[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52095-52096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17436]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0049; FRL-7964-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; The Consolidated Federal Air Rule 
for SOCMI (Renewal), ICR Number 1854.04, OMB Number 2060-0443

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 October 3, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0049, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email 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: Marcia B. Mia, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office, Mail Code: 2223A, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 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-2004-0049, 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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: The Consolidated Federal Air Rule for SOCMI (Renewal)
    Abstract: This information collection request (ICR) is for the 
Consolidated Federal Air Rule (CAR) for the Synthetic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) and its referencing subparts. EPA will 
use this information to ensure compliance with the provisions in the 
CAR and its referencing subparts.

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    All existing sources must be in compliance with the requirements of 
the CAR and/or its referencing subparts within three years of the 
effective date (i.e., promulgation date) of the appropriate standard 
for the affected source. All new sources must be in compliance with the 
requirements of the CAR and/or its referencing subparts upon startup or 
the promulgation date of standards for an affected source, whichever is 
later. Compliance is assumed through initial performance testing or 
design analysis, as appropriate, and ongoing compliance is demonstrated 
through parametric monitoring. Types of parameters monitored are 
incinerator temperature, scrubber flow rate, carbon adsorber 
regeneration frequency as well as others. The appropriate parameter to 
monitor depends on the type of control device with which the owner or 
operator chooses to comply.
    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/
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 180 
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: Facilities in the Synthetic Organic 
Chemical Manufacturing Industry.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,913.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, annually, semiannually and on 
occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,057,270.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $226,718,704, which includes 
$3,404,000 in annualized Capital/startup costs, $91,956,000 annual O&M 
costs, and $131,358,704 in Respondent Labor Costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden of 108,330 
hours from the most recently approved ICR. Some 35,758 hours of the 
changes are a program change for NSPS subparts Kb, VV, DDD, III, NNN 
and RRR, which no longer require Notifications of Anticipated Startup. 
The balance of the changes (72,572 hours) are adjustments due primarily 
to correction of errors and the addition of clerical and managerial 
hours to the burden calculation. There is a corresponding decrease in 
the average hours per response of 29 hours; from 209 hours per response 
to 180 hours per response. There was a decrease of $4,561,000 in the 
Total Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs due to an 
error in the previous ICR regarding the costs for monitoring equipment 
when determining Total Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance 
Costs for subpart Kb and subpart G of the Hazardous Organic National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HON). The cost for 
certain control devices was inadvertently included in the previous ICR.

    Dated: August 26, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-17436 Filed 8-31-05; 8:45 am]
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