[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 43 (Thursday, March 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10870-10874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5719]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5973-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities
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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting
the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described
below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 4, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of
Compliance. People interested in getting copies of these ICRs should
direct inquires or comments to the Office of Compliance, Mail Code
2224A, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. Information may also
be acquired electronically through the Enviro$en$e Bulletin Board,
(703) 908-2092 or the Enviro$en$e WWW/Internet Address, http//
wastenot.inel.gov./envirosense/. All responses and comments will be
collected regularly for Enviro$en$e.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Howie, (202) 564-4146,
facsimile number (202) 564-0085, e-mail:
(howie.stephen@epamail.epa.gov.), for Producers of Pesticides; Scott
Throwe, (202) 564-7013, Facsimile number (202) 564-0050, e-mail:
(throwe.scott@epamail.epa.gov.), for NSPS Subpart F, Portland Cement;
Dan Chadwick, (202) 564-7054, Facsimile number (202) 564-0050, e-mail
(chadwick.dan@epamail.gov), for NSPS Subpart Y, Coal Preparation;
Stephen Howie, (202) 564-4146, Facsimile number (202) 564-0085, e-mail:
(howie.stephen@epamail.epa.gov), for NSPS Subpart NN, Phosphate Rock;
Maria Malave, (202) 564-7027, Facsimile number (202) 564-0050, e-
mail(MALAVE.MARIA @EPAMAIL. EPA.GOV.), for NSPS Subpart VVV, Polymeric
Coating of Supporting; and Virginia Lathrop, 202/564-7057, Facsimile
number 202/564-0050, e-mail: (lathrop.virginia @epamail. epa.gov.), for
NESHAP Subpart Y, Marine Vessel Loading.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Producers of Pesticides, Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers
of Pesticides Under Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as amended (FIFRA)
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those which produce pesticides.
Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Producers of Pesticides under
section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as
amended (FIFRA). OMB Control Number 2070-0028, expires 8/31/98.
Abstract: Section 8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) states that the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency may prescribe regulations requiring
producers, registrants and applicants for registration to maintain such
records with respect to their operations and the effective enforcement
of this Act as the Administrator determines are necessary for the
effective enforcement of FIFRA and to make such records available for
inspection and copying as specified in the statute. The regulations at
40 CFR Part 169 (Books and Records of Pesticide Production and
Distribution) specify the following records that producers must keep
and the disposition of those records: production data for pesticides,
devices, or active ingredients (including pesticides produced pursuant
to an experimental use permit); receipt by the producer of pesticides,
devices, or active ingredients used in producing pesticides; delivery,
moving, or holding of pesticides; inventory; domestic advertising for
restricted use pesticides; guarantees; exports; disposal; human
testing; and tolerance petitions. Additionally, section 8 gives the
Agency inspectional authority to monitor the validity of research data
(including raw data), including data developed in accordance with Good
Laboratory Practice Standards, and used to support pesticide
registration. The EPA or States/Indian Tribes operating under
Cooperative Enforcement Agreements make use of the records required by
section 8 through periodically inspecting them to help determine FIFRA
compliance of those subject to the provisions of the Act. In addition,
producers themselves make use of such records in order to comply with
reporting requirements under FIFRA section 7 and 40 CFR Part 167.85.
(Those reporting requirements, concerning the types and amounts of
pesticides produced annually at each producing site, are addressed in
the ICR entitled ``Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing
Establishments,'' OMB Docket Number 2000-0029.)
Since most of the records required to be maintained are likely to
be collected and maintained in the course of good business practice,
the records are generally stored on site at either the establishment
producing the pesticide or at the place of business of the person
holding the registration. However, the registrant may decide to
transfer records relating to disposal of pesticides and human testing
to EPA for storage because of a twenty year retention requirement for
the records. 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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the
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proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The average annual burden to industry for this
collection of information is estimated to be 2 hours per response,
including time for reviewing instructions, planning activities,
gathering and reviewing for accuracy, and storing or maintaining the
information. An estimated 12,336 producing establishments must respond
annually to this burden, for a total burden of 24,672 hours. The
estimated number of establishments for this ICR is based on the fact
that there are 12,336 pesticide producing establishments currently
registered with EPA. This is not significantly different from the
12,683 establishments that were registered at the time of the last ICR
renewal three years ago. EPA does not expect any significant changes in
the regulatory program or in the industry that would change the number
of producers during the next three years. Therefore, EPA believes that
the current tally of registered establishments is a reliable estimate
of the average number of respondents for the next three years. This
estimate 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.
