[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63703-63712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31575]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5930-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) 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

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proposed information collections as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: U.S. EPA, 401 M St., S.W., Washington D.C. 20460. Interested 
persons may obtain a copy of the ICR without charge by calling Sandy 
Farmer of OPPE at (202) 260-2740.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: NSPS subpart Ka: Everett Bishop, phone 
number, 202-564-7032; facsimile, 202-564-0050; or by e-mail at 
Bishop.E<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#384e5d4a5d4c4c785d485955595154165d4859165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67110215021313270217060a060e0b4902170649000811">[email protected]</span></a>. NSPS subpart O and NSPS subpart UU: 
John Dombrowski, (202) 564-7036; Facsimile number, (202) 564-0009; E-
mail address <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a3a3a3e35373828352d29313374303532341a3f2a3b373b3336743f2a3b743d352c">``<span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a6e65676878657d79616324606562644a6f7a6b676b6366246f7a6b246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>''. NSPS subpart QQ: 
Ginger Gotliffe at (202) 564-7072 or via e-mail 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73141c071f1a1515165d141a1d141601331603121e121a1f5d1603125d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7b0b8a3bbbeb1b1b2f9b0beb9b0b2a597b2a7b6bab6bebbf9b2a7b6f9b0b8a1">[email protected]</span></a>). NSPS subpart BBB: Maria Malave at 
(202) 564-7027 or via e-mail (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="256864696473600b6864776c646560756468646c690b">[email protected]</a> EPA.GOV.) or send a 
fax to (202) 564-0050 her attention. NESHAP subpart C and MACT subpart 
X: Jane Engert, (202) 564-5021; FAX (202) 564-0050; e-mail: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fe9b90999b8c8ad0949f909bbe9b8e9f939f9792d09b8e9fd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8beee5eceef9ffa5e1eae5eecbeefbeae6eae2e7a5eefbeaa5ece4fd">[email protected]</span></a>; NESHAP subpart F: Dawn Banks-Waller, (202) 
564-7034; Facimile number, (202) 564-0009; Email address ``<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c0e0d02071f41661b0d0000091e42080d1b022c091c0d010d050042091c0d420b031a">banks-
<span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88ffe9e4e4edfaa6ece9ffe6c8edf8e9e5e9e1e4a6edf8e9a6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>''. MACT subpart W: Sally Sasnett at (202) 
564-7074(phone); 202 564-0009 (Fax) or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84f7e5f7eae1f0f0aaf7c4e1f4e5e9e5ede8">[email protected]</a> .epa.gov (e-
mail).

NSPS Subpart Ka (Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which 
Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 18, 
1978, and Prior to July 23, 1984.)

Supplementary Information:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which have storage vessels containing petroleum liquids which 
have a storage capacity greater than 151,416 liters that were 
constructed, reconstructed or modified commencing after May 18, 1978 
and prior to July 23, 1984.
    Title: 40 CFR Part 60, NSPS Subpart Ka (Storage Vessels for 
Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or 
Modification Commenced After May 18, 1978, and Prior to July 23, 1984.) 
OMB Control Number 2060-0121, expiring on 5/31/98.
    Abstract: 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 
emission reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of 
achieving such emission reduction, or any non-air quality health and 
environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator 
determines has been adequately demonstrated [Section ill(a) (1)].

    The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated 
technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator 
review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every 4 years. In 
addition, Section 114 (a) states that:

* * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator subject to 
any requirement of this Act to, (A) establish and maintain such 
records, (B) make such reports, (C) install, use and maintain such 
monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such methods, at 
such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as the 
Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) provide such other 
information, as he may reasonably require.

