[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5540-5541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2419]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0027; FRL-7618-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid 
Manufacturing Plants and Phosphate Fertilizers Production Plants, EPA 
ICR Number 1790.03, OMB Number 2060-0361

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.

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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 8, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0027, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., 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, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
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.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OECA-2003-0027, 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 20460. 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 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 to view public 
comments, to 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 on 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: NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate 
Fertilizers Production Plants (40 CFR part 63, subparts AA & BB).
    Abstract: Owners/operators of affected phosphoric acid 
manufacturing and phosphate fertilizer production must submit one-time 
notifications (where applicable) and annual reports on performance test 
results. Semiannual reports are required. In addition, a quarterly 
report is required when excess emissions occur.
    Subparts AA and BB require respondents to install monitoring 
devices to measure the pressure drop and liquid flow rate for wet 
scrubbers. These operating parameters are permitted to vary within 
ranges determined concurrently with performance tests. Exceedances of 
the operating ranges are considered violations of the site-specific 
operating limits.
    The standards require sources to determine and record the amount of 
phosphatic feed material processed or stored on a daily basis. 
Respondents also maintain records of specific information needed to 
determine that the standards are being achieved and maintained.
    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 18 
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: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and 
Phosphate Fertilizers Production Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually and 
annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,542 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $109,908 which includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $11,000 annual O&M costs, and $98,908 in 
respondent labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,601 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The decrease in burden from the most recently 
approved ICR is due in part to a decrease in the number of sources. 
Since there were no new sources, the burden was drastically reduced. 
The decrease was also due to a math error in the tables from the active 
ICR that increased the number of hours and the burden.

    Dated: January 27, 2004.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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