records must be maintained for 2 years.
    Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown,

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or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility. These 
notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of all 
sources subject to NSPS.
    Monitoring requirements specific to bulk gasoline terminals consist 
mainly of identifying and documenting vapor tightness for each gasoline 
tank truck that is loaded at the affected facility, and notifying the 
owner or operator of each tank truck that is not vapor tight. The owner 
or operator must also perform a monthly visual inspection for liquid or 
vapor leaks, and maintain records of these inspections at the facility 
for a period of two years.
    Approximately 40 affected facilities are currently subject to NSPS 
Subpart XX. The reporting requirements for this industry currently 
include only the initial notifications and initial performance test 
report listed above. 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 ensure that the pollution control devices 
are properly installed and operated. Performance test reports are 
needed as these are the Agency's record of a source's initial 
capability to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating 
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 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 annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .13 
hours per response. For reporting requirements it is estimated that it 
will take one person-hour to read the instructions. The ICR uses 60 
burden hours for the initial performance test this includes the burden 
to write the report of the performance test. It is assumed that 20% of 
all affected facilities will have to repeat performance tests.
    The burden to enter records of tank identification numbers is 0.1 
of an hour with the assumption it takes six minutes to enter each tank 
truck identification number. It is estimated there will be 
approximately 2,100 truck loadings per year based on six tank trucks 
each day multiplied by 350 days per year. It is estimated that leak 
detection records from monthly inspection of control equipment is one 
person-hour every two years.
    Approximately 40 sources are currently subject to NSPS Subpart XX. 
Because no growth in the industry is expected, no additional sources 
are expected to become subject to this standard over the next three 
years. Therefore, the only type of industry cost associated with the 
information collection activity in the standards are labor cost. The 
labor estimates were derived from the United States Department of Labor 
Statistics, March 1998, Table 2: Employment Cost for Civilian Workers 
by Occupational and Industry Group. The average annual burden to 
industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements is 11,420 person hours. The respondent cost are 
calculated on the basis of $17.09 per hour plus 110 percent overhead. 
The average burden to the industry over the next three years is 
estimated to be $409,750. This estimate includes the time needed to 
enter information--records of start-up, shutdown, malfunction, or any 
periods during which the monitoring system is inoperative is estimated 
to be one and one half hours 50 times per year or about one occurrence 
per week.
    This estimate includes the time needed to review instructions; 
develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the 
purpose 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 N, Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From Glass 
Manufacturing

    Abstract: The Administrator has judged that arsenic emissions from 
glass manufacturing plants cause or contribute to air pollution that 
may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
    Owners or operators of sources covered by the National Emission 
Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants Subpart N, are subject to the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the standards as well as 
those standards prescribed in the General Provisions of the NESHAP.
    Title: NESHAP Subpart N, Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Glass 
Manufacturing OMB Control Number 2060-0043, EPA ICR Number 1081.06, 
Expiration Date: July 31,1999.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time-only reports: application for approval of 
construction or modification (new sources) or a source report (existing 
sources or new sources with initial start-up preceding effective date 
of standard); and notification of anticipated and actual dates of 
start-up. Calculations estimating new emission levels must be reported 
whenever a change of operation is made that would potentially increase 
emissions.
    Approximately 47 sources subject to NESHAP Subpart N are required 
to demonstrate initial compliance through emission tests. In addition, 
a continuous monitoring system for the measurement of the opacity of 
emissions from any control device must be installed and operated. 
Records of continuous emission monitoring (CEM) results and other data 
needed to determine emission concentrations shall be maintained at the 
source and made available for inspection a minimum of two years.
    A written report of each period for which emission rates exceeded 
the emission limits is required semiannually. 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. Applications and written reports are sent directly to 
the EPA Regional office. These reports are used to inform the Agency or 
delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standards, and 
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start-up informs the reviewing authority at what date the source 
commences operation. The reviewing authority may then inspect the 
source to check if the pollution control devices are properly installed 
and operated.
    Reports, including calculations estimating any subsequent emission 
levels, are necessary to keep the Agency informed about the source's 
activities in terms of hazardous air pollutant emissions.
    In order 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.
    The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of 
sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court. Recordkeeping and 
reporting are mandatory under this regulation. Records must be 
maintained 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 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 September 
29, 1995.
    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 annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6,769 
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 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. The estimated 
annual costs for operation and maintenance of pollution control 
equipment is $175,000. This figure was calculated using estimates 
provided by a glass manufacturing industry consultant who stated that 
operation and maintenance of pollution control equipment costs 
approximately $2.00 per ton of glass manufactured with the average 
container glass facility manufacturing 250 tons per day for 350 days 
per year.
    The annual average burden to industry over the next three year 
period from recordkeeping and reporting requirements has been estimated 
at 6,769 person hours. The respondents costs were calculated on the 
basis of $17.09 per hour plus 110% overhead which equals $35.89. The 
Total Annualized Cost Burden is estimated at $242,939. The estimated 
number of respondents for this ICR is 47.
    Send comments regarding these matters, or any aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed in the Address section of this Notice. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1081 and OMB Control No. 2060.0043 in any 
correspondence.

