[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 72 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20038-20039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7872]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0057; FRL-8553-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Pesticide Active 
Ingredient Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1807.04, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0370

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 May 14, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0057, 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, 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 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 both 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-2007-0057, 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 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) 566-1927.
    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 (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: NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1807.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0370.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2008. 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 National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Pesticide Active

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Ingredient Production were promulgated on June 23, 1999 (64 FR 33550).
    Owners or operators of pesticide active ingredient (PAI) production 
facilities to which this regulation applies must choose one of the 
compliance options that are described in the rule or install and 
monitor a specific control system that reduces hazardous air pollutant 
(HAP) emissions to the compliance level. The respondents are subject to 
sections of subpart A of 40 CFR part 63 relating to the National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP). These 
requirements include those associated with the applicability 
determination; the notification that the facility is subject to the 
rule; and the notification of testing (control device performance test 
and continuous monitoring system [CMS] performance evaluation); the 
results of performance testing and CMS performance evaluations; 
startup, shutdown, and malfunction report; and semiannual or quarterly 
summary reports and/or excess emissions and CMS performance reports. In 
addition to the requirements of subpart A, many respondents are 
required to submit pre-compliance plan and leak detection and repair 
(LDAR) reports; and plants that wish to implement emissions averaging 
provisions must submit an emission averaging plan.
    Respondents electing to comply with the emission limit or emission 
reduction requirements for process vents, storage tanks, or wastewater 
must record the values of equipment operating parameters as specified 
in 40 CFR 63.1367 of the rule. If the owner or operator identifies any 
deviation resulting from any known cause for which no federally 
approved or promulgated exemption from an emission limitation or 
standard applies, the compliance report will also include all records 
that the source is required to maintain that pertain to the periods 
during which such deviation occurred, as well as the following: The 
magnitude of each deviation; the reason for each deviation; a 
description of the corrective action taken for each deviation, 
including action taken to minimize each deviation and action taken to 
prevent recurrence; and a copy of all quality assurance activities 
performed on any element of the monitoring protocol.
    Owners or operators of PAI production facilities subject to the 
rule must 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 EPA regional office. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart MMM, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the 
Clean Air Act. The required information consists of emissions data and 
other information that have been determined to be private.
    Since many of the facilities potentially affected by the NESHAP 
standards are currently subject to new source performance standards 
(NSPS), the standards include an exemption from the NSPS for those 
sources. That exemption eliminates a duplication of information 
collection requirements.
    In the Administrator's judgment, pollutants emitted from PAI 
production facilities cause or contribute significantly to air 
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health.
    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 is estimated to average 60 
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: Pesticide active ingredient 
production.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 88.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 24,168.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,895,079, which includes $236,430 
annualized capital costs, or $116,600 in O&M costs, and $1,542, 049.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a slight increase of four labor 
hours which was caused by a calculation error in the previous ICR. This 
did not affect or changed the burden or cost in any way as compared to 
the previous ICR. The regulations have not changed over the past three 
years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years. 
Since the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-
existent, 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.

    Dated: April 3, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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