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online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Exempt

1. Project No. 696—12/3/99—Kit T.

Mullen.

2. Project No. 420–009—12/22/99—

Steven Pennoyer.

3. Project No. 2336–041—11/22/99—

Jon Cofrancesco.

4. Project No. 10865—12/15/99—

Jeffery R. Soth.

5. RM99–2–000, ER99–3144–000 and

EC99–80–000—12/9/99—The Honorable

Dennis J. Kucinich.

6. CP00–6–000—12/15/99—Jo Lewis.

7. CP99–44–000—12/22/99—Wayne

Daltry.

8. CP00–6–000—12/17/99—C.B.

Shirey.

9. Project Nos. 1975, 2061, 2777 and

2778—12/1/99—John Blair.

10. CP00–14–000, CP00–15–000 and

CP00–16–000—1/3/00—Kim Jessen.

11. Project No. 2609–013—12/16/99—

Tom Dean.

12. Project No. 2609–013—1/6/00—

Tom Dean.

13. CP00–14–000—1/9/00—Mary

Mosley.

14. Project No. 420–009—12/30/99—

Pamela Bergmann.

15. Project No. 10865–001—12/22/

99—Timothy Ballew, Sr.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1426 Filed 1–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6526–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; ICRs Planned To

Be Submitted

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following seven continuing Information

Collection Requests (ICR) 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

information collections as described at

the beginning of Supplementary

Information.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency,1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Mail Code 2223A,

Washington, DC 20460. A hard copy of

an ICR may be obtained without charge

by calling the identified information

contact individual for each ICR in

Section B of the Supplementary

Information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

specific information on the individual

ICRs see Section B of the

Supplementary Information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

For All ICRs

An Agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, an information collection

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are

displayed 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;

(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 automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

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. In general, the

required information consists of

emissions data and other information

deemed not to be private. However, any

information submitted to the Agency for

which a claim of confidentiality is made

will be safeguarded according to the

Agency policies set forth in Title 40,

Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B—

Confidentiality of Business Information

(see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 36902,

September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR

39999, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251,

September 28, 1978; 44 FR 17674,

March 23, 1979).

A. List of ICRs Planned To Be

Submitted.

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 seven

continuing Information Collection

Requests (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

(1) NSPS subparts T, U, V, W, X; New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

for Phosphate Fertilizers, EPA ICR

Number 1081, and OMB Control

Number 2060–0037, expiration date

June 30, 2000.

(2) NSPS subparts AA & AAa, New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

for Electric Arc Furnaces and ArgonOxygen Decarburization Vessels;

Subparts AA and AAa; EPA ICR No.

1060.09 and OMB No. 2060–0038;

expiration date May 31, 2000.

(3) NSPS subpart MM, New Source

Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Automobile and Light Duty Truck

Surface Coating Operations, EPA ICR

Number 1064, and OMB Control

Number 2060–0032, expiration date

June 30, 2000.

(4) NSPS subpart TTT, New Source

Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for

Business Machines; EPA ICR #1093.06,

OMB No. 2060–162, expiration date

May 31, 2000.

(5) MACT subparts AA & BB, National

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants-Phosphoric Acid

Manufacturing and Phosphate

Fertilizers Production EPA # 1790.02,

OMB# 2060–0361, expiration date June

30, 2000.

(6) MACT subpart LL, Recordkeeping

and Reporting Requirements for Primary

Aluminum Reduction Plants, EPA ICR

No. 1767, OMB Control No. 2060–0360,

expiration date May 31, 2000.

(7) MACT subpart NNN, Wool

Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing;

EPA ICR No. 1795, OMB Control No.

2060–0359, expiration date May 31,

2000.

