[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29551-29556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14681]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5517-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards for Subparts DD, DDD,
I, JJJ, L, and RRR
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 Request
(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 August 12, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of
Compliance. People interested in getting copies of or making comments
about these ICRs should direct inquiries or comments to the Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2224A, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 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: Kenneth Harmon, (202) 564-7049,
facsimile number (202) 564-0037, for NSPS Subpart DD; Sandi Jones,
(202) 564-7038, facsimile number (202) 564-0037, for NSPS Subpart DDD;
Scott Throwe, (202) 564-7013, facsimile number (202) 564-0050, for NSPS
Subpart I; Joyce Chandler, (202) 564-7073, facsimile number (202) 564-
0037, for NSPS Subpart JJJ; Jane M. Engert, (202) 564-5021, facsimile
number (202) 564-0050, or via e-mail ([email protected]),
for NSPS Subpart L; and Darlene Williams, (202) 564-7031 or via e-mail
([email protected] EPA.GOV.), for NSPS Subpart RRR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NSPS Subpart DD Supplementary Information
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
each truck unloading station, truck loading station, barge and ship
unloading station, barge and ship loading station, railcar loading
station, railcar unloading station, grain dryer, and all grain handling
operations at any grain terminal elevator or any grain storage
elevator.
Title: NSPS Subpart DD: Standards of Performance for Grain
Elevators, OMB control Number 2060-0082, expires November 30, 1996.
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.300,
et seq., Subpart DD, New Source Performance Standards for Grain
Elevators. This information notifies EPA when a source becomes subject
to the regulations, informs the Agency if a source is in compliance
when it begins operation, and informs the Agency if the source remained
in compliance during any period of startup, shutdown, or malfunction.
In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from
grain elevators 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, as required
under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
Controlling emissions of particulate matter from grain elevators
requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but
also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. Particulate
emissions from grain elevators are the result of grain drying and grain
handling operations, including loading and unloading. These standards
rely on the proper operation of particulate control devices such as
baghouses and equipment such as shed doors and spouts designed to
reduce particulate emission during grain unloading and loading.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities subject to NSPS
Subpart DD 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 that may increase the
rate of emission of the regulated pollutant; notification of the date
of the initial performance test; and the results of the initial
performance test, including information necessary to determine the
conditions of the performance test and performance test measurements
and results, including particulate matter concentration and opacity.
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, as well as the nature and cause of
the malfunction (if known) and corrective measures taken. These
notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of all
sources subject to NSPS. Without such information, enforcement
personnel would be unable to determine if the standards are being met
on a continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.
EPA estimates that one additional source will become subject to the
standard in each of the next three 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 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
The required information consists of emissions data and other
information that have been determined not to be private. However, any
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 2; 41 FR 36902,
September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR
42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 1764, March 23, 1979).
The EPA solicits 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
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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 current ICR estimates the average total
annual burden to industry to be $3,261. This is based on an estimated
average total annual burden for this industry of 107.1 person-hours.
The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per
hour, plus 110 percent overhead.
EPA's estimate of 107.1 average total annual burden hours over the
three year life of this ICR represents a 21 percent decrease from the
134.85 hours estimated in the previous ICR. This downward adjustment,
however, results from EPA's discovery of a calculation error that
overstated the true burden.
To account for the annual burden hours associated with the startup,
shutdown, and malfunction recordkeeping activities of the estimated one
new source annually over the three year life of the ICR, the prior ICR
and this ICR both assume that 1.5 sources represents the average number
of new sources over three years. This average number of new sources is
added to the number of existing sources, and the total estimated annual
average number of sources is multiplied by the estimated annual burden
hours per source for these activities. In the prior ICR, the average
number of new sources, 1.5, was added to the number of existing
sources, 60, but the estimated burden annual hours per source, 1, was
mistakenly multiplied by 1.5 before the estimated annual average number
of sources, 61.5, was multiplied by the estimated annual burden hours
per source, 1.5[sic]. As a result, the burden hours, 92.25, and cost,
$2,809.01, associated with these activities were overstated by 50
percent, skewing the estimated total annual burden to industry by 30.75
hours and $936.34.
