[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 213 (Thursday, November 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65854-65855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28164]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6895-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Nitric Acid Plants

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: New Source Performance 
Standards for Nitric Acid Plants, subpart G, 40 CFR part 60, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0019, expiration date, November 30, 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 December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1056.07 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0019, 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, 
N.W., 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. 1056.07. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact: Sandra Jones at 202/564-7038, Office 
of Compliance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS Subpart G, Nitric Acid Plants, OMB Control No. 2060-
0019; EPA ICR No. 1056.07, expiring, November 30, 2000. This is a 
request for an extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 60, 
NSPS subpart G, Nitric Acid Plants. This information is used by the 
Agency to identify sources subject to the standards to insure that the 
best demonstrated technology is being properly applied. The standards 
require periodic recordkeeping to document process information relating 
to the source's ability to meet the requirements of the standard and to 
note the operation conditions under which compliance was achieved.
    In the Administrators judgement, VOC emissions from the nitric acid 
plants 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 take 
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

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and records and semi-annual reports 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 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 25 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by person 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 Nitric Acid 
Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 35.
    Frequency of Response: semi-annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,796.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and O&M Cost Burden: $3,568.
    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. 1056.07 and OMB Control No.2060-0019 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 25, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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