[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 58993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25348]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6880-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP)/Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) for 
Source Categories Mineral Wool Production

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: NESHAP/MACT Subpart DDD, 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants/Maximum 
Achievable Control Technology (MACT) for Wool Manufacturing, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0362, expiration date 10/31/00. This 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 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1799.02 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0362, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460; and 
to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503.

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. 1799.02. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Gregory Fried at EPA by phone at (202) 
564-7016 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: ICR for NESHAP/MACT Subpart DDD, National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants--Mineral Wool Production, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0362, EPA ICR No. 1799.02. This is a request for extension 
of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Administrator has judged that Particulate Matter (PM) 
and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) emissions from mineral wool 
production plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Owners/
operators of mineral wool production plants subject to NESHAP/MACT 
Subpart DDD must provide notifications to EPA of construction, 
modification, startups, shut downs, date and results of initial 
performance tests and provide semiannual reports of excess emissions. 
Owners/operators of mineral wool production plants are required to 
install fabric filter bag leak detection systems and then initiate 
corrective action procedures in the event of an operating problem. 
Owners/operators of mineral wool production plants subject to NESHAP/
MACT Subpart DDD must also continuously monitor and record, (1) The 
operating temperature of each thermal incinerator, (2) cupola 
production (melt) rate, and (3) for each curing oven, the formaldehyde 
content of each binder formulation used to manufacture bonded products. 
In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to protect 
public health, adequate reporting and recordkeeping is necessary. In 
the absence of such information enforcement personnel would be unable 
to determine whether the standards are being met on a continuous basis, 
as required by the Clean Air Act.
    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 3/31/00 (65 FR 
17258); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 222 
hours per response. The initial burden regarding notifications (40 CFR 
63.9) and performance testing (40 CFR 63.7) for a new source subject to 
this subpart is estimated to average 615 hours. 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: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing 
Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13.
    Frequency of Response: Initial and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,779 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $100,226.
    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.1799.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0362 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: September 28, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-25348 Filed 10-2-00; 8:45 am]
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