[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 75 (Thursday, April 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20920-20921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8330]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0038; FRL-8555-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements for Control 
Technology Determinations From Major Sources in Accordance With Clean 
Air Act Sections, Sections 112(g) and 112(j); EPA ICR No. 1648.06, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0266

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 a 
lapsed 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 May 19, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0038 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Colyer, U.S. EPA, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policy and Programs Division, 
Program Design Group, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711, telephone number (919) 541-5262, e-mail [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 November 2, 2007 (72 FR 62226) EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 6 comment letters during 
the comment period, which are addressed in the ICR Supporting 
Statement. 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 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0038, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., 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 Air Docket is 202-566-1742.
    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, 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: Information Collection Request for Requirements for Control 
Technology Determinations From Major Sources in Accordance With Clean 
Air Act Sections, Sections 112(g) and 112(j).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1648.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0266.
    ICR status: The previous ICR expired on May 31, 2005. 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 regulations governing section 112(j) case-by-case 
MACT determinations were promulgated on May 20, 1994 (59 FR 26449), and 
amended last on May 30, 2003 (68 FR 32586).

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    The affected entities of this ICR are major sources of polyvinyl 
chloride and copolymers production; brick and structural clay products 
manufacturing; clay ceramics manufacturing; and industrial, commercial, 
and institutional boilers and process heaters. Previous MACT standards 
for these source categories have been vacated by the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Sources previously 
subject or would have been subject to those MACT standards would be 
those entities affected by this ICR.
    Owners and operators of affected sources must submit title V permit 
applications or amendments to establish case-by-case MACT terms and 
conditions. We anticipate that this ICR will cover any activities 
involving preparing, submitting, and reviewing the Parts 1 and 2 permit 
applications and applicability determinations, developing the title V 
permit terms and conditions, and the permit review and approval 
process.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 92.6 
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: Respondents include owners/operators 
of major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) in the following 
source categories: polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production, brick 
and structural clay products manufacturing, clay ceramics 
manufacturing, and industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers 
and process heaters.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,573.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 151,730.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,995,666.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 20,470 hours in 
the total estimated burden previously identified in the expired ICR in 
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
    The ICR 1648.04 spanned the period in which the section 112(j) rule 
would have applied to any of the 59 source categories covered by the 
2000 MACT standards (the 10-year bin). This ICR would affect only the 4 
source categories covered by the MACT standards that have been vacated 
by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit. Unlike ICR No. 1648.04, which estimated the burden from the 
Part 1 application only (because all the MACT standards were 
promulgated before Part 2 applied), this ICR estimates burden for 
preparing, submitting, and reviewing the Parts 1 and 2 permit 
applications and applicability determinations, developing the title V 
permit terms and conditions, and the permit review and approval 
process.
    This ICR also estimates the number of responses on a facility basis 
instead of an individual boiler basis as the previous ICR did, because 
each facility will submit one application for the facility, not each 
boiler.
    Finally, EPA has updated the labor rates for respondents, State, 
Local, and Tribal agencies, and the EPA. These adjustments were made to 
more accurately reflect the true cost of an hour of labor for the 
respondents, State, Local, and Tribal agencies, and the EPA. The 
unloaded hourly rates are different because they are based on the 
latest available rates from the BLS and the OPM.
    In summary, the difference in the burden estimate is due to the 
adjustments discussed above, including number of respondents, submittal 
of permit applications, development of the permit, and updated labor 
rates.

    Dated: April 11, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
 Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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