[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39101-39102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10837]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0067; FRL-8194-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Clay Ceramics 
Manufacturing, EPA ICR Number 2023.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0513

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 August 10, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0067, 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance, (Mail Code 
2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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 September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), 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.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0067, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, 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, 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 Clay Ceramics Manufacturing.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2023.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0513.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 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 request for 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 48 CFR Chapter 
15 and are 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 Clay Ceramics Manufacturing were proposed on 
July 22, 2002, and promulgated on May 16, 2003. These standards apply 
to each new and existing clay ceramic manufacturing facility that 
manufactures pressed floor tile, pressed wall tile, other pressed 
tiles, or sanitaryware (e.g., sinks and toilets). Clay ceramics 
facilities typically form, dry, and fire tile or sanitaryware products 
that are composed of clay, shale, and various additives. Glazes are 
applied to some tile and sanitaryware products. The predominant 
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emitted from clay ceramics manufacturing 
facilities include hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen chloride (HCl), and 
metals (antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, 
mercury, manganese, nickel, lead, and selenium).
    Owners, or operators of the affected facilities must make the 
required initial notifications, performance tests, and

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periodic reports. They also are required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance and are required of all 
affected facilities subject to NESHAP. Respondents also are required to 
submit semiannual reports.
    Any owner, or operator subject to the provisions of this part must 
maintain a file of these measurements and retain the file for at least 
five years following the collection 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 appropriate EPA 
regional office.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 17 
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: Clay ceramics manufacturing 
facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually and initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 527.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,000 (rounded) includes $2,468 
annualized capital/startup cost and $702 O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 342 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden from the most recently 
approved ICR is due to the fact that the number of respondents has 
increased at the rate of one per year over the three-year period of 
this ICR. An increase in the labor rate also has contributed to the 
increase.
    There has been an increase in the capital/startup and operations 
and maintenance (O&M) costs since the previous ICR. The reason for this 
increase is that we are accounting for nine respondents with operation 
and maintenance costs.

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