[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6974-6976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3086]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0023; FRL-7621-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Magnetic Tape Coating 
Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart SSS) (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 
1135.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0171

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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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 February 29, 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 15, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0023, 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: Leonard Lazarus, 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) 564-6369; 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-2003-0023, 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) 566-1752. 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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Magnetic Tape Coating Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, 
Subpart SSS)
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Magnetic 
Tape Coating Facilities were proposed on January 22, 1986, and 
promulgated on October 3, 1988. These standards apply to each coating 
operation and each piece of coating mix preparation equipment for which 
construction, modification or reconstruction commenced after January 
22, 1986. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are the pollutants regulated 
under the standards.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described 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; notification of the date of the initial 
performance test; and the results of the initial performance test.
    Owners or operators also are required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility. These notifications, reports and 
records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Monitoring requirements specific to these magnetic tape operations 
consist mainly of VOC measurements, including monthly records of VOC 
content of all coatings applied, total amount and percent VOC 
recovered, and the total amount of coating applied. In addition, 
facilities utilizing less solvent annually than the applicable cutoff 
shall make semiannual estimates of projected annual amount of solvent 
use and maintain records of actual solvent use.
    Each owner or operator of an affected magnetic tape coating 
operation shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a monitoring 
device that continuously indicates and records the concentration level 
of organic compounds in the outlet gas stream. Certain facilities will 
also be required to continuously measure and record either the 
combustion temperature of the incinerator (for those facilities 
controlled by a thermal incinerator) or the condenser exhaust 
temperature (for those facilities controlled by a condensation system).
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (40 CFR 
Part 60, Subpart SSS, NSPS for Magnetic Tape Coating Facilities). The 
required information has been determined not to be confidential. 
However, any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of 
confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency 
policies set forth in Title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information.
    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 88 
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;

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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: Owners or operators of magnetic tape 
coating facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, quarterly, semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,017 hours.
    Estimated Total Cost: $216,000, which includes $34,000 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $53,000 annual O&M costs and $129,000 labor 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,874 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a reduction in the number 
of sources affected by the standard.

    Dated: January 22, 2004.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-3086 Filed 2-11-04; 8:45 am]
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