[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26359-26360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6750]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0049; FRL-8166-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Reinforced Plastic 
Composites Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1976.03, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0509

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), 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. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 5, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0049, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
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: Maria Malave, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of Compliance, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; 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. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-OECA-2005-0049, which is available for public viewing online 
at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement 
and Compliance Docket 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 is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Reinforced Plastic Composites Production 
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1976.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0509.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for reinforced plastic composites (RPC) production 
operations and processes, published at 40 CFR part 63, subpart WWWW, 
were proposed on August 2, 2001 (66 FR 40323), and promulgated on April 
21, 2003 (68 FR 19375). These standards regulate fugitive emissions 
from reinforced plastic composites (RPC) production operations and 
processes resulting from hazardous air pollutants (HAP) evaporating 
from the resins, gel coats, and cleaning solvents used in it. The owner 
or operator of a RPC manufacturing facility must control hazardous air 
pollutants (HAPs) by either limiting the HAP content of materials used 
and using non-atomized spray application in the manufacturing processes 
or by using an enclosure and add-on control device. This information is 
being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart WWWW.
    Owners and operators of affected sources are subject to the 
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements of 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart A, the General Provisions, unless specified otherwise in the 
regulation. This rule requires sources to submit initial notifications, 
conduct performance tests if source is using an add-on control device, 
and submit periodic compliance reports. In addition, sources are 
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation if using an add-on 
control device; any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative; parametric monitoring data; system maintenance and 
calibration; and work practices to demonstrate initial and ongoing 
compliance with the regulation. Records of such measurements and 
actions are to be retained two years on-site of the required total 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 16 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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 reinforced 
plastic composites (RPC) production operations and processes.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 504.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually, and initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,740.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,454,143. which includes 0 
annualized capital startup costs, $22,000 annualized O&M costs and 
$1,432,143 annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in labor burden to industry 
from the most recently approved ICR from 13,785 hours to 17,740 is due 
to adjustments. The increase in burden from the most recently approved 
ICR is primarily due to an increase from 435 to 488 in the number of 
existing sources, the assumption that all existing sources are in full 
compliance with the rule requirements, and because our estimates show 
that an average of 16 new respondents each year will become subject to 
this standard over the three-year period of this ICR.
    The total annualized capital and operations and maintenance (O&M) 
costs increase from $15,807 to $21,680 is based on an increase in the 
number of sources. There are no startup capital costs since monitors 
are an integral part of the control equipment necessary to determine 
that it is operating properly. In addition, we have assumed that any 
new respondent has the software to develop the necessary spreadsheets 
for their recordkeeping system. The estimated annual O&M costs averaged 
over the three years of this ICR are associated with other costs, not 
associated with monitoring equipment. We estimate that file storage and 
photocopying costs per response are estimated at $12.50 per hour of 
clerical labor, and first class postage is estimated at $7.63 per 
response for mailing to regulatory agencies. Therefore, we estimate the 
annual O&M cost to be $21,680 based on 1,077 responses and an average 
of one hour of clerical work per response.

    Dated: April 27, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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