The estimated annual burden is calculated as one hour for the newly
subject respondent to read the reporting requirements; 24 hours for the
new respondent to perform the initial performance test, 4.8 hours
annually to account for the estimated 20 percent of performance tests
that must be repeated, 4 hours for the new respondent to perform the
Method 9 tests, 0.8 hours annually to account for the estimated 20
percent of Method 9 tests that must be repeated, two hours to prepare
and send the notification of construction/reconstruction of the newly-
subject source, two hours to prepare and send notification of
anticipated startup, two hours to prepare and send notification of
actual startup, and two hours to prepare and send notification of the
initial performance test. Together, these information collection
activities required of the anticipated one new source annually amount
to and average of 42.6 person hours at a cost of $1,297. Additionally,
EPA estimates that established sources will spend an average of an hour
annually entering information regarding startups, shutdowns, and
malfunctions. Assuming 63 existing sources and one addition source for
each of the three years that this ICR will be in effect, EPA estimates
an average of 64.5 sources annually will each devote one person hour to
these activities for a total of 64.5 person hours, at a cost of $1,964.
Therefore, the estimated total annual industry burden is 107.1 hours at
a cost of $3,261.
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.
NSPS Subpart DDD Supplementary Information
Affected entities: Approximately 30 sources are currently subject
to the standard, and it is estimated that an additional 10 sources per
year will become subject to the standard in the next three years.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the pollutants regulated under
this Subpart. Entities potentially affected by this action are
facilities involved in the manufacture of polypropylene, polystyrene,
or poly(ethylene terephthalate)for which construction, modification or
reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal, or after January
10, 1989, depending on the process section.
Title: Subpart DDD: Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic
Compound Emissions from the Polymer Manufacturing Industry, OMB Control
Number 2060-0145, expires December 31, 1996.
Abstract: This ICR contains recording and reporting requirements
under 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart DDD, that apply to facilities involved in
the manufacture of polymers. 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 affected facilities include: (1) For polypropylene and
polyethylene manufacturing, each raw materials preparation section,
each polymerization reaction section, each material recovery section,
each product finishing section, and each product storage section; (2)
for polystyrene manufacturing processes, each material recovery
section; and (3) for poly(ethylene terephthalate) manufacturing, each
polymerization reaction section. For equipment leaks, the affected
facilities are each group of fugitive emissions equipment within any
process unit.
In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from the polymer
manufacturing industry cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
Consequently, NSPS were promulgated for this source category.
In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate
recordkeeping is necessary. This information enables the Agency to
determine whether the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as
required by the Clean Air Act.
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 a 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.
In addition, owners/operators of affected facilities are required
to record periods of operation during which the performance boundaries
are exceeded, results of flare pilot flame monitoring, all periods of
operation of a boiler or process heater, and to continuously record the
indication of any emission stream diverted away from the control
device. Records of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be
noted as
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they occur. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this
part shall maintain a file of all of these records, and retain the file
for at least two years following the date of such measurements and
records.
The reporting requirements for this industry currently include the
initial notifications listed, the initial performance test results, and
semiannual reports. Semiannual reports shall include the following: all
exceedances of parameter boundaries; all periods during which the vent
stream is diverted from the control device; all periods when the boiler
or process heater was not operated; all periods in which the pilot
flame of the flare was absent; and any recalculation of the TRE index
value.
All reports are sent to the delegated State or local authority. In
the event that there is not such delegated authority, the reports are
sent directly to the EPA Regional Office. Notifications are used to
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject
to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to
check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and
operated and the standard is being met. Performance test reports are
needed as these are the Agency's record of a source's initial
capability to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating
conditions under which compliance was achieved. The semiannual reports
are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and
maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
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.
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 estimate was based on the assumption that
there would be 10 new affected facilities each year and that there
would be an annual average of 45 affected facilities over each of the
next three years covered by the ICR. For new sources, it was estimated
that it would take 10 person-hours to read the instructions, 3,600
person hours to conduct the initial performance tests and 720 person
hours for a total of 4,320 person hours (assuming that 20% of the tests
must be repeated), and 70 person hours to gather the information and
write the initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it
would take 270 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 4,095
person hours to enter information for records of operating parameters.