    In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from VOL storage 
vessels cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be 
anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NSPS have 
been promulgated for this source category.
    The control of emissions of VOC from storage vessels requires not 
only the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the 
operation and maintenance of that equipment. VOC emissions are the 
result of evaporation of volatile organic liquids contained in the 
vessels. These standards rely on the enclosure of the tanks by fixed or 
floating roofs, or a vapor recovery system or equivalent control 
device.
    (2) Description and Practical Utility of the Information Collection 
Activity. 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. Generally, this information will be readily available because 
it is needed for plant records. As a result, there should be no 
additional burden from these requirements.
    The format of the rule is that of an equipment standard. A 
performance test is not required because conducting a performance test 
is not feasible for floating roofs. Floating roofs are subject to 
visual inspections and periodic measurements. Flares must meet the 
General Provisions at section 60.18(f). The owner/operator must notify 
the date of construction or reconstruction no later than 30 days after 
such date, notify 60 days prior to a physical or operational change to 
an existing facility which may increase emissions, record occurrences 
of any start-up, shutdown or malfunction, record gap measurements: 
primary seals every five years, secondary seals every year, report 
within 60 days if seal gap measurements exceed regulatory limits 
(Sec. 60.112a), provide notice 30 days prior to seal gap measurement, 
provide information on vapor recovery system including emissions data, 
operations design and maintenance plan and record whenever the liquid 
is changed, type of petroleum liquid, period of storage and maximum 
true vapor).
    Information generated by notifications, recordkeeping, and 
reporting requirements is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities 
affected by the NSPS continue to operate the control equipment used to 
achieve compliance. Notification of construction and startup indicates 
to enforcement personnel when a new affected facility has been 
constructed and therefore is subject to the standards. If the 
information were not collected, the Agency would have no means for 
ensuring that compliance with the NSPS is achieved and maintained by 
the new, modified, or reconstructed sources subject to the regulation. 
Under these circumstances, an owner or operator could elect to reduce 
operating expenses by not installing, maintaining, or otherwise 
operating the control technology required by the standards. In the 
absence of the recordkeeping requirements, the standards could be 
enforced only through continuous onsite inspection by regulatory agency 
personnel. Consequently, not collecting the information results in (1) 
greatly increased resource requirements for enforcement agencies or (2) 
the inability to enforce the standards.
    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.
    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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other

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technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

    Burden Statement: Based upon the data the Agency had from the last 
ICR, the burden was estimated as follows: notifying and reporting roof 
gaps is 5 hours, recording primary seal measurements is 18 hours, 
recording secondary seal measurements is 90 hours and fill/refill 
records is 5 hours. The frequency of response is one time and 183 
respondents are estimated to be subject to these requirements. The 
average annual O&M cost for complying with NSPS Subpart Ka is estimated 
to be $3,578 per respondent. 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.

NSPS Subpart O: Sewage Treatment Plant Incineration

Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which incinerate wastes containing more than 10 percent sewage 
sludge (dry basis) produced by municipal sewage treatment plants or 
each incinerator which charges more than 1000 kg (2205 lb) per day 
municipal sewage sludge (dry basis) and which commenced construction or 
modification after June 11, 1973.
    Title: NSPS Subpart O: Sewage Treatment Plant incineration, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0035, expires June 30, 1998.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.150, 
et seq., Subpart O, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for sewage 
sludge treatment plant incinerators. This information notifies EPA when 
a source becomes subject to the regulations, informs the Agency if a 
source is in compliance when it begins operation, and informs the 
Agency if the source remained in compliance during any period of 
operation. In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter 
emissions from sewage treatment plant incinerators cause or contribute 
to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public 
health or welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source 
category.
    The control of emissions of particulate matter from sewage 
treatment plant incinerators requires not only the installation of 
properly designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of 
that equipment. Particulate matter emissions from sewage treatment 
plant incinerators are the result of the physical and chemical 
characteristics of the sludge feed and fuel use, the excess air rate, 
the temperature profile within the incinerator, the pressure drop 
across the control device, and operating procedures. These standards 
rely on the reduction of particulate matter emissions by wet scrubbers.
    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, that are protective of public health, are being met on a 
continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.
    The standards require recordkeeping to document information 
relating to the continuous monitoring of: the pressure drop across the 
emission control device, the amount of oxygen in the incinerator 
exhaust gases upstream of the emissions control device, devices which 
measure temperature profiles, feed rates and fuel uses (for sources 
over the .75 lb/ton input cutoff), and document information relating to 
the daily results of grab samples each day of incineration to determine 
moisture and volatile content of the sludge. Specifically, incinerators 
from which particulate emission rate measured during the performance 
test is less than or equal to 0.38 g/kg of dry sludge input (0.75 lb/
ton), shall be exempted from continuously monitoring and recording the 
following: incinerator temperature, fuel flow, sludge feed rate, and 
sludge moisture and volatiles content.
    The standards require initial notification reports with respect to 
construction, modification, reconstruction, startups, shutdowns, and 
malfunctions. The standards also require reports on initial performance 
tests.
    Under the standard, the data collected by the affected industry is 
retained at the facility for a minimum of two (2) years and made 
available for inspection by the Administrator.
    The information is recorded in sufficient detail to enable owners 
or operators to demonstrate compliance with the standards. This 
information is used to monitor particulate emissions directly, thus 
ensuring continuous compliance with the standards. The semiannual 
reporting requirement for scrubber pressure drop and average oxygen 
content provide good indications of a source's compliance status. There 
is a direct correlation between particulate removal efficiencies, 
pressure drop across the scrubber, and elevated oxygen levels in the 
incinerator exhaust gases. For this reason, the Agency is requiring all 
sludge incinerators to continuously monitor and record pressure drop 
across the scrubber and oxygen levels in the incinerator exhaust gases. 
Other incinerator operating variables such as fuel use, incinerator 
temperature, and sludge quality have also been found by EPA to affect 
measures of particulate removal efficiencies.
    The Agency considers that information on continuous sludge feed 
rates is necessary to evaluate cases for potential periods of increased 
particulate emissions (as indicated by changes in either scrubber 
pressure drop or oxygen content). Furthermore, an increase in the 
sludge feed rate, especially accompanied by increased moisture and 
volatile content, requires a proportional increase in the specific fuel 
consumption. Hence, excess emissions could potentially occur when 
sludge feed rates are above specific fuel consumption rates. Therefore, 
should either the fuel use increase, incinerator temperature increase, 
sludge moisture content increase, or sludge volatile content decrease 
compared to the values observed at the time of a performance test, it 
is reasonable to suspect that increased emissions of particulate matter 
could result. By requiring this information, EPA or other agencies to 
which enforcement authority is delegated will be given the means to 
identify those facilities that should be more frequently subjected to 
on-site inspections. 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.
    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