NSPS Subpart CC: Glass Manufacturing Plants

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 
Subpart CC, Standards of Performance for Glass Manufacturing Plants.
    Title: NSPS Subpart CC, Standards of Performance for Glass 
Manufacturing Plants. OMB Control Number 2060-0054, EPA ICR Number 
1131.05, Expiration date: July 31, 1999.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with Subpart CC, New 
Source Performance Standards for Glass Manufacturing Plants. This 
information notifies the Agency when a source becomes subject to and is 
in compliance with the regulations of NSPS Subpart CC.
    In the Administrator's judgement, particulate matter from glass 
manufacturing plants 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 requires not only 
the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the proper 
operation and continuous maintenance of that equipment. These standards 
rely on the capture of pollutants vented to a control device.
    Owners or operators of glass manufacturing plants subject to NSPS 
Subpart CC are required to make initial notifications for construction, 
startup, and performance testing. They must also report the results of 
a performance test, and demonstration of a continuous monitoring system 
if applicable. After the initial recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements, semiannual excess emission reports are required but only 
from sources with modified processes. It is estimated that seventy five 
percent of sources will have modified processes.
    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.
    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;

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    (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: At the writing of this ICR there are 
approximately 30 sources currently subject to the standards. It is 
estimated that 1.7 additional sources per year will become subject to 
the standard. The current ICR estimates average burden to the industry 
to be 25534 person hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on 
the basis of $17.10 per hour plus 110 percent overhead rate or $35.88. 
The current ICR also estimates the average annual burden to the 
industry is $91,602.
    The following is a breakdown of burden used in the ICR. Burden is 
calculated as two hours for respondents to write the reports for: 
notification of construction or reconstruction, notification of 
physical or operational changes; notification of anticipated startup; 
notification of actual startup; notification of initial performance 
test; notification of demonstration of Continuous Operations Monitoring 
(COM). Initial performance tests are allocated 160 burden hours. It is 
assumed that 20% of all affected facilities will have to repeat 
performance tests. Sources which have modified processes are required 
to submit semiannual excess emission reports. Excess emission reports 
are allocated 8 burden hours and 2 reports per year.
    The recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 15 minutes to enter 
records of operating parameters. It is assumed that the plant will 
operate 250 days a year; therefore, this information will be recorded 
250 times a year. 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 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.

