[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31914-31915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14901]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6995-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NESHAP for Epoxy Resins and Non-Nylon 
Polyamide Resin, Subpart W

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 notice announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Epoxy Resins and Non-nylon 
Polyamide Production--Subpart W, OMB Control Number 2060-0290, 
expiration date 09/30/01. 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 July 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments referencing EPA ICR No. 1681.04 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0290, to the following addressees: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 
and to the 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, call 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

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No.1681.04. For technical questions about the ICR contact Sally 
Sasnett, (202) 564-7074 or by E-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: NESHAP for Epoxy Resin and Non-nylon 
Polyamide Resin Production, Subpart W, OMB Control No. 2060-0290; EPA 
ICR No. 1681.04, expiring September 30, 2001. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart W, 
regulating hazardous air pollutants from process vents, storage 
vessels, wastewater systems and equipment leaks. The standards require 
mandatory record keeping and reporting to document process information 
related to the source's ability to comply with the standards. This 
information is used by the Agency to identify sources subject to the 
standards and to insure that the maximum achievable control technology 
is being properly applied. Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended 
in 1990, requires that EPA establish standards to limit emissions of 
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from stationary sources. The sources 
subject to these provisions emit the HAPs epichlorohydrin, and in 
lesser amounts, hydrochloric acid and methanol. In the Administrator's 
judgment, hazardous air pollutant emissions in this industry cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may be reasonably expected to endanger 
public health or welfare. Respondents are owners or operators of new 
and existing facilities that manufacture polymers and resins from 
epichlorohydrin. Source categories include basic liquid epoxy resin 
(BLR) producers and producers of epichlorohydrin-modified non-nylon 
polyamide resins, also known as wet strength resins (WSR).
    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 February 1, 
2001, 66 FR 8593; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 156 
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 or operators of new and 
existing facilities that manufacture polymers and resins from 
epichlorohydrin.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13.
    Frequency of Response: semiannually (some quarterly).
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4525 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $9,000.
    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. 1681.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0290 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 1, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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