[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3443-3448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1210]


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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.

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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 Argon-Oxygen 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d45425a4448035e59485d4548436d485d4c034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="71191e0618145f0205140119141f311401105f161e07">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels; 
Subparts AA and AAa; Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via e-mail to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d202c212c3b2863202c3f242c0d283d2c202c242163283d2c632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2afa3aea3b4a7ecafa3b0aba382a7b2a3afa3abaeeca7b2a3eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6a4b7bfb7f8b7b8a2beb9b8af96b3a6b7f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f3d2e262e612e213b272021360f2a3f2e61282039">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6d4c7cfc788c7c8d2cec9c8dfe6c3d6c7cbc7cfca88c3d6c788c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3a1b2bab2fdb2bda7bbbcbdaa93b6a3b2beb2babffdb6a3b2fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="274f48504e4209545342574f4249670942574609404851">[email protected]</a>., 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95e1fdfaf8f4e6bbf1f0f7fae7f4fdd5f0e5f4bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6829e999b9785d89293949984979eb6938697d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a3c28333f3e743d283f3d3528231a3f2a3b743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e88e9a818d8cc68f9a8d8f879a91a88d9889c68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>, 
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 
(P<INF>2</INF>O<INF>5</INF>) 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 P<INF>2</INF>O<INF>5</INF>, 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 P<INF>2</INF>O<INF>5</INF> 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 Argon-Oxygen 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 <plus-minus>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 person-hours. 
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  x  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 deg.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 three-hour period shall be reported during which 
the average temperature immediately before the catalyst bed, when the 
coating system is operational, is more than 28 deg.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 off-site). 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  deg.C (250  deg.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  x  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  x  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 
x  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  x  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.
[FR Doc. 00-1210 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]
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