NSPS Subpart F, Portland Cement
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
portland cement plants with the following facilities: kilns, clinker
coolers, raw mill systems, raw mill dryers, raw material storage,
clinker storage, finished product storage, conveyor transfer points,
bagging and bulk loading and unloading systems.
Title: NSPS Subpart F, Portland Cement, OMB Control Number 2060-
0025, expires 8/31/98.
Abstract: The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from
portland cement plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Owners/
operators of portland cement plants must notify EPA of construction,
modification, startups, shut downs, date and results of initial
performance test and excess emissions. In order to ensure compliance
with the standards promulgated to protect public health, adequate
reporting and recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such
information enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether
the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the
Clean Air Act.
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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6750
hours. 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: 94.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 72.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: 72.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6750 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $342,019.20.
NSPS Subpart Y, Coal Preparation
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those coal preparation plants which process more than 200 tons per day
for which construction is or was commenced after October 24, 1974.
Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Subpart Y,
Standards of performance for Coal Preparation plants--Reporting and
Recordkeeping, OMB Control Number 2060-0122, expires 8/31/98. This is a
request for extension of a currently approved information collection.
Abstract: This ICR is for an extension of an existing information
collection in support of the Clean Air Act, as described under the
general NSPS at 40 CFR 60.7--60.8 and the specific NSPS regulating
emissions from coal preparation plants at 40 CFR 60.253. The
information will be used by EPA to direct monitoring, inspection and
enforcement efforts, thereby ensuring facility compliance with the
NSPS.
Owners and operators of all new facilities subject to this NSPS,
estimated at 18 facilities per year, must provide EPA with:
(1) Notification of the date of construction or reconstruction,
(2) Notification of the anticipated and actual dates of the start
up, and
(3) Notification of the date for continuous monitoring system (CMS)
demonstration. The EPA estimates the respondent universe to expand at
an annual rate of 18 new facilities over the next 3 years.
Owners and operators of all affected facilities must report to EPA:
(1) Any physical or operational change to their facility which may
result in an increase in the regulated pollutant emission rate. An
estimated 18 existing facilities will submit reports of physical or
operational changes each year, over the next three years. All
facilities must maintain records on the facility operation that
document: (1) The
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occurrence and duration of any startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions;
(2) measurements of particulate matter (PM) emissions; (3) pressure
drops across any scrubber system; and (4) the initial performance test
results of the CMS demonstration. All subject facilities must maintain
records related to compliance for two years.
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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for
the currently approved 1993 Information Collection Request(ICR). Where
applicable, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions,
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper
Reduction Act.
Public reporting burden for facilities subject to this collection
of information is estimated to average 86.5 hours per response for new
facilities and 12 hours per response for existing facilities including
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Public recordkeeping burden is estimated to
average 26 hours per recordkeeper annually. The estimated number of
respondents for this NSPS is 18 new facilities and 18 existing
facilities. The frequency of response is one time for new facilities
and occasionally for existing facilities.
This estimate 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.
NSPS Subpart NN, Phosphate Rock
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
owners and operators of phosphate rock plants.
Title: NSPS Subpart NN Phosphate Rock Plants. OMB Number 2060-0111,
expires 08/31/98.
Abstract: Particulate matter emissions from phosphate rock plants
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.
The control of emissions of particulate matter from phosphate rock
plants requires not only the installation of properly designed
equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment.
Emissions of particulate matter from phosphate rock plants are the
result of operation of the calciners, dryers, grinders, and ground rock
handling and storage facilities. These standards rely on the capture of
particulate emissions by a baghouse or wet scrubber.
In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate
recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such information
enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether the
standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the Clean
Air Act.
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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The average annual burden to the industry over
the next three years is estimated to be 2069 person hours. This is
based on a total of 22 plants and an estimated per-plant burden of
approximately 94 hours. This estimate assumes that all plants estimated
to be in existence during the last ICR will operate throughout the next
three years, and that no new plants will be constructed during the next
three years. This estimate 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.
NSPS Subpart VVV, Polymeric Coating of Supporting
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
facilities of each coating operation and any on-site coating mix
preparation equipment used to prepare coatings for the polymeric
coating of supporting substrates for which construction, modification
or reconstruction after, April 30, 1987, the date of proposal.
Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the Polymeric
Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities, Part 60, Subpart VVV; OMB
Control Number 2060-0181, expires 8/31/98.
Abstract: In addition to the monitoring, recordkeeping and
notification requirements specified in the General Provisions in
Sec. 60.7(a), (b), (d) and (f), and Sec. 60.8(a) and (d), owners or
operators are to comply with the requirements specified in NSPS Subpart
VVV, as follows:
Install and calibrate all monitoring devices required
under the provisions of
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Sec. 60.744 according to the manufacturer's specifications, prior to
the initial performance test in location such that representatives'
values of the monitored parameters will be obtained. The parameters to
be monitored shall be continuously measured and recorded during each
performance test.
Maintain records of all measurements of performance test
and results including estimates of projected and actual VOC use and
monitored operating parameters use in demonstrating compliance, as
required by Sec. 60.747. Records must be retained for at least 2 years.
Reporting requirements include: (1) report on the initial
compliance report that includes initial performance test results, the
monthly schedule to be used in making compliance determinations, design
and equipment specifications and compliance method; (2) semiannual
reports of compliance and of statement of no exceedances; (3)
semiannual reports of monitoring exceedance; and, (4) quarterly reports
of periods of noncompliance recorded under Sec. 60.744(b) and (c).
Any affected facility for which the amount of VOC used is
less than 95 Mg per 12-month period is subject only to the requirements
of Secs. 60.744(b), 60.747(b) and 60.747(c).
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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for
the currently approved 1995 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions,
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper
Reduction Act. A 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.
This estimate is based on the assumption that there would be 7 new
affected facilities over the three years of the existing ICR and that
there were approximately 31.2 sources in existence at the start of the
three years covered by the ICR. The annual burden of reporting and
recordkeeping requirements for facilities subject to Subpart VVV are
summarized by the following information. The reporting requirements are
as follows: Read Instructions (1 person-hour), Initial performance test
(280 person-hours). It is assumed that 20% of tests are repeated due to
failure. Estimates for report writing are: Notification of
construction/reconstruction (2 person-hours), Notification of
anticipated startup (2 person-hours), Notification of actual startup (1
person-hour), Notification of initial performance test (2 person-
hours), Report of performance test (included in reporting requirements
listed above), Monthly complying test (90 person-hours), Report of
monitoring exceedances and periods of noncompliance (16 person-hours),
Report of no excess emissions (8 person-hours), and Report of physical/
operational changes (4 person-hours). We assume to estimate the
reporting requirement burden that: 1) 20 percent of sources report
monitoring exceedances or periods of noncompliance quarterly, 2) 80
percent of lines report no excess emissions semiannually, 3) operating
parameters recorded 350 days per year, and 4) one occurrence per week
of shutdown or malfunction. Records must be kept for a period of two
years. The average burden to industry over the three years of the
current ICR from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements was
estimated to be 5,957.57 person-hours.
NESHAP Subpart Y, Marine Vessel Loading
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those which: are in the standard industrial code 4491, for Marine Cargo
Handling.
Title: Federal Standards for Marine Tank Vessel Loading and
Unloading Operations, and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
pollutants for Marine Tank Vessels Loading and unloading operations.
OMB control number 2060-0289, expires 9/30/98. [40 CFR 63.560 et.seq.]
Abstract: The respondents are owners or operators of new and
existing marine tank vessel loading facilities that are in operation
after promulgation of the federal standards and NESHAP in 1995. There
are an estimated 1,500 marine tank vessels loading facilities
nationwide. Of these approximately 20 have annual gasoline throughput
greater than 10 million barrels (bbl) or annual crude oil throughput
greater than 200 million bbl and are required to control emissions of
volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutants (HAP)
under section 183(f) for the Clean Air Act (the ACT). These facilities
would require the application of reasonably available control
technology (RACT). Excluding the 20 facilities subject the RACT,
approximately 85 facilities have annual HAP emissions of greater than
15 tons and would be required to control emissions of HAP under Section
112(d) of the Act. These facilities would be subject to NESHAP and
would require the application of maximum available control technology
(MACT). The number of new marine tank vessel loading facilities is
expected to be low because no net growth is predicted for this
industry.