The annual average burden to industry for the three-year period
covered by this ICR from record keeping and reporting requirements has
been estimated at 8,765 person hours. The respondents cost were
calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110% overhead. The
total annual burden to industry is estimated at $266,894.
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.
NSPS Subpart I Supplementary Information
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those which are subject to New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
Subpart, Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities.
Title: NSPS Subpart I: Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt
Facilities, OMB Control Number 2060-0083, expires November 30, 1996.
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with Subpart I, New
Source Performance Standards for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities. This
information notifies the Agency when a source becomes subject to the
regulations, and informs the Agency that the source is in compliance
when it begins operation.
In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter from hot mix
asphalt facilities cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
Therefore, New Source Performance Standards have been promulgated for
this source category as required under Section 111 of the Clean Air
Act.
The control of emissions of particulate matter requires not only
the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the proper
operation and maintenance of that equipment. These standards rely on
the capture of pollutants vented to a control device.
Owners or operators of hot mix asphalt facilities subject to NSPS
Subpart I are required to make initial notifications for construction,
startup, and performance testing. They must also report the results of
a 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 malfunction in the operation of
the air pollution control device. 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 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,
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mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Burden Statement: At the writing of the previous ICR there were
1100 sources currently subject to the standards. It is estimated that
60 additional sources per year will become subject to the standard. The
current ICR estimates average burden to the industry to be 4,341 person
hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50
per hour plus 110 percent overhead rate. The current ICR also estimates
the average annual burden to the industry is $132,183.45.
The following is a breakdown of burden used in the ICR. Burden is
calculated as two hours for respondents to write the reports for:
notification of construction or reconstruction; notification of
physical or operational changes; notification of anticipated startup;
notification of actual startup; and notification of initial performance
test. Initial performance tests are allocated 24 burden hours. It is
assumed that 20% of all affected facilities will have to repeat
performance tests.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose
information to or for a federal agency. These estimates include 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 JJJ Supplementary Information
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those whose which are subject to NSPS Subpart JJJ or each petroleum dry
cleaning facilities for which construction, modification or
reconstruction commenced after December 14, 1982. The affected
facilities include the petroleum solvent dry cleaning dryers, washers,
filters, stills, and settling tanks.
Title: NSPS Subpart JJJ: Standard of Performance for Petroleum Dry
Cleaners, OMB Control Number 2060-0079, expires November 30, 1996.
Abstract: The information collected is needed to determine which
sources are subject to the regulation and whether these sources are in
compliance with the standards. EPA is required to under Section 111 of
the Clean Air Act, as amended, to establish standard of performance for
new stationary sources. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are the
pollutants regulated under this Subpart. The standards require that any
affected petroleum dry cleaning dryer be a solvent recovery dryer.
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; and the notification of the date 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 the affected facility.
These notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of
all sources subject to NSPS. Notifications are used to inform the
Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the
standard. Performance test records are needed as these are the Agency's
record of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission
standards.
Recordkeeping requirements specific to petroleum dry cleaners
include only the performance test required under Section 60.624. There
are no reporting requirements specific to Subpart JJJ.
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 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
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and make assumptions,
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
The estimate was based on the assumption that there are
approximately 216 sources currently subject to the standard, and it is
estimated that an additional 18 sources per year will become subject to
the standard in the next three years. For new sources it is estimated
that it takes a respondent 81.2 person hours for recordkeeping and
reporting. The frequency of these reports is once. The annual burden to
industry is 1,462 person hours per year. Respondent costs would be
calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour, plus 110 percent overhead.
The annual cost of the burden to the industry is $44,517.90.
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.
NSPS Subpart L Supplementary Information
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
secondary lead smelters. Specifically, the affected facility in each
smelter is any pot furnace of more than 250 kg charging capacity, blast
(cupola) furnaces, and reverberatory furnaces.
Title: NSPS Subpart: Standards of Performance for Secondary Lead
Smelters, OMB Control Number 2060-0080, expires January 31, 1997.
Abstract: Secondary lead smelters produce elemental lead from
scrap, providing the primary means for
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recycling lead-acid batteries (automotive) into useable products.
