[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52652-52656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21044]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0215, 2004-0196, 2004-0453, 2001-0005, 2004-0233, 
2002-0089 FRL-8712-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal 
Solid Waste Landfills; National Emission Standards for Inorganic 
Arsenic Emissions From Primary Copper Smelters; National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Group I Polymers and 
Resins; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins; National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast; 
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire 
Manufacturing

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 EPA is planning to submit 
a request to reinstate two previously approved Information Collection 
Requests (ICR) and four new ICR to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB). Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 10, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or 
through hand delivery/courier service. Follow the detailed instructions 
as provided under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section A.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The contact individuals for each ICR 
are listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section II.C.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Docket and Comment Information/Instructions

A. How Can I Access the Docket and/or Submit Comments?

1. Docket Access Instructions
    EPA has established a public docket for the ICR listed in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section II.B. The docket is available for 
online viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, or in-person viewing at 
the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC), 
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 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 ECDIC docket is (202) 566-1752.
    Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft collection of 
information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing 
of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the 
public docket that are available electronically. When in the system, 
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified in this 
document.
2. Instructions for submitting comments
    Submit your comments by one of the following methods:
    (a) Electronic Submission: Access www.regulations.gov and follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    (b) E-mail: [email protected].
    (c) Fax: (202) 566-9744.
    (d) Mail: Information Collection Request, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mailcode: 2822, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460.
    (e) Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Direct your comments to the specific docket listed in SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION, section II.B, and reference the OMB Control Number for the 
ICR. It is EPA's policy that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be confidential 
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information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or 
otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment 
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM that you submit. If EPA cannot read 
your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center 
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

B. What Information Is EPA Particularly Interested in?

    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA), EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collections of information are 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility.
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burdens 
of the proposed collections of information.
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected.
    4. Minimize the burden of the collections of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated or 
electronic collection technologies or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

C. What Should I Consider When I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing 
comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific 
examples.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used 
that support your views.
    4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you 
arrived at the estimate that you provide.
    5. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
    6. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified 
under DATES.
    7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket 
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page 
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal 
Register citation.

II. ICR To Be Renewed

A. For All ICR

    The Agency computed the burden for each of the recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the currently 
approved ICR listed in this notice. Where applicable, the Agency 
identified specific tasks and made assumptions, while being consistent 
with the concept of the PRA.
    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 to: 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.
    The listed ICR address Clean Air Act (CAA) information collection 
requirements in standards (i.e., regulations) which have mandatory 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Records collected under the 
national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) must 
be retained by the owner or operator for at least 5 years. In general, 
the required collections consist of emissions data and other 
information deemed not to be private.
    In the absence of such information collection requirements, 
enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether the 
standards are being met on a continuous basis as required by the CAA.
    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless the Agency displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations under Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations are 
published in the Federal Register, or on the related collection 
instrument or form. The display of OMB control numbers for certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated at 40 CFR part 9.

B. What Information Collection Activity or ICR Does This Apply to?

    In compliance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), this notice 
announces that EPA is planning to submit the following ICR to OMB:
    1. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0215.
    Title: Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfills (40 CFR part 60, subpart Cc).
    ICR Numbers: ICR Number 1893.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0430.
    ICR Status: New.
    2. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0196.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions 
From Primary Copper Smelters (40 CFR part 61, subpart O).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1089.04, OMB Control Number 2060-New.
    ICR Status: New.
    3. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0453.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group I Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, subpart U).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1746.01, OMB Control Number 2060-0356.
    ICR Status: Discontinued.
    4. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2001-0005.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1737.01, OMB Control Number 2060-0351.
    ICR Status: Discontinued.
    5. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0233.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast (40 CFR part 63, subpart CCCC).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1886.02, OMB Control Number 2060-New.

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    ICR Status: New.
    6. Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0089.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXX).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1982.01, OMB Control Number 2060-New.
    ICR Status: New.

