[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33068-33075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15983]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5843-1]
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. There are no new requirements associated with these regulations.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 18, 1997.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, Mail
code 2223A, OECA/OC/METD, Washington, DC 20460. A copy of these ICRs
may be obtained without charge from Sandy Farmer (202) 260-2740.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: NSPS subpart G; Jeffery KenKnight at
(202) 564-7033 or via E-mail ([email protected] EPA.GOV). NSPS
subpart QQQ; Dan Chadwick, (202) 564-7054, Fax (202) 564-0050, Email
chadwick.dan@epamail.epa.gov. MACT subpart N; Scott Throwe at (202)
564-7013; Fax: (202) 564-0050; E-MAIL: throwe.scott@epamail.epa.gov.
MACT subpart O; Ginger Gotliffe at (202) 564-7072 or via e-mail
(gotliffe.ginger@epamail.epa.gov). MACT subpart R; Julie Tankersley at
202-564-7002 (phone), 202-564-0050 (fax) or
tankersley.julie@epamail.epa.gov (e-mail). MACT subpart T; Tracy Back,
(202) 564-7076; Facsimile number, (202) 564-0009; E-mail address
back.tracy@epamail.epa.gov''. MACT subpart EE; Steve Hoover 202-564-
7007 (phone), 202-564-0050 (fax) or Hoover.Steve@epamail.epa.gov (e-
mail). RCRA subpart CC; Everett Bishop at 202-564-7032 (phone), 202-
564-0050 (fax) or Bishop.Everett@epamail.epa.gov
NSPS Subpart G: Nitric Acid Plants
Supplementary Information Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those which are subject to the New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for Nitric Acid Plants, Subpart G. Title:
NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants, Subpart G, OMB number 2060-0019, expires
December 31, 1997.
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 60.70,
subpart G, Standards of Performance for Nitric Acid Plants. 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, NOX emissions from
nitric acid 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.
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 demonstration of the
continuous monitoring system (CMS); 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.
Monitoring requirements specific to nitric acid plants provide
information on nitrogen oxide emissions. The owners or operators are
required to record the production rate of nitric acid
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produced, the hours of operation of the source, and the levels of
nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere.
Owners or operators of affected facilities are required to install,
calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous monitoring system (CMS)
for the measurement and recording of nitrogen oxides.
Therefore, the recordkeeping requirements for nitric acid plants
consist of the occurrence and duration of any startup and malfunctions
as described. They include the initial performance test results
including information necessary to determine the conditions of the
performance test, and performance test measurements and results,
including the emission rate and concentration of NO2 and the
volumetric flow rate of the effluent gas. Records of startups,
shutdowns, and malfunctions should be noted as they occur. Any owner or
operator subject to the provisions of this subpart shall maintain a
file of all measurements, including continuous monitoring system,
monitoring device, and performance testing measurements; all continuous
monitoring system performance evaluations; all continuous monitoring
system or monitoring device calibration checks; and all other
information required by this part recorded in a permanent form suitable
for inspection. The file shall be retained for at least two years.
The reporting requirements for this industry currently include the
initial notifications listed, the initial performance test results, and
semiannual reports of instances of excess emissions and a monitoring
system performance report. Periods of excess emissions that shall be
reported are defined as any 3-hour period during which the average
nitrogen oxides emissions (arithmetic average of three contiguous 1-
hour periods) as measured by a continuous monitoring system exceed the
standard. Semiannual excess emission reports and monitoring system
performance reports shall include the date and time of the exceedence
or deviance, the nature and cause of the malfunction (if known) and
corrective measures taken, and identification of the time period during
which the CMS was inoperative (this does not include zero and span
checks nor typical repairs/adjustments).
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.
