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number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket and Information Center Docket 

is: (202) 566–1752. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

When in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

Confidential Business Information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

Title: NESHAP for Pulp and Paper 

Production (40 CFR part 63, subpart S) 

(Renewal). 

Abstract: This National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) covering emissions from the 

pulping process relies on the capture 

and destruction of hazardous air 

pollutants (HAP) by either burning them 

in a boiler or kiln or by introducing 

them into the wastewater treatment 

system. HAP’s captured from bleaching 

systems are controlled with a chlorine 

gas scrubber. The recordkeeping, 

notification and reporting requirements 

of the standard are critically important 

as they allow the Agency to determine 

to which facilities the standards apply 

and they enable the Agency to monitor 

initial and ongoing compliance with the 

standards. As much as possible, in order 

to reduce the burden, the compliance 

monitoring and recordkeeping 

requirements are designed to cover 

parameters that are already being 

monitored as part of the manufacturing 

process. 

Pulp mill owners or operators 

(respondents) are required to submit 

initial notifications, 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. Respondents are 

required to monitor and keep records of 

specific operating parameters for each 

control device and to perform and 

document periodic inspections of the 

closed vent and wastewater conveyance 

systems. All respondents must submit 

semiannual summary reports of 

monitored parameters, and they must 

submit an additional monitoring report 

during each quarter in which monitored 

parameters were outside the ranges 

established in the standard or during 

initial performance tests. A source 

identified to be out of compliance with 

the NESHAP will be required to submit 

quarterly reports until the Administrator 

is satisfied that the source has corrected 

its compliance problem. These 

notifications, reports, and records are 

essential in determining compliance, 

and are required of all sources subject 

to Maximum Achievable Control 

Technology (MACT) standards. Since 

none of the required reports to the 

Agency have been deemed confidential 

business information, they will not be 

treated as such. Responses are 

mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart S). 

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, 

and are identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 104 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: Pulp 

mill owners or operators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

137. 

Frequency of Response: Initial, 

Quarterly, Semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

42,444 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs:

$3,085,125, which includes $0 

annualized capital/startup costs, 

$377,000 annual O&M costs, and 

$2,708,125 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 7,788 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to a 

reduction in annual burden due to an 

improved estimate of the number of 

facilities.

Dated: November 13, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25818 Filed 11–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OECA–2004–0011; FRL–7839–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (Renewal), 

EPA ICR Number 0186.10, OMB 

Control Number 2060–0071

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, this 

document announces that an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

has been forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on November 30, 2004. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. This ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its estimated burden and 

cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 22, 

2004.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OECA–

2004–0011, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Learia Williams, Compliance 

Assessment and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, (Mail 

Code 2223A), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; e-mail address: 

williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On May 25, 2004 (69 FR 29718), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OECA–

2004–0011, which is available for public 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket and Information Center Docket 

is: (202) 566–1752. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

When in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

Confidential Business Information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride 

(Renewal). 

Abstract: The National Emissions 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Vinyl Chloride (VC) were 

proposed on December 24, 1975, 

promulgated on October 21, 1976, and 

amended on June 7, 1977, September 

30, 1986, September 23, 1988, and 

December 23, 1992. These standards 

apply to exhaust gases and 

oxychlorination vents at ethylene 

dichloride (EDC) plants; exhaust gas at 

vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) plants; 

and exhaust gases, reactor opening 

losses, manual vent valves, and 

stripping residuals at polyvinyl chloride 

(PVC) plants. The standards also apply 

to relief valves and fugitive emission 

sources at all three types of plants. 

In the Administrator’s judgement, 

vinyl chloride emissions from polyvinyl 

chloride (PVC), ethylene dichloride 

(EDC), and vinyl chloride monomer 

(VCM) plants cause or contribute to air 

pollution that may reasonably be 

anticipated to result in an increase in 

mortality or an increase in serious 

irreversible, or incapacitating reversible 

illness. Vinyl chloride is a known 

human carcinogen which causes a rare 

cancer of the liver. In order to ensure 

compliance with the standard, adequate 

recordkeeping and reporting is 

necessary. This information enables the 

Agency to: (1) Ensure that facilities that 

are affected continue to operate the 

control equipment and use proper work 

practices to achieve compliance; (2) 

notification of startup indicates to 

enforcement personnel when a new 

facility has been constructed and is thus 

subject to the standards; and (3) 

provides a means for ensuring 

compliance. 

