[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 72 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18990-18991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7149]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0719; FRL-8299-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid 
Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers Production, (Renewal); EPA ICR 
Number 1790.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0361

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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2007. 
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 May 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0719, to (1) EPA online, using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), 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, 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 October 5, 2006 (71 FR 38853), 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 
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0719, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Center is 
(202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.epa.gov,

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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 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 Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate 
Fertilizers Production (40 CFR part 63, subparts AA & BB).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1790.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0361.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2007. 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: Owners/operators of affected phosphoric acid 
manufacturing and phosphate fertilizer production must submit one-time 
only notifications (where applicable) and annual reports on performance 
test results. Semiannual reports are required. In addition, a quarterly 
report is required when excess emissions occur.
    Subparts AA and BB require respondents to install monitoring 
devices to measure the pressure drop and liquid flow rate for wet 
scrubbers. These operating parameters are permitted to vary within 
ranges determined concurrently with performance tests. Exceedances of 
the operating ranges are considered violations of the site-specific 
operating limits.
    The standards require sources to determine and record the amount of 
phosphatic feedstock material processed or stored on a daily basis. 
Respondents also maintain records of specific information needed to 
determine that the standards are being achieved and maintained.
    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 Number 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 are estimated to average 18 
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; 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: Phosphoric acid manufacturing and 
phosphate fertilizers production plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,542.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $109,908, which includes no 
annualized capital/startup costs, $11,000 in annual O&M costs, and 
$98,908 in annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours, or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. Second, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden.

    Dated: April 6, 2007.
Robert Gunter,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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