B. Contact Individuals for ICRs

(1) NSPS subparts T, U, V, W, X; New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

for Phosphate Fertilizers, Stephen

Howie at, (202) 564–4146 or via e-mail

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to howie.stephen@epa.gov. EPA ICR

Number 1081, and OMB Control

Number 2060–0037, expiration date

June 30, 2000;

(2) NSPS subparts AA & AAa, New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

for Electric Arc Furnaces and ArgonOxygen Decarburization Vessels;

Subparts AA and AAa; Maria Malave at

(202) 564–7027 or via e-mail to

malave.maria@epamail.epa.gov, EPA

ICR No. 1060.09, OMB No. 2060–0038,

expiration date is May 31, 2000.

(3) NSPS subpart MM, New Source

Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Automobile and Light Duty Truck

Surface Coating Operations, Anthony

Raia at (202) 564–6045, or via e-mail to

raia.anthony@epa.gov, EPA ICR. No.

1064, OMB Control No. 2060–0032,

expiring June 30, 2000.

(4) NSPS subpart TTT, New Source

Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for

Business Machines; Anthony Raia at

(202) 564–6045 or via e-mail to

raia.anthony@epamail.epa.gov, EPA ICR

No. 1093.06, OMB No. 2060–0162,

expires on May 31, 2000.

(5) MACT subparts AA & BB, National

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants-Phosphoric Acid

Manufacturing and Phosphate

Fertilizers Production, Stephen Howie,

at (202) 564–4146 or via e-mail at

howie.stephen@.epa.gov., EPA#

1790.02, OMB# 2060–0361, expiration

date June 30, 2000.

(6) MACT subpart LL, Record keeping

and Reporting Requirements for Primary

Aluminum Reduction Plants, Deborah

Thomas at (202)564–5041 or via e-mail

at thomas.deborah@epa.gov, EPA ICR

No. 1767, OMB Control No. 2060–0360,

expiration date is May 31, 2000.

(7) MACT subpart NNN, Wool

Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing;

Gregory Fried at (202)564–7016 or via email at fried.gregory@epa.gov, EPA ICR

No. 1795, OMB Control No. 2060–0359,

expiring May 31, 2000.

C. Individual ICRs

(1) NSPS Subparts T, U, V, W, X; New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

for Phosphate Fertilizers, EPA ICR

Number 1081, and OMB Control

Number 2060–0037, Expiration Date

June 30, 2000

Affected entities: These standards

apply to each wet phosphoric acid

plant, each super phosphoric acid plant,

each granular diammonium phosphate

plant, and each triple superphosphate

plant, having a design capacity of more

than 15 tons of equivalent phosphorous

pentoxide (P2O5) feed per calendar day.

These standards also apply to granular

triple superphosphate storage facilities.

Specific affected facilities for each

subpart are found at 40 CFR 60.200,

60.210, 60.220, 60.230 and 60.240.

Abstract: The Administrator has

judged that fluoride emissions from the

phosphate fertilizer industry cause or

contribute to air pollution that may

reasonably be anticipated to endanger

public health or welfare. Phosphate

fertilizer plant and phosphate bearing

feed owners/operators of phosphate

fertilizer plants must notify EPA of

construction, modification, start-ups,

shutdowns, malfunctions, and dates and

results of the initial performance test.

Owners/operators must install,

calibrate, and maintain monitoring

devices to continuously measure/record

pressure drop across scrubbers.

Record keeping shall consist of: the

occurrence and duration of all startups

and malfunctions as described; initial

performance tests results; amount of

phosphate feed material; equivalent

calculated amounts of P2O5, and

pressure drops across scrubber systems.

Startups, shutdowns and malfunctions

must be recorded as they occur.

Performance test records must contain

information necessary to determine

conditions of performance test and

performance test measurements.

Equivalent P2O5 stored or amount of

feed must be recorded daily. The

Continuous Monitoring System shall

record pressure drop across scrubbers

continuously and automatically.

Reporting shall include: initial

notifications; and initial performance

test results. In order to ensure

compliance with the standards

promulgated to protect public health,

adequate reporting and record keeping

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.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 87.5 hours per

response. There are 11 respondents/

affected entities that report annually for

an estimated total annual hour burden

of 963 hours.

