[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2609-2610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1062]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 6525-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance of Volatile Organic 
Compound Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing 
Industry Reactor Processes

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: NSPS Subpart RRR, SOCMI 
Reactor Processes, EPA ICR Number 1178.05 and OMB Control Number 2060-
0269; expires March 31, 2000. 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 February 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1178.05. For technical 
questions about the ICR, contact Darlene M. Williams at 202-564-7031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Title: Standards of Performance of Volatile 
Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI), Reactor Processes, Subpart RRR; OMB 
Control No. 2060-0269; EPA ICR No. 1178.05, expiring 3/31/2000. 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 6.700, 
subpart RRR, Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from SOCMI 
Reactor Processes. 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. 
These standards rely on the reduction of VOC emissions by installation 
of controls. The required 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 check if the 
pollution control devices are properly installed and operated and the 
standard is being met. 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 serve as a record of the operating conditions 
under which compliance was achieved. The semiannual reports are used 
for problem identification, as a check on source operation and 
maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
    The EPA is charged under section 111 of the Clean Air Act, as 
amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary 
sources that reflect: * * * application of the best technological 
system of continuous emissions reduction which (taking into 
consideration the cost of achieving such emissions reduction, or any 
non-air quality health and environmental impact and energy 
requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately 
demonstrated (section 111(a)(1)).
    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 47 
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: Synthetic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing Industry.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 285.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannual and initial.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 30,842.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $1,147,000.
    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. 1178.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0269 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460;

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.


    Dated: January 11, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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