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is a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: The Program Development

and Approval Guidance implements

Section 6217 of the 1990 Coastal Zone

Management Act Reauthorization

Amendments. The guidance requires 24

coastal States and 5 coastal Territories

with approved Coastal Zone

Management Programs to submit Coastal

Nonpoint Programs to EPA and NOAA

for joint review in July 1995. This onetime submittal will be used to determine

if States and Territories receiving Clean

Water Act Section 319 and Coastal Zone

Management Act Section 306 Federal

grants will face reductions.

The original Information Collection

Request estimated that the reporting

burden to develop coastal nonpoint

programs under the Program

Development and Approval Guidance

would average 1,874 hours per response

(29 respondents), including the time for

reviewing instruction, searching

existing data sources, completing and

reviewing the information, and

preparing the final report. Based on

initial reviews of many of the Coastal

Nonpoint Programs that have been

submitted for review, EPA and NOAA

anticipate that many programs are likely

to receive conditional approvals. These

conditional approvals may require

States and Territories to submit

additional information at a later date

prior to receiving final program

approval. The extension for the

currently approved ICR will allow

States to complete development of their

programs and submit their programs to

EPA and NOAA for final program

approval by fulfilling any conditions

that the Federal agencies place on final

program approval.

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 9/27/95

(60 FR 49833).

Burden Statement: Because the

coastal States and Territories have

completed a substantial majority of their

program development at this time, EPA

estimates that the remaining reporting

burden will be approximately 20

percent of the original burden estimate,

or an average of approximately 375

hours per response. Burden means the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended by persons to generate,

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide

information to or for a Federal agency.

This includes the time needed to review

instructions; develop, acquire, install,

and utilize technology and systems for

the purposes of collecting, validating,

and verifying information, processing

and maintaining information, and

disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with

any previously applicable instructions

and requirements; train personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Coastal States and Territories.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

29.

Frequency of Response: Once for each

affected program element.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

3,625 hours.

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. 1569.03 and

OMB Control No. 2040–0153 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2136), 401 M

St., 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: December 5, 1995.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 95–29993 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5339–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities up for Renewal; New Source

Performance Standards for Subparts

Db, Ea, EE, H, VV, L and Y

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 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 proposed information collections

as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 6, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance, Office of

Compliance. People interested in getting

copies of or making comments about

any of these ICRs may contact the Office

of Compliance, Mail Code: 2224A, 401

M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460.

This information may also be acquired

electronically through the Enviro$en$e

Bulletin Board, 703–908–2092 or the

Enviro$en$e WWW/Internet Address,

http//wastenot.inel.gov./envirosense/.

All responses and comments will be

collected regularly from Enviro$en$e.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan

Chadwick (202) 564–7054, for NSPS

Subpart Db; Joyce Chandler at (202)

564–7073, for NSPS Subpart Ea; Gregory

R. Waldrip, (202) 564–7024, or via email (/

waldrip>gregory@epamail.epa.gov), for

NSPS Subpart EE; Tracy Back, (202)

564–7076, facsimile number (202) 564–

0009, for NSPS Subpart H; Marcia Mia

at (202) 564–7042, for NSPS Subpart

VV, facsimile number (202) 564–0037;

Maria Malave at (202) 564–7027 or via

e-mail

(malave.maria@epamail.epa.gov.), for

NESHAP Subpart L; Rafael Sanchez at

(202) 564–7028 or via e-mail

(sanchez.rafael@epamail.epa.gov.) for

NESHAP Subpart Y; and Ted Coopwood

at (202) 564–7058, for NESHAP

Subparts L and Y. Unless otherwise

indicated above, the facsimile number

for all contacts is (202) 564–0050.

NSPS Subpart Db Supplementary

Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

are subject to NSPS Subpart Db, or each

steam generating unit that commences

construction, modification or

reconstruction after June 19, 1984, and

that has a heat input capacity from fuels

combusted in the steam generating unit

of greater than 29 MW (100 million

BTU/hour).

Title: NSPS Subpart Db: Standards of

Performance for Industrial-CommercialInstitutional Steam Generating Units,

OMB number 2060–0072, expires April

30, 1996.

Abstract: 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;
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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.

An owner or operator subject to the

NOx standard who seeks to demonstrate

compliance with these standards

through the monitoring of steam

generating unit operating conditions

under the provisions of § 60.48b(g)(2)

shall submit to the Administrator for

approval a plan that identifies the

operating conditions to be monitored

under § 60.48b(g)(2) and the records to

be maintained under § 60.49b(j). The

owner or operator of an affected facility

shall record and maintain records of the

amounts of each fuel combusted during

each day, and calculate the annual

capacity factor individually for coal,

distillate oil, residual oil, natural gas,

wood, and municipal-type solid waste

for each calendar quarter. For affected

facilities that combust residual oil, the

owner or operator shall maintain

records of the nitrogen content of the

residual oil combusted in the affected

facility and calculate the average fuel

nitrogen content on a per calendar

quarter.

For facilities subject to the opacity

standard of the regulation, the owner or

operator shall maintain records of

opacity. The owner or operator subject

to the NOx standards of the regulation

shall maintain records for each steam

generating unit operating day. The

owner or operator of selected facilities

are required to submit excess emission

reports for any calendar quarter during

which there are excess emissions from

the affected facility. In periods where

there are no excess emission reports, a

semiannual report must be submitted

stating that no excess emissions

occurred during the semiannual period.

The owner or operator of any affected

facility subject to the continuous

monitoring requirements for nitrogen

oxides under § 60.48(b) shall submit a

quarterly report containing information

recorded in accordance with § 60.49b(i).

The owner or operator of any affected

facility subject to the sulfur dioxide

standards under § 60.42b shall submit

written reports to the Administrator for

every calendar quarter in accordance

with § 60.49b(j). For each affected

facility subject to the compliance and

performance testing requirements of

§ 60.45b, certain information must be

reported to the Administrator. Quarterly

reporting of emission data is appropriate

for Subpart Db sources due to their large

emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen

oxides, and particulates.