(2) NSPS Subparts AA & AAa, New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

for Electric Arc Furnaces and ArgonOxygen Decarburization Vessels; EPA

ICR No. 1060.09 and OMB No. 2060–

0038; Expiration Date is May 31, 2000

Affected Entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those owners

or operators of electric arc furnaces and

dust handling systems in steel plants

that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty

steels; and commenced construction,

modification, or reconstruction after the

date of proposal (i.e., October 21, 1974),

and for subpart AAa on or before August

17, 1983.

Abstract: Owners or operators of the

affected facilities described make the

following one-time only reports:

notification of the date of construction

or reconstruction; notification of the

anticipated and actual dates of startup;

notification of any physical or

operational change to an existing facility

which may increase the regulated

pollutant emission rate; and the

notification of the date of the initial

performance test. Owners or operators

are also required to maintain records of

the occurrence and duration of any

startup, shutdown, or malfunction in

the operation of an affected facility.

These notifications, reports and records

are required, in general, of all sources

subject to NSPS.

Recordkeeping and reporting

requirements specific to steel plants

subject to NSPS subpart AA and AAa

include the initial notifications, and

recording of all measurements required

under the monitoring sections. Owners

or operators of electric arc furnaces

controlled by a direct shell evacuation

system are required to install and

maintain a continuous monitoring

device that continuously records

pressure inside the EAF, and records 15

minute integrated averages. Prior

notification it is required for the

procedure used for determining

compliance when emissions are

combined with facilities that are not

subject. The results of the performance

tests including all requirements

specified in sections 60.275, 60.276(c),

60.275a, and 60.276(f) must be reported.

Semiannual reports of unacceptable

operation of the affected facilities, and

semiannual reports of exceedance of

control device opacity are also required.

Unacceptable operation is considered to

be operation at a furnace with static

pressures that exceed the values

established at sections 60.274(f) and

60.274a(g), or operation of the control

system fan motor at values ±15% of the

values established under the

performance test, or operation at flow

rates lower than those established in the

performance test. Exceedance of opacity

are defined as all 6-minute periods

during which the average opacity is

greater than the standard. In general,

excess emission reports must include

the magnitude of excess emissions;

conversion factors used; the date and

time of commencement and completion

of each excess emission time period;

identification of excess emissions

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during startups, shutdowns, and

malfunctions; the nature and cause of

the malfunction (if known) and

corrective measures taken; and

identification of the time period during

which the continuous monitoring

system was inoperative (this does not

include zero and span checks nor

typical repairs or adjustments).

Any 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,

maintenance reports, and records.

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 standards are being met.

Performance test reports are needed as

these are the Agency’s records of a

source initial capability to comply with

the emission standard, and note the

operating conditions under which

compliance was achieved.

The Administrator may require

owners and operators subject to section

111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are

required to comply with record keeping

and reporting requirements, as specified

in section 114(a) of CAA.

In order to ensure compliance with

these standards, adequate 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.

Burden Statement: The type of

industry costs associated with the

information collection activity in the

standards are labor costs and equipment

costs for continuous emission monitors.

The average annual burden to industry

over the past three years for these record

keeping and reporting requirements

were estimated to be 34,082.3 personhours. The average annual cost to

industry over the past three years of the

previously approved ICR was estimated

to be $1,193,200. The total annualized

capital/start-up costs is $48,600 since it

is assumed that one additional source

per year will become to the standard in

the next three years. The total

annualized capital/start-up costs is

$48,600 (includes cost for a continuous

opacity monitor; a volumetric flow rate

monitor; and a pressure monitor). The

total annual operation and maintenance

cost is estimated to be $487,500 since

there are 65 existing sources ($7,500 ×

65 existing sources). It is assumed that

annual operation and maintenance costs

associated with other monitoring

equipment are negligible. Therefore, the

total annualized costs is $536,100.

(3) NSPS Subpart MM, New Source

Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Automobile and Light Duty Truck

Surface Coating Operations, EPA ICR.

