[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75236-75237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32060]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0026; FRL-7604-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Aluminum Sulfate 
Manufacture, EPA ICR Number 1066.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0032

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document 
announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been 
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. 
This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2004. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 29, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0026, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (Mail code 2223A), Office of Compliance, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 564-4113; 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 May 19, 2003 (68 FR 27059), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OECA-2003-0026, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center 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. When 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. 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, Confidential Business 
Information (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: NSPS for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart PP).
    Abstract: The Administrator has judged that Particulate Matter (PM) 
emissions from ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare.
    Owners or operators of ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants must 
make the following one-time-only reports: Notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and 
actual dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational 
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated 
pollutant emission rate; and the notification of the date of the 
initial performance test. The recordkeeping requirements for ammonium 
sulfate plants consist of the occurrence and duration of all start-ups 
and malfunctions, the initial performance test results, amount of 
ammonium sulfate feed material, and the pressure drop across the 
emission control system. Records of startups, shutdowns and 
malfunctions will be noted as they occur. Records of the performance 
test should include information necessary to determine the conditions 
of the performance test, and performance test measurements (including 
pressure drop across the emission control system) and results. The 
Continuous Monitoring System (CMS) will record pressure drop across the 
scrubbers continuously and automatically.
    In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to 
protect public health, adequate reporting and recordkeeping is 
necessary. In the absence of such information enforcement personnel 
would be unable to determine whether the standards are being met on a 
continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.
    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 are estimated to average 31 
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: Ammonium sulfate manufacturing 
facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4.
    Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 246 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $19,912, includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $19,912 labor costs. 
There are no annualized capital/startup costs and annual O&M costs 
associated with this ICR.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the 
most recently approved ICR. The increase is an adjustment due to a 
revised hourly labor rate from the United States Department of Labor 
which resulted in an increase in burden over the next three-years of 
this ICR. A correction to the previous ICR was also made to include 
semiannual reporting as required by the general provisions to the 
standard.

    Dated: December 17, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-32060 Filed 12-29-03; 8:45 am]
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