C. Contact Individuals for ICR

    1. Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfills (40 CFR Part 60, subpart Cc); Hillary Ward, Office of 
Air Quality Planning and Standards at (919) 541-3154 or via E-mail to: 
[email protected]; EPA ICR Number 1893.05; OMB Control Number 2060-
0430.
    2. National Emission Standards for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From 
Primary Copper Smelters (40 CFR part 61, subpart O); Jeff Telander, 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards at (919) 541-5427 or via 
E-mail to: [email protected]; EPA ICR Number 1089.04; OMB Control 
Number 2060-New.
    3. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group I Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, subpart U); 
David Markwordt, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards at (919) 
541-0837 or via E-mail to: [email protected]; EPA ICR Number 
1746.01; OMB Control Number 2060-0356; Discontinued.
    4. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, Subpart JJJ); 
David Markwordt, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards at (919) 
541-0837 or via E-mail to: [email protected]; EPA ICR Number 
1737.01; OMB Control Number 2060-0351.
    5. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast (40 CFR part 63, subpart CCCC); Bill 
Shrock, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards at (919) 541-5032 
or via E-mail to: [email protected]; EPA ICR Number 1886.02; OMB 
Control Number 2060-New.
    6. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber 
Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXX); David Salman, Office 
of Air Quality Planning and Standards at (919) 541-0859 or via E-mail 
to: [email protected]; EPA ICR Number 1982.01; OMB Control Number 
2060-New.

D. Information for Individual ICR

    1. Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfills (40 CFR part 60, subpart Cc); Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0215, EPA ICR Number 1893.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0430.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
each existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill for which 
construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced before May 30, 
1991.
    The affected entities are subject to the emission guidelines at 40 
CFR part 60, subpart Cc.
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports and 
periodic recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with 
emission guidelines and compliance times for the control of certain 
designated pollutants from certain designated MSW landfills in 
accordance with section 111(d) of the CAA and subpart B of 40 CFR part 
60. Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Cc--Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal 
Solid Waste Landfills. All information submitted to EPA for which a 
claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the 
Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality 
of Business Information.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 72 hours per response.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Each existing MSW landfill for which 
construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced before May 30, 
1991.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 173.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly, annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,456.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $242,200. This includes an estimated 
burden cost of $242,200.
    2. National Emission Standards for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From 
Primary Copper Smelters (40 CFR part 61, Subpart O); Docket ID Number 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0196, EPA ICR Number 1089.04, OMB Control Number 2060-
New.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
primary copper smelters in the United States, including the District of 
Columbia, and all United States territories.
    The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of 
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 61, subpart A, and any changes, or additions to 
the General Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 61, subpart O.
    Abstract: Owners or operators of new or the 4 existing primary 
copper smelters are subject to the current rule (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart O) and no new smelters are projected. The existing rule 
establishes design, equipment, work practice, and operational standards 
for primary copper smelters where the total arsenic charging rate for 
the copper converter department averaged over a 1-year period is less 
than 75 kilograms/hour (hr) (165 pounds/hr), as determined under 40 CFR 
61.174(f). Arsenic emissions from all four of these smelters are below 
the regulatory threshold and are not required to operate air emission 
controls or monitoring systems. The existing rule requires that these 
smelters perform monthly sampling and analyses to determine the 
converter charging rate, keep a daily log, and submit annual reports to 
demonstrate that inorganic arsenic emissions remain under the 
regulatory threshold. Respondents are owners or operators of new or 
existing primary copper smelters. Responses to the collection are 
mandatory under 40 CFR part 61, subpart O, National Emission Standards 
for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From Primary Copper Smelters.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 792 hours per response.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Primary Copper Smelters.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,167.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: The estimated total annual cost for 
the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements for the four 
existing facilities subject to the Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from 
Primary Copper Smelters NESHAP is 3,167 person-hours, with an annual 
average cost of $297,703, an operation and maintenance (O&M) cost of 
$2,000, and no capital costs.
    3. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group I Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, subpart U); 
Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0453, EPA ICR Number 1746.01, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0356.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which produce elastomers and thermoplastics.

