[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3914-3916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1683]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0037; FRL-7614-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane 
Foam Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart III), EPA ICR Number 1783.03, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0357

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 February 26, 
2004.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0037, 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: Maria Malave, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Mail Code 2223A, Office of Compliance, 
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 May 19, 2003 (68 FR 27059), 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-2003-0037, 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, 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 Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart III).
    Abstract: The Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) 
standards for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production, published at 40 
CFR part 63, subpart III, were proposed on December 27, 1996 and 
promulgated on October 7, 1998. These standards apply to owners or 
operators of new and existing facilities that engage in the manufacture 
of flexible polyurethane foam products which emit hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs). This includes facilities making slabstock flexible 
polyurethane foam (``slabstock foam''), rebond flexible polyurethane 
foam (``rebond foam''), and/or molded flexible polyurethane foam 
(``molded foam'').
    In general, all MACT standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators of 
flexible polyurethane foam production facilities to which this rule is 
applicable must choose one of the compliance options described in the 
standard or reduce HAP emissions to below the compliance level. 
Specifically, the rule requirements for slabstock foam producers 
include an initial notification, notification of compliance status, 
semiannual reports and annual compliance certifications. In addition, 
respondents are required to submit a pre-compliance report that 
describes the HAP compliance procedures, and recordkeeping procedures. 
Those electing to comply with the slabstock foam emission limitation 
using recovery devices must measure and record emissions as specified 
in Sec. 63.1297 of the rule. The rule requirements for molded and 
rebond foam producers include a notification of a compliance status 
report and an annual compliance certification. These notifications, 
reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are 
required of all sources subject to MACT.
    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 43 
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: Slabstock and rebond/molded flexible 
polyurethane foam production facilities that emit hazardous air 
pollutants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 132.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, semiannual and annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,047 hours.
    Estimated Total Cost: $572,000, includes $0 capital/startup costs, 
$0 O&M costs and $572,000 labor costs. There are no total capital/
startup costs and operation and maintenance costs for this ICR due to 
the following assumptions: (1) No new sources will become subject to 
these standards; (2) the existing sources conducting modifications will 
not be purchasing new monitoring equipment; and (3) existing slabstock 
sources are complying with the source-wide emission limit and are not 
required to use bag leak detectors. The capital/startup cost and O&M 
cost for continuous parameter monitors (CPMs) are not attributed to 
this rule since sources already had the CPMs when the rule was 
promulgated.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 2,647 hours in 
the total

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estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the omission of the burden 
associated with annual compliance certifications in the active ICR 
which was corrected in its renewal. The slabstock foam producers are 
complying with the annual compliance certification requirement 
concurrently with the semiannual reports and therefore, do have an 
additional burden associated with it. However, the molded/rebond foam 
producers only have the annual compliance certification reporting 
requirement and its burden must be accounted for in the ICR separately.

    Dated: January 13, 2004.
Deborah Williams,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-1683 Filed 1-26-04; 8:45 am]
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