For each affected facility subject to

the sulfur dioxide standards under

§ 60.42b for which the minimum

amount of data required under

§ 60.47b(f) were not obtained during a

calendar quarter, certain information

must be reported to the Administrator.

If a percent removal efficiency by fuel

pretreatment is used to determine the

overall percent reduction under

§ 60.45b, the owner or operator of the

affected facility shall submit a signed

statement with the quarterly report

containing certain information.

The owner or operator of an affected

facility described in § 60.44b(j) or

§ 60.44b(k) shall submit to the

Administrator selected information

regarding fuel nitrogen content and

emission tests on a quarterly basis. The

owner or operator of an affected facility

who elects to demonstrate that the

affected facility combusts only very low

sulfur oil under § 60.42b(j)(2) shall

obtain and maintain at the affected

facility fuel receipts from the fuel

supplier which certify that the oil meets

the definition of distillate oil as defined

in § 60.41b.

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 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. Both the

quarterly reports and semiannual

reports (where appropriate) are used for

problem identification, as a check on

source operation and maintenance, and

for compliance determinations.

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:

(1) 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 1992

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.

This estimate is based on the

assumption that there would be 58 new

affected facilities each year and that

there were approximately 464 sources in

existence for the three years covered by

the ICR. The annual burden of reporting

and recordkeeping requirements for

facilities subject to Subpart Db are

summarized by the following

information. The reporting requirements

are as follows: Read Instructions (1

person-hour), Initial performance test

(330 person-hours), 24-hour test for gas

units (250 person-hours). It is assumed

that 20% of tests are repeated due to

failure. The burden for demonstration of

continuous emission monitoring system

(CEMS) is: 150 person-hours for SO2,

100 person-hours for PM, 350 personhours for NOX. Repeat demonstration of

CEMS is: 150 person-hours for SO2, 100

person-hours for PM, 350 person-hours

for NOX. Annual compliance tests for

NOX are estimated at 250 person-hours.

Appendix F annual accuracy test

estimates are: 146 person-hours for SO2,

and 146 person-hours for NOX.

Appendix F quarterly audit estimates

for SO2 are: 125 person-hours for in situ,

36 person-hours for extractive, and for

Appendix F quarterly audit, NOX: for in

situ (125 person-hours), for extractive

(36 person-hours) (Assume that 25% of

units have an in situ CEMS). Estimates

for report writing are: Notification of

construction/reconstruction (2 person-
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hours), Notification of anticipated

startup (2 person-hours), Notification of

actual startup (2 person-hours),

Monitoring plan (4 person-hours),

Notification of initial performance test:

for SO2 (2 person-hours), for PM (2

person-hours), for NOX (2 personhours), Report of initial performance

test: for SO2 (16 person-hours), for NOX

(16 person-hours), Notification of CMS

demonstration: for SO2 (2 person-hours),

for PM (2 person-hours), for NOX (2

person-hours), Quarterly reports for SO2

(16 person-hours), Quarterly reports for

PM: excess (16 person-hours), no excess

(8 person-hours), Quarterly reports for

NOX: CEMS compliance (16 personhours), excess (16 person-hours), no

excess (8 person-hours), Appendix F

quarterly reports: for SO2 (11 personhours), for NOX (11 person-hours).

Recordkeeping requirements include the

following: Maintaining records of

startup, shutdown, malfunction (1.5

person-hours), Maintaining records of

all measurements (1.5 person-hours).

Records must be kept for a period of two

years.

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.

NSPS Subpart Ea Supplementary

Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

are subject to the NSPS Subpart Ea,

Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs)

with the exceptions listed in 40 CFR

Part 60.50a (c), (d) and (g). The Subpart

Ea standards of 40 CFR Part 60 apply to

MWC’s units with a capacity greater

than 225 megagrams per day (250 tons/

day) of municipal solid waste or refusederived fuel, for which construction,

modification, or reconstruction

commenced between December 20, 1989

and September 20, 1994. MWC’s that are

constructed, modified, or reconstructed

after September 20, 1994 will be subject

to the NSPS Subpart Eb.

Title: NSPS Subpart Ea, Municipal

Waste Combustors, OMB number 2060–

0210, expires May 31, 1996.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.50a,

Subpart Ea, New Source Performance

Standards for Municipal Waste

Combustors. Owners or operators of

units subject to Subpart Ea must provide

the EPA, or the delegated State

regulatory authority, with one-time

notifications and reports, and must keep

records, as required of all facilities

subject to the general NSPS

requirements. In addition, facilities

subject to this Subpart must install

continuous monitoring systems (CMS)

to monitor specified operating

parameters to ensure that good

combustion practices are implemented

on a continuous basis. Owners or

operators must submit quarterly and

annual compliance reports. The

notifications and reports enable the EPA

or the delegated State regulatory

authority to determine that best

demonstrated technology is installed

and properly operated and maintained,

and to schedule inspections. This

information notifies the Agency when a

source becomes subject to the

regulations and informs the Agency of

the source’s compliance status when it

begins operation. Later the quarterly and

annual reports apprise the Agency of the

sources’ compliance status. The

operating parameters specified for the

continuous monitoring systems (CMS)

ensure that good combustion practices

are implemented on a continuous basis.

In the Administrator’s judgement,

emissions of the MWC metals, the MWC

organics, the MWC acid gases, and

nitrogen oxides cause or contribute to

air pollution that may reasonably be

anticipated to endanger public health or

welfare. Therefore, New Source

Performance Standards have been

promulgated for this source category as

required under Section 111.

The control of emissions of MWC

metals, MWC organics, MWC acid gases

and nitrogen oxides requires not only

the correct installation, operation, and

maintenance of the equipment, but also

properly trained supervisors and

equipment operators.

