Federal Register / Vol. 5, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 18, 2000 / Notices 2609

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

575,033 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $25,955,000.

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. 1088.09 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0072 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

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: January 11, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 00–1059 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL 6525–7]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, Standards

of Performance of Volatile Organic

Compound Emissions from the

Synthetic Organic Chemical

Manufacturing Industry Reactor

Processes

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: NSPS Subpart RRR, SOCMI

Reactor Processes, EPA ICR Number

1178.05 and OMB Control Number

2060–0269; expires March 31, 2000. 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 February 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-Mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1178.05. For technical questions

about the ICR, contact Darlene M.

Williams at 202–564–7031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Standards of Performance of Volatile

Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions

from the Synthetic Organic Chemical

Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI),

Reactor Processes, Subpart RRR; OMB

Control No. 2060–0269; EPA ICR No.

1178.05, expiring 3/31/2000. This is a

request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR 6.700, 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 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. These

standards rely on the reduction of VOC

emissions by installation of controls.

The required 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 serve as a record of 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.

The EPA is charged under section 111

of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to

establish standards of performance for

new stationary sources that reflect:

* * * application of the best

technological system of continuous

emissions reduction which (taking into

consideration the cost of achieving such

emissions reduction, or any non-air

quality health and environmental

impact and energy requirements) the

Administrator determines has been

adequately demonstrated (section

111(a)(1)).

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 47 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:

Synthetic Organic Chemical

Manufacturing Industry.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

285.

Frequency of Response: Semiannual

and initial.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

30,842.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $1,147,000.

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. 1178.05 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0269 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20460;

and

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Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: January 11, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6524–6]

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and

Equivalent Methods: Designation of a

New Equivalent Method for SO2

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of designation.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) has designated, in accordance

with 40 CFR part 53, a new equivalent

method for measuring concentrations of

SO2 in ambient air.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frank F. McElroy, Human Exposure and

Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–

46), National Exposure Research

Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711. Phone:

(919) 541–2622, email:

mcelroy.frank@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with regulations at 40 CFR

part 53, the EPA examines various

methods for monitoring the

concentrations of certain pollutants in

the ambient air. Methods that are

determined to meet specific

requirements for adequacy are

designated as either reference or

equivalent methods, thereby permitting

their use under 40 CFR part 58 by States

and other agencies for determining

attainment of the National Ambient Air

Quality Standards. EPA hereby

announces the designation of a new

equivalent method for measuring SO2 in

ambient air. This designation is made

under the provisions of 40 CFR part 53,

as amended on July 18, 1997 (62 FR

38764).

The new equivalent method for SO2 is

an automated method which utilizes the

measurement principle based on UV

fluorescence. The newly designated

method is identified as follows:

EQSA–0100–133, ‘‘DKK Corporation Model

GFS–112E U.V. Fluorescence SO2 Analyzer,’’

operated at any temperature ranging from 15°

C to 35° C and on any of the following

measurement ranges: 0–0.05 ppm, 0–0.100

ppm, 0–0.200 ppm, 0–0.5 ppm, or 0–1.000

ppm.

An application for an equivalent

method determination for the method

based on the corresponding DKK

analyzer was received by the EPA on

June 21, 1999, and a notice of the

receipt of this application was

published in the Federal Register on

October 12, 1999. The methods are

available commercially from the

applicant, DKK Corporation, 4–13–14,

Kichijoji Kitamachi, Musashino-shi,

Tokyo, 180, JAPAN.

A test analyzer representative of this

method has been tested by the applicant

in accordance with the test procedures

specified in 40 CFR part 53 (as amended

on July 18, 1997). After reviewing the

results of those tests and other

information submitted by the applicant,

EPA has determined, in accordance

with part 53, that this method should be

designated as an equivalent method.

The information submitted by the

applicant will be kept on file at EPA’s

National Exposure Research Laboratory,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711 and will be available for

inspection to the extent consistent with

40 CFR part 2 (EPA’s regulations

implementing the Freedom of

Information Act).

As a designated equivalent method,

this method is acceptable for use by

states and other air monitoring agencies

under the requirements of 40 CFR part

58, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance.

For such purposes, the method must be

used in strict accordance with the

operation or instruction manual

associated with the method and the

specifications and limitations ( e.g.,

operating temperature or measurement

range) specified in the applicable

designation method description (see the

identification of the method above). Use

of the method should also be in general

accordance with the guidance and

recommendations of applicable sections

of the ‘‘Quality Assurance Handbook for

Air Pollution Measurement Systems,

Volume II, EPA/600/R–94/0386.’’

Vendor modifications of a designated

reference or equivalent method used for

purposes of part 58 are permitted only

with prior approval of the EPA, as

provided in part 53. Provisions

concerning modification of such

methods by users are specified under

section 2.8 of appendix C to 40 CFR part

58 (Modifications of Methods by Users).

In general, a method designation

applies to any sampler or analyzer

which is identical to the sampler or

analyzer described in the application for

designation. In some cases, similar

samplers or analyzers manufactured

prior to the designation may be

upgraded (e.g., by minor modification or

by substitution of the approved

operation or instruction manual) so as to

be identical to the designated method

and thus achieve designated status at a

modest cost. The manufacturer should

be consulted to determine the feasibility

of such upgrading.

Part 53 requires that sellers of

designated reference or equivalent

method analyzers or samplers comply

with certain conditions. These

conditions are given in 40 CFR 53.9 and

are summarized below:

(a) A copy of the approved operation

or instruction manual must accompany

the sampler or analyzer when it is

delivered to the ultimate purchaser.

(b) The sampler or analyzer must not

generate any unreasonable hazard to

operators or to the environment.

(c) The sampler or analyzer must

function within the limits of the

applicable performance specifications

given in parts 50 and 53 for at least one

year after delivery when maintained and

operated in accordance with the

operation or instruction manual.

(d) Any sampler or analyzer offered

for sale as part of a reference or

equivalent method must bear a label or

sticker indicating that it has been

designated as part of a reference or

equivalent method in accordance with

part 53 and showing its designated

method identification number.

(e) If such an analyzer has two or

more selectable ranges, the label or

sticker must be placed in close

proximity to the range selector and

indicate which range or ranges have

been included in the reference or

equivalent method designation.

(f) An applicant who offers samplers

or analyzers for sale as part of a

reference or equivalent method is

required to maintain a list of ultimate

purchasers of such samplers or

analyzers and to notify them within 30

days if a reference or equivalent method

designation applicable to the method

has been canceled or if adjustment of

the sampler or analyzer is necessary

under 40 CFR 53.11(b) to avoid a

cancellation.

(g) An applicant who modifies a

sampler or analyzer previously

designated as part of a reference or

equivalent method is not permitted to

sell the sampler or analyzer (as

modified) as part of a reference or

equivalent method (although it may be

sold without such representation), nor

to attach a label or sticker to the sampler

or analyzer (as modified) under the

provisions described above, until the

applicant has received notice under 40

CFR 53.14(c) that the original