The standards require daily 

measurements from the continuous 

monitoring system and of the reactor 

pressure and temperature. 

Establishment of a continuous 

monitoring program is a high priority of 

the Agency. The continuous monitoring 

system monitors VC emissions from the 

stack to judge compliance with the 

numerical limits in the standards. The 

parameters are used to judge the 

operation of the reactor so that the 

source and EPA will be aware of 

improper operation and maintenance. 

The standards implicitly require the 

initial reports required by the General 

Provisions of 40 CFR 61.7 and 61.9. 

These initial reports include application 

for approval of construction or 

modification, and notification of 

startup. The standards also require 

quarterly reporting of vinyl chloride 

emissions from stripping, reactor 

openings, and exhausts. Reports must be 

submitted within 10 days of each valve 

discharge and manual vent valve 

discharge. The owner/operator must 

make the following one-time-only 

reports: Application for approval of 

construction or modification; 

notification of startup; application of a 

waiver of testing (if desired by source); 

and an initial report. The initial report 

includes a list of the equipment 

installed for compliance, a description 

of the physical and functional 

characteristics of each piece of 

equipment, a description of the methods 

which have been incorporated into the 

standard operation procedures for 

measuring or calculating emissions, and 

a statement that equipment and 

procedures are in place and are being 

used. Generally, the one-time-only 

reports are required of all sources 

subject to NESHAP regulation.

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, 

and are identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 60 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 

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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:

Manufacturers of ethylene dichloride, 

vinyl chloride monomer, and polyvinyl 

chloride. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

28. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

quarterly, and on occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

11,825 hours. 

Estimated Total Capital and 

Operations & Maintenance (O&M) 

Annual Costs: $2,014,515, which 

includes $0 annualized capital/startup, 

$1,260,000 annual O&M costs, and 

$754,515 Respondent Labor Costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 4,334 hours in the total 

estimated hours burden currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease 

in the burden from the most recently 

approved ICR is due to a decrease in the 

number of existing sources. Our data 

indicates that there are approximately 

forty-four sources in the active ICR 

compared to twenty-eight sources in the 

renewal, reflected in the change in the 

hourly burden.

Dated: November 13, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–25819 Filed 11–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPPT–2004–0087; FRL–7839–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; PCBs; Consolidated 

Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; EPA ICR No. 1446.08, 

OMB No. 2070–0112

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. This ICR is 

scheduled to expire on November 30, 

2004. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. This ICR describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

estimated cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 22, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number OPPT–

2004–0087, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to: 

Document Control Office (DCO), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

(OPPT), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7407T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Cunningham, Acting Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7408, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

554–1404; e-mail address: TSCA–

Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

EPA has submitted the following ICR 

to OMB for review and approval 

according to the procedures prescribed 

in 5 CFR 1320.12. On April 30, 2004, 

EPA sought comments on this renewal 

ICR (69 FR 23747). EPA sought 

comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment during the comment period, 

which is addressed in the Supporting 

Statement. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OPPT–

2004–0087, which is available for public 

viewing at the OPPT Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics Docket is (202) 

566–0280. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice.

EPA’s policy is that public comments, 

whether submitted electronically or in 

paper, will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: PCBs; Consolidated Reporting 

and Recordkeeping Requirements. 

Abstract: Section 6(e)(1) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 

U.S.C. 2605(e), directs EPA to regulate 

the marking and disposal of PCBs. 

Section 6(e)(2) bans the manufacturing, 

processing, distribution in commerce, 

and use of PCBs in other than a totally 

enclosed manner. Section 6(e)(3) 

establishes a process for obtaining 

exemptions from the prohibitions on the 

manufacture, processing, and 

distribution in commerce of PCBs. Since 

1978, EPA has promulgated numerous 

rules addressing all aspects of the life 

cycle of PCBs as required by the statute. 

The regulations are intended to prevent 

the improper handling and disposal of 

PCBs and to minimize the exposure of 

human beings or the environment to 

PCBs. These regulations have been 

codified in the various subparts of 40 

CFR part 761. There are approximately 

100 specific reporting, third-party 

reporting, and recordkeeping