[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9561-9563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3228]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0033; FRL-8530-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Polymeric Coating of 
Supporting Substrates Facilities (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1284.08, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0181

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

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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 March 24, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0033, 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: Leonard Lazarus, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance, (2223A), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-6369; 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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), 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-EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0033, which is available for public 
viewing online 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 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 Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates 
Facilities (Renewal)
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1284.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0181.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2008. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while his 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: Particulate matter emissions from polymeric coating of 
supporting substrates facilities cause or contribute to air pollution 
that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or 
welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source category.
    The control of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from 
polymeric coating of supporting substrates facilities requires not only 
the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the operation 
and maintenance of that equipment. Emissions of VOCs from polymeric 
coating of supporting substrates facilities are generated by each 
coating operation and the associated onsite coating mix preparation 
equipment used to prepare coatings for the polymeric coating of 
supporting substrates. These standards rely on: The capture of VOC 
emissions by a partial or total enclosure around the coating operation, 
and/or by covers on each piece of affected mix preparation equipment; 
the reduction of VOC emissions to the atmosphere from the coating 
operation to a control device, and/or from the affected covered 
equipment to a control device; and the recovery of VOC emissions at one 
coating operation if the liquid material balance is used to demonstrate 
compliance.
    In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate 
reporting and recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such 
information, enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether 
the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the 
Clean Air Act.
    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. Notifications are used to 
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject 
to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to 
check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and 
operated. Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's 
record of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission 
standard and note the operating conditions under which compliance was 
achieved. The quarterly reports are used for problem identification, as 
a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance 
determinations. The standard also requires semiannual reporting of 
deviations from monitored opacity, as this is a good indicator of the 
source's compliance status.
    Responses to this information collection are mandatory (40 CFR part 
60, subpart VVV). Any information submitted to the Agency for which a 
claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the 
Agency policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 
36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 
FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 83 
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

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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: Polymeric Coating of Supporting 
Substrates Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,623 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,410,367, which includes $48,500 
Capital Startup costs, $556,500 annualized Operating and Maintenance 
(O&M) costs, and $805,367 annualized Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There are no changes in the labor hours 
or costs in this ICR compared to the previous ICR (see rounding-off 
adjustment below). 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. Secondly, the growth 
rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there 
is no significant change in the overall burden.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in 
the previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change in burden 
to industry.
    The labor hour and cost burden in this ICR are the same as in the 
previous ICR; however, there is a small adjustment in the ``Estimated 
Total Annual Cost'' due to rounding up/down in the previous ICR.

    Dated: February 12, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-3228 Filed 2-20-08; 8:45 am]
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