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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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.

    Burden Statement: Public reporting and recordkeeping burden for 
this collection is estimated to average 106 hours per respondent per 
year. It is estimated that approximately 72 sewage treatment plants 
that are equipped with sludge incinerators are currently affected by 
the NSPS. It is estimated that an additional 3 sources will become 
subject to the standard each year over the next three years. Therefore, 
the ICR will apply to an average of 72 + 5.0, or 77 sources over the 
next 3 years. For the purpose of this cost analysis, it is assumed that 
50 percent of the 77 sewage sludge plants (includes estimated increase) 
would fall under the size threshold (.75 lb/ton sludge input) and 
thereby are exempt from monitoring incinerator temperature profiles, 
sludge feed rates, fuel use, and moisture and volatile contents of the 
sludge. Likewise, it is assumed that 50 percent of all the facilities 
would be required to file annual excess emissions reports. Reports of 
excess monitoring data are assumed to require 40 person hours per year 
to prepare. Reports indicating no excess would take 8 hours to prepare. 
Other assumptions used in estimating the burden hours include: there 
will be 18 plants (respondents) in 5 years equal to 3.6 respondents per 
year, and 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated due 
to failure. The burden to respondents has been minimized by requiring 
the collection of only that information which the Agency considers 
essential to ensure that sewage sludge incinerators subject to the NSPS 
are properly maintained and operated on a continuing basis. In 
addition, the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements 
have been designed to reduce the incidence of reporting for plants that 
achieve compliance at emission rates well below the existing NSPS 
emission limit. Thus, those plants that are less likely to exceed the 
existing emission limit will be less burdened by the requirements. This 
estimate 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. The average annual burden to industry from these 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated at 8181.3 person-
hours and $360,795.33. The specific frequency for some of the 
information collection activities within this request are: initial 
performance tests, 72 hrs/event; repeat performance tests (estimated at 
20%), 72 hrs/event; notify of construction or reconstruction, 2 hrs/
event; notify of anticipated start-up, 2 hrs/event; notify of actual 
startup, 2 hrs/event; notify of demonstration of CMS, 40 hrs/event; 
notify of initial performance test, 2 hrs/event; excess emissions 
reports, excess reports, 40 hrs/event; non-excess Reports, 8 hrs/event; 
records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, etc., 1.5 hrs/event; 
record operating parameters of CMS, non-exempted facilities, 1.5 hrs/
event and exempted Facilities: 0.5 hrs/event.