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 to the

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements applicable to the industry

for the currently approved 1993

Information Collection Request (ICR).

Where appropriate, the Agency

identified specific tasks and made

assumptions, while being consistent

with the concept of burden under the

Paperwork Reduction Act.

The estimate was based on the

assumption that there would be no new

facilities since any MWC’s constructed,

modified, or reconstruction after

September 20, 1994 would be subject to

Subpart Eb not Subpart Ea and that

there are an average of 70 sources in

existence for the three years covered by

the ICR. It is estimated that take: 51,352

person-hours to fill out quarterly and

annual reports (assuming 20% of the

sources will have at least one quarter

with excess emissions) and 22,424

person-hours to enter information for

records, for employee review of

operation manual, and reading reporting

requirements.

The average burden to industry over

the next three years from these

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements is estimated at 73,776

person hours. The respondent costs

have been calculated on the basis of

$14.50 per hour plus 110 percent

overhead. The average burden to

industry over the next three years of the

ICR is estimated to be $2,253,119.

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
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information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

NSPS Subpart EE Supplementary

Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are each metal

furniture surface coating operation in

which organic coatings are applied and

for which construction, modification or

reconstruction commenced after the

date of proposal, November 28, 1980. A

surface coating operation includes the

coating application station(s), flash-off

area, and curing oven.

Title: NSPS for Metal Furniture

Surface Coating (Subpart EE)—

Information Requirements; OMB No.:

2060–1006; Expiration date: April 30,

1996.

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, of any

nonair quality health and environmental

impact and energy requirements) the

Administrator determines has been

adequately demonstrated [Section 111(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 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, 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 form the metal furniture

surface coating industry 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 VOC emissions from

metal furniture surface coating

operations requires not only the

installation of properly designed

equipment, but also the operation and

maintenance of that equipment. VOC

emissions from the coating of metal

furniture surfaces result from the

application and curing or drying of

organic coatings on the surface of each

metal furniture part or product. These

standards rely on the reduction of VOC

emissions through either a capture

system and incinerator or a capture

system and solvent recovery system.

Information is recorded in sufficient

detail to enable owners or operators to

demonstrate compliance with the

standards. This information is used to

monitor effective operation of the

capture system and control devices,

thus ensuring continuous compliance

with the standards. The semiannual

reporting requirement for no

exceedances of the monitoring

parameters provides a good indication

of a source’s compliance status.

The information collected from record

keeping and reporting requirements is

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.

In order to ensure compliance with

these standards, adequate record

keeping 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.

Owners/operators of affected facilities

must report excess emissions and

deviations in operating parameters on a

quarterly basis. Where no exceedances

have occurred during a particular

quarter, a report stating this shall be

submitted semi-annually.

Notification of construction and

startup indicates to enforcement

personnel when a new affected facility

has been constructed and therefore is

subject to the standards. The

information generated by the

monitoring, record keeping and

reporting requirements described above

is used by the Agency to ensure

facilities affected by the NSPS continue

to operate the control equipment used to

achieve compliance with the NSPS.

The following table documents the

computation of individual burdens for

each of the record keeping and reporting

requirements applicable to the industry.

The individual burdens are expressed

under standardized headings believed to

be consistent with the concept of

burden under the Paperwork Reduction

Act. Where appropriate, specific tasks

and major assumptions have been

identified.

Source Data and Information

Requirements—Surface Coating of Metal

Furniture (NSPS Subpart EE)

Requirement

Notification of construction or

reconstruction

Notification of anticipated data of initial

startup

Notification of actual date of initial

startup

Notification of physical or operational

change

Notification of date of demonstration of

continuous monitoring system (N/

A)

Maintain records of startups,

shutdowns, malfunctions, periods

where continuous monitoring

system is inoperative

Maintain continuous monitoring system

and performance test records

Report of initial performance test

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate

temperature monitoring device

Install equipment necessary to

determine volume of VOC solvent

recovered

Identify and record periods of low

incinerator temperature

Identify and record excess emissions

Maintain daily records of incinerator

combustion temperature, or

amounts of solvent recovered

Regulatory Reference

40 CFR 60.7(a)(1)

40 CFR 60.7(a)(2)

40 CFR 60.7(a)(3)

40 CFR 60.7(a)(4)

40 CFR 60.7(a)(5)

40 CFR 60.7(b)

40 CFR 60.7(d)

40 CFR 60.8(a), 60.315(a)

40 CFR 60.314(a)

40 CFR 60.314(b)

40 CFR 60.315(b)(2), (b)(3)

40 CFR 60.315(b)(1)

40 CFR 60.315

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,
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mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

The burden has been estimated at 60

hours for performance testing.

Notification of construction/

modification, anticipated start-up,

initial performance test, actual

performance test date, no excess

emissions, size cut offs exceeded are

estimated to take two hours. Reports of

monitoring exceedances and periods of

noncompliance are estimated to require

16 hours. Notification of actual start-up

is estimated to require one hour. An

hourly wage of $14.50 plus 110 percent

overhead costs, which equals $30.45 has

been used in the previous ICR. Other

assumptions include; total of 30 lines

constructed per year, 20 percent of

initial performance tests must be

repeated due to failure, 80 percent of

lines report no excess emission

semiannually (.8 x 705 = 564), no lines

projecting application of less than 3,842

liters of coating are expected to exceed

the cutoff in the next three years, one

occurrence of startup, shutdown or

malfunction per week (50 weeks per

year), and operating parameters are

recorded 350 days per year.

Burden Statement: The individual

burdens for each of the record keeping

and reporting requirements applicable

to the industry are consistent with the

concept of burden under the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The only type of

industry costs associated with the

information collection activity in the

standards are labor costs. The labor

estimates in the table were derived from

standard estimates based on EPA’s

experience with other standards. The

average annual burden to industry over

the next three years from these record

keeping and reporting requirements is

estimated at 128,213 person-hours. The

respondent costs have been calculated

on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110

percent overhead. The average annual

burden to industry over the next three

years of the ICR is estimated to be

$3,904,086. 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.

