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adequately demonstrated [Section 111 (a)

(1)].

In addition, Section 114 (a) requires

that any owner or operator subject to

any Subpart to establish and maintain

records, make reports, install, use and

maintain monitoring equipment or

methods as required, and provide other

information as EPA may deem

necessary.

The New Source Performance

Standards (NSPS) for subpart QQ were

proposed on October 28, 1980, and

promulgated on November 8, 1982.

These standards apply to the following

facilities in NSPS Subpart QQ: each

publication rotogravure printing press

(not including proof presses)

commencing construction, modification

or reconstruction after the date of

proposal. This information is being

collected to assure compliance with 40

CFR Part 60, subpart QQ.

Owners or operators of the affected

facilities described have certain

notification, reporting, and record

keeping requirements under this rule.

One example of each is: a one-time-only

notification of the date of the

anticipated and actual dates of startup,

keep records of monthly emissions

calculations, and a report of the initial

performance test. 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 reports and records.

Approximately 21 facilities are

currently subject to the standard, and it

is estimated that an additional 3

facilities will become subject to the

standard in the next three years. It is

further assumed that less than half of

the existing facilities will be adding or

modifying a press during the three year

period. Therefore, there are 189 existing

presses subject to this standard and an

additional 10 affected units will be

added each year. This is based upon the

AIRS Facility Subsystem Report. 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. Information is entered

into the AIRS database.

The information requested as part of

this rule includes one-time-only

notifications; records about the initial

performance test, changes in the

operation of the facility, and the

exceeding of parameters; and semiannual reports of the exceeded results.

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 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on 12/02/

97 (62 FR 63703). No comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 60 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.

Respondents/Affected entities:

Owners/Operators of publication

Rotogravure printing presses.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

24.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

Semi-Annually.

Estimated total Annual Hour Burden:

2988.

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. 0657.06 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0105 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: May 18, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination

System for the Water Quality Guidance

for the Great Lakes System

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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:

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Great Lakes Water

Quality Guidance (EPA ICR Number

1639.03; OMB Control Number 2040–

0180; expiration date June 30, 1998).

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 June 22, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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. 1639.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Great Lakes Water

Quality Guidance (OMB Control No.

2040–0180; EPA ICR No.1639.03)

expiring June 30, 1998. This is a request

for extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: Section 101 of the Great

Lakes Critical Programs Act (CPA)

amends Section 118 of the Clean Water

Act (CWA) and directs EPA to publish

water quality guidance for the Great

Lakes System. Provisions of the

Guidance are codified in 40 CFR Part

132. The Guidance establishes

minimum water quality criteria,

implementation procedures, and

antidegradation provisions for the Great

Lakes System.

Permitting authorities currently

require dischargers to provide

information such as the name, location,

and description of facilities to identify

the facilities that require permits. EPA

and authorized NPDES States store

much of this basic information in the
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Permit Compliance System (PCS)

database. PCS provides EPA with a

nationwide inventory of NPDES permit

holders. EPA Headquarters uses the

information contained in the PCS to

develop reports on permit issuance,

backlogs, and compliance rates. The

Agency also uses the information to

respond to public and Congressional

inquiries, develop and guide its

policies, formulate its budgets, assist

States in acquiring authority for

permitting programs, and manage its

programs to ensure national consistency

in permitting.

NPDES permit applications and

requests for supplemental information

currently require information about

wastewater treatment systems,

pollutants, discharge rates and volumes,

whole effluent toxicity testing and other

data. Additional information collection

requirements that may be necessary to

implement State, Tribal, or EPA

promulgated provisions consistent with

the final Guidance include: (1)

Monitoring (pollutant-specific and

whole effluent toxicity or WET); (2)

pollutant minimization programs; (3)

bioassays to support the development of

water quality criteria; (4)

antidegradation policy/demonstrations;

and (5) regulatory relief options (e.g.,

variances from water quality criteria).

This information may be used to

ensure compliance with provisions

consistent with the Guidance and reevaluate existing permit conditions and

monitoring requirements. Data on

discharges is entered into STORET and

PCS, EPA’s databases for ambient water

quality data and NPDES permits,

respectively. Results of water quality

criteria testing will be entered into an

EPA Information Clearinghouse

database.

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 Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

December 29, 1997, (62 FR 67637–

67639); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 18.8 hours per

response. The burden will vary among

dischargers and states and, depending

on effluent quality, according to the

requirements of the Guidance

provisions. 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:

Industries and local governments, as

POTWs, discharging toxic pollutants to

waters in the Great Lakes System as

defined in 40 CFR 132.2; the

governments of the eight Great Lakes

States (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,

Minnesota, New York, Ohio,

Pennsylvania, Wisconsin).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

588 major industrial and POTW

dischargers, and 3,207 minor

dischargers.

Frequency of Response: varies

depending on dischargers effluent

characteristics.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

43,395 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $2,504,000.

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. 1639.03 and

OMB Control No. 2040–0180 in any

correspondence to: 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: May 15, 1998.

Richard Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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Delegation of National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants; Pennsylvania

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Information notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce that on January 5, 1998,

EPA granted the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania’s request for partial

delegation of the National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAPs), and associated

infrastructure programs. This request for

partial delegation of authority only

pertains to affected sources of hazardous

air pollutants (HAPs), for all source

categories which are located at major

sources. EPA granted the delegation

with certain restrictions. The

restrictions involve EPA’s retainment of

certain authorities including:

implementation and enforcement of

standards that control radionuclides or

that apply to an area source which is not

located at a major source,

implementation and enforcement of an

accidental release program, approvals of

alternative means of limiting emissions,

alternative control technologies,

alternative test methods, alternative

monitoring methods; and the authority

to make certain applicability

determinations. In addition, certain

provisions will be delegated only on a

case-by-case basis and require

notification by the Pennsylvania

Department of Environmental Protection

(PADEP) to EPA. These provisions

include: approvals of compliance

extensions, site-specific test plans,

performance evaluation plans;

approvals of minor alternatives to test

methods, monitoring, and shorter

sampling times/volumes; and waivers of

performance testing and record keeping.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date of

the delegation authority is January 5,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the requests for

delegation of authority and EPA’s letters

of delegation are available for public

inspection at EPA’s Region III Office,

841 Chestnut Bldg., Philadelphia, PA

19107; PADEP’s Central Office, the

PADEP regional offices, the Allegheny

County Bureau of Air Pollution Control

office and the Philadelphia Air

Management Services office during

normal business hours. The addresses of

these offices are provided below.

Effective immediately, all notifications,