[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38676-38677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13168]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0030; FRL-7932-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Cellulose Products 
Manufacturing (Renewal), ICR Number 1974.04, OMB Number 2060-0488

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 August 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 August 4, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0030, 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, 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 Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
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 December 1, 2004 (69 FR 69909), 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-2004-0030, 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

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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: NESHAP for Cellulose Products Manufacturing (Renewal).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP), for cellulose products manufacturing operation 
were proposed on August 28, 2000 (65 FR 52166), and promulgated on June 
11, 2002 (67 FR 40043). These standards apply to each operation that is 
a major source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP), which includes both 
the miscellaneous viscose processes source category and the cellulose 
ethers productions source category. The viscose process includes the 
cellulose food casing, rayon, cellulosic sponge, and cellophane 
operations, and the cellulose ethers includes all of the cellulose 
ether operations.
    Owners or operators must submit notification that the facility is 
subject to the rule; notification of performance test; notification of 
compliance status (including results of performance tests and other 
initial compliance demonstrations); and semiannual compliance reports. 
Records and reports will be required to be retained for a total of five 
years.
    All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. 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 is estimated to average 141 
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 cellulose 
products manufacturing operations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, weekly, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,088 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $965,081, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $1,000 annual O&M costs, and $964,081 
annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the number of 
respondents identified in the active ICR, however there is an increase 
of 10,652 hours in the estimated burden as currently identified in the 
OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. The increase is attributed 
primarily to the fact that all thirteen sources are in compliance with 
the standard, and must now monitor data and submit semiannual reports.
    Because there are no new sources with reporting requirements, no 
capital/startup costs are incurred. The only cost that is incurred is 
for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the monitoring equipment.

    Dated: June 27, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-13168 Filed 7-1-05; 8:45 am]
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