NSPS Subpart QQ

Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are subject to NSPS Subpart QQ for the graphic arts 
industry, or each publication rotogravure printing press (not including 
proof presses) and for which construction, modification, or 
reconstruction commenced after October 28, 1980.
    Title: NSPS Subpart QQ: Standards of Performance for the Graphic 
Arts Industry--Publication Rotogravure Printing, OMB number 2060-0105, 
expires April 30, 1998.
    Abstract: 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)(l)].

    The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated 
technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator 
review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every four years. In 
addition, Section 114(a) states that:

* * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator subject to 
any requirement of this Act to (A) establish and maintain such 
records, (B) make such reports, (C) install, use and maintain such 
monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such methods at 
such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as the 
Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) provide such other 
information, as he may reasonably require.

    In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from the graphic 
arts industry, publication rotogravure printing industry cause or 
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the New Source 
Performance Standards (NSPS) were promulgated for this source category. 
The NSPS for the Graphic Arts Industry were proposed on October 28, 
1980, and promulgated on November 8, 1982. These standards apply to 
each publication rotogravure printing press (not including proof 
presses) for which construction, modification or reconstruction 
commenced after the date of proposal. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 
are the pollutants regulated under this Subpart. The standards prohibit 
the discharge into the atmosphere from any affected facility VOC equal 
to more than 16 percent of the total mass of VOC solvent and water used 
at that facility during any one performance averaging period.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction (40 CFR 60.7(a)(1)); notification of the 
anticipated and actual dates of startup (40 CFR 60.7(a)(2) and (a)(3)); 
notification of any physical or operational change to an existing 
facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate (40 
CFR 60.7(a)(4)); and the notification of the date of the initial 
performance test (40 CFR 60.7). 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 (40 
CFR 60.7(b)). Test reporting requirements apply only to the initial 
performance test. A written report must be furnished to the 
Administrator describing the results of the initial performance test 
(40 CFR 60.8(a), 60.433(e)(6)). These notifications, reports and 
records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.

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    Recordkeeping specific to publication rotogravure operations 
include: performance test records and all other information required by 
this part/subpart recorded in a permanent file suitable for inspection. 
The file shall be maintained for at least two years. (40 CFR 60.7(f), 
and 60.434 (a)). This other information includes: the amount of solvent 
and water used, solvent recovered, and estimated emission percentage 
for each performance averaging period. The performance averaging period 
for monitoring of proper operation and maintenance is a calendar month 
or 4 consecutive weeks. In order to calculate corrected volumes and 
mass quantities, temperatures and liquid densities determined during 
the most recent performance test are used, or the owner can measure 
temperature to determine actual liquid densities for each performance 
period.
    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 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. 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.
    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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.

    Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
the currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions, 
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper 
Reduction Act. 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.
    This estimate is based on the assumption that there would be 45 new 
affected facility over the three years of the existing ICR and that 
there were approximately 165 sources in existence at the start of the 
three years covered by the ICR. The annual burden of reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements for facilities subject to Subpart QQ are 
summarized by the following information. The reporting requirements are 
as follows: Read Instructions (1 person-hour), Initial performance test 
(280 person-hours). It is assumed that 20% of tests are repeated due to 
failure. Estimates for report writing are: Notification of 
construction/reconstruction (2 person-hours), Notification of 
anticipated startup (2 person-hours), Notification of actual startup 
((1 person-hour), Notification of initial performance test (2 person-
hours), Report of performance test (included in reporting requirements 
listed above), Semiannual report (4 person-hours). Records must be kept 
for a period of two years. The average burden to industry over the 
three years of the current ICR from these recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements was estimated to be 8277 person hours.

