[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37420-37421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13349]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7219-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing 
Industry (SOCMI): Consolidation of Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs)

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: Synthetic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI): Consolidation of Information Collection 
Requests (ICRs); OMB Control Number 2060-0443 expiring January 31, 
2004.

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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 June 28, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR Number 1854.03 and OMB 
Control Number 2060-0443, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and 
to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management andBudget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW.,Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For a copy of the ICR, contact Susan Auby of 
EPA, by phone at: (202) 566-1672, by E-mail at: [email protected], or 
download off the Internet at: http://www.epa.gov/icr, and refer to EPA 
ICRNumber 1854.03. For technical questions about the ICR, contact: 
Marcia Mia of EPA, by phone at: (202) 564-7042, or by E-mail at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI): 
Consolidation of Information Collection Requests (ICRs); EPA ICR Number 
1854.03; OMB Control Number 2060-0443 expiring January 31, 2004. This 
is a revision to a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains a consolidation of recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements that are mandatory for compliance with the 
applicable subparts listed below at 40 CFR parts 60, 61, 63 and 65. The 
consolidated Federal Air Rule (CAR) is an optional alternative 
compliance strategy for plant sites that must comply with the existing 
subparts in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This ICR also 
consolidates major portions of 14 different New Source Performance 
Standards (NSPS), National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP), and Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) 
pertaining to storage vessels, process vents, transfer racks and 
equipment leaks, as well as the general provisions in the three 
applicable parts (60, 61, and 63). The referencing subparts include: 40 
CFR part 60, subpart Ka; 40 CFR part 60, subpart Kb; 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart VV; 40 CFR part 60, subpart DDD; 40 CFR part 60, subpart III; 
40 CFR part 60, subpart NNN; 40 CFR part 60, subpart RRR; 40 CFR part 
61, subpart BB; 40 CFR part 61, subpart Y; 40 CFR part 61, subpart V; 
40 CFR part 63, subpart F; 40 CFR part 63, subpart G; 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart H; and 40 CFR part 63, subpart I.
    Compliance with the CAR is a voluntary alternative; sources may 
continue to comply with existing applicable rules or may choose to 
comply with the consolidated rule. The CAR, therefore, does not 
constitute additional requirements, per se. Rather, the recordkeeping 
and reporting requirements in the CAR would be carried out in lieu of 
the existing requirements. This revised ICR creates a consolidated ICR, 
consisting of the CAR and its referencing subparts burden; it shows the 
sum of all of the burden hours for the CAR and its referencing subparts 
based upon the most recently approved collections for the ICRs. When an 
individual ICR is renewed, appropriate changes will be made to the CAR, 
and vice versa. This avoids updating every time a referencing subpart 
is renewed to account for the percentage of sources that opt to comply 
with it. Similarly, when the CAR is renewed, updating each of the 
referencing subparts is unnecessary.
    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 8588); no comments were received. Burden Statement: The 
annual public reporting and record keeping burden for this collection 
of information is estimated to average 209 hours per response. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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: Manufacturers in the Synthetic 
Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,862.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 10,361.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,165,600 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $99,921,000.
    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 Number 1854.03 and OMB Control Number 2060-0443 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: May 21, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-13349 Filed 5-28-02; 8:45 am]
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