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    The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of 
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes or additions to 
the General Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart U.
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports and 
periodic recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with 
Federal standards for hazardous air pollutants from the production of 
elastomers and thermoplastics. Responses to the collection are 
mandatory under 40 CFR part 63, subpart U--National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Group I Polymers and Resins. All 
information submitted to EPA for which a claim of confidentiality is 
made will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in 
40 CFR part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 2,935 hours per response.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Producers of elastomers and 
thermoplastics.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 43.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually, quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 126,227.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $4,060,000. This includes an estimated 
burden cost of $4,060,000.
    4. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ); 
Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2001-0005, EPA ICR Number 1737.01, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0351.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacturer acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin, styrene 
acrylonitrile resin, methyl methacrylate acrylonitrile butadiene 
styrene resin, methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene resin, polystyrene 
resin, polyethylene terephthalate resin, and nitrile resin.
    The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of 
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes or additions to 
the General Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ.
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports and 
periodic recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with 
Federal standards for hazardous air pollutants from the manufacture of 
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin, styrene acrylonitrile resin, 
methyl methacrylate acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin, methyl 
methacrylate butadiene styrene resin, polystyrene resin, and nitrile 
resin. Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart JJJ--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant 
Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins. All information submitted to 
the EPA for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be 
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR part 
2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 3,980 hours per response.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers of acrylonitrile 
butadiene styrene resin, styrene acrylonitrile resin, methyl 
methacrylate acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin, methyl methacrylate 
butadiene styrene resin, polystyrene resin, and nitrile resin.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 91.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually, quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 362,500.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $11,647,000. This includes an 
estimated burden cost of $11,647,000.
    5. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast (40 CFR part 63); Docket ID Number 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0233, EPA ICR Number 1886.02, OMB Control Number 2060-
New.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacturer varieties of saccharomyces cerevisiae 
nutritional yeast made for the purpose of becoming an ingredient in 
dough for bread or other yeast-raised baked product, and for becoming a 
nutritional food additive in the United States, including the District 
of Columbia, and all United States territories.
    The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of 
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes or additions to 
the General Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart CCCC.
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports and 
periodic recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with 
Federal standards for hazardous air pollutants from the manufacture of 
nutritional yeast. Respondents are manufacturers of nutritional yeast. 
Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40 CFR part 63, subpart 
CCCC--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast. All information submitted to the 
EPA for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded 
according to the Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart 
B--Confidentiality of Business Information.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 350 hours per response.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers of saccharomyces 
cerevisiae nutritional yeast.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually, quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,459.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $295,436. This includes an estimated 
burden cost of $146,972 and an estimated cost of $148,463 for capital 
investment or O&M costs.
    6. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber 
Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXX); Docket ID Number 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0089, EPA ICR Number 1982.01, OMB Control Number 2060-
New.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacturer rubber tires.
    The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of 
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes or additions to 
the General Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart XXXX.
    Abstract: The information collection includes initial reports and 
periodic recordkeeping necessary for EPA to ensure compliance with 
Federal standards for hazardous air pollutants from the manufacture of 
rubber tires. Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart XXXX--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing. All information submitted to the 
EPA for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded 
according to the Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart 
B--Confidentiality of Business Information.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 355 hours per response.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers of rubber tires.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 38.

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    Frequency of Response: Semiannually, quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,800.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,055,000. This includes an estimated 
burden cost of $701,000 and an estimated cost of $1,354,000 for capital 
investment or O&M costs.
    EPA will consider any comments received and may amend any of the 
above ICR, as appropriate. Then the final ICR packages will be 
submitted to OMB for review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At 
that time, EPA will issue one or more Federal Register notices pursuant 
to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB 
and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have 
any questions about any of the above ICR or the approval process, 
please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: August 28, 2008.
Jenny Noonan Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Planning and Standards.
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