NSPS Subpart UU: Asphalt Processing & Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers

Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
each saturator and each asphalt storage facility at asphalt roofing 
plants, and each asphalt storage tank and each blowing still at asphalt 
processing plants, petroleum refineries, and asphalt roofing plants.
    Title: NSPS Subpart UU: Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing 
manufacturers; EPA ICR #0661.05; OMB Control #2060-0002; expiring July 
31, 1998.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, New 
Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Subpart UU. The respondents of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements are asphalt processing and 
roofing manufacturers (SIC Codes 2911, 2951, and 2952) which commenced 
construction, modification, or reconstruction after November 18, 1980, 
or May 26, 1981 as appropriate. Owners and operators of the affected 
facilities described must 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; 
notification of demonstration of the continuous monitoring system 
(CMS); notification of the date of the initial performance test; and 
the results 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, or any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative. These notifications, reports and records are required, in 
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to asphalt 
processing and roofing manufacturers consist mainly of temperature 
measurements. Owners or operators of affected facilities are required 
to continuously monitor and record the temperature of the gas at the 
inlet of the pollution control device if that control device is an 
electrostatic precipitator or a high velocity air filter. If the 
pollution control device is an afterburner, the owner or operator is 
required to continuously monitor and record the temperature in the 
combustion zone of the afterburner. If the control device is not one of 
the three mentioned above, the owner or operator is required to provide 
to the Administrator information describing the operating parameters, 
which indicate proper operation and maintenance of the device. The 
industry is exempted from periodic reporting of excess emissions.
    Therefore, the recordkeeping requirements for asphalt processing 
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roofing manufacturing consist of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup and malfunctions as described. They include the initial 
performance test results including information necessary to determine 
the conditions of the performance test, and performance test 
measurements and results; including temperature measurements. Records 
of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be noted as they occur. 
Additional records to be maintained include all continuous monitoring 
system performance evaluations, all continuous monitoring system 
calibration checks, and adjustments and maintenance performed on these 
systems or devices. 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.
    The reporting requirements for this industry currently include the 
initial notifications listed, and the initial performance test results. 
For performance test reports, owners or operators must report the 
operating temperature of the control device during the test. 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 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 not the operating conditions 
under which compliance was achieved. If the information required by the 
standards were not collected, the Agency would have no means for 
ensuring that compliance with the NSPS is achieved and maintained by 
new, modified, or reconstructed sources subject to the regulations. 
Under these circumstances, an owner or operator could elect to reduce 
operating expenses by not installing, maintaining, or otherwise 
operating the control technology required by the standards. In the 
absence of the information collection requirements, compliance with the 
standards could be ensured only through continuous on-site inspections 
by regulatory agency personnel. Consequently, not collecting the 
information would result in either greatly increased expenditures of 
resources, or the inability to ensure compliance with the standards.
    The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements are also used for targeting inspections, and is of 
sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.
    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.
    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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.

    Burden Statement: Public reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
over the next three years for this collection is estimated at 3033 
person-hours per year. It is estimated that approximately 46 facilities 
are currently affected and that an additional 3 new plants will become 
subject to the standards over the next three years. It is assumed that 
the facility operates for 250 days per year. The average annual burden 
to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be 
$92,361.
    The breakdown of this burden is as follows. The reporting 
requirements are estimated to be 89 person-hours per year, at a cost of 
$2716. This includes reading instructions (2 hrs.), creating and 
gathering information through the initial performance tests (48 hrs.), 
reference Method 9 test (9.6 hrs.), and repeating performance tests 
(9.6 hrs.). There are several areas under writing reports: notification 
of construction or reconstruction (4 hrs.), notification of anticipated 
start/up (4 hrs.), notification of actual start/up (4 hrs.), 
notification of initial performance test (4 hrs.), report of CMS 
demonstration (4 hrs.), and report of performance test (4 hrs.). Excess 
emission reports, applications, and surveys and studies are not 
applicable to this ICR.
    The recordkeeping requirements are estimated to be 2944 person-
hours per year, at a cost of $89,644. The burden in this area for 
reading instructions, planning and implementing activities are included 
under reporting requirements. The estimated time to enter information 
for recording startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, etc. is 69 hours. The 
estimated time to enter information for maintaining the records of 
operating the parameters of the continuous monitoring system (CMS) is 
2875 hours. Development of the record system, training personnel, and 
conducting audits are not applicable to this ICR.
    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.

