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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 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 12/08/95

(60FR63039); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 595.80 hours per

new facility, and 220 hours per existing

facility. 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 transit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities: 4 new

facilities per year, 100 existing facilities.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

106.

Frequency of Response: 2.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

24,823 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $1,094,703.

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. 1057.07 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0041 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: April 18, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Revision of the

Information Collection Request for the

National Pretreatment Program

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

EPA is planning to submit the following

proposed and/or continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Information Collection Request for the

National Pretreatment Program (40 CFR

Part 403), OMB Control Number 2040–

009, EPA ICR Number 0002.08 (expires

October 31, 1999). 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 June 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may

obtain a copy of this ICR without charge

by contacting John Hopkins, Office of

Wastewater Management (4203), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460,

telephone (202) 260–9527.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Hopkins at (202) 260–9527; facsimile

(202) 260–1460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those subject

to the regulations under 40 CFR Part

403, including private industries, State,

local and Federal governments.

Title: Revision of the Information

Collection Request for the National

Pretreatment Program (40 CFR Part 403).

OMB Control Number 2040–009.

Expiration date October 31, 1999.

Abstract: This Information Collection

Request (ICR) calculates the burden and

costs associated with managing the

National Pretreatment Program

mandated by Sections 402(a) and (b)

and 307(b) of the Clean Water Act. This

ICR is a renewal of the Revision of the

Information Collection Request for the

National Pretreatment Program (OMB

Control No. 2040–0009, ICR No.

0002.07).

Management of the pretreatment

program is the responsibility of the

Office of Wastewater Management

(OWM) in the Office of Water (OW),

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA). The Clean Water Act requires

EPA to develop national pretreatment

standards to control discharges from

Industrial Users (IUs) into sewage

systems, or Publicly Owned Treatment

Works (POTWs). These standards limit

the level of certain pollutants in IU

wastewaters. EPA administers the

pretreatment program through the

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES) permit

program. Under the NPDES permit

program, EPA may approve State or

individual POTW implementation of the

pretreatment standards at their

respective levels. OWM uses the data

collected under the pretreatment

program to monitor and enforce

compliance with the regulations, as well

as to authorize program administration

at the State or local (POTW) level. The
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data collected from IUs includes the

mass, frequency, and content of their

discharges, their schedules for installing

pretreatment equipment, and actual or

anticipated discharges of wastes that

violate pretreatment standards, have the

potential to cause problems at the

POTW, or are considered hazardous

under the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act (RCRA). States and

POTWs applying for approval of

pretreatment programs submit data

concerning their legal, procedural, and

administrative bases for establishing

such programs. This information may

include surveys of IUs, local limits for

pollutant concentration, and schedules

for completion of major project

requirements. IUs and POTWs submit

written reports. These data may then be

entered into the NPDES databases by the

approved State or EPA.

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 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 information

collection will involve an estimated

33,526 respondents at an annual cost of

$91,332,981 to those respondents. The

total annual cost to both respondents

and government (excluding Federal

government) is estimated at

$95,859,696. The annual number of

responses will be 203,518 or 6.07

responses per respondent. The time

required for a response ranges from 15

minutes to 400 hours, with an average

response time of 6.600 hours. An

estimated 33,526 respondents are

required to keep records at an average

annual burden of 6.853 hours per record

keeper. The pretreatment program will

entail 229,741 hours of record keeping

and 1,343,215 hours of reporting for a

total of 1,572,957 burden hours. The

pretreatment program will also entail

218,168 burden hours for municipal and

State governments as users of the data.

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: April 5, 1996.

Michael B. Cook,

Director, Office of Wastewater Management.

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Technical Workshop on Monte Carlo

Analysis in Exposure Assessment

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Responding to broad Agency

interest in Monte Carlo analysis, the

EPA’s Risk Assessment Forum is

organizing a workshop on the use of this

methodology in exposure assessments

for human health risk assessment. A

panel consisting of experts from

industry and academia as well as

practitioners from state and federal

agencies will discuss general principles

related to this application of Monte

Carlo analysis. The workshop will be

open to members of the public as

observers. The plans for this workshop

will be finalized only after the EPA’s

FY96 funding situation is clarified

either through another continuing

resolution or receipt of an

appropriation.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

Tuesday, May 14, 1996, at 8:00 a.m. and

end on Thursday, May 16, at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the EPA Region II Headquarters offices,

290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.

Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA

contractor, is providing logistical

support for the workshop. To attend the

workshop as an observer, contact

Eastern Research Group, Inc., Tel: (617)

674–7374 by May 7, 1996. Space is

limited so please register early.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information concerning the

Monte Carlo analysis workshop, please

contact Marina Olsen, U.S. EPA Region

II, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007,

Telephone (212) 637–4313 or Steven

Knott, U.S. EPA Office of Research and

Development (8103), 401 M St. SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20460, Telephone

(202) 260–2231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Monte

Carlo analysis can be applied to

improve risk characterization through

analysis of variability and uncertainty as

recommended by the National Academy

of Science and other advisory bodies.

Increasingly, EPA program and regional

risk assessors must make decisions

concerning the use of probabilistic

techniques in exposure assessment.

However, guidance for agency risk

assessors on the use of techniques such

as Monte Carlo analysis has been

lacking. The May workshop is being

organized in response to this need.

Many of the technical issues that arise

during the application or review of

Monte Carlo analyses occur during the

following steps in the exposure

assessment process: Selecting input

data/distributions for model parameters;

evaluating variability and uncertainty;

presenting results. These issues will be

the focal points for the discussion

during the May workshop. A panel

consisting of experts from industry and

academia as well as experts and

practitioners from EPA, state agencies,

and other federal agencies will lead

discussions on the application of Monte

Carlo techniques. Case studies will be

used to illustrate the issues and to

provide possible solutions for technical

problems. The goal of the Workshop is

to develop recommendations to assist

assessors in the preparation and/or

evaluation of Monte Carlo analyses. The

workshop will also serve as the

foundation for later Agency guidance on

the use of Monte Carlo analysis in

exposure assessment.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Joseph K. Alexander,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science,

Office of Research and Development.

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