[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51970-51971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25048]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6444-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities
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 document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS) Subpart HHH Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities; OMB
Control Number 2060-0059; expiration 10/31/99. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost;
where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 27, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or download a copy
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 1156.08.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: NSPS Subpart HHH Synthetic Fiber Production Facilities; OMB
Control Number 2060-0059; EPA ICR No. 1156.08; expiration 10/31/99.
This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for synthetic
fiber production facilities (Subpart HHH) were proposed on November 23,
1982 and promulgated on April 5, 1984. These standards apply to each
solvent-spun synthetic fiber process that produces more than 500
megagrams of fiber per year and that commenced construction or
reconstruction after November 23, 1982. The provisions of this subpart
do not apply to any facility that uses the reaction spinning process to
produce spandex fiber or the viscose process to produce rayon fiber,
nor to facilities that commence modification but not reconstruction
after November 23, 1982. VOCs are the pollutants regulated under this
Subpart.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
one-time-only initial notifications and report on the results of the
initial performance test. Owners or operators also are 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.
Monitoring requirements specific to synthetic fiber production
facilities provide information on VOC emissions. Owners or operators of
affected facilities are required to install, calibrate, maintain, and
operate a continuous monitoring system for the measurement of makeup
solvent and solvent feed. These values shall be used in calculating
monthly VOC emissions. Section 60.603(b)(1) provides three options for
determining solvent feed.
Each owner or operator calculates VOC emissions every month from
the amount of solvent feed and makeup solvent used in each affected
facility. These values are used to calculate compliance with the
emission
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limitations on a six-month rolling average basis.
Also required are semiannual reports, and quarterly reports of
instances of excess emissions. The owner or operator subject to the
provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements,
and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such
measurements. Responses to this collection of information are mandatory
and are being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60
subpart HHH. 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. These
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining
compliance.
Approximately 30 sources are currently subject to the standard, and
it is estimated that an additional 1 source per year will become
subject to the standard in the next three years
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 17674, March 23, 1979). An agency may
not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal Register
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this
collection of information was published on June 4, 1999 (64 FR 30011).
No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 31
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners/Operators of Synthetic Fiber
Production Facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 31.
Frequency of Response: Initial, quarterly, semiannual
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,696
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $228,300
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 1156.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0059 in any
correspondence. Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street,
SW, Washington, DC 20460; and Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: September 21, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25048 Filed 9-24-99; 8:45 am]
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