65854 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 213 / Thursday, November 2, 2000 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

email at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at

http:www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA

ICR No. 1805.02. For technical

questions about the ICR contact Seth

Heminway at (202) 564–7017.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NESHAP Subpart S, Pulp and

Paper Industry, OMB Control No. 2060–

0377; EPA ICR No. 1805.02, expiring 12/

31/2000. This is a request for extension

of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: This NESHAP standard

requires initial notification,

performance tests, and periodic reports.

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 essential in determining

compliance and are required, in general,

of all sources subject to NESHAP.

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 5 years following the

date of such measurements, maintain

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. This

information is being collected to assure

compliance with 40 CFR part 63,

subpart S as authorized in sections 112

and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The

required information consists of

emissions data and other information

that have been determined not to be

private. An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information, was published on April

18, 2000. No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 463 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

requirement; 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:

Owners and Operators of Pulp and

Paper Mills.

Estimated Number of Responses: 158.

Frequency of Response: 2.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

146,401.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

and Operating & Maintenance Cost

Burden: $2,003,500.

Dated: October 24, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6895–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

for Nitric Acid Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: New Source Performance

Standards for Nitric Acid Plants,

subpart G, 40 CFR part 60, OMB Control

Number 2060–0019, expiration date,

November 30, 2000. The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection

and its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1056.07 and OMB Control

No. 2060–0019, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20460; and to

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer

for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-Mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

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

No. 1056.07. For technical questions

about the ICR contact: Sandra Jones at

202/564–7038, Office of Compliance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS Subpart G, Nitric Acid

Plants, OMB Control No. 2060–0019;

EPA ICR No. 1056.07, expiring,

November 30, 2000. This is a request for

an extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains

monitoring, recordkeeping and

reporting requirements that are

mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR

part 60, NSPS subpart G, Nitric Acid

Plants. This information is used by the

Agency to identify sources subject to the

standards to insure that the best

demonstrated technology is being

properly applied. The standards require

periodic recordkeeping to document

process information relating to the

source’s ability to meet the requirements

of the standard and to note the

operation conditions under which

compliance was achieved.

In the Administrators judgement,

VOC emissions from the nitric acid

plants 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.

Owners or operators of the affected

facilities described must take 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

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

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and records and semi-annual reports in

general, of all sources subject to NSPS.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on April

18, 2000; no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 25 hours per

response. Burden means the total time,

effort, or financial resources expended

by person 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:

Owners/Operators of Nitric Acid Plants.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

35.

Frequency of Response: semi-annual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

1,796.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

and O&M Cost Burden: $3,568.

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. 1056.07 and

OMB Control No.2060–0019 in any

correspondence.

Dated: October 25, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants (NESHAP) for Commercial

Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and

Fumigation Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements for the National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP) for Commercial Ethylene

Oxide Sterilization and Fumigation

Operations, OMB Control Number

2060–0283, expiration date December

31, 2000. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its

expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR 1666.05 and OMB Control

Number 2060–0283 to Sandy Farmer at

EPA, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Collection Strategies Division

(Mail Code 2822) 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C. 20460;

and to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725

17th Street, N.W. Washington D.C.

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-mail at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

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

No. 1666.05. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Jonathan Binder at

EPA by phone at (202) 564–2516, by Email at binder.jonathan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for

Commercial Ethylene Oxide

Sterilization and Fumigation Operations

(OMB Control No. 2060–0283; EPA ICR

No. 1666.05) expiring 12/31/00. This is

a revision of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The Agency is required

under section 112(d) of the Clean Air

Act, as amended, to regulate emissions

of hazardous air pollutants listed in

section 112(b).

Certain records and reports are

necessary to enable the Administrator

to: (1) Identify new, modified,

reconstructed, and existing sources

subject to the standards and (2) ensure

that the standards, which are based on

maximum achievable control

technology (MACT) and generally

available control technology (GACT),

are being achieved. These records and

reports are required under the General

Provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A

(as authorized under sections 101, 112,

114, 116, and 301 of the Clean air Act

as amended by Public Law 101–549

(U.S.C. 7401,7412, 7414, 7416, 7601)).

These standards apply to new and

existing commercial Ethylene Oxide

(EO) sterilization and fumigation

facilities that use air pollution control

devices that are in operation after

promulgation of the NESHAP. There are

an estimated total of 100 commercial EO

sterilization and fumigation operations

affected by the NESHAP nationwide.

The number of new operations is

expected to be low because limited net

growth is predicted for this industry.

Owners or operators of the affected

facilities described must submit onetime reports of start of construction,

anticipated or actual startup dates, and

physical or operation changes to

existing facilities. In addition, owners or

operators of existing or new commercial

EO sterilization and fumigation

operations will submit one-time reports

of actual or estimated annual EO use.

Reports of initial emissions testing are

necessary to determine that the

applicable emission limit is being met.

The owner or operator of a commercial

EO sterilization and fumigation

operation that uses an air pollution

control device to meet the emission

limit is required to maintain records of

the site-specific monitoring parameters

as well as daily and monthly

inspections of the control device.

The emissions test reports and other

records must be kept at the facility for

a minimum of five years and be made

available to the Administrator upon

request. All reports and records must

comply with the General Provisions to

40 CFR part 63. Owners or operators of

a source subject to these standards will

provide a semi-annual report of excess

emissions that includes the monitored

operating parameter value readings

required by the standards. The

respondent’s state or local agency can be