[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43159-43160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21273]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5873-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; New 
Source Performance Standards for Secondary Brass and Bronze Production 
Plants

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 notice announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standards of Performance for 
Secondary Brass and Bronze Production Plants (NSPS subpart M), OMB 
Control Number 2060-0110, expiration date: September 30, 1997. 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 September 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1604.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards of Performance for Secondary Brass and Bronze 
Production Plants (OMB Control No. 2060-0110; EPA ICR No. 1604.05, 
expiring September 30, 1997. This is a request for an extension of a 
currently approved ICR.
    Abstract: Secondary brass and bronze production plants emit 
metallic particulate matter in quantities that the Administrator 
believes cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be 
anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Consequently, New 
Source Performance Standards for secondary brass and bronze production 
plants were promulgated. Affected facilities are required to meet total 
particulate emission limits as well as opacity limits. Owners or 
operators must conduct initial performance tests to verify compliance 
with the standards, and maintain records of all startup, shutdown, and 
malfunction events. In

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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.
    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 Ch. 15. The Federal 
Register notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on 
this collection of information, was published on March 5, 1997 (62 FR 
10039). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 
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: Secondary Brass and Bronze 
Production Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
    Frequency of Response: 1/yr.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: 0.
    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. 1604.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0110 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460

      and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 6, 1997.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-21273 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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