NSPS Subpart H Supplementary

Information

Affected entities: are those plants that

produce sulfuric acid by the contact

process by burning elemental sulfur,

alkylation acid, hydrogen sulfide,

organic sulfides and mercaptans, or acid

sludge, but does not include facilities

where conversion to sulfuric acid is

utilized primarily as a means of

preventing emissions to the atmosphere

of sulfur dioxide or other sulfur

compounds.

Title: NSPS Subpart H, Sulfuric Acid

Plants, OMB number 2060–0041,

expires June 31, 1996.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.80,

Subpart H, New Source Performance

Standards for Sulfuric Acid Plants. This

information notifies the Agency when a

source becomes subject to the

regulations, and informs the Agency

that the source is in compliance when

it begins operation. The Agency is

informed of the sources’ compliance

status by semiannual reports. The

calibration and maintenance

requirements aid in a source remaining

in compliance.

In the Administrator’s judgement, SO2

and acid mist emissions from the

manufacture of sulfuric acid cause or

contribute to air pollution that may

reasonably be anticipated to endanger

public health or welfare. Therefore, New

Source Performance Standards have

been promulgated for this source

category as required under Section 111

of the Clean Air Act.

The control of SO2 and acid mist

requires not only the installation of

properly designed equipment, but also

the proper operation and maintenance

of that equipment. Sulfur dioxide and

acid mist emissions from sulfuric acid

plants result from the burning of sulfur

or sulfur-bearing feedstocks to form SO2,

catalytic oxidation of SO2 to SO3, and

absorption of SO2 in a strong acid

stream. These standards rely on the

capture of SO2 and acid mist by venting

to a control device.

Owners or operators of Sulfuric Acid

Plants subject to NSPS are required to

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 emission monitoring system

(CEMS); notification of the date of the

initial performance test; and the results

of the initial performance test. After the

initial recordkeeping and reporting

requirements, semiannual reports are

required if there has been an exceedance

of control device operating parameters.

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 notification, reports

and records are required, in general, of

all sources subject to NSPS.

Four new facilities are estimated to

become subject to NSPS Subpart H

annually.

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 current ICR

estimates the total annual burden to

industry to be $675,478.44. This is

based on a total average annual burden

of 22,183.2 person hours for 94

respondents with an average wage of

$14.55 per hour and 110% overhead.

The burden is greatest for facilities in

their first year of operation. The burden

in the first year for reporting

requirements is estimated to be 455.80

hours per facility. The burden for future

years is greatly reduced because the

initial notifications and initial

performance tests are not required in

subsequent years. The estimated burden

for record keeping requirements for

subsequent years per respondent is 140

person hours. This estimate includes the

time to enter information regarding
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records of operating parameters and

calculations/record of conversion

factors.

The following is a breakdown of

burden used in the ICR. The estimated

burden is calculated as two hours for

respondents to write the reports for;

notification of construction or

reconstruction, notification of physical

or operation changes, notification of

anticipated startup, notification of

actual startup, notification of initial

performance test, notification of

demonstration of CMS. The ICR uses

300 burden hours for the initial

performance test. It is assumed that 20%

of all affected facilities will have to

repeat performance tests. The ICR uses

four hours for performing the Reference

Method 9 Test. It is estimated that

performance of Reference Method 9 Test

will occur 1.2 times per facility a year.

The ICR uses 40 hours to write an

excess emission reports—it is assumed

this will take place twice a year.

The recordkeeping burden is

estimated to be 0.25 hours to enter

information regarding records of

operating parameters. It is assumed this

will take place 350 times a year per

facility. The burden to enter information

regarding calculation/record of

conversion factors is 0.5 hours. It is

assumed this will take place 1,050 times

a year per facility.

NSPS Subpart VV Supplementary

Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

are subject to Subpart VV, VOC

Equipment Leaks in the Synthetic

Organic Chemicals Manufacturing

Industry with the exceptions listed in 40

CFR Part 60.480(d).

Title: NSPS Subpart VV, VOC

Equipment Leaks in the SOCMI, OMB

number 2060–0012, expires May 31,

1996.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.480,

Subpart VV, VOC Equipment Leaks in

the SOCMI. This information is used by

the Agency to identify sources subject to

the standards and to insure that the best

demonstrated technology is being

properly applied. The standards require

periodic recordkeeping to document

process information relating to the

sources ability to identify and eliminate

leaking equipment. The standards apply

to specific pieces of equipment

contained within a process unit in the

SOCMI, including pumps in light liquid

service, compressors, pressure relief

devices in gas/vapor, light or heavy

liquid service, sampling connection

systems, open-ended valves or lines,

valves in gas/vapor and light liquid

service, pumps and valves in heavy

liquid service, and flanges and other

connectors.

In the Administrator’s judgement,

VOC emissions from equipment leaks in

the SOCMI cause or contribute to air

pollution that may reasonably be

anticipated to endanger public health or

welfare. Therefore, New Source

Performance Standards have been

promulgated for this source category as

required under section 11 of the Clean

Air Act.

The owners or 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 date of startup,

notification of any physical or

operational change to an existing facility

which may increase the emission rate of

any air pollutant to which the standard

applies (in this case, VOC), notification

of the initial performance test, and the

results of the performance test. The only

regular report required by this Subpart

is a semiannual excess emissions

summary.

Owners or operator 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 malfunctions of the

air pollution control device. These

notifications, reports and records are

required, in general, of all sources

subject to the NSPS.

