[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4509-4510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1975]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0029; FRL-7615-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mineral Wool 
Production, EPA ICR Number 1799.03, OMB Number 2060-0362

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 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 March 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0029, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), 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: Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7016; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for

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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 relevant comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OECA-2003-0029, 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 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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center 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. 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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart 
DDD).
    Abstract: The Administrator has judged that particulate matter (PM) 
and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions from mineral wool 
production plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Owners/
operators of mineral wool production plants subject to NESHAP for 
Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDD) must provide 
notifications to EPA of construction, modification, startups, shut 
downs, date and results of initial performance tests and provide 
semiannual reports of excess emissions. Owners/operators of mineral 
wool production plants are required to install fabric filter bag leak 
detection systems and then initiate corrective action procedures in the 
event of an operating problem. Owners/operators of mineral wool 
production plants subject to NESHAP subpart DDD must also continuously 
monitor and record: (1) The operating temperature of each thermal 
incinerator; (2) cupola production (melt) rate; and (3) for each curing 
oven, the formaldehyde content of each binder formulation used to 
manufacture bonded products.
    In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to 
protect public health, adequate reporting and recordkeeping are 
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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 126 
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: Mineral Wool Production Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Frequency of Response: Initial and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,018 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $199,906 which includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $9,000 annual O&M costs, and $190,906 labor 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease of 2,761 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the fact that the 
compliance date of June 2, 2002, has passed and all existing facilities 
have already submitted all required notifications and completed all 
required performance testing. Therefore, the remaining burden on the 
industry is primarily the operation and maintenance of the control 
equipment (e.g., baghouse leak detection systems) and the semiannual 
reporting.

    Dated: January 22, 2004.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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