[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51970-51971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25048]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6444-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 
Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities

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: New Source Performance 
Standards (NSPS) Subpart HHH Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities; OMB 
Control Number 2060-0059; expiration 10/31/99. 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 October 27, 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. 1156.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS Subpart HHH Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities; OMB 
Control Number 2060-0059; EPA ICR No. 1156.08; expiration 10/31/99. 
This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for synthetic 
fiber production facilities (Subpart HHH) were proposed on November 23, 
1982 and promulgated on April 5, 1984. These standards apply to each 
solvent-spun synthetic fiber process that produces more than 500 
megagrams of fiber per year and that commenced construction or 
reconstruction after November 23, 1982. The provisions of this subpart 
do not apply to any facility that uses the reaction spinning process to 
produce spandex fiber or the viscose process to produce rayon fiber, 
nor to facilities that commence modification but not reconstruction 
after November 23, 1982. VOCs are the pollutants regulated under this 
Subpart.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
one-time-only initial notifications and report on the results of the 
initial performance test. Owners or operators also are 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. 
Monitoring requirements specific to synthetic fiber production 
facilities provide information on VOC emissions. Owners or operators of 
affected facilities are required to install, calibrate, maintain, and 
operate a continuous monitoring system for the measurement of makeup 
solvent and solvent feed. These values shall be used in calculating 
monthly VOC emissions. Section 60.603(b)(1) provides three options for 
determining solvent feed.
    Each owner or operator calculates VOC emissions every month from 
the amount of solvent feed and makeup solvent used in each affected 
facility. These values are used to calculate compliance with the 
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limitations on a six-month rolling average basis.
    Also required are semiannual reports, and quarterly reports of 
instances of excess emissions. The owner or operator subject to the 
provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, 
and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such 
measurements. Responses to this collection of information are mandatory 
and are being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60 
subpart HHH. 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. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance.
    Approximately 30 sources are currently subject to the standard, and 
it is estimated that an additional 1 source per year will become 
subject to the standard in the next three years
    The required information consists of emissions data and other 
information that have been determined not to be private. However, any 
information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of 
confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency 
policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, 
September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 
42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979). 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 June 4, 1999 (64 FR 30011). 
No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 31 
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/Operators of Synthetic Fiber 
Production Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 31.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, quarterly, semiannual
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,696
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $228,300
    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. 1156.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0059 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: September 21, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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