[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56492-56493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27390]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6460-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance of Volatile Organic
Compound (VOC) Emissions From the Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI), Air Oxidation Unit Processes; and
Distillation Operations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
[[Page 56493]]
3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standards of Performance of
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from the Synthetic Organic
Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI), Air Oxidation Unit Processes;
and Distillation Operations OMB Control Number 2060-0197, expiration
date 12/31/99. The ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it
includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 19, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or download a copy
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 0998.06.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Standards of Performance of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
(SOCMI), Air Oxidation Unit Processes, Subpart III, and Distillation
Operations, Subpart NNN; OMB Control No. 2060-0197; EPA ICR No.
0998.06, expiration 12/31/99. This is a request for an extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 60.610,
subpart III, Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from SOCMI Air
Oxidation Unit Processes and 40 CFR 60.660, subpart NNN, Standards of
Performance for VOC from SOCMI Distillation Operations. This
information is used by the Agency to identify sources subject to the
standards and to insure that the best demonstrated technology is being
properly applied. The standards require periodic recordkeeping to
document process information relating to the sources' ability to meet
the requirements of the standard and to note the operation conditions
under which compliance was achieved.
In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from SOCMI air
oxidation unit processes and distillation operations 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. Owners or operators of the affected facilities
described must make the following one-time-only reports: notification
of the date of construction or reconstruction; notification of the
anticipated and actual dates of startup; notification of any physical
or operational change to an existing facility which may increase the
regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the
initial performance test; and the results of the initial performance
test. Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports and
records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
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
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 06/04/99
(64 FR 30011); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 50
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; 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: Owners/Operators of the Synthetic
Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry
Estimated No. of Respondents: 2,767
Frequency of Response: Semiannual
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 278,687 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden:
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 0998.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0197 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20460; and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: October 13, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-27390 Filed 10-19-99; 8:45 am]
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