No. 1064, OMB Control No. 2060–0032,

Expires on June 30, 2000

Affected Entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those owners

or operators of automobile and light

duty truck assembly plant lines: each

prime coat operation, guide coat

operation, and top coat operation

commencing construction, modification

or reconstruction after the proposal date

(October 5, 1979).

Abstract: Owners or operators of the

affected facilities described make the

following one-time only reports:

notification of the date of construction

or reconstruction; notification of the

anticipated and actual dates of startup;

notification of any physical or

operational change to an existing facility

which may increase the regulated

pollutant emission rate; and the

notification of the date of the initial

performance test. Owners or operators

are also required to maintain records of

the occurrence and duration of any

startup, shutdown, or malfunction in

the operation of an affected facility.

These notifications, reports and records

are required, in general, of all sources

subject to NSPS.

Record keeping requirements for

automobile and light duty truck surface

coating operations consist of keeping

monthly records of exceedance of the

volume-weighted average of VOCs

emitted per volume of applied coating

solids. When thermal or catalytic

incineration is performed, the owner or

operator shall keep records of each three

hour period during which the

incinerator temperature averaged more

than 28 degrees centigrade below the

temperature of the most recent

performance test, and when the average

temperature difference across the

catalyst bed is less than 80% of the

average temperature difference recorded

during the most recent performance test.

Daily records of this information shall

be kept at the source for a period of two

years.

Reporting requirements include a

written report describing the results of

the initial performance test. Affected

sources are required to provide a written

report to the Administrator every

calendar quarter of each instance in

which the VOC emissions exceed the

emission limit, or semiannually if no

such instances have occurred. Where

compliance with the NSPS is achieved

through the use of incineration, affected

facilities must report instances where a

discrepancy of greater than 28°C exists

between the three-hour average

temperature measurement and the

average temperature during the most

recent performance test at which the

destruction efficiency was determined.

For catalytic incinerators, every threehour period shall be reported during

which the average temperature

immediately before the catalyst bed,

when the coating system is operational,

is more than 28°C less than the average

temperature immediately before the

catalyst bed during the most recent

control device performance test at

which destruction efficiency was

determined. Every three hour period

shall be reported each quarter during

which the average temperature

difference across the catalyst bed when

the coating system is operational is less

than 80% of the average temperature

difference of the device during the most

recent performance test at which

destruction efficiency was determined.

Affected sources are also required to

notify the Administrator of the date of

construction or reconstruction of an

applicable facility, the anticipated date

of initial startup, the actual date of

initial startup, any physical or

operational change to the facility, and

30 days prior to any test by Reference

Method 25. Notification deadlines are

listed at 40 CFR 60.7.

A written report must be furnished to

the Administrator describing the results

of the initial performance test.

Thereafter, quarterly reports of

noncompliance are required, and

semiannual reports shall be made when

the source is in compliance with the

applicable emission limitations. 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.

The Administrator may require

owners and operators subject to section

111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are

required to comply with recordkeeping

and reporting requirements, as specified

in section 114(a) of CAA. In order to

ensure compliance with these

standards, adequate record keeping 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.

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Burden Statement: The industry costs

associated with the information

collection activity in the standards are

labor costs and recording equipment.

The current number of sources are 42

with 3 new sources a year estimated (45

sources if averaged over the next 3

years). Temperature measurement

devices must include a recording device

and the cost of this equipment is

estimated at $750 per facility (only

required for new facilities since existing

facilities already have the equipment)

and the operation and maintenance is

estimated at $1500. The annualized start

up cost is $2,250. The labor estimates

used were derived from standard

estimates based on EPA’s experience

with other standards. The average

annual burden to industry over the next

three years from these record keeping

and reporting requirements is estimated

at 2,540.3 person-hours. The respondent

costs have been calculated on the basis

of $16.67 per hour plus 110 percent

overhead. The average annual burden to

industry over the next three years of the

ICR is estimated to be $88,910.