Recordkeeping requirements specific

to equipment leaks in the SOCMI

support the facility’s leak detection and

repair program and include

identification of leaking equipment; a

log of leaking equipment; a log of

information relating to the closed vent

systems and control devices; a log

identifying all equipment subject to the

standards; a log of valves designated as

difficult-to-monitor or unsafe-tomonitor; a log of valves complying with

skip period leak detection and repair

alternative standard; a log of criterion

established which indicates a failure of

the seal system, barrier system, or both

for each barrier fluid system; dates of

compliance tests and results; and for

determining exemptions, an analysis of

design capacity of affected sources or

demonstration that the equipment is not

in VOC service and a statement listing

the feed or raw materials and products.

Reporting requirements specific to

equipment leaks in the SOCMI consist

of an initial semiannual report

including process unit identification

and number of valves, pumps and

compressors subject to the standards.

All semiannual reports are to include

process unit identification, number of

components leaking and not repaired,

dates of process unit shutdowns, and

revisions to items submitted in initial

semiannual report. The source is also

required to notify the Administrator of

the election to use an alternative

standard for valves ninety days before

implementing the provision.

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 ICR. Where

appropriate, the Agency identified

specific tasks and made assumptions,

while being consistent with the concept

of burden under the Paperwork

Reduction Act.

The estimate was based on the

assumption that there would be 166

new affected facilities each year and

that there would be an annual average

of 1909 affected facilities over each of

the next three years covered by the ICR.

For the new sources, it was estimated

that it would take: 166 person hours to

read the instructions, 9562 person hours

to conduct the initial performance tests

(assuming that 20% of the tests must be

repeated), and 1394 person hours to

gather the information and write the

initial reports. For all sources, it was

estimated that it would take: 15,272

person hours to fill out semiannual

reports and 152,720 person hours to
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enter information for records of

operating parameters.

The annual average burden to

industry for the three year period

covered by this ICR from recordkeeping

and reporting requirements has been

estimated at 179,104 person hours. The

respondents costs were calculated on

the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 100%

overhead. The total annual burden to

industry is estimated at $5,453,716.

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. No additional

third party burden is associated with

this ICR.

NESHAP Subparts L and Y

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are coke byproduct recovery plants (NESHAP

Subpart L) and storage vessels that store

benzene having a specific gravity within

the range of specific gravities specified

in ASTM D 836–84 for Industrial Grade

Benzene, ASTM D 835–85 for Refined

Benzene-535 and ASTM D 4734–87 for

Refined Benzene–545 (NESHAP Subpart

Y), which are codified as separate

subparts under 40 CFR, Part 61.

Title: National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants, Benzene

Emissions from Benzene Storage

Vessels, and Coke Byproduct Recovery

Plants; OMB No. 2060–0185, expiration

date: 6/30/96.

Abstract: The EPA is charged under

Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as

amended, with establishing emission

standards for hazardous air pollutants.

These standards are to be set at a level

which provides an ample margin of

safety to protect the public health. On

June 8, 1977, EPA determined that

benzene presents a significant

carcinogenic risk to human health and

is, therefore, a hazardous air pollutant

requiring regulation. In addition,

Section 114(a) states that:

* * * the Administrator may require any

owner or operator subject to any requirement

of this act to: (1) Establish and maintain such

records, (2) make such reports, (3) 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 (4) provide such other,

information, as he may reasonably be

required.

National Emission Standards for

Benzene Emissions from Coke Byproduct Recovery Plants were proposed

by EPA on June 6, 1984 (49 FR 23522).

At that time, an information collection

request was submitted (ICR number

1080). The proposed standards were

reconsidered by EPA in light of the U.S.

Court of Appeals vinyl chloride

decision [Natural Resources Defense

Council, Inc. v. EPA, 824 F.2d 1146,

D.C. (1987)]. Other benzene-related

actions including maleic anhydride,

ethylbenzene/styrene, benzene storage

vessels, and equipment leaks were also

reviewed by EPA following the vinyl

chloride court decision. The Agency

proposed four different approaches to

regulating these benzene source

categories in a manner consistent with

the vinyl chloride court decision (53 FR

28496, July 28, 1988). Regulations

proposed for maleic anhydride and

ethylbenzene/styrene were not

promulgated and therefore have been

dropped from this information

collection statement. The coke byproduct recovery plants rule was

promulgated September 14, 1989 (54 FR

38044) and amended September 19,

1991 (56 FR 47406).

National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for

Benzene Emissions from Benzene

Storage Vessels were proposed in 1980

and withdrawn by EPA on June 6, 1984

(49 FR 23558). On August 3, 1984, the

Natural Resources Defense Council

(NRDC) filed a petition in the U.S. Court

of Appeals, seeking review of the EPA’s

storage withdrawal and other benzene

rulemakings. (Natural Resources

Defense Council Inc. v. Thomas, No. 84–

1387) (referred to as Benzene). In light

of the U. S. Court of Appeals Vinyl

Chloride decision (Natural Resources

Defense Council. Inc. v. EPA, 824 F.2d

1146, D.C. Cir., July 28, 1987), EPA

requested a voluntary remand in

Benzene to reconsider its June 6, 1984,

rulemakings. In an order dated

December 8, 1987, the court approved

the EPA’s voluntary remand and

established a schedule under which

EPA must propose its action on

reconsideration within 180 days of the

order. In June 1988, EPA received a 45-

day extension. The benzene storage

vessels rule was promulgated on

September 14, 1989 (54 FR 38077) as 40

CFR Part 61 Subpart Y.

Subpart L: Coke By-Product Recovery

Plants

A national emission standard for

hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) was

proposed under Section 112 for coke byproduct recovery plants, a benzene

source category, on June 6, 1984 (49 FR

23522), reproposed on July 28, 1988 (53

FR 28496), and was promulgated on

September 14, 1989.