Currently upwards of 95% of all lead-acid batteries are recycled by
these facilities. Secondary lead smelters emit lead and non-lead
particulate matter in quantities that, in the Administrator's judgment,
cause or contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or
welfare. Consequently, New Source Performance Standards were
promulgated for this source category. These standards rely on the
proper installation, operation and maintenance of particulate control
devices such as electrostatic precipitators or scrubbers.
In order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate
recordkeeping and reporting is necessary. This information enables the
Agency to: (1) Identify the sources subject to the standard; (2) ensure
initial compliance with emission limits; and (3) verify continuous
compliance with the standard. Specifically, the rule requires an
application for approval of construction, notification of startup,
notification and report of the initial emissions test, and notification
of any physical or operational change that may increase the emission
rate. In addition, sources are required to keep records of all
startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions.
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 Clean
Air Act. Consequently, these information collection requirements are
mandatory, and the records required by this NSPS must be retained by
the owner or operator for two years. In general, the required
information consists of emissions data and other information deemed not
to be private. However, any 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. 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 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 industry over the
next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is
estimated at 34.5 person-hours. This is based on an estimated 23
respondents. Respondent costs would be calculated on the basis of
$14.50 per hour, plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual burden
for reporting only is projected to be less than 10 hours. This is
because virtually all reporting requirements apply to new facilities
only, and no new secondary lead smelters are anticipated over the next
three years. There is a chance that some existing facility might need
to report a physical or operational change; however, these reports are
very rare, and might only involve one facility over the three-year
period, with a burden of less than 10 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 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 RRR Supplementary Information
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those which are subject to the Standards of Performance of Volatile
Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) Reactor Processes, Subpart RRR with the
exceptions listed in 40 CFR 60.700(c).
Title: NSPS Subpart RRR: Standards of Performance for VOC Emission
from SOCMI Reactors Processes, OMB number 2060-0269, expires November
30, 1996.
Abstract: This ICR contains record keeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.700,
Subpart RRR, Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from SOCMI
Reactor Processes. 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 record keeping to document process information
relating to the sources' ability to meet the requirements of the
standard and to note the operating conditions under which compliance
was achieved.
In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from SOCMI reactor
processes 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.
In addition, owners/operators of affected facilities are required
to record periods of operation during which the performance boundaries
are exceeded, results of flare pilot flame monitoring; continuous
records of flow to the control device as well as records of all periods
and the duration when the vent stream is diverted from the control
device; records of all monthly visual inspections of the seals as well
as records of all periods and the duration when the seal mechanism is
broken, the bypass line valve position has changed, the serial number
of the broken car-seal has changed, or when the key for a lock-and-key
type configuration has been checked out.
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Records of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be noted as
they occur. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this
part shall maintain a file of all of these records, and retain the file
for at least two years following the date of such measurements and
records.
The reporting requirements for this industry currently include the
initial notifications listed, the initial performance test results, and
semiannual reports. Semiannual reports shall include the following: All
exceedances of parameter boundaries; all periods during which the vent
stream is diverted from the control device; all periods when the boiler
or process heater was not operated; all periods in which the pilot
flame of the flare was absent; and any recalculation of the TRE index
value.
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. Notifications are used to
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject
to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to
check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and
operated and the standard is being met. Performance test reports are
needed as these are the Agency's records of a source's initial
capability to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating
conditions under which compliance was achieved. The semiannual reports
are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and
maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
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 listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR
Chapter 15.
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
record keeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry
for the currently approved ICR. Where appropriate, the Agency
identified specific tasks and made assumptions, while being consistent
with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be 27 new
affected facilities each year and that there would be an annual average
of 203 affected facilities over each of the next three years covered by
the ICR. For new sources, it was estimated that it would take: 27
person hours to read the instructions, 11,520 person hours to conduct
the initial performance tests (assuming that 20% of the tests must be
repeated), and 432 person hours to gather the information and write the
initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it would take:
812 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 3784 person hours
to enter information for records of operating parameters.
The annual average burden to industry for the three-year period
covered by this ICR from record keeping and reporting requirements has
been estimated at 16,575 person hours. The respondents costs were
calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110% overhead. The
total annual burden to industry is estimated at $504,708.75.
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. No additional third
party burden is associated with this ICR.
Dated: May 31, 1996.
Elaine G. Stanley,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 96-14681 Filed 6-10 -96; 8:45 am]
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