(4) NSPS Subpart TTT, New Source

Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for

Business Machines; EPA ICR #1093.06,

OMB No. 2060–162, Expires on May 31,

2000

Affected Entities: Entities potentially

affected by this standard are those

owners or operators of spray booths in

which plastic parts for business

machines receive prime, color, texture,

or touch-up coats, and for which

construction, modification or

reconstruction commenced after the

proposal date.

Abstract: Owners or operators of the

affected facilities described make the

following one-time only reports:

notification of the date of construction

or reconstruction; notification of the

anticipated and actual dates of startup;

notification of any physical or

operational change to an existing facility

which may increase the regulated

pollutant emission rate; and the

notification of the date of the initial

performance test. Owners or operators

are also required to maintain records of

the occurrence and duration of any

startup, shutdown, or malfunction in

the operation of an affected facility.

These notifications, reports and records

are required, in general, of all sources

subject to NSPS.

Record keeping requirements specific

to the surface coating of plastic parts for

business machines include the records

of each monthly performance test.

A written report must be furnished to

the Administrator describing the results

of the initial performance test.

Thereafter, quarterly reports of

noncompliance are required, and

semiannual reports shall be made when

the source is in compliance with the

applicable emission limitations.

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 standards are being met.

Performance test reports are needed as

these are the Agency’s records of a

source initial capability to comply with

the emission standard, and note the

operating conditions under which

compliance was achieved.

The Administrator may require

owners and operators subject to section

111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are

required to comply with record keeping

and reporting requirements, as specified

in section 114(a) of CAA.

In order to ensure compliance with

these standards, adequate 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.

Burden Statement: The only type of

industry costs associated with the

information collection activity in the

standards are labor costs. The average

annual burden to industry over the past

three years for these record keeping and

reporting requirements were estimated

to be $29,444 person-hours. The average

annual cost to industry over the past

three years of the ICR was estimated to

be $896,569.

(5) MACT Subparts AA & BB, National

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants-Phosphoric Acid

Manufacturing and Phosphate

Fertilizers Production, EPA# 1790.02,

OMB# 2060–0361, Expiration Date June

30, 2000

Affected entities: These standards

apply to owners or operators of

phosphoric acid manufacturing and

phosphate fertilizers production

facilities. Specific affected facilities for

each subpart are found at 40 CFR 63.600

and 60.620.

Abstract: The Administrator has

judged that hydrogen fluoride emissions

from the phosphoric acid manufacturing

and phosphate fertilizer industry cause

or contribute to air pollution that may

reasonably be anticipated to endanger

public health or welfare. Owners/

operators of affected phosphoric acid

manufacturing and phosphate fertilizer

production must submit one-time

notifications (where applicable) and

annual reports on performance test

results. Plants must develop and

implement a startup, shutdown, and

malfunction plan and submit

semiannual reports of any event where

the plan was not followed. Semiannual

reports for periods of operation during

which the monitoring parameter

boundaries established during the initial

compliance test are exceeded (or reports

certifying that no exceedances have

occurred) also are required. General

requirements applicable to all NESHAP

require records of applicability

determinations; test results; exceedance;

periods of startups, shutdowns, or

malfunctions; monitoring records; and

all other information needed to

determine compliance with the

applicable standard. Records and

reports must be retained for a total of 5

years (2 years at the site; the remaining

3 years of records may be retained offsite). The files may be maintained on

microfilm, on a computer or floppy

disks, on magnetic tape disks, or on

microfiche.

Subparts AA and BB require

respondents to install monitoring

devices to measure the pressure drop

and liquid flow rate for wet scrubbers.

These operating parameters are

permitted to vary within ranges

determined concurrently with

performance tests. Exceedance of the

operating ranges are considered

violations of the site-specific operating

limits.

The standards require sources to

determine and record the amount of

phosphatic feed material processed or

stored on a daily basis. This

requirement allows verification of plant

operating rate which is one of the

factors considered in establishing the

operating ranges of control devices. This

requirement poses no additional burden

upon the industry. This is so because

proper plant operation and industry

practice include daily recording of

phosphate-bearing feed processed. This

practice predates the regulations and

would continue in their absence.