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 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 burden estimates for NSPS Subpart G:
The estimate was based on the assumption that there is
approximately 30 sources subject to the standards and there would be 1
new affected facility each year. That would account for an annual
average of 32 affected facilities over each of the next three years
covered by the ICR. For new sources, it was estimated that it would
take: 1 person hours to read the instructions, 60 person hours to
conduct the initial performance tests (assuming that 20% of the tests
must be repeated), and 7 person hours to gather the information and
write the initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it
would take: 192 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 2,664
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 recordkeeping and reporting requirements has
been estimated at 2,941 person hours. The respondents cost were
calculated on the basis of $21.00 per hour plus 110% overhead. The
total annual burden to industry is estimated at $129,731.
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.
NSPS Subpart QQQ: Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Systems
Supplementary Information: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those petroleum refinery wastewater systems
located in petroleum refineries for which construction, modification,
or reconstruction commenced after May 4, 1987. More specifically
affected facilities include individual drain systems, oil-water
separators and aggregate facilities (individual drain systems together
with downstream sewer lines and oil-water separators).
Title: New Sources Performance Standards (NSPS) for Petroleum
Refinery Wastewater Systems (Subpart QQQ)--Reporting and Recordkeeping
(EPA ICR No. 1136.04; OMB No. 2060-0172)
Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described
must provide EPA, or the delegated State regulatory authority with the
following one-time-only reports (specified in 40 CFR 60.698).
Notification of construction, modification, startup, shutdown,
malfunction, and the date and results of the initial performance test.
Owners and operators are also
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required to keep records of design and operating specifications of all
equipment installed to comply with the standards such as water seals,
covers, roof seals, and control devices. Owners and operators must
submit semiannual certification reports indicating that all emission
detection tests and visual inspections required by the standards are
carried out. EPA or the delegated State regulatory authority uses this
information to ensure that equipment design and operating
specifications are met. 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 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where
applicable, 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 30 new
effected facilities subject to subpart QQQ per year. Approximately 210
sources are currently subject to these standards. The annual burden of
reporting and recordkeeping for facilities subject to subpart QQQ are
summarized by the following information. The reporting requirements for
all subpart QQQ affected facilities are as follows: Read instructions
(1 person-hour), Notification of construction (2 person-hours),
Notification of anticipated start-up (2 person-hours), Notification of
actual start-up (2 person-hours), Semiannual report (8 person-hours).
The reporting requirements for facilities that have oil-water
separators and process drain systems are as follows: Monthly inspection
(2 person-hours), Semiannual inspection (8 person-hours), Performance
test (330 person-hours), Design specifications and compliance
certifications (40 person-hours). The recordkeeping requirements for
all subpart QQQ affected facilities are; Time to enter information (1.5
person-hours).
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.
MACT Subpart N: National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions from
Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing
Tanks
Supplementary Information: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are facilities performing hard chromium
electroplating, decorative chromium electroplating or chromium
anodizing.
Background: The Administrator has judged that chromium emissions
from hard chromium electroplating, decorative chromium electroplating
or chromium anodizing cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Owners/
operators of hard chromium electroplating, decorative chromium
electroplating or chromium anodizing facilities 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 30
hours per reporting response and 59.3 hours for recordkeeping. 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: 5020.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5020.
Frequency of Response: 3.
Estimated Number of Responses: 15060.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden (recordkeeping and reporting):
748,896 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (recordkeeping and
reporting): $16,663,000.00
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MACT Subpart O: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization
Facilities
Supplementary Information: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those which are subject to NESHAP subpart
O, or operators of new and existing commercial ethylene oxide (EO)
sterilization and fumigation facilities that use air pollution control
devices that are in operation after promulgation of the NESHAP in 1994.
Title: NESHAP Subpart O: National Emission Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and
Fumigation Operations, OMB number 2060-0283.
Abstract: The Agency is required under section 112(d) of the Clean
Air Act, as amended, to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants
listed in section 112(b).
In the Administrator's judgement, EO emitted from commercial EO
sterilization and fumigation operations causes, or contributes
significantly to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to
endanger public health or welfare. Consequently, NESHAP for EO
emissions have been developed for this source category.
Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the
Administrator to: (1) Identify new, modified, reconstructed, and
existing sources subject to the standards and (2) ensure that the
standards, which are based on maximum achieveable control technology
(MACT) and generally available control technology (GACT), are being
achieved. These records and reports are required under the General
Provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A [as authorized under sections
101, 112, 114, 116, and 301 of the Clean air Act as amended by Public
Law 101-549 (U.S.C. 7401, 7412, 7414, 7416, 7601)].
The NESHAP for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and
fumigation Operations were promulgated on December 6, 1994. These
standards apply to new and existing commercial ethylene oxide (EO)
sterilization and fumigation facilities that use air pollution control
devices that are in operation after promulgation of the NESHAP. There
are an estimated total of 181 commercial EO sterilization and
fumigation operations nationwide. Of this total, approximately 114 use
greater than 907 kilograms per year (kg/yr) [2,000 pounds per year (lb/
yr)] and would be required to control emissions from the sterilization
chamber vent and limit emissions from the chamber exhaust vent.
Approximately 47 use greater than 9,070 kg/yr (20,000 lb/yr) and would
be required to control emissions from the aeration room vent and the
chamber exhaust vent. The number of new operations is expected to be
low because no net growth is predicted for this industry. It is
expected that new sterilizers will only be added to replace or expand
existing capacity and that few new facilities will be constructed.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must
submit one-time reports of start of construction, anticipated or actual
startup dates, and physical or operation changes to existing
facilities. In addition, owners or operators of existing commercial EO
sterilization and fumigation operations will submit one-time reports of
actual annual EO use. Owners or operators of new commercial EO
sterilization and fumigation operations will submit one-time reports of
estimated annual EO use.
Reports of initial emissions testing are necessary to determine
that the applicable emission limit is being met. The owner or operator
of a commercial EO sterilization and fumigation operation that uses an
air pollution control device to meet the emission limit is required to
maintain records of the site-specific monitoring parameters as well as
daily and monthly inspections of the control device.
The emissions test reports and other records must be kept at the
facility for a minimum of 5 years and be made available to the
Administrator upon request. All reports and records must comply with
the General Provisions to 40 CFR part 63. Owners or operators of a
source subject to these standards will provide a semi-annual report of
excess emissions that includes the monitored operating parameter value
readings required by the standards. The respondent's State or local
agency can be delegated enforcement authority by EPA and also request
these reports. The information is used to determine that all sources
subject to these NESHAP are achieving the standards.
The record keeping requirements are: (1) 5 year retention or
records (63.367(a)), (2) records of daily and monthly inspections
(63.367(a)), (3) emission testing (63.367(a)), and (4) records of EO
use (63.367 (b) and (c)). The reporting requirements are: (1) Reports
of startup, construction or modification (63.366(a)), (2) notification
and report of emission tests and results (63.366 (a) and (c)), (3)
notification of report of EO use (63.366(b)), (4) notification and
report of compliance status (63.366(a)), (5) notification and report
for waiver applications (63.366(a)), and (6) notification and report of
non-compliance (63.366(d)).
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 record of a source's initial
capability to comply with the emission standard. An Agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection or 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 1994 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. 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;
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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 not be
any new affected facilities over the three years of the existing ICR
and that there were approximately 114 sources in existence at the start
of the three years covered by the ICR who must control emissions from
the sterilization chamber vent and limit emissions from the chamber
exhaust vent. Approximately 47 facilities use greater than 9070 kg/yr
and must control emissions from the aeration room vent and the chamber
exhaust vent. The annual burden of reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for facilities subject to subpart O 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 (2 person-hour),
Compliance status information report (2 person-hours), waiver
application (6 person-hours), Alternative method/monitoring application
(6 person-hours), Preparation of site-specific test plan and report of
initial test (included in reporting requirements listed above), Report
of periods of noncompliance (6 person-hours). Records must be kept for
a period of five years. Many of these requirements are one time
occurances and with our estimate of no new facilities, will not have
any estimated burden hours associated with them for the next three year
period. The average hourly burden to industry over the next three years
of the ICR from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is
estimated to be 168.6 person hours. The respondent costs have been
calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110 percent overhead
($15.95), for a total of $30.45 per hour. The average annual cost
burden to industry over the next three year period of the ICR is
estimated to be $5,133.87.
