[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1701-1702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-422]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0008; FRL-7859-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Solvent Extraction for 
Vegetable Oil Production (Renewal), ICR Number 1947.03, OMB Number 
2060-0471

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 January 31, 2005. 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 February 9, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0008 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 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].

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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-2004-0008, 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, 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 Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production 
(Renewal).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production 
were proposed on May 26, 2000 (65 FR 34252), and promulgated on April 
21, 2001. These standards apply to any existing, reconstructed, or new 
vegetable oil production process, which is defined as a group of 
continuous process equipment used to remove an oil from oilseeds 
through direct contact with an organic solvent such as n-hexane. The 
term ``oilseed'' refers to the following agricultural products: corn 
germ, cottonseed, flax, peanut, rapeseed (source of canola oil), 
safflower, soybean, and sunflower. A vegetable oil production process 
is only subject to the regulation if it is a major source of hazardous 
air pollutant (HAP) emissions, or is collocated with other sources that 
are individually or collectively a major source of HAP emissions.
    Notification reports are required upon the construction, 
reconstruction, or modification of any vegetable oil production 
processor. Also required is one-time-only initial notification for 
existing, new and reconstructed sources, and notification of an actual 
startup date. Annual compliance reports are required, along with a 
deviation report, an immediate SSM report, and a periodic startup, 
shutdown, and malfunction report. Affected entities must retain reports 
and records for five years.
    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 185 
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: Owner or operator of vegetable oil 
production processors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 101.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, annually, on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 39,385 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,512,947, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs and $2,512,947 
Annual Respondent Labor Costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 29,293 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase in the burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to an increase in the number of new 
sources per year, by averaging the number of respondents over the 
three-year period of the ICR.

    Dated: December 20, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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