[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54342-54343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26814]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 63
[AD-FRL-5628-9]
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
Source Categories: Group IV Polymers and Resins
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule preamble correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects two errors in the preamble to the
national emission standards for hazardous air pollutant emissions from
Group IV polymers and resins published in the Federal Register on
September 12, 1996 (61 FR 48208).
EFFECTIVE DATE: This action is effective September 12, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this
correction document contact Mr. Robert Rosensteel, (919) 541-5608,
Organic Chemicals Group, Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document makes two corrections to the
preamble to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant
Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins published in the Federal
Register on September 12, 1996 (61 FR 48208). First, we are correcting
a discrepancy between the paper and electronic versions of the preamble
sent to the Office of the Federal Register. In making this first change
we are also altering the preamble language for the Group IV Polymers
and Resins final rule to make the language consistent with the language
contained in the preamble for the Group I Polymers and Resins final
rule (61 FR 16093). Neither of these changes represent any change to
EPA policy. Second, the published version of the preamble did not
contain corrections to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) section (i.e.,
VI., C.) to reflect approval of the Information Collection Request by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); approval of the Information
Collection Request was received just prior to publication of the final
rule. There are no changes required to the regulatory text because the
carcinogenicity of certain hazardous air pollutants is not discussed in
the regulatory text and the regulatory text correctly reflects OMB
approval of the Information Collection Request.
Dated: September 26, 1996.
Mary D. Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
The following corrections are being made in the preamble for:
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions from
Group IV Polymers and Resins published in the Federal Register on
September 12, 1996 (61 FR 48208):
1. The fifth paragraph of Section II. Summary of Considerations
Made in Developing These Standards, A. Purpose of Standards is
corrected to read as follows:
II. * * *
A. * * *
* * * In regard to carcinogenicity, some of these pollutants are
considered to be mutagens and carcinogens, and all can cause reversible
or irreversible toxic effects following exposure.
This same paragraph previously read as follows:
* * * In regard to carcinogenicity, some of the organic HAP
controlled under these standards are either probable (i.e.,
acetaldehyde, dioxane, acrylonitrile, and butadiene) or possible (i.e.,
styrene) human carcinogens.
2. Paragraph C. Paperwork Reduction Act of Section VI.
Administrative Requirements is being corrected to reflect approval of
the Information Collection Request. This paragraph previously portrayed
the Information Collection Request as not being approved and requested
comments regarding the recordkeeping and reporting burden. The
corrected text is as follows:
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
The OMB has approved the information collection requirements
contained in this standard under the provisions of the PRA [44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.] and has assigned OMB control number 2060-0351.
The EPA is authorized by the Clean Air Act to collect information
required to ensure compliance with NESHAP. Data obtained from the
semiannual Periodic Reports and any other periodic reports and data
obtained during visits by EPA personnel from records maintained by the
respondents will be tabulated and published for internal EPA use in
compliance and enforcement programs. Information contained in the
Notification of Compliance Status will be entered into the Aerometric
Information Retrieval Systems Facility Subsystem maintained and
operated by the EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
This collection of information has an estimated annual
recordkeeping and reporting burden of 4,000 hours per respondent. These
estimates include time for all the aspects of burden as defined in the
1995 PRA and presented below. 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 existing ways of complying 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.
In addition to hours burden associated with the collection of
information, the 1995 PRA requires the EPA to estimate the total annual
cost burden resulting from the collection of information, exclusive of
the hours burden. The 1995 PRA indicates that this cost should include
capital costs, as well as operation and maintenance costs, associated
with preparations for collecting information; monitoring,
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sampling, and testing equipment; and record storage facilities.
However, these costs should not include equipment or services purchased
(1) prior to October 1, 1995, (2) to achieve regulatory compliance with
requirements not associated with the information collection, (3) for
reasons other than to provide information or keep records for the
government, or (4) as part of customary and usual business or private
practices. The 1995 PRA also provides for the solicitation of
information required to develop these costs through multiple Federal
Register notices. However, the time period available to develop these
costs was not sufficient to allow the EPA to solicit the information
required. In the absence of actual data, the EPA has judged it is
reasonable to consider that these costs are negligible and has
indicated this on the OMB Form 83-I with zeros. While there may be some
respondents that experience costs, because the emissions from this
industry are already fairly well-controlled, the EPA judges that most
respondents will already have the required equipment (capital cost),
and will have already been incurring the operation and maintenance
costs.
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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The EPA
is amending 40 CFR Part 9, Section 9.1, to indicate the information
collection requirements contained in these final standards.
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