Because the daily record keeping

requirement places no additional

burden upon sources, no estimate has

been made for this requirement.

Respondents also maintain records of

specific information needed to

determine that the standards are being

achieved and maintained.

Since many of the facilities

potentially affected by the proposed

standards are currently subject to new

source performance standards (NSPS),

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the standards include an exemption

from the NSPS for those sources. That

exemption eliminates a duplication of

information collection requirements.

In order to ensure compliance with

the standards promulgated to protect

public health, adequate reporting and

record keeping is necessary. In the

absence of such information

enforcement personnel would be unable

to determine whether the standards are

being met as required by the Clean Air

Act.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 132 hours per

response. There are 15 respondents/

affected Entities, reporting

semiannually, for an estimated total

annual hour burden of 3,790 hours.

(6) MACT Subpart LL, Recordkeeping

and Reporting Requirements for Primary

Aluminum Reduction Plants, EPA ICR

No. 1767, OMB Control No. 2060–0360,

Expiration Date is May 31, 2000

Affected Entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are primary

aluminum reduction plants that emit or

have the potential to emit hazardous air

pollutants (HAPs) listed in section

112(b) of the Clean Air Act. Specifically,

the requirements apply to the owner or

operator of the affected facilities which

include new or existing potline, paste

production plant, or anode bake furnace

associated with primary aluminum

production and located at a major

source, and for each new pitch storage

tank associated with a primary

aluminum reduction plant.

Abstract: Primary aluminum

reduction plants may reasonably be

anticipated to emit from their various

process operations several of the HAPs

that, in the Administrator’s judgement,

cause or contribute to air pollution that

may endanger public health or welfare.

Consequently, technology-based

standards (MACT) were promulgated for

this source category. These MACT

standards ensure that all major sources

of air toxic emissions achieve the level

of control already being achieved by the

better controlled and lower emitting

sources in each category and involve the

installation, operation and maintenance

of particulate control devices such as

electrostatic precipitator or scrubbers.

In order to ensure compliance with

the standards, adequate record-keeping

and reporting is necessary. This

information enables the Agency to: (1)

Identify the sources subject to the

standard; (2) ensure initial compliance

with emission limits; and (3) verify

continuous compliance with the

standard. Specifically, the rule requires

written notification when (1) an area

source that subsequently increases its

emissions such that the source is a

major source; (2) a source is subject to

the standard, where the initial startup is

before the effective date of the standard;

(3) a source is subject to the standard,

where the source is new or has been

reconstructed, the initial startup is after

the effective date of the standard, and

for which an application for approval of

construction or reconstruction is not

required; (4) there is an intent to

construct a new major source or

reconstruct a major source, the date

construction or reconstruction

commenced, the anticipated date of

startup, where the initial startup of a

new or reconstructed source occurs after

the effective date of the standard, and

for which an application for approval or

construction or reconstruction is

required; (5) initial performance test; (6)

initial compliance status; (7) one-time

notification for each affected source of

the intent to use an HF continuous

emission monitor; and (8) compliance

approach. In addition, sources are

required to submit results of the initial

performance test and a summary of all

subsequent performance tests, submit a

report if measured emissions are in

excess of the applicable standard, and to

develop a plan for and keep records of

all startups, shutdowns, and

malfunctions. The owner or operator

shall also maintain files of all

information required by section 63.10(b)

and by subpart LL.

In the absence of such information

collection requirements, enforcement

personnel would be unable to determine

whether the standards are being met on

a continuous basis, as required by the

Clean Air Act. Consequently, these

information collection requirements are

mandatory, and the records required by

MACT must be retained by the owner or

operator for five years.

Burden Statement: In the previously

approved ICR, the average annual

burden to the industry over the next

three years to meet these record-keeping

and reporting requirements was

estimated to total 52,544 person-hours.

This is based on an estimated 23

respondents and an average of 2,300

hours per respondent (i.e., per plant).

