[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8751-8752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4372]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0012; FRL-7453-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1541.07 (OMB No. 2060-0183) 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: Benzene Waste 
Operations (40 CFR part 61, subpart FF), OMB Control Number 2060-0183, 
EPA ICR Number 1541.07, expiration date
2/28/2003. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of 
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments must be submitted on or before March 27, 
2003.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rafael Sanchez, Compliance Assurance 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 564-7028; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: [email protected]. Refer 
to EPA ICR Number 1541.07.

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-2002-0012, 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 
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 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,

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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 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: Benzene Waste Operations (40 CFR part 61, subpart 
FF) (OMB Control Number 2060-0183, EPA ICR Number 1541.07). 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: Any facility which manages a waste containing benzene 
must maintain records and submit reports to the Agency. There is a 
tiered threshold for burden. Facilities managing waste containing less 
than 1 megagram per year (Mg/yr) of benzene must certify to that effect 
and maintain documentation to support their finding. Facilities 
managing more than 1 Mg/yr and less than 10 Mg/yr of benzene-containing 
waste must prepare an initial certification, test annually to verify 
that their waste stream still falls within this range, and maintain 
documentation to support these findings. Facilities managing more than 
10 Mg/yr of waste must submit quarterly and annual reports documenting 
the results of continuous monitoring. The Agency uses this information 
to determine compliance and to select plants or processes for 
inspection.
    The required notifications are used to inform the Agency or 
delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard. 
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. The monitoring and excess emissions reports are used for 
problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, 
and for compliance determinations. The information collected from 
record keeping and reporting requirements is used for targeting 
inspections, and for other uses in compliance and enforcement programs.
    Responses to this information collection are deemed to be 
mandatory, per section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required 
information consists of emissions data and other information that have 
been determined not to be private. However, any information submitted 
to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be 
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, 
chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information 
(see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 
40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, 
March 23, 1979).
    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 71 
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 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 and Operators of Benzene 
Waste Operations subject to Subpart FF.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 234.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly, Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,626.
    Estimated Total Non-labor Annual Cost: $0.
    There is a decrease of 402 hours in the total estimated burden 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens due 
to a decrease in the number of regulated sources.

    Dated: February 10, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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