[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 126 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40091-40092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16516]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6726-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Air Pollutants 
for Source Categories: Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production--MACT

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: MACT, Subpart III, National 
Emission Standards for Air Pollutants for Flexible Polyurethane Foam 
Production. OMB Control Number 2060-0357, expiration date 8/31/00. 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 July 31, 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. 1783.02. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Greg Fried at EPA by phone at (202) 
564-7016 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: ICR for MACT Subpart III--National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0357, EPA ICR No. 1783.02, expiration date 8/31/00. 
This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This standard applies to owners or operators of new and 
existing facilities that engage in the manufacture of flexible 
polyurethane foam products. This includes facilities making slabstock 
flexible polyurethane foam (``slabstock''), rebond flexible 
polyurethane foam (``rebond''), and/or molded flexible polyurethane 
foam (``molded foam'').
    For slabstock foam producers, these requirements include an initial 
notification, notification of compliance status, and semiannual reports 
thereafter. In addition, respondents are required to submit a pre-
compliance report that describes the HAP compliance procedures, and 
recordkeeping procedures. Respondents electing to comply with the 
slabstock foam emission limitation using recovery devices must measure 
and record emissions as specified in section 63.1297 of the final rule. 
Molded and rebond foam producers have only to submit a notification of 
compliance status report.
    Owners or operators of slabstock flexible polyurethane foam 
production facilities must maintain a copy of all HAP usage records 
onsite for a minimum of five years. All reports are to be submitted 
upon request to EPA or the enforcement authority by EPA. The 
information is used to determine whether or not all sources subject to 
the MACT are achieving the standards.
    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 April 18, 
2000; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 45 hours over the next three years. 
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.

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    Respondents/Affected Entities: Flexible Polyurethane Foam 
Production Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 143.
    Frequency of Response: Initial and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,400 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital O&M Cost Burden: $0.
    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.1783.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0357 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;
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: June 20, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16516 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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