[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55784-55785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8173]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0452, FRL-8222-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic 
Chemical Manufacturing (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1969.03, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0533

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 25, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0452, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (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 (ECDIC), 2201T , 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.


    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation for people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to 
view documents. Consult EPA's Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147 
(July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on docket status, locations and 
telephone numbers.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia B. Mia of the Office of 
Compliance at 202-564-7042 (phone) or 202-564-0050 (fax), or via e-mail 
to: [email protected]; or by mail to Mail Code 2223A, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), 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-2006-0452, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) in the EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 (ECDIC) is 202-566-1972.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, to 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

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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 www.regulations.gov 
as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing 
(Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR Number 1969.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0533.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 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, 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 the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart FFFF, were proposed on April 4, 2002, and promulgated on 
November 10, 2003. These regulations apply to new and existing 
facilities that manufacture a miscellaneous organic chemical and are 
located at, or are part of, major sources of hazardous air pollutant 
(HAP) emissions. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63 
subpart FFFF.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They are also 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.
    Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
five 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 United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 254 
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: New and existing facilities that 
manufacture a miscellaneous organic chemical and are located at, or are 
part of, major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 257 .
    Frequency of Response: One-time, semiannually, and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 416,830.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,132,909, includes $670,256 
annualized capital/startup costs and $5,462,653 O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 399,085 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 primarily due to the fact that this is the first ICR 
prepared after the compliance date. In the previous ICR, annual burden 
hours and costs associated with one-time activities were phased in over 
the course of the three-year period. In this ICR, existing sources have 
been phased into compliance and are subject to on-going requirements, 
and new sources are subject to various one-time activities. 
Additionally, some burden hours from the previous ICR were deleted 
because it was not consistent with the concept of burden.

    Dated: September 12, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 06-8173 Filed 9-22-06; 8:45 am]
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