[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14767]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5518-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mercury

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) for the National Emission Standard for Mercury (40 CFR Part 61, 
Subpart E) described below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden and 
cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection 
instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0113.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air.
    Pollutants: Mercury (Part 61, Subpart E).
    This information collection is a renewal of an existing collection.
    Abstract: A national emission standard was developed for mercury 
ore processing facilities, mercury chlor-alkali plants, and sludge 
incineration and drying plants to ensure that emissions from these 
facilities do not cause ambient concentrations of mercury to exceed the 
inhalation effects limit of 1 microgram per cubic meter. In order to 
ensure compliance with the standards, adequate recordkeeping and 
reporting is necessary. This information enables the Agency to: (1) 
Identify the sources subject to the standard; (2) ensure initial 
compliance with emission limits; and (3) verify continuous compliance 
with the standard. Responses are mandatory under 40 CFR Part 61. 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 March 26, 1996 [61 FR 
13185].
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.3 
hour 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: 298.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 298.
    Frequency of Response: semi-annually, annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 37,066 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 0113.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0097 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: June 4, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-14767 Filed 6-10-96; 8:45 am]
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