[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61808-61809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21369]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2005-0027; FRL-7988-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Glass Manufacturing 
Plants (Renewal), ICR Number 1131.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0054

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 25, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0027, 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 
No. OECA-2005-0027, 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 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

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electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (Renewal).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for glass 
manufacturing plants, were proposed on June 15, 1979, and promulgated 
on October 7, 1980, and amended on October 19, 1984. These standards 
apply to any glass manufacturing facility for which construction or 
modification commences after June 15, 1979. The standards do not apply 
to hand glass melting furnaces, glass melting furnaces designed to 
produce less than 4.55 Mg (5 tons) of glass per day, or all-electric 
melters. Experimental furnaces are not subject to the emission 
standards at 40 CFR 60.292.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
initial notifications, conduct and report on a performance test, 
demonstrate and report on continuous monitor performance, maintain 
records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or 
malfunction in the operation of an affected facility. Semiannual 
reports are required. These notifications, reports, and records are 
required, in general, for all sources subject to NSPS. The 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to glass 
manufacturing plants are detailed in the 40 CFR part 60, subpart CC. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 60, subpart CC.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, 
and records. 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 agencyrespond 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 eight 
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; 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 or operators of glass 
manufacturing plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 41.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually, and initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 803 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $302,601, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $237,800 in annual O&M costs, and 
$64,801 in Respondent Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 213 burden hours 
as compared to the active ICR. The increase in burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to the fact that we are presently 
accounting for management and clerical person hours per year, which was 
not accounted for in the active ICR. There was however, a decline of 
four sources as compared to the active ICR. This decline was due to 
plant closure and the high cost to retrofit aging facilities, and 
corporate mergers.

    Dated: October 17, 2005.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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