[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56492-56493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27390]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6460-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance of Volatile Organic 
Compound (VOC) Emissions From the Synthetic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI), Air Oxidation Unit Processes; and 
Distillation Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

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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 Synthetic Organic 
Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI), Air Oxidation Unit Processes; 
and Distillation Operations OMB Control Number 2060-0197, expiration 
date 12/31/99. 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 November 19, 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. 0998.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards of Performance of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) 
Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry 
(SOCMI), Air Oxidation Unit Processes, Subpart III, and Distillation 
Operations, Subpart NNN; OMB Control No. 2060-0197; EPA ICR No. 
0998.06, expiration 12/31/99. This is a request for an extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 60.610, 
subpart III, Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from SOCMI Air 
Oxidation Unit Processes and 40 CFR 60.660, subpart NNN, Standards of 
Performance for VOC from SOCMI Distillation Operations. 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 sources' ability to meet 
the requirements of the standard and to note the operation conditions 
under which compliance was achieved.
    In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from SOCMI air 
oxidation unit processes and distillation operations cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for 
this source category. 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. 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 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 30011); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 50 
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 the Synthetic 
Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 2,767
    Frequency of Response: Semiannual
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 278,687 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: 
    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. 0998.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0197 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: October 13, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-27390 Filed 10-19-99; 8:45 am]
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