NSPS Subpart BBB: Rubber Tire Manufacturing

Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
facilities in rubber tire manufacturing plants: each undertread 
cementing operations, sidewall cementing operations, each tread end 
cementing operations, each bead cementing operations, each green tire 
spraying operations, each Michelin-A operations, each Michelin-B 
operations, and each Michelin-C-automatic operations, commencing 
construction, modification or reconstruction after January 20, 1993, 
the date of proposal.
    Title: National Emission Standards (NSPS) for Rubber Tire 
Manufacturing, Part 60, Subpart BBB; OMB No. 2060-0156; EPA No. 
1158.06; Expiration date April 30, 1998.
    Abstract: In addition to the monitoring, recordkeeping and 
notification requirements specified in the General Provisions in 
Sec. 60.7(a), (b), (d), (f), and (h), owners or operators are to comply 
with the requirements specified in NSPS Subpart BBB. These specific 
requirements are: Install,

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calibrate, maintain, and operate a control device and monitor process 
parameters, as specified in Sec. 60.544. Maintain records of operating 
parameters of monitoring device results for catalytic or thermal 
incinerators, or carbon absorbers; monthly VOCs use, number of days in 
compliance period, and other information needed to verify results of 
monthly tests; and of, formulation data or results of Method 24 
analysis of water-based sprays containing less than 1.0 percent of VOC; 
as specified in Sec. 60.545. Report on the initial compliance report 
that includes initial performance test results, monthly schedule to be 
use in making compliance determinations, design and equipment 
specifications and compliance method; the initial and annual 
formulation data or method 24 results to verify VOC content of water 
based-sprays; and on the semiannual reports of each monthly exceedance 
of applicable emission limit and monitoring device exceedance of 
acceptable limits; as specified in Sec. 60.546.
    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.
    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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.

    Burden Statement: The Agency computed the burden for each of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for 
the currently approved 1995 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where 
appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions, 
while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper 
Reduction Act. A 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.
    This estimate is based on the assumption that there would be 9 new 
affected facilities over the three years of the existing ICR and that 
there were approximately 26 sources in existence at the start of the 
three years covered by the ICR. The annual burden of reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements for facilities subject to Subpart BBB are 
summarized by the following information. The reporting requirements are 
as follows: Read Instructions (1 person-hour), Initial performance test 
(240 person-hours). It is assumed that 20% of tests are repeated due to 
failure. Estimates for report writing are: Notification of 
construction/reconstruction (2 person-hours), Notification of 
anticipated startup (2 person-hours), Notification of actual startup (2 
person-hours), Notification of initial performance test (2 person-
hours), Report of performance test (included in reporting requirements 
listed above), Semiannual exceedance report (8 person-hours), Annual 
report of formulation data/Method 24 results (2 person-hours), and 
Report of change in operating parameters (3 person-hours). We assume to 
estimate the reporting requirement burden that: (1) one-third of the 
sources report exceedance reports each month, (2) 80 percent of sources 
use water-based sprays and submit the annual report of formulation 
data, (3) 20 percent of all sources will have to report operational 
parameter changes, and (4) sources operate 250 days per year. Records 
must be kept for a period of two years. The average burden to industry 
over the three years of the current ICR from these recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements was estimated to be 10,914.6 person-hours.

NESHAP Subpart C: Beryllium

Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
extraction plants, foundries, incinerators, propellent plants, and 
machine shops which process beryllium ore, beryllium, beryllium oxide, 
beryllium alloys, or beryllium-containing waste.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAP) Subpart C--Beryllium (OMB Control Number 2060-0092; expiration 
date, 3/30/98).
    Abstract: Beryllium and many of its compounds are considered to be 
among the most toxic and hazardous of the nonradioactive substances in 
industrial use. Consequently, EPA promulgated standards in 1973 to 
control airborne releases from affected facilities such that ambient 
air concentrations would not exceed 0.01 micrograms per cubic meter. 
Alteration of a beryllium product by burning, grinding, cutting, or 
other physical means can, if uncontrolled, produce a significant hazard 
in the form of dust, fumes, or mist. Approximately 200 operations, such 
as machine shops, ceramic plants, propellant plants, extraction plants, 
and foundries, comprise the major users of beryllium that could cause 
emission to the atmosphere. All sources known to have caused, or to 
have the potential to cause, dangerous levels of beryllium in the 
ambient air are covered by the Beryllium NESHAP. In order to ensure 
compliance with the standards, adequate recordkeeping and reporting is 
necessary. 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. 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.
    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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.


