[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70563-70564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30009]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6906-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Pesticide Active Ingredient (PAI) Production

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 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: National Emissions Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Pesticide Active Ingredient 
(PAI) Production, Part 63, Subpart MMM, OMB Number 2060-0370, 
expiration date 11/30/2000. 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 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1807.02 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0370, 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. 1807.02. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Stephen Howie at 202-564-4146.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAP) for Pesticide Active Ingredient (PAI) Production (OMB Control 
Number 2060-0370, EPA ICR No. 1807.02, expiration date 11/30/2000). 
This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Administrator has judged that the pollutants emitted 
from PAI production facilities cause or contribute significantly to air 
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health. 
Owners or operators of PAI production facilities to which this 
regulation applies must choose one of the compliance options described 
in the rule or install and monitor a specific control system that 
reduces HAP emissions to the compliance level. The respondents are 
subject to sections of subpart A of 40 CFR part 63 relating to NESHAP. 
These requirements include those associated with the applicability 
determination; the notification that the facility is subject to the 
rule; and the notification of testing (control device performance test 
and continuous monitoring system (CMS) performance evaluation); the 
results of performance testing and CMS performance evaluations; 
startup, shutdown, and malfunction reports; and semiannual or quarterly 
summary reports and/or excess emissions and CMS performance reports. In 
addition to the requirements of subpart A, many respondents are 
required to submit a precompliance plan and LDAR reports, and plants 
that wish to implement emissions averaging provisions must submit an 
emissions averaging plan.
    Respondents electing to comply with the emission limit or emission 
reduction requirements for process vents, storage tanks, or wastewater 
must record the values of equipment operating parameters as specified 
in 40 CFR 63.1367 of the rule. If the owner or operator identifies any 
deviation resulting from a known cause for which no Federally-approved 
or promulgated exemption from an emission limitation or standard 
applies, the compliance report shall also include all records that the 
source is required to maintain that pertain to the periods during which 
such deviation occurred, as well as the following: the magnitude of 
each deviation; the reason for each deviation; a description of the 
corrective action taken for each deviation, including action taken to 
minimize each deviation and action taken to prevent recurrence; and a 
copy of all quality assurance activities performed on any element of 
the monitoring protocol.
    Owners or operators of PAI production facilities subject to the 
rule must maintain a copy of all monitored equipment operating 
parameter values that demonstrate compliance with the standards. 
Records and reports must be retained for a total of 5 years (2 years at 
the site; the remaining 3 years records may be retained off-site). The 
files may be maintained on microfilm, on a computer or floppy disks, on 
magnetic tape disks, or on microfiche.
    Since many of the facilities potentially affected by the NESHAP 
standards are currently subject to new source performance standards 
(NSPS), the standards include an exemption from the NSPS for those 
sources. That exemption eliminates a duplication of information 
collection requirements.
    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 16, 
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 143 
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: Pesticide Active Ingredient 
Production Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 84.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 53,752.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $2,235,000.
    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 following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1807.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0370 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: November 10, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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