[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57870-57871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19866]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2005-0030; FRL-7978-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Source Categories: 
Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards (Renewal), ICR 
Number 1871.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0420

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 December 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 November 3, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0030, 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].

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 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), 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-2005-0030, 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 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: NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Achievable 
Control Technology Standards (Renewal).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Achievable 
Control Technology (hereafter, this subpart is referred to as the 
``generic MACT''), published at 40 CFR part 63, subpart YY, were 
proposed on October 14, 1998 (63 FR 55178), and promulgated on June 29, 
1999 (64 FR 34854). The rule addressed hazardous air pollutant (HAP) 
emission sources in these four source categories: Polycarbonates (PC) 
Production, Acrylic and Modacrylic Fibers (AMF) Production, Acetal 
Resins (AR) Production and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) Production. On 
November 22, 1999, the Agency proposed wastewater provisions amendments 
(64 FR 63779) to the promulgated generic MACT applicable to the AR, 
AMF, and PC production source categories. The HF production source 
category does not have wastewater streams.
    Respondents are required to submit one-time only reports of the (1) 
start of construction for new facilities or an initial notification if 
it is an existing source at the time of rule promulgation, (2) 
anticipated and actual start-up dates for new facilities, and (3) 
physical or operational changes to existing

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facilities. Owners and operators must also submit periodic reports 
(semiannual or according to the schedule for Title V), and leak 
detection and repair (LDAR) semiannual reports which could be submitted 
with the periodic reports. The specific monitoring and recordkeeping 
requirements will vary for each of the four source categories depending 
on the required control equipment and monitoring equipment. All records 
and reports are to be maintained by the facility for a minimum 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 133 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose 
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the 
time needed to review instructions; to 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; to adjust the 
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 
requirements; to train personnel to be able to respond to a collection 
of information; to search data sources; to complete and review the 
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of acetal resins 
production, acrylic and modacrylic fibers production, hydrogen fluoride 
production, and polycarbonates production.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually, and initally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,004 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $438,560, which includes $0 
annualized Capital/startup costs, $107,414 in annual O&M costs, and 
$331,146 in Respondent Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 73 hours in the 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens. This is due to minor calculation errors in the active ICR. 
There is an increase in the labor costs associated with this ICR, which 
is due to an updated hourly wage rate that is provided by the United 
States Department of Labor. Because there are no new sources with 
reporting requirements, no capital/startup costs are incurred. A cost 
of $107,414 per year, is incurred for operation and maintenance of the 
emission monitoring equipment with this ICR.

    Dated: September 21, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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