[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43690-43691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14934]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0048; FRL-7945-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Carbon Black, 
Ethylene, Cyanide, and Spandex (Renewal), ICR Number 1983.04, OMB 
Number 2060-0489

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 29, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0048, 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: Marcia B. Mia, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code: 2223A, 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7042; 
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-2004-0048, 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, to 
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 on 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 Carbon Black, Ethylene, Cyanide, and Spandex (40 
CFR part 63, subpart YY) (Renewal).
    Abstract: This ICR is for hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emission 
sources in the carbon black (CB) production, cyanide (CY) chemicals 
manufacturing, ethylene (ET) production, and spandex (SP) production 
source categories. For the purposes of this ICR the phrases ``cyanide 
chemicals manufacturing,'' ``cyanide production,'' and ``CY 
production'' have the same meaning.
    The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standards 
ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which were 
promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA).The collected 
information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in 
legal proceedings.
    Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected 
facility's initial capability to comply with the emission standards. In 
addition, continuous emission monitors are used to ensure that the 
respondent complies with the standards at all times. During the 
performance test, a record of the operating parameters under which 
compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to determine 
compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.
    The notifications required in the standards are used to inform the 
Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the 
requirements of the regulations. The reviewing authority may then 
inspect the source to ensure that the pollution control devices are 
properly installed and operated, that leaks are detected and repaired, 
and that the standards are met. The performance test may also be 
observed.
    The required reports are used to determine periods of excess 
emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation and 
maintenance procedures, and for compliance determinations.
    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 90 
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

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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: Producers of Carbon Black, Cyanide, 
Ethylene or Spandex.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 72.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, semiannually and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,533 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,439,150, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $359,000 annual O&M costs, and 
$1,080,150 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 20,393 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is because the previous ICR 
included some items in the inventory (e.g., control equipment related) 
that are not consistent with the concept of burden. Additionally, the 
previous ICR overestimated the time and frequency to prepare startup, 
shutdown and malfunction (SS&M) reports, and the time to store, file 
and maintain records and to retrieve records and reports.
    The Capital/Startup costs as calculated in this ICR's section 
6(b)(iii) compared with the costs in the previous ICR have decreased. 
Since the previous ICR covered initial compliance with the standard, 
the costs were mostly associated with the purchase of monitors and 
control equipment. Since there are no new sources for the three years 
covered by this ICR, the costs will be only be O&M costs.

    Dated: July 19, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14934 Filed 7-27-05; 8:45 am]
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