Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 105 /Tuesday, June 2, 1998 / Notices 29987

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[AD–FRL–6105–2]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Maximum

Achievable Control Technology

Standards Development Under Title III

(Section 112) of the Clean Air Act

Regulatory Development Program

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Maximum Achievable Control

Technology Standards Development

under Title III (section 112) of the Clean

Air Act Regulatory Development

Program, EPA ICR Number 1602.02,

OMB Control Number 2060–0239. This

is the second extension of the

information collection which was

approved for use through August 8,

1998. Before submitting the ICR to OMB

for review and approval, EPA is

soliciting comments on specific aspects

of the proposed information collection

as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: An electronic version of the

Information Collection Request is

available through the Office of Air and

Radiation’s (OAR) Technology Transfer

Network Web site (TTNWeb). The

TTNWeb is directly accessible from the

Internet via the World Wide Web at the

OAR Policy and Guidance Information

Web site, ‘‘http://www.epa.gov/ttn/

oarpg/’’, under the Federal Register

Notices section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Randy McDonald at (919) 541–5402,

Organic Chemical Group, Emission

Standards Division (MD–13), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711. The Facsimile Number is (919)

541–3470 and the E-mail Address is

mcdonald.randy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are those which are included

on the list of source categories for which

EPA plans to initiate development of

national emission standards for

hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP)

under section 112 of the amended Clean

Air Act within the next 3 years.

Title: Maximum Achievable Control

Technology (MACT) Standards

Development under the Clean Air Act

Regulatory Development Program (OMB

Control Number 2060–0239, EPA ICR

#1602.02), expiring August 8, 1998.

Abstract: Depending on the number of

facilities in an individual source

category, respondents would be

required to complete one of two

surveys. In those source categories with

400 or fewer facilities, respondents

would complete a survey for MACT

standards development. This survey is

designed to obtain facility-specific

information on process types,

emissions, controls, and factors affecting

costs to ensure that the EPA Office of

Air Quality Planning and Standards has

sufficient information to make

subcategory distinction and MACT floor

decisions for each NESHAP. In those

source categories with more than 400

facilities, respondents would complete a

screening survey. EPA would use the

results of the screening survey to

develop a sample design that would be

applied to individual ICR’s for the

MACT standards development survey.

The EPA is also asking the respondent

to provide corporate, facility and

product level sales information. This

information is necessary to perform a

small business analysis to meet the

requirements of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act and the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act.

The EPA considers the sales information

to be readily available to the

respondent; therefore, the burden hours

estimated for each respondent has not

been changed. The EPA’s authority to

gather information is presented in

section 114 of the Clean Air Act, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 7414). If any

information is submitted to EPA for

which a claim of confidentiality is

made, the information will be

safeguarded according to EPA policies

set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, part 2,

subpart B—Confidentiality of Business

Information (see 40 CFR Part 2). 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 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 average

annual reporting burden for 870

facilities is 74,000 hours for the MACT

standards development survey and

17,000 hours for the screening survey

from 2,000 facilities. The estimated

burden hours per response is 85 hours

for the MACT standards survey and 8.5

hours for the screening survey. The total

average annual burden is 91,000 hours.

The labor cost is calculated from

technical, managerial, and clerical staff

estimates. The total cost of the ICR to

respondents is $2,431,700 for the MACT

standards development survey and

$573,000 for the screening survey. There

is no capital cost burden associated with

this collection. 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.

Dated: May 27, 1998.

Richard D. Wilson,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 98–14583 Filed 6–1–98; 8:45 am]

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