[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78450-78451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32391]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0010; FRL-7426-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 0111.10 (OMB No. 2060-0101) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

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: NESHAP for Asbestos, 40 CFR 
part 61, subpart M (OMB Control No. 2060-0101, EPA ICR No. 0111.10), 
expiration date February 28, 2003. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 23, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Bishop, Compliance Assurance 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, 2223A, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-7032, fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 20, 2002 (67 FR 41981), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OECA-2002-0010, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is 
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-
1744, and the telephone number for the ECDIC is (202) 566-1514. An 
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit 
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of 
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket 
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select 
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to: [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2201T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Asbestos, 40 CFR part 61, subpart M, (OMB Control 
No. 2060-0101, EPA ICR Number 0111.10). This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection that is scheduled to expire on February 
28, 2003. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct 
or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is 
pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The EPA is charged under section 112 of the Clean Air 
Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for each 
category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of hazardous 
air pollutants. These standards are applicable to new or existing 
sources of hazardous air pollutants and shall require the maximum 
degree of emission reduction: In addition, section 114(a) States that:

    * * * The Administrator may require any owner or operator 
subject to any requirement of this Act to (A) establish and maintain 
such records, (B) make such reports, (C) install, use, and maintain 
such monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such 
methods at such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as 
the Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) sample such emissions, 
(E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production 
variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions 
is impractical, (F) submit compliance certifications, and (G) 
provide such other information as he may reasonably require.

    In the Administrator's judgment, asbestos emissions from the 
demolition and renovation of asbestos-containing structures; the 
disposal of asbestos waste; waste conversion; asbestos milling, 
manufacturing, and fabricating; the use of asbestos on roadways; the 
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of asbestos insulation and spray materials; cause or contribute to air 
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health 
or welfare. Therefore, NESHAP was promulgated for this source category 
at 40 CFR part 61, subpart M.
    The control of emissions of asbestos from the regulated sources 
requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but 
also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. Emissions of 
asbestos from the regulated sources are the result of operation of 
those sources (milling, manufacturing, fabricating, waste disposal, and 
demolition and renovation). These standards rely on the capture and 
reduction of asbestos emissions by air cleaning equipment and specified 
work practices. The required notifications are used to inform the 
Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the 
standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check 
if the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated, 
the work practices are being followed and the standard is being met. 
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's record of 
a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and 
serve as a record of the operating conditions under which compliance 
was achieved. Thereafter, submission of semi-annual reports of any 
visible emissions serves as the record of compliance. Waste conversion 
facilities must report initial testing conditions that become normal 
operating conditions for the plant. The quarterly reports are used for 
problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, 
and for compliance determinations. Notification for each demolition or 
renovation activity allows the Agency or delegated authority to plan 
for inspections of the source in order to determine compliance with the 
work practices. Since each demolition or renovation is transitory in 
nature, notification must be made for each activity above the threshold 
limits specified in the regulation. The information generated by the 
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this 
ICR is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the 
NESHAP continue to operate the control equipment and achieve compliance 
with the regulation. Adequate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting 
is necessary to ensure compliance with these standards, as required by 
the Clean Air Act. The information collected from recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is 
of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 35 
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: Mills, Manufacturers, Fabricators, 
Landfills, Renovation/Demolition Owners and/or Operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,848.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, weekly, quarterly and semi-
annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 342,249 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $16,613,609.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 19,910 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the reduction in the 
number of asbestos waste disposal sites subject to the asbestos NESHAP.

    Dated: December 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-32391 Filed 12-23-02; 8:45 am]
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