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    Burden Statement: The only recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
under this regulation are associated with the initial performance test. 
This is a one-time-only demonstration at start-up that a source's 
emissions are below the limit of 10 grams of beryllium per 24-hour 
period. Such a demonstration is required only of new sources and those 
that have modified, reconstructed, or otherwise altered their 
operations. It is estimated that three such sources will come on line 
over the next three years (one facility per year). These new, modified, 
or reconstructed facilities must submit initial notifications of 
construction, anticipated date of start-up, actual start-up date, and 
the date and results of the initial performance test. It is expected 
that the notifications (total of 4) would take two hours each to 
prepare; the initial performance test would take 24 hours to conduct; 
and it would take 4 hours to complete the performance test report. The 
burden for each new source would therefore be 36 hours. The total 
annual cost associated with this information collection would be 
$1,292, based on a technical wage rate of $35.89 per hour ($17.09 per 
hour + 110% overhead). This estimate 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.

NESHAP Subpart F: Vinyl Chloride

Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
exhaust gases and oxychlorination vents at ethylene dichloride (EDC) 
plants; exhaust gases at vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) plants; and 
exhaust gases, reactor opening losses, manual vent valves, and 
stripping residuals at polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plants. The standards 
also apply to relief valves and fugitive emission sources at all three 
types of plants.
    Title: NESHAP Subpart F: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants for Vinyl Chloride, OMB Control Number 2060-0071, 
expiration 6/30/98.
    Abstract: The owner/operator must make the following one-time-only 
reports: application for approval of construction or modification; 
notification of startup; application of waiver of testing (if desired 
by source); application for equivalency (if desired by source); and an 
initial report. The initial report includes a list of the equipment 
installed for compliance, a description of the physical and functional 
characteristics of each piece of equipment, a description of the 
methods which have been incorporated into the standard operation 
procedures for measuring or calculating emissions, and a statement that 
the equipment and procedures are in place and are being used. 
Generally, the one-time-only reports are required of all sources 
subject to NESHAP. The record keeping and other reporting requirements, 
are specific to this NESHAP. To fulfill the record keeping requirement, 
sources detect leaks in accordance with an approved leak detection and 
elimination program, which generally consists of an area VC monitoring 
system and a portable hydrocarbon detector to find small leaks of VC 
and to pinpoint major VC leaks indicated by the area system. Action 
taken to repair leaks must also be recorded and kept on file. Excess 
stack emissions are generally recorded automatically by a continuous 
emission monitor. Reactor operation parameters (temperature and 
pressure) are also recorded automatically by a device that continuously 
monitors these parameters. Owners and operators are also required to 
submit quarterly reports of reactor opening losses (PVC plants only), 
stripping residuals (PVC plants only), and excess emissions. They are 
also required to report within 10 days of each relief valve discharge 
and manual vent valve discharge. The information generated by the 
monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements described above 
is issued by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the 
NESHAP continue to operate the control equipment and use proper 
practices to achieve compliance with NESHAP. Notification startup 
indicates enforcement personnel when a new facility has been 
constructed and is thus subject to the standards. If information 
required by the standards were not collected, the Agency would have no 
means for ensuring that compliance with the NESHAP is achieved and 
maintained by the sources subject to the regulation. EPA uses this 
information to directly determine the compliance status of sources in 
lieu of on-site surveillance. The burden to respondents has been 
minimized by requiring the collection of only that information which 
the Agency considers essential that PVC, EDC, and VCM plants are 
properly maintained and operated on a continuous basis. Certain reports 
required by State or local agencies may duplicate information required 
by the recommended standards. In such cases, a copy of the report 
submitted to the State or local agency can be sent to the Administrator 
in lieu of the report required by the recommended standard. 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.
    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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.

    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 255 
hours per reporting response and 1.25 hours for recordkeeping. To 
minimize the burden, much of the information the EPA would need to 
determine compliance is recorded and stored at the facility. Minimal 
reporting is necessary unless a violation occurs. Owners or operators 
of the affected facilities described must make the following one-time-
only reports: application of construction or reconstruction, 2 hours; 
notification of the anticipated and actual dates of startup 2 hours; 
application for waiver of testing, 8 hours; application of equivalency, 
40 hours; initial report, 24 hours; quarterly report, 50 hours; MVV/RVD 
report, 8 hours; initial performance test, 60 hours. It is assumed 20% 
of performance tests will be repeated due to failure. 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.
    Specific vinyl chloride recordkeeping includes records of reactor 
parameters and emissions, .25 hour. It is assumed

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the plant operates 365 days a year. Records of leaks detected is one 
hour per week. Recordkeeping 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.