Collection of Information Regarding Exposure Levels In Wood 
Treatment Plants

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those that treat wood with preservative formulations containing 
arsenic. The Standard Industrial Code for the wood preserving industry 
is 2491.
    Title: Wood Preservatives--Submission of Information Regarding 
Arsenic Exposure Levels in Wood Treatment Plants, OMB Control Number 
2070-0081, EPA ICR Number 1289.05, Expiration Date: July 31, 1999.
    Abstract: This information collection provides wood treaters that 
use arsenic formulations a way to exempting themselves from the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide, Act (FIFRA) pesticide label 
requirements dictating that all applicators of the product wear NIOSH-
approved respirators. This opportunity for facilities to exempt 
themselves from the respirator requirements is called the Permissible 
Exposure Limit Monitoring Program (PEL) and it is incorporated in the 
final settlement of the ``Notice of Intent To Cancel Registrations of 
Pesticide Products Containing Creosote, Pentachlorophenol (Including 
Its Salts) and Inorganic Arsenic'' which is published in the July 1984, 
49 FR 28674. Facilities that choose to participate in the voluntary PEL 
can do the following to exempt themselves from the respirator 
requirements.
    First, the facility needs to conduct air monitoring for air-borne 
arsenic. Facilities that have air-borne arsenic levels that are higher 
than the permissible exposure limit would have to continue to require 
plant personnel to wear respirators. If a facility's air-borne arsenic 
levels are below the permissible exposure limit they are no longer 
required to wear respirators. Depending on how close the levels are to 
the permissible exposure limit, the facility is required to retest 
periodically or fill out a checklist, which indicates if arsenic 
exposure levels are likely to increase due to changes in the facility's 
industrial process.
    Owners or operators who participate in the PEL exemption must 
monitor and submit an initial report with annual certification. 
Additional monitoring is required only when conditions set out in the 
PEL Checklist are different from those occurring during the initial 
testing. Monitoring and reporting less than this would not assure that 
exposure to inorganic arsenic is acceptable.
    If the air level exceeds 10 ug/m3 over an eight hour 
period employees will be required to wear respirators until at least 
two consecutive measurements show the air arsenic levels are below 10 
ug/m3. If the arsenic air levels are between 10 mg/
m3 and 5ug/m 3, monitoring must be repeated after 
6 months. Monitoring may cease if the air level is 5 ug/m 3 
or below unless a production, process, control, or other procedure 
identified in the ``PEL Checklist'' has occurred resulting in possible 
new or additional employee exposure to inorganic arsenic.
    Approximately 300 participating facilities must submit the air 
monitoring test results to EPA, or if arsenic levels are low and 
testing is not required, then they can simply fill out the checklist 
and submit it to EPA. Approximately 50 plants are required to monitor 
during a given year. All submissions must certify that the information 
provided is accurate.
    EPA uses the certification and air monitoring data to determine if 
the wood preserving facility is complying with the air-borne arsenic 
levels set by the cancellation order, which was set to ensure that 
plant personnel are not exposed to levels of arsenic that pose an 
unacceptably high health risk. This data will also be used to monitor 
which wood preserving facilities are participating in the PEL program 
and thus could be exempt from the pesticide label requirement to wear a 
respirator. Because the information that is submitted to EPA would not 
be confidential business information, the submittals from the 
facilities will not be handled as such.
    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

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collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: This information collection assumes that of the 
estimated 300 wood preserving plants that use arsenic formulation, 200 
of these participate in the PEL program. The majority of the 
participants, approximately 150, have conducted monitoring in the past 
that has demonstrated that arsenic levels are well below the 
permissible exposure level. These facilities that are not required to 
test are required to simply fill out and submit the 6 question PEL 
checklist, which asks if the facility has changed their process and in 
doing so may have increased the levels of air-borne arsenic. These 150 
plants will spend .75 hours on each submittal at a cost of $17.09 per 
hour in wages and 110% in overhead for a total cost of $35.89 per hour. 
Thus each facility will spend $26.92 for the annual submission.
    Collectively, the 150 plants will spend $4,038 on filling out and 
submitting the checklist.
    EPA estimates that each of the approximately 50 plants that are 
required to monitor during a given year will spend 17.5 hours on 
preparing and conducting the tests. When calculating cost, EPA assumes 
an hourly wage of $17.09 with 110% added as overhead for a total hourly 
cost of $35.89. Thus, a single facility will spend approximately $628 
on each test. Collectively, the 50 plants that conduct monitoring will 
spend $31,400 on monitoring. The total cost for monitoring and 
submittal costs is $34,438.
    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.

    Dated: December 28, 1998.
Bruce R. Weddle,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 99-132 Filed 1-4-99; 8:45 am]
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