Facilities, required to install controls under these standards or
that have to fulfill the applicable reporting and record keeping
requirements of the general provisions of 40 CFR Part 63, submit the
following reports: (1) initial notification of applicability report;
(2) notification of intent to do performance testing and monitoring
system performance evaluation: (3) initial notification of compliance
status; (4) operation and Maintenance records (including inspection
schedule); (5) monitoring records; and (6) annual reports of
exceedences of the emission limits (ongoing compliance status reports).
Annual reports of any
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exceedences of monitored values and description and timing of steps
taken to address the cause of the exceedances would also be required.
These facilities must also maintain documentation that the vessels
loaded at the facilities are vapor tight. Consistent with the general
provisions of 40 CFR 63, all information will be make readily available
to the Administrator or delegated state authority upon request for a
minimum of 5 years.
All reports are submitted to the respondent's state or Local agency
whichever has been delegated enforcement authority by EPA. The
information is used to determine that sources subject to RACT and MACT
are achieving the standards.
The EPA is required under Section 183(f) of the Act to regulate
emissions of VOC and HAP. The EPA is also required under section 112(d)
of the Act to regulate emissions of HAP listed in section 112(b). The
predominant HAP emitted during vessel loading operations include
hexane, benzene, toluene, and methanol. Other less frequently emitted
HAP include xylenes and ethyl benzene.
Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the
Administrator to: (1) identify new, modified, reconstructed, and
existing resources subject to the standards and (2) ensure that the
standards, which are based on RACT and MACT, are being achieved. These
records and reports are required under the general provisions of 40 CFR
63 Subpart A (authorized under sections 101, 112, 114, 116, and 301 of
the Clean Air Act as amended by public 101-549 [42 U.S.C. 7401,
7412,7414, 7416, 7601]).
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.
All information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of
confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency
policies set forth in title 40, Chapter 1, part 2, Subpart B,
confidentiality of business information (see 40 CFR part 2; 41 CFR
36902, Sept. 1, 1997, amended by 43 FR 39999, Sept. 8, 1978 ; 43 FR
42251, September 28, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979.).
The primary industry Standard Industrial Classification code for
this industry and respondents is 4491, for Marine Cargo Handling. The
information collected by the Agency is used by Agency personnel to (1)
identify new, modified, reconstructed , and existing sources subject to
the standards; (2) ensure that RACT and MACT are being properly
applied; and (3) ensure that emission control systems used by owner or
operator to meet the standards are properly operated and maintained on
a continual basis. In addition, records and reports are necessary to
enable the Agency to identify facilities that may not be in compliance
with the standards. Based on reported information, the Agency can
decide which facilities should be inspected and what records or
processes should be inspected at facilities. The records that
facilities maintain would indicate to the Agency where the owners or
operators are in compliance with the standards, and operating and
maintaining control equipment properly. In order to minimize the
burden, much of the information the Agency would need to determine
compliance, is to be kept as records and would not need to be routinely
reported to the Agency. EPA can determine compliance though inspections
and review of the records.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: For respondents, the annual burden is for record
keeping and reporting and is derived from estimates based on Agency
experience with other standards. The labor rates and associated costs
are based on estimated hourly rates of technical at $35, management at
$51, and clerical at $16. The total recurring annual hours are
approximately 28,100 and there are an additional approximately 44,000
hours that will be incurred on a one time basis only. The estimated
first year burden is 72,111 annual burden hours for reporting and
record keeping. In the second and third years the estimates are 28,132
hours for reporting and record keeping. The yearly average for the
first 3 years is 42,792 hours. The average early burden per respondent
is 42,792 / 105 = 408 hours. The total recurring annual costs are
approximately $958,000 and there is an additional cost of approximately
$1,500,000 that will be incurred on a one time only basis in the first
year. The first year entails burden for existing resources which have
one time activities, such as performing emission testing, submitting
compliance status information reports, developing record keeping and
implementation plans. The second and third years will not require these
reports, but only burden hours for ongoing record keeping. So for each
of these years the total recurring annual cost is estimated at
$958,000.
This estimate 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.
The only cost for the Agency in this analysis is the user costs
associated with analysis of the information reported annually by the
sources. About 11,977 hours would be used annually to review reports or
attend performance tests. This amounts to about $446,584 each year.
Dated: February 24, 1998.
Elaine G. Stanley,
Director, Office of Compliance.
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