The control requirements for coke byproduct recovery plants require that

organic vapors be recovered and routed

via closedvent system (no detectable

emissions) to a control device that

achieves a 95 percent or greater

destruction efficiency. The affected

equipment must not exceed a specified

level of equipment leaks, either through

a concentration standard, or in the case

of valves, a percent of total valves

standard is optional. The control of

emissions of benzene from recovery

plants requires not only the installation

of properly designed equipment, but

also the operation and maintenance of

that equipment. Emissions of benzene

from recovery plants covered by this

regulation are the result of leaking

equipment.

The standards require initial

notification reports with respect to

construction, emissions tests, and

startup. The standards also require

reports on initial performance tests and

emissions tests 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 that

pollution control devices are properly

installed and operated and the

standards are 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 note the operating

conditions under which compliance

was achieved. The regular reports are

used for problem identification, as a

check on source operation and

maintenance, and for compliance

determinations. The information

generated by the monitoring,

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements described above is used by

the Agency to ensure that facilities

affected by the NESHAP continue to

operate the control equipment used to

achieve compliance. Effective

enforcement of the standard is

particularly necessary in light of the

hazardous nature of benzene.

Information is recorded in such

sufficient detail to enable owners or

operators to demonstrate compliance

with the standards. This information is
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used to monitor fugitive emissions

directly, and to ensure effective

operation of the vapor-collection system

and control device, thus ensuring

continuous compliance with the

indications of a source’s continuing

compliance status. The information

collected from recordkeeping and

reporting requirements is also used for

targeting inspections, and is of sufficient

quality to be used as evidence in court.

Records and reports also are necessary

to enable EPA to identify plants that

may not understand the workings of the

standard or that may not be in

compliance with the standard. Based on

reported information, EPA can decide

how many plant inspections would be

needed, which plants should be

inspected, and what records or

processes should be inspected at the

plant. 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, owners or operators of

the affected facilities described must

make the following one-time-only

notices or reports: notification of

anticipated startup, notification of

actual startup, notification of

construction or modification, initial

compliance report, notification of

emission test, report following an

emission test, notification of a

monitoring system performance test,

and report following a monitoring

system performance test. These

notifications and reports are general

provisions and required of all sources

subject to any NESHAP.

Reporting requirements specific to

benzene coke by-product recovery

plants, Subpart L, include a semiannual

report by affected facilities. The

semiannual reports include results of

leak monitoring and performance tests.

Respondents also are required to submit

semiannual reports of measurements for

sources subject to a no detectable

emissions limit and semiannual reports

summarizing the results of the leak

detection and repair program

implemented at the plant. One report

would incorporate information for both

process equipment and fugitive sources.

These reports would include

information such as number of leaks

that occurred, the number that could not

be repaired, the general reasons for

unsuccessful or delay of repair, and the

results of performance tests conducted

during the reporting period.

Monitoring, recordkeeping and

reporting requirements specific to

benzene coke by-product recovery

plants for leak detection and repair of

fugitive emission sources are those

provisions specified under 40 CFR 61,

NESHAP Subpart V. The Subpart V

regulations for equipment leaks were

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) under control

number 2060–0068. The only difference

in the equipment leak requirements of

Subpart V and this regulation relates to

exhausters. Exhausters are subject to

quarterly monitoring requirements.

However, quarterly monitoring is not

required if the exhauster is equipped

with a seal system that has a barrier

fluid, the exhauster seal is loaded and

vented to a control device, or a leakless

exhauster is used. Exhausters are subject

to the same recordkeeping and reporting

provisions as other equipment subject to

Subpart V.

The added control amendment to the

coke-by-product plant benzene NESHAP

is based on a settlement agreement

pursuant to a petition to review the

benzene NESHAP by the American Coke

and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI).

The recordkeeping and reporting

requirements contained in this rule are

consistent with those described in the

agreement.

The owner or operator choosing to use

one of the alternative control

technologies (i.e., a carbon absorber or

a vapor incinerator) would be required

to record for the life of the control

device, the design of the control device,

the sources which it is intended to

control, and a plan for the operation,

maintenance and action needed to

correct problems. Such a record would

assist the owner or operator to operate

the device properly throughout its life

and would also assist the enforcement

personnel in determining, when

reviewing records that indicate

problems with the control device,

whether the device had been properly

maintained and appropriate corrective

action had been taken. The owner or

operator would be required to record the

results of each test for determining

compliance with the standard. Also

required to be recorded would be any

data that provide reference values for

parameters that are important to

monitoring, such as temperature of the

firebox in a vapor incinerator and the

benzene concentration at the inlet to a

carbon adsorber. Some of these data are

gathered during the compliance test,

others separately (e.g., the demonstrated

bed life of a carbon adsorber).

These records would be required to be

kept for at least two years, or until the

next compliance test (or time that the

parameter reference value is

determined), whichever is longer.

Finally, the results of monitoring the

control device would be required to be

recorded for at least 2 years. The records

would include any periods when the

boundaries established for the

monitored parameters were exceeded

and the action taken to correct the

problem that led to the exceedance.

The alternative control options

require reporting in addition to

recordkeeping. The General Provisions

require reporting of compliance tests.

This would be submitted each time a

compliance test is performed. The rule

requires compliance tests to be done

initially and at the request of EPA (not

at predetermined intervals). In addition,

the rule requires reporting of

exceedances of the monitored

parameters, with a brief description of

the corrective action taken. Included

would be exceedances of the operating

requirements such as if the source were

not vented to a fresh carbon bed before

the maximum concentration point was

exceeded on the spent bed. The reports

are required quarterly. When

semiannual reports under Subpart L are

due, the information for the quarterly

report should be submitted as part of the

semiannual report. If there were no

exceedances during a quarter in which

no semiannual report was due, reporting

for that quarter could be skipped and a

notation to that effect included in the

next report. The reason that quarterly

reports are required for these control

devices is because the monitoring is

generally continuous and therefore

provides a continuous record of

problems with operation and

maintenance of the device. Because of

the hazardous nature of benzene, it is

important that enforcement personnel

are alerted to plants that are having

problems with their control device and

are potentially in violation of the

standards. The enforcement personnel

can then move quickly to make sure the

problem area is corrected.

