[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 213 (Thursday, November 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65855-65856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28165]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and 
Fumigation Operations

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: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and 
Fumigation Operations, OMB Control Number 2060-0283, expiration date 
December 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 December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR 1666.05 and OMB Control 
Number 2060-0283 to Sandy Farmer at EPA, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822) 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C. 20460; and to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W. 
Washington D.C. 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. 1666.05. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Jonathan Binder at EPA by phone at 
(202) 564-2516, by E-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and Fumigation 
Operations (OMB Control No. 2060-0283; EPA ICR No. 1666.05) expiring 
12/31/00. This is a revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Agency is required under section 112(d) of the Clean 
Air Act, as amended, to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants 
listed in section 112(b).
    Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the 
Administrator to: (1) Identify new, modified, reconstructed, and 
existing sources subject to the standards and (2) ensure that the 
standards, which are based on maximum achievable control technology 
(MACT) and generally available control technology (GACT), are being 
achieved. These records and reports are required under the General 
Provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A (as authorized under sections 
101, 112, 114, 116, and 301 of the Clean air Act as amended by Public 
Law 101-549 (U.S.C. 7401,7412, 7414, 7416, 7601)).
    These standards apply to new and existing commercial Ethylene Oxide 
(EO) sterilization and fumigation facilities that use air pollution 
control devices that are in operation after promulgation of the NESHAP. 
There are an estimated total of 100 commercial EO sterilization and 
fumigation operations affected by the NESHAP nationwide. The number of 
new operations is expected to be low because limited net growth is 
predicted for this industry.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must 
submit one-time reports of start of construction, anticipated or actual 
startup dates, and physical or operation changes to existing 
facilities. In addition, owners or operators of existing or new 
commercial EO sterilization and fumigation operations will submit one-
time reports of actual or estimated annual EO use.
    Reports of initial emissions testing are necessary to determine 
that the applicable emission limit is being met. The owner or operator 
of a commercial EO sterilization and fumigation operation that uses an 
air pollution control device to meet the emission limit is required to 
maintain records of the site-specific monitoring parameters as well as 
daily and monthly inspections of the control device.
    The emissions test reports and other records must be kept at the 
facility for a minimum of five years and be made available to the 
Administrator upon request. All reports and records must comply with 
the General Provisions to 40 CFR part 63. Owners or operators of a 
source subject to these standards will provide a semi-annual report of 
excess emissions that includes the monitored operating parameter value 
readings required by the standards. The respondent's state or local 
agency can be

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delegated enforcement authority by EPA and also request these reports.
    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 (65 FR 20813); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 75 
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: Owners/Operators of Commercial 
Ethylene Oxide Sterilization/Fumigation Operations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Response: Daily, Monthly, and Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,328 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $228,000.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1666.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0283 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 20, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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