[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45311-45312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17305]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0140; FRL-7790-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Epoxy Resin and Non-
Nylon Polyamide Production (Renewal), ICR Number 1681.05, OMB Number 
2060-0290

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 September 30, 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 August 30, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0140, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket 
and Information Center EPA West, 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 Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of Compliance, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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 November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62289), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OECA-2003-0140, 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 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 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: NESHAP for Epoxy Resin and Non-Nylon Polyamide Production 
(40 CFR part 63, subpart W) (Renewal).
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart W, regulating hazardous air pollutants from process vents, 
storage vessels, wastewater systems and equipment leaks. The standards 
require mandatory recordkeeping and reporting to document process 
information related to the source's ability to comply with the 
standards. This information is used by the Agency to identify sources 
subject to the standards and to insure that the maximum achievable 
control technology is being properly applied. Section 112 of the Clean 
Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires that EPA establish standards to 
limit emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from stationary 
sources. The sources subject to these provisions emit the HAPs 
epichlorohydrin, and in lesser amounts, hydrochloric acid and methanol. 
In the Administrator's judgment, hazardous air pollutant emissions in 
this industry cause or contribute to air pollution that may be 
reasonably expected to endanger public health or welfare. Respondents 
are owners or operators of new and existing facilities that manufacture 
polymers and resins from epichlorohydrin. Source categories include 
basic liquid epoxy resin (BLR) producers and producers of 
epichlorohydrin-modified non-nylon polyamide resins, also known as wet 
strength resins (WSR).
    All reports are sent to the delegated State or Local Agency. In the 
event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent 
directly to the EPA Regional Office.
    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 214 
hours per response. Burdens 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;

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complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or 
otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of new and 
existing facilities that manufacture polymers and resins from 
epichlorohydrin.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually, quarterly and initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,853 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $252,711, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $9,000 annual O&M costs, and $243,711 
annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 672 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in the hourly burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. 
There are thirteen sources in the active ICR compared to seven sources 
in the renewal.

    Dated: July 14, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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