[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56046-56047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20976]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0014; FRL-7814-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Rubber Tire 
Manufacturing (Renewal), ICR Number 1158.08, OMB Number 2060-0156

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 October 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 October 18, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0014, 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: 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 25, 2004 (69 FR 29718), 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 
No. OECA-2004-0014, 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

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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: NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart 
BBB) (Renewal).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) subpart BBB 
applies to affected facilities in rubber tire manufacturing plants that 
commence construction, modification or reconstruction after January 20, 
1983. The affected facilities include: Each undertread cementing 
operation, each sidewall cementing operation, each tread end cementing 
operation, each bead cementing operation, each green tire spraying 
operation, each Michelin-A operation, each Michelin-B operation, each 
Michelin-C automatic operation. The rule establishes standards for 
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) use and emission limits.
    Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements allow the 
regulatory agencies to determine compliance with the standard. One-
time-only reports are required to identify the affected facilities and 
the compliance method used. Notification of Method 25 performance is 
also required. Annual reports of Method 24 results to verify VOC 
content of water-based sprays would be required.
    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 167 
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: Owners and operators of rubber tire 
manufacturing plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 41.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, semiannually, initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,323 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $866,093, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $16,000 annual O&M costs, and 
$850,093 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in 172 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The reason for the change is due to the inclusion 
of managerial and clerical person-hours. The active ICR only covered 
technical burden hours.
    The increase in labor cost from the most recently approved ICR is 
due to a revised hourly labor rate from the United States Department of 
Labor.

    Dated: September 5, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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