MACT Subpart R: NESHAP for Gasoline Distribution Facilities
Supplementary Information: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are new and existing bulk gasoline terminals
and pipeline breakout stations that are major sources of hazardous air
pollutants (HAP) emissions or are located at sites that are major
sources of HAP emissions.
Title: NESHAP for Gasoline Distribution Facilities (63-R), OMB
control number 2060-0325, expiring December 31, 1997.
Abstract: Effective enforcement of this rule is necessary due to
the hazardous nature of benzene (a known human carcinogen) and the
toxic nature of the other 10 HAP's emitted from gasoline distribution
facilities. The EPA is charged under section 112 of the Clean Air Act
(CAA or Act), as amended, to establish national emission standards for
hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP). Section 114 of the Act allows the
Administrator to require inspections, monitoring, and entry into
facilities to ensure compliance with a section 112 emission standard.
Records and reports are necessary to enable the EPA to identify
facilities that may not be in compliance with the standards. The
information will be used by agency personnel to: (1) Identify sources
subject to the standards; (2) ensure that leakage emissions from cargo
tanks and process piping equipment components (both liquid and vapor)
during loading are being minimized; (3) ensure that emission control
devices are being properly operated and maintained; and (4) ensure that
emissions from storage vessels are minimized and rim seal and fitting
defects are repaired on a timely basis. 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: Based upon the latest available figures, the
Agency estimated the number of pipeline breakout station respondents to
be 20 with a burden of 68.35 hours for each respondent. For Reporting
Requirements, it was estimated to take 45 hours to complete necessary
storage tank seal and seal gap inspections, read, gather and write the
necessary reports. For Recordkeeping Requirements, 23.35 hours were
estimated to develop a recordkeeping system (8 hours), time to enter
the information into the system (3.35 hours), personnel training (8
hours)and conduct audits (4 hours). The Agency estimated the number of
bulk gasoline terminals to be 243 with a burden of 445.85 hours for
each respondent. For Reporting Requirements, it was estimated to take
404 hours to complete initial and repeat performance tests, complete
necessary storage tank seal and seal gap inspections, read, gather and
write the necessary reports. For Recordkeeping Requirements, 41.85
hours were estimated to file, update and cross-reference cargo tank
inspection records (12.5 hours), develop a recordkeeping system (8
hours), time to enter the information into the system (3.35 hours),
personnel training (12 hours) and conduct audits (6 hours). 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.
MACT Subpart T: Halogenated Solvent Cleaning
Supplementary Information: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those which operate individual batch vapor,
in-line vapor, in-line cold, and batch cold solvent cleaning machines
that use any solvent containing methylene chloride, perchloroethylene,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride, or chloroform or any
combination of these halogenated HAP solvents, in a total concentration
greater than 5 percent by weight, as a cleaning and/or drying agent.
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Title: NSPS Subpart T: National Emission Standards for Halogenated
Solvent Cleaning, OMB control Number 2060-0273, expires December 31,
1997.
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 63.460, et
seq., subpart T, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Halogenated Solvent Cleaning. 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 operation. In the Administrator's judgment, emissions of
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from halogenated solvent cleaners may
cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated
to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NESHAP standards were
promulgated for this source category, as required under section 112 of
the Clean Air Act.
