[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 203 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62716-62717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26911]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6887-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for New Stationary 
Sources Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3507(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval: Standards of Performance for New 
Stationary Sources--Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants--NSPS Subpart 
PP (OMB #2060-0032), expiration date 11/30/00. 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 November 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1066.03 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0032, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 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. 1066.03. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Stephen Howie at 202-564-4146.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards of Performance for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing 
Plants (OMB Control No.2060-0032; EPA ICR No 1066.03), expiration date 
11/30/00. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from 
ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants cause or contribute to air 
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health 
or welfare. Owners/operators of ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants 
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; and the notification of the date of the 
initial performance test. The recordkeeping requirements for ammonium 
sulfate plants consist of the occurrence and duration of all start-ups 
and malfunctions, the initial performance tests results, amount of 
ammonium sulfate feed material, and the pressure drop across the 
emission control system. Records of startups, shutdowns and 
malfunctions shall be noted as they occur. Records of the performance 
test should include information necessary to determine the conditions 
of the performance test, and performance test measurements (including 
pressure drop across the emission control system) and results. The 
Continuous Monitoring System (CMS) shall record pressure drop across 
the scrubbers continuously and automatically.
    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 on April 18, 
2000; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 91 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

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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: Ammonium sulfate manufacturing 
facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 182 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. 1066.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0032 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 10, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-26911 Filed 10-18-00; 8:45 am]
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