Any owner or operator subject to the

provisions of this part shall maintain an

up-to-date file of monitoring and

recordings, and retain them for at least

two years following. Records of

equipment and process design are kept

permanently.

These data would include information

necessary to administer the program

(such as source identification number,

percent by weight benzene in the

process s fluid, type of fugitive emission

source) as well as data gathered relating

directly to leak detection and repair

(such as leak dates and repair methods).

Respondents using gas-blanketing

systems, closed-vent systems, and

control devices are required to maintain

records of schematics, design

specifications, piping and

instrumentation diagrams, and other

information related to changes in design
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or operation. Other records are required

for sources which may be designated for

no detectable emissions or as unsafe or

difficult to monitor.

All reports are sent to the delegated

State or Local authority. If there is no

such delegated authority, the reports are

sent directly to the EPA Regional Office.

Data obtained by Agency personnel

from records maintained by the

respondents during periodic visits are

tabulated and published for internal

Agency use in compliance and

enforcement programs.

Information contained in the report is

entered into the Aerometric Information

Retrieval System (AIRS) Facility

Subsystem (AFS) which is operated and

maintained by EPA’ s Office of Air

Quality Planning and Standards. The

AFS is EPA’s database for the collection,

maintenance and retrieval of

compliance data and annual emission

inventory data for over 100,000

industrial and government facilities.

EPA uses AFS for tracking compliance

and enforcement by Local and State

regulatory agencies, EPA Regional

Offices and Headquarters. EPA

personnel can edit, store, retrieve and

analyze the data via personal computer

terminals.

Burden Statement: For Subpart L, the

Agency computed the burden for each

of the recordkeeping and reporting

requirements applicable to the industry

for the currently approved 1993

Information Collection Request (ICR).

Where it was appropriate, the Agency

identified specific tasks and made

assumptions, while being consistent

with the concept of burden under the

Paper Reduction Act. The 1993 ICR

review was the first since promulgation

of the rule and consolidated the added

control options promulgated in

September 1991.

For Subpart L, the majority of

industry costs associated with the

information collection activity in the

standards are labor costs. The labor

estimates were derived from standard

estimates based on EPA’s experience

with other standards. For the purpose of

the 1993 ICR burden analysis it was

assumed that no sources choose to

comply with the percent-allowable leaks

nor skip period reporting. Thus, the

burden analysis was based on a most

burdensome case scenario for reporting

and recordkeeping.

Recordkeeping and reporting

requirements are an ongoing burden

associated with this ICR. The 1993 ICR

estimated a nationwide annualized cost

to respondents for recordkeeping and

reporting requirements of $215,678 over

a 3-year period. The respondent burden

was estimated at 7,083 person-hours per

year. This estimate was based upon a

cost of $14.50 per hour plus an

overhead rate of 110 percent, for a total

cost of $30.45 per hour.

The following is a breakdown of

burden used in the 1993 ICR for Subpart

L. It was assumed that 36 sources were

subject to the standard and no

additional sources per year will become

subject to the standard over the past

three years. The ICR allocated 224.5

hours per respondent for implementing

the activities required to meet the

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements. Specifically, 132 hours

were allocated for filing and

maintaining records, 4 hours for

conducting Method 21 tests during the

year, 57.5 hours for creating the

information for reporting and 31 hours

for writing the report.

Subpart Y: Benzene Storage Vessels

Respondents are all owners or

operators of benzene storage vessels. It

is estimated that 126 existing plants are

subject to the standard. All owners and

operators of new or reconstructed plants

would also have to respond.

In the General Provisions of 40 CFR

Part 61 applicable to storage vessels,

require up to four separate one timeonly reports for each owner or operator:

notification of construction or

reconstruction, initial source report,

notification of physical/operational

changes, notification of anticipated and

actual startup. The initial source report

is the only one of these reports that

would be required from existing sources

under the standard.

Certain records and reports are

necessary to assist EPA and State

agencies to which enforcement has been

delegated in determining compliance

with the standard.

An initial emissions test is not

required because conducting an

emission test is not feasible. Therefore,

the format of the standard is that of an

equipment standard. Owners or

operators of vessels equipped with the

specified controls are required to

submit, along with the notifications

required by the General Provisions, a

report that describes the control

equipment used to comply with the

regulation. Thereafter, an annual visual

inspection is required of the primary

seal of internal floating roof vessels

(IFR’s) (in cases where no secondary

seal is present). An annual seal gap

measurement of the secondary seal

system on external floating roof vessels

(EFR’s) is required. The following

inspections are required every five

years: (1) internal inspection of seal

system on IFR’s equipped with primary

and secondary seals in situations where

the owner or operator has decided to

forego the annual visual inspection; and

(2) measurement of gaps between the

tank wall and primary seal on EFR’s. An

internal inspection in which the tank is

emptied and degassed is required at

least every 10 years for IFR’s.

Another control option allowed is for

owners or operators to equip vessels

with closed-vent systems and 95-

percent efficient control devices. It is

expected that very few, if any, vessels

will be equipped with these systems;

however, owners or operators of vessels

with such systems are required to

submit, for the Administrator’s

approval, an operating plan describing

system design specifications and an

operation, maintenance, and inspection

plan for the system. In the event the

owner or operator has installed a flare,

a report showing compliance with

visible emission provisions shall be

furnished to the Administrator. For

closed-vent systems with control

devices, quarterly reports are required

informing the Administrator of each

occurrence that results in excess

emissions. Annual reports of the results

of these inspections and seal gap

measurements are required. These

reports shall identify each storage vessel

that is determined to be out of

compliance with the standard, the

nature of the defects, and the date the

vessel was emptied or the repair was

made. The owner or operator shall keep

copies of all reports and records

resulting from these inspections for two

years.