Each respondent is required to report

semiannually.

(7) MACT Subpart NNN, Wool

Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing;

EPA ICR No. 1795, OMB Control No.

2060–0359, Expiring 5/31/00

Affected Entities: These standards

apply to each of the following existing

and newly constructed sources located

at a wool fiberglass manufacturing

facility: all glass-melting furnaces,

rotary spin (RS) manufacturing lines

that produce bonded building

insulation, and flame attenuation (FA)

manufacturing lines producing bonded

pipe insulation. The rule also applies to

new FA manufacturing lines producing

bonded heavy-density products. RS and

FA manufacturing lines that produce

nonbonded products, where no binder

is applied, are not subject to the

standards. A facility emitting less than

10 tons per year of any HAP or less than

25 tons per year of any combination of

HAPs is an area source and is not

subject to this NESHAP. Facilities that

manufacture mineral wool from rock or

slag are not subject to this rule but are

subject to a separate NESHAP for

mineral wool production. (See 62 FR

25370 (May 8, 1997), notice of proposed

rulemaking.)

Abstract: The NESHAP for wool

fiberglass manufacturing plants was

proposed on March 31, 1997 (62 FR

15228) and promulgated on May 13,

1999. Owners and operators of wool

fiberglass manufacturing plants are

required to comply with the

notification, reporting, and

recordkeeping requirements for MACT

standards in the NESHAP general

provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A).

The general provisions require: (1)

Initial notification(s) of applicability,

notification of performance test, and

notification of compliance status; (2) a

report of performance test results; (3) a

startup, shutdown, and malfunction

plan with semiannual reports of any

reportable events; and (4) semiannual

reports of deviations from established

parameters. When deviations in

operating parameters established during

performance testing are reported, the

owner or operator must report quarterly

until a request to return to semiannual

reporting is approved by the

Administrator.

In addition to the requirements of the

general provisions, section 63.1386 of

the final rule specifies additional

records to be kept by owners or

operators of a wool fiberglass

manufacturing plants. The final rule

requires the owner or operator to

maintain records of the following, as

applicable: (1) Bag leak detection system

alarms, including the date and time of

the alarm, when corrective actions were

initiated, the cause of the alarm, an

explanation of the corrective actions

taken, and when the cause of the alarm

was corrected; (2) ESP parameter

value(s) used to monitor ESP

performance, including any period

when the value(s) deviates from the

established limit(s), the date and time of

the deviation, when corrective actions

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were initiated, the cause of the

deviation, an explanation of the

corrective actions taken, and when the

cause of the deviation was corrected; (3)

air temperature above the molten glass

in an uncontrolled cold top electric

furnace, including any period when the

temperature exceeds 120 °C (250 °F) at

a location 46 to 61 centimeters (18 to 24

inches) above the molten glass surface,

the date and time of the exceedance,

when corrective actions were initiated,

the cause of the exceedance, an

explanation of the corrective actions

taken, and when the cause of the

exceedance was corrected; (4)

uncontrolled glass-melting furnace (that

is not a cold top electric furnace)

parameter value(s) used to monitor

furnace performance, including any

period when the value(s) exceeds the

established limit(s), the date and time of

the exceedance, when corrective actions

were initiated, the cause of the

exceedance, an explanation of the

corrective actions taken, and when the

cause of the exceedance was corrected;

(5) the LOI and product density for each

bonded product manufactured on a RS

or FA manufacturing line, the free

formaldehyde content of each resin

shipment received and used in binder

formulation, and the binder formulation

of each batch; (6) Process parameter

level(s) for RS and FA manufacturing

lines that use process modifications to

comply with the emission standards,

including any period when the

parameter level(s) deviates from the

established limit(s), the date and time of

the deviation, when corrective actions

were initiated, the cause of the

deviation, an explanation of the

corrective actions taken, and when the

cause of the deviation was corrected; (7)

