[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 98 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25222-25223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12629]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5508-2; OMB #2060-0043; EPA #1081.05]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Inorganic
Arsenic Emissions From Glass Manufacturing Facilities (Subpart N)
agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
action: Notice.
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summary: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), this notice announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants: Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Glass Manufacturing
Facilities (Subpart N) described below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 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 June 19, 1996..
for further information or a copy call: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 2060-0043.
supplementary information:
Title: OMB Control No. 2060-0043; EPA ICR No. 1081.05. This is a
request for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Administrator has judged that arsenic emissions from
glass manufacturing plants cause or contribute to air pollution that
may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
Owners or operators of sources covered by these standards are subject
to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the standards as
well as those standards prescribed in the General Provisions of the
NESHAP.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
the following one-time-only reports: Application for approval of
construction or modification (new sources) or a source report (existing
sources or new sources with initial start-up preceding effective date
of standard); and notification of anticipated and actual dates of
start-up. Calculations estimating new emission levels must be reported
whenever a change of operation is made that would potentially increase
emissions.
Sources subject to these standards are required to demonstrate
initial compliance through emission tests. In addition, a continuous
monitoring system for the measurement of the opacity of emissions from
any control device must be installed and operated. Records of
continuous emission monitoring (CEM) results and other data needed to
determine emission concentrations shall be maintained at the source and
made available for inspection for a minimum of two years.
A written report of each period for which emission rates exceeded
the emission limits is required semiannually. All reports are sent to
the delegated State or local authority. In the event that there is no
such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA
Regional Office. Applications and source reports are sent directly to
the EPA Regional Office. Applications and source reports are used to
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject
to the standards, and the nature of that source. Notification of start-
up informs the reviewing authority at what date the source becomes
subject to the standards. The reviewing authority may then inspect the
source to check if the pollution control devices are properly installed
and operated.
Reports, including calculations estimating any subsequent emission
levels, are necessary to keep the Agency informed about the source's
activities in terms of hazardous air pollutant 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 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on September
29, 1995.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6,769
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: 47.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 47.
Frequency of Response: 2.
Estimated Number of Responses: 43.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6769 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $206,116.
Sent 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. 1081.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0043 in any
correspondence.
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Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE 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: May 14, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12629 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]
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