[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6145-6146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2937]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Docket ID Number 2002-0011; FRL-7448-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
Number 1156.09 (OMB Control Number 2060-0059) 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: NSPS for Synthetic Fiber 
Production Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart HHH) (OMB Control Number 
2060-0059 and EPA ICR Number 1156.09). 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 March 10, 
2003.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Malave, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Program Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of Compliance, 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; 
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 
Number OECA-2002-0011, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket Information Center (ECDIC), in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue, 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

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Docket 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, Mailcode: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities (40 CFR part 
60, subpart HHH) (OMB Control Number 2060-0059 and EPA ICR Number 
1156.09). This is a request to renew an existing approved collection 
that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 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 NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities, 
published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart HHH, were proposed on November 23, 
1982, and promulgated on April 5, 1984. These standards apply to 
affected facilities at synthetic fiber production facilities including: 
each solvent-spun synthetic fiber process that produces more than 500 
megagrams of fiber per year and that commenced construction or 
reconstruction after November 23, 1982. The provisions of this subpart 
do not apply to any facility that uses the reaction spinning process to 
produce spandex fiber or the viscose process to produce rayon fiber, 
nor to facilities that commence modification but not reconstruction 
after November 23, 1982. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the 
pollutants regulated under this subpart. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart HHH.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
one-time-only initial notifications and report on the results of the 
initial performance test. Owners or operators also are required to 
maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, 
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or 
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. 
Monitoring requirements specific to synthetic fiber production 
facilities provide information on VOC emissions. Owners or operators of 
affected facilities are required to install, calibrate, maintain, and 
operate a continuous monitoring system for the measurement of makeup 
solvent and solvent feed. These values shall be used in calculating 
monthly VOC emissions. Section 60.603(b)(1) provides three options for 
determining solvent feed.
    Each owner or operator calculates VOC emissions every month from 
the amount of solvent feed and makeup solvent used in each affected 
facility. These values are used to calculate compliance with the 
emission limitations on a six-month rolling average basis.
    Also required are semiannual reports, and quarterly reports of 
instances of excess emissions. The owner or operator subject to the 
provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, 
and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such 
measurements. Responses to this collection of information are mandatory 
and are being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart HHH. All reports are sent to the delegated State or Local 
authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the 
reports are sent directly to the EPA Regional Office. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance. 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 
approximately 29 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: Synthetic fiber production 
facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, quarterly and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,838.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost: $293,000 of which $188,000 are O&M 
annual costs.
    There is a decrease of 848 hours in the total estimated burden 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This 
is due to a decrease in the number of sources and the assumption that 
no new sources will become subject to the standard. The estimate on the 
number of sources was based on the most recent data on major sources 
subject to the NSPS program for the corresponding SIC codes subject to 
this rule available on the EPA AFS database.

    Dated: January 29, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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