HAP emissions from halogenated solvent cleaners are the result of
inadequate equipment design and work practices. These standards rely on
the proper design and operation of halogenated solvent cleaners such as
working-mode covers, freeboard ratio of 1.0, and reduced room draft to
reduce solvent emissions from halogenated solvent cleaners. Certain
records and reports are necessary to enable EPA to identify sources
subject to the standards and to ensure that the standards are being
achieved. Owners/operators of halogenated solvent cleaners must provide
EPA with an initial notification of existing or new solvent cleaning
machines, initial statement of compliance, an annual control device
monitoring report (owners/operators of batch vapor and in-line cleaning
machines), an annual solvent emission report (owners/operators of batch
vapor and in-line cleaning machines complying with the alternative
standard), and exceedance of monitoring parameters or emissions. The
records that the facilities maintain indicate to EPA whether they are
operating and maintaining the halogenated solvent cleaners properly to
control 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 43
hours per reporting response and 95 hours for recordkeeping. To
minimize the burden, much of the information the EPA would need to
determine compliance is recorded and stored at the facility. Minimal
reporting is necessary unless a violation occurs. 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 9,423.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,423.
Frequency of Response: 3.
Estimated Number of Responses: 28,269.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden (recordkeeping and reporting):
392,529 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (recordkeeping and
reporting): $13,050,014.
MACT Subpart EE: Magnetic Tape Manufacturing
Supplementary Information: Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those which are subject to NESHAP subpart
EE, owners and operators of new and existing magnetic tape
manufacturing operations located at major sources of hazardous air
pollutants (HAP) as defined in section 112 of the Clean Air Act.
Title: National Emission Standards for Magnetic Tape Manufacturing
Operations--Subpart EE, OMB Number 2060-0326, expires December 15,
1997.
Abstract: The EPA is required under section 112(d) of the Clean Air
Act (Act), as amended, to regulate emissions of HAP listed in section
112(b) of the Act. In addition, section 114(a) states that:
* * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator
subject to any requirement of this Act to (A) Establish and maintain
such records, (B) make such reports, (C) install, use and maintain
such monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such
methods at such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as
the Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) provide such other
information, as he may reasonably require.
Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the
Administrator to identify sources subject to the standards, and ensure
that the standards, which are based on maximum achievable control
technology (MACT), are being achieved. The Agency will use the
information to ensure that MACT is being properly applied, and ensure
that the emission control system is being properly operated and
maintained and that the standards are being achieved on a continual
basis. 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 the facilities. The records that facilities maintain would indicate
to the Agency whether owners or operators are in compliance with the
standards and whether plant personnel are operating and maintaining
control equipment properly.
In the Administrator's judgment, HAP emissions from magnetic tape
manufacturing operations cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. The
predominant HAP used in magnetic tape operations include methyl ethyl
ketone, toluene, methyl isobutyl ketone, and magnetic particles
containing
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chromium dioxide and cobalt compounds. Other less frequently used HAP
are xylene and ethyl benzene. Therefore, the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Magnetic Tape
Manufacturing Operations were proposed on March 11, 1994, and
promulgated on December 15, 1994. These standards apply to new and
existing magnetic tape manufacturing operations located at major
sources of HAP.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
the following reports: Notification of intent to construction or
reconstruction, report construction date and notification of
anticipated and actual startup (40 CFR 63.707(a)). The owner or
operator must provide notification of applicability of the standards
(40 CFR 63.707 (a), (b), and (c)); and notification and report of
performance tests and results (40 CFR 707 (a)). They must also develop
startup, shutdown, malfunction plan and submit reports (40 CFR 707 (a)
and (i)); and develop a quality control plan for continuous monitoring
system. In addition, the owner or operator must report when exceeding
HAP usage cutoff or when area source becomes major (40 CFR 707(j)); and
provide notification and report of compliance status and waiver
application (40 CFR 707(a)). They must also report quarterly monitoring
exceedances and excess emissions and semiannual reports of no excess
emissions (40 CFR 707 (a) and (i)).
Recordkeeping specific to this subpart require 5 year retention of
records (40 CFR 63.706 (a) and (h)). The owner or operator shall
maintain records of monitored values, maintenance, startup, shutdown,
malfunction, CMS maintenance and calibration (40 CFR 63.706(a)).
