[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39106-39107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10845]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0068; FRL-8195-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Synthetic Fiber 
Production Facilities (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1156.10, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0059

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 August 10, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0068, 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

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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-2005-0068, 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) 566-1752.
    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: NSPS for Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1156.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0059.
    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 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Synthetic 
Fiber Production Facilities were proposed on November 23, 1982, 
promulgated on April 5, 1984, and amended on October, 17, 2000 (65 FR 
61768). These standards apply to affected facilities at synthetic fiber 
production plants including: Each solvent-spun synthetic fiber process 
that produces more than 500 megagrams of five per year and that 
commenced construction or reconstruction after November 23, 1982. The 
provisions of this subpart do not apply to any facility that uses the 
reaction spinning process to produce spandex fiber or the viscose 
process to produce rayon fiber, or facilities that commence 
modification but not reconstruction after November 23, 1982. Volatile 
organic compounds (VOCs) are the pollutants regulated under this 
subpart. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 60, subpart HHH.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make a one-
time-only initial notifications, and reports on the results of the 
initial performance tests. Respondents must also 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. Monitoring requirements specific to 
synthetic fiber production facilities provide information on VOC 
emissions. Respondents are required to install, calibrate, maintain, 
and operate a continuous monitoring system for the measurement of 
makeup solvent and solvent feed. These values shall be used in 
calculating monthly VOC emissions. Section 60.603(b)(1) provides three 
options for determining solvent feed. Each owner or operator calculates 
VOC emissions every month from the amount of solvent feed and makeup 
solvent used in each affected facility. These values are used to 
calculate compliance with the emission limitations on a six-month 
rolling average basis. Semiannual reports and quarterly reports of 
instances of excess emissions are required.
    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 
two 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 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 34 
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: Synthetic fiber production 
facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion, quarterly, and 
semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,859.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $315,119 which includes $0 annualized 
capital startup costs, $165,000 annual O&M costs, and $150,119 annual 
labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 21 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 we are accounting for technical 
person-hours and management and clerical person-hours.
    There is a decrease in the capital/startup and operations and 
maintenance (O&M) costs associated with this ICR. This is due to a 
decrease of three sources as compared with the previous ICR.

    Dated: June 23, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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