The owner or operator of each

benzene storage vessel shall, for the life

of the source, keep readily accessible

records showing the dimension of the

vessel and an analysis showing the

capacity of the storage vessel. For each

vessel with a closed vent system and 95-

percent efficient control device, records

of the operating plan shall be kept for

the life of the control device. Records of

monitored parameters and maintenance

shall be kept for two years.

Burden Statement: For Subpart Y,

EPA estimated the nationwide

annualized cost to respondents at a

$47,045/yr over a 3-year period. The

respondent burden is estimated at 1,545

person-hours/yr. Respondent costs are

estimated based on a cost of $14.50 per

hour, and on an overhead rate of 110

percent (for a total cost per hour of

$30.45). The annual reporting burden is

estimated at a $39,372/yr over a 3-year

period. The number of responses per

year is estimated to be 162. The number

of responses per respondent is estimated

to be five. The total annual responses

are estimated to be 810. The number of

hours per response per year is estimated
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to be four. These estimates include 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.

* * * * *

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.

Send comments regarding these

matters, or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the contacts listed above.

Dated: November 24, 1995.

Rick Colbert,

Acting Director, Office of Compliance.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

260–5076 OR (202) 260–5075. Weekly

receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements Filed November 27, 1995

Through December 01, 1995 Pursuant to

40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 950552, FINAL EIS, USA, MA,

Army Material Technology Laboratory

Reuse and Disposal, Implementation,

Town of Watertown, Middlesex,

Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex Counties,

MA, Due: January 08, 1996, Contact:

James Davidson (703) 274–5510

EIS No. 950553, DRAFT EIS, NAS,

International Space Station, Assembly

and Operation, Space Station

Freedom (SSF), Due: January 22,

1996, Contact: David F. Ruszczyk

(713) 244–7756.

EIS No. 950554, DRAFT EIS, DOE, WA,

Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP)

Stabilization, To Safely Reduced

Radiation Exposure to Workers and

the Environment, Hanford Site,

Richland, Benton County, WA, Due:

January 23, 1996, Contact: Ben F.

Burton (509) 946–3609.

EIS No. 950555, DRAFT EIS, FRC, WA,

Condit Hydroelectric Project (FERC

No. 2342–005), Relicensing, White

Salmon River, Klickitat and Skamania

Counties, WA, Due: January 22, 1996,

Contact: John Blair (202) 219–2845.

EIS No. 950556, DRAFT EIS, AFS, WA,

Snoqualmie Pass Adaptive

Management Area Plan,

Implementation, Wenatchee and Mt.

Bake-Snoqualmie National Forests,

Cle Elum and North Bend Ranger

Districts, Kittitas and King Counties,

WA, Due: January 31, 1996, Contact:

Floyd Rogalski (509) 674–4411.

EIS No. 950557, DRAFT EIS, FRC, ME,

Lower Androscoggin River Basin

Hydroelectric Project, Gulf Island

Deer Rips Project (FERC No. 2283–

005) and Marcal Project (FERC No.

11482–000) Relicensing and

Licensing, Androscoggin County, ME,

Due: January 22, 1996, Contact: Alan

Creamer (202) 219–0635.

EIS No. 950558, DRAFT EIS, GSA, CO,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA)

Consolidation of Facilities; National

Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST) to Upgrade Facilities and

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NITA) to

Implement Master Site Development

Plan, Site Specific, 325 Broadway

Campus, Boulder County, CO, Due:

January 22, 1996, Contact: Sharon

Malloy (303) 236–7131.

EIS No. 950559, FINAL EIS, MMS, AL,

TX, MS, LA, 1996 Central and

Western Gulf of Mexico Outer

Continental Shelf (OSC) Oil and Gas

Lease Sales No. 157 (March 1996) and

No. 161 (August 1996), Lease

Offerings, Offshore coastal counties

and parishes of AL, MS, LA and TX,

Due: January 08, 1996, Contact:

Archie P. Melancon (703) 787–5471.

EIS No. 950560, DRAFT EIS, FRC, WI,

Flambeau River Hydroelectric

Projects, Big Falls (FERC No. 2930),

Thornapple (FERC No. 2475), Upper

(FERC No. 2640), Lower (FERC No.

2421), Pixley (FERC No. 2395) and

Crowley (FERC No. 2473),

Relicensing, WI , Due: January 22,

1996, Contact: Frank Karwoski (202)

219–2782.

EIS No. 950561, FINAL EIS, NOA,

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid and

Butterfish Fisheries, Fishery

Management Plan, Amendment No. 5,

Implementation, Exclusive Economic

Zone (EEZ) off the US Atlantic Coast,

Due: January 23, 1996, Contact:

Rolland A. Schmitten (301) 713–2239.

EIS No. 950562, DRAFT EIS, FHW, WI,

US 10 Highway Improvements, WI–13

and US 10 in Marshfield to WI–54

and US 10 in Waupaca, Funding and

COE Section 404 Permit, Wood,

Portage and Waupaca Counties, WI,

Due: January 22, 1996, Contact:

Wesley Shemwell (608) 829–7500.

EIS No. 950563, DRAFT EIS, FHW, CA,

CA–101/Cuesta Grade Highway

Improvements, 1.1 Miles north of

Reservoir Canyon Road to the Cuesta

Grade Overhead, Funding and Permit

Issuance, San Luis Obispo County,

CA, Due: March 08, 1996, Contact:

John R. Schultz (916) 498–5041.

EIS No. 950564, DRAFT EIS, COE, WA,

Resource Investments Landfill

Facility Construction, COE Section

404 Permit Issuance, Pierce County,

WA, Due: January 22, 1996, Contact:

Jim Green (206) 764–6906.

Dated: December 04, 1995.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

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COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collections Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

December 4, 1995.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications,

as part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork burden invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments are

requested concerning (a) whether the