MACT Subpart W: Epoxy Resins and Non-Nylon Polyamides

Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacture polymers and resins from epichlorohydrin.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for 
Epoxy Resins Production and Non-Nylon Polyamides Production, 
Information Collection Request, OMB control number 2060-0290, expires 
July 31, 1998.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 63.1-
15, Subpart H, and 63.520 -528, Subpart W, hazardous air pollutants 
from process vents, storage vessels, waste water systems and equipment 
leaks. The standards require recordkeeping and reporting to document 
process information related to the source's ability to comply with the 
standards. This information is used by the Agency to identify sources 
subject to the standards and to insure that the maximum achievable 
control is being properly applied. Respondents are owners or operators 
of new and existing facilities that manufacture polymers and resins 
from epichlorohydrin. Source categories include basic liquid epoxy 
resin (BLR) producers and epichlorohydrin-modified non-nylon polyamide 
resins also known as wet strength resins (WSR).
    Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires that 
EPA establish standards to limit emissions of hazardous air pollutants 
(HAPs) from stationary sources. The sources subject to these provisions 
emit the HAPs epichlorohydrin, and in lesser amounts, hydrochloric acid 
and methanol. In the Administrator's judgment, hazardous air pollutant 
(HAP) emissions in this industry cause or contribute to air pollution 
that may be reasonably anticipated to endanger public health or 
welfare. Therefore, NESHAPs have been promulgated for this source 
category as required under section 112 of 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.
    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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.

    Burden Statement: There are approximately thirteen facilities which 
must comply with these provisions, three are plants that produce basic 
liquid epoxy resins and ten are producers of wet strength resins. The 
growth rate for this industry is so low that no new plants are expected 
in the next three years. The average burden per facility per year is 
estimated to be 1483 hours. This includes 1050 hours for daily 
wastewater monitoring, and additional hours for record-keeping, 
reporting and notifications related to compliance status, leak 
detection and repair, startup/shutdown and malfunction events, process 
changes, emissions exceedances, and construction/reconstruction and 
startups. Because this is not a new information collection, it assumes 
that most facilities will have already developed the record-keeping and 
reporting mechanisms to maintain and report the required data except 
for process additions or changes.

MACT Subpart X: Secondary Lead Smelters

Supplementary Information
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
owners or operators of secondary lead smelters that operate furnaces to 
reduce scrap lead metal and lead compounds to elemental lead.
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAP)--Secondary Lead Smelters (OMB Control Number 2060-0296; 
expiration date March 30, 1998)
    Abstract: The EPA is required under Section 112(d) of the 1990 
Clean Air Act, to regulate emissions of 189 hazardous air pollutants 
(HAPs). The pollutants emitted from secondary lead smelters include 
both metal and organic HAPs identified in this list of 189 pollutants. 
In the Administrator's judgment, such emissions cause or contribute 
significantly to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to 
endanger public health. Consequently, NESHAP for this source category 
were promulgated on June 23, 1995.
    Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the 
Administrator to identify sources subject to the standard and to ensure 
that the standard, which is based on maximum achievable control 
technology (MACT), is being achieved. The information will be used by 
Agency enforcement personnel to: (1) identify sources subject to the 
standard; (2) ensure that MACT is being properly applied; (3) ensure 
that emission control devices are being properly operated and 
maintained on a continuous basis to reduce HAP emissions from furnaces 
and process fugitive sources; and (4) ensure that fugitive dust 
controls are being fully implemented. 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. 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.
    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, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other

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forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

    Burden Statement: There are 23 sources currently subject to this 
standard, and no additional sources are anticipated during the next 
three years. Since most of the reporting requirements are one-time-only 
activities for new sources, these will not apply to the 23 existing 
facilities and consequently, have not been included in estimating the 
respondent burden for this ICR. The total annual burden for all 
recordkeeping and monitoring requirements plus the preparation of semi-
annual reports is estimated to be 5,686 hours technical, 285 hours 
managerial, and 568 hours clerical. The total annual cost associated 
with this ICR is $231,561 or approximately $10,000 per facility per 
year. This estimate 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.

    Dated: November 25, 1997.
Elaine G. Stanley,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 97-31575 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]
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