[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44721-44722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21314]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6423-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards for Volatile 
Organic Compound Emissions From the Polymer Manufacturing Industry

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: Standards of Performance of 
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from the Polymer 
Manufacturing Industry, OMB Control No. 2060-0145, expiration date 
November 30, 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 September 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 
260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.S[email protected] or download a copy 
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1150.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards of Performance of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) 
Emissions from the Polymer Manufacturing Industry, Subpart DDD, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0145; EPA ICR No. 1150.05, expiring 11/30/99. This is 
a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 60.560, 
subpart DDD, Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from the 
Polymer Manufacturing Industry. 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. Owners or 
operators of the affected facilities described 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. 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. The standards require periodic recordkeeping to document 
process information relating to the sources' ability to meet the 
requirements of the standard and to note the operation 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 Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 
1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on 06/04/99 (64 FR 30019); no comments were received.

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    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 59 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of the Polymer 
Manufacturing Industry.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 105.
    Frequency of Response: Initial and semi-annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,691.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $765,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1150.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0145 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460;
    and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 11, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-21314 Filed 8-16-99; 8:45 am]
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