Additional records requirements include the freeboard ratio (40 CFR
63.706(b)); records of performance tests (40 CFR 63.705 and 63.706(a));
records of material balance calculation (40 CFR 63.706 (a) and (d));
and records of HAP usage (40 CFR 63.706(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 current
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 the currently
approved 1994 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where appropriate,
the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions, while being
consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction
Act. 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 was based on the assumption that there would be 14
sources covered by the ICR during the first year, and only 12
facilities were required to comply in year 2 and an additional source
in year three. The annual burden of reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for facilities subject to subpart EE are summarized by the
following information. The reporting requirements are as follows: Read
Instructions (1 person-hour), Initial performance test for air
pollution control device (445 person-hours). It is assumed that 20
percent of tests are repeated due to failure. The initial performance
test for total enclosure (215 person-hours) and performance test for
VOC CEMs (175 person-hours). Quarterly VOC CEMs audits (10 person-
hours) Estimates for report writing are: Notification of construction/
reconstruction (2 person-hours), Notification of intent to construct/
reconstruct (6 person-hours), Notification of anticipated startup (2
person-hours), Notification of actual startup (2 person-hours),
Notification of initial performance test (1 person-hours), Notification
of applicability of the standard-new/reconstructed sources and existing
sources (1 person-hour), Notification of compliance status (4 person-
hours), submit startup, shutdown, malfunction plan (20 person-hours),
develop and implement quality control plan for continuous monitoring
systems (CMS) (50 person-hours). In addition, facilities must report
when they exceed HAP usage cutoff (or report area source becoming major
source)(2 person-hours), waiver application (6 person-hours), report of
monitoring exceedances and periods of noncompliance, including
inconsistencies with the startup, shutdown, malfunction plan (16
person-hours), and report of no excess emissions, including startup,
shutdown, and malfunction reports. The facility must also develop a
record keeping system (40 person-hours), and adjust and calibrate CMS
and maintain records of this and any CMS malfunction that occurs (6
person-hours).
The average burden to industry over the three years of the current
ICR from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements was estimated
to be 10,200 person-hours on an annual basis. The respondent costs have
been calculated on the basis of estimated hourly rates of technical at
$33, management at $49, and clerical at $15. The average annual burden
to industry over the three year period of the ICR was estimated to be
$327,734.
RCRA Subpart CC: Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface
Impoundments and Containers at Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and
Disposal Facilities and Hazardous Waste Generators
Supplementary Information: Affected entities: Those entities
subject to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act requirements;
treatment, storage and disposal facilities and generators are affected
by this action in which hazardous wastes are stored in tanks, surface
impoundments and containers that emit organic air emissions.
Title: Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface
Impoundments and Containers at Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and
Disposal Facilities and Hazardous Waste Generators, OMB Number 2060-
0318, expiring November 9, 1994.
Abstract: Organic air emissions have effects upon human health as
well as
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reacting with other compounds in the atmosphere to form ozone. Ozone is
a major air quality problem in many cities throughout the United
States. The collection of this information is used by the EPA to ensure
that appropriate environemntal rules are being complied with and that
emission control devices are properly operated and maintained. Reports
required under this collection authority are used by the Agency to
monitor compliance as well as targeting treatment, storage and disposal
facilities for inspection. Section 3004(n) of the Hazardous and Solid
Waste Amendments (HSWA) directed the EPA to promulgate regulations for
monitoring and control of air emissions from treatment, storage and
disposal facilities, as necessary, to protect human health and the
environment. 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: Based upon the latest available figures, the
Agency estimated the number of respondents to be 9,526 with a burden of
62.5 hours for each respondent. For Reporting Requirements, it was
estimated to take 9 hours to read, gather and write the necessary
reports. For Recordkeeping Requirements, 53.5 hours were estimated to
complete the necessary testing and inspecting of tanks, surface
impoundments and containers (21.5 hours), develop a recordkeeping
system (16 hours), time to enter the information into the system (8
hours) and personnel training (8 hours). 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.
Dated: June 2, 1997.
Bruce Weddle,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 97-15983 Filed 6-17-97; 8:45 am]
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