[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11546-11547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5746]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0002; FRL-7463-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1891.03 (OMB No. 2060-0428) 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 Publicly Owned 
Treatment Works (POTW) Facilities (40 CFR part 63, subpart VVV). (OMB 
Control No. 2060-0428, EPA ICR No. 1891.03) 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 April 10, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On the rule and technical questions: 
Bob Lucas, Emission Standards Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 
and Standards, Mail Code MD-13, (919) 541-0884, email address: 
[email protected]. For questions about this ICR contact Walter 
Brodtman, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Mail Code 
2224A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202 564-4181; fax number: 
202 564-0009; email 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, 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. 2003-0002, 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 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 Docket is (202) 566-1752. 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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Facilities 
(40 CFR part 63, subpart VVV). (OMB Control No. 2060-0428, EPA ICR 
Number 1891.03). 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: This ICR is prepared for a U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) rulemaking developed under authority of section 112 of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA). The rulemaking amends title 40, chapter I, part 63 
of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) by adding a new subpart VVV--
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Publicly 
Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Facilities. Hereafter, this subpart is 
referred to as the ``POTW NESHAP''. The POTW NESHAP includes standards 
for major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Respondents are 
owners or operators of waste water treatment processes and operations 
in the POTW source category.
    All new sources must be in compliance with the POTW NESHAP upon 
startup or the promulgation date, whichever is later. Owners and 
operators of affected sources are subject to the requirements of 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart A, the General Provisions, unless the regulation 
specifies otherwise.
    For sources constructed or reconstructed after the effective date 
of the relevant standard, the POTW NESHAP requires that the source 
submit an application for approval of construction or reconstruction. 
The application is required to contain information on the air pollution 
control that will be used for each potential HAP emission point.
    The information in the initial notification and the application for 
construction or reconstruction will enable enforcement personnel to 
identify the number of sources subject to the standards and to identify 
those sources that are already in compliance.
    Generally, respondents are required to submit one-time reports of 
(1) start of construction for new facilities and (2) anticipated and 
actual start-up dates for

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new facilities. All records are to be maintained by the source for a 
period of at least 5 years.
    The POTW NESHAP also requires affected sources to submit a 
notification of compliance status. This notification must be signed by 
a responsible company official who certifies its accuracy and certifies 
that the source has complied with the standards. The notification of 
compliance status must be submitted within 180 days after the 
compliance date for the affected source.
    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 36 
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: Publicly Owned Treatment Works 
(POTW) Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 216 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $12,200.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 175 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is because of additional 
respondents, which increased from one to six. Some reductions in burden 
also occurred because responses are now on an operating year rather 
than initial year basis.

    Dated: February 27, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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