scrubber pressure drop, scrubbing liquid

flow rate, and any chemical additive

(including chemical feed rate to the

scrubber), including any period when a

parameter level(s) deviates from the

established limit(s), the date and time of

the deviation, when corrective actions

were initiated, the cause of the

deviation, an explanation of the

corrective actions taken, and when the

cause of the deviation was corrected; (8)

incinerator operating temperature and

results of periodic inspection of

incinerator components, including any

period when the temperature falls below

the established average or the inspection

identifies problems with the incinerator,

the date and time of the problem, when

corrective actions were initiated, the

cause of the problem, an explanation of

the corrective actions taken, and when

the cause of the problem was corrected;

and (9) glass pull rate, including any

period when the pull rate exceeds the

average pull rate established during the

performance test by more than 20

percent, the date and time of the

exceedance, when corrective actions

were initiated, the cause of the

exceedance, an explanation of the

corrective actions taken, and when the

cause of the exceedance was corrected.

The NESHAP general provisions (40

CFR part 63, subpart A) require that

records be maintained for at least 5

years from the date of each record. The

owner or operator must retain the

records onsite for at least 2 years but

may retain the records offsite the

remaining 3 years.

Burden Statement: There are 21

sources subject to this standard. The

total average annual hours are estimated

to be 17,800. The total average annual

cost is estimated to be $571,000. The

following is a breakdown of burden

used in the ICR. EPA estimates a two

hour burden for notification of

applicability and notification of the date

of the performance test, and a four hour

burden for the notification of

compliance status. EPA estimates an

eight hour burden for reporting of both

excess emissions and for startups,

shutdowns and malfunctions. EPA also

estimates a 16 hour burden for reporting

of monitoring exceedence. EPA also

estimates a 40 hour burden for each of

the following plans: an Operation,

Maintenance, and Monitoring Plan; a

Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction

Plan; and a Quality Improvement Plan.

For each new source, EPA estimates a

980 hour burden for the initial

performance test. Finally, EPA estimates

a 9 hour burden for maintaining all

records of information required by this

subpart.

The total nationwide capital cost

associated with monitoring for 21 plants

over the three year ICR clearance period

is estimated at $857,000. These costs

include $163,000 capital costs for a bag

leak detection system for 18 baghouses

($9,100 per baghouse leak detection

system × 18 baghouses) at 11 facilities

with $500/yr/baghouse in operation and

maintenance costs; $18,000 capital cost

for temperature monitors on 12 cold top

electric furnaces at 6 facilities ($1,500

per temperature monitoring and

recording device × 12 furnaces); and a

one-time cost of $675,000 to establish a

correlation between formaldehyde

emissions and process parameters used

to monitor compliance on affected RS

and FA manufacturing lines ($15,000

per line × 45 RS and FA manufacturing

lines). No additional cost is assumed by

EPA for a thermocouple with a strip

chart recorder for incinerators, as the

thermocouple is customarily included

in the cost of the thermal incinerator.

Other equipment used to monitor

control devices and processes are

already in-place; thus, there would be

no additional monitoring costs. The

total annualized capital cost is

$123,000, or an average of $41,000/yr

over the three year startup period. Total

annual operation and maintenance costs

associated with the monitoring

equipment is $9,000 ($500 per baghouse

leak detection system × 18 baghouses),

or an average of $3,000/yr over the three

year startup period.

Dated: January 7, 2000.

Bruce R. Weddle,

Acting Director, Office of Compliance.

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Through January 14, 2000 Pursuant to

40 CFR 1506.9.

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AR, TX, US 71 Highway Improvement

Project, Updated Information, between

Texarkana, (US71) Arkansas and DeQueen,

Texarkana Northern Loop Funding, Right-ofWay Approval and COE Section 404 Permit,

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and Bowie County, TX, Due: February 28,

2000, Contact: Elizabeth Romero (501) 324–

5309.

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Merced Wild and Scenic River

Comprehensive Management Plan,

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Merced, Mono, Mariposa and Madera

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Proposed Rule for the Use of Locomotive

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Contact: David Valenstein (202) 493–6383.

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388–6500.

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