[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30867-30868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15446]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5522-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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) abstracted 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 cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 18, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION or a copy call: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0998.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: NSPS for Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry 
(SOCMI), Air Oxidation Unit Processes and Distillation Operations 
(Subparts III and NNN) OMB Control No. 2060-0197; EPA ICR No. 998.05. 
This is a request for an extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.610, 
Subpart III, Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from SOCMI Air 
Oxidation Unit Processes and 40 CFR Part 60.660, Subpart NNN, Standards 
of Performance for VOC from SOCMI Distillation Operations. 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 meet 
the requirements of the standard and to note the operation conditions 
under which compliance was achieved.
    In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from SOCMI air 
oxidation unit processes and distillation operations 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.
    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 dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational 
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated 
pollutant emission rate; 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 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 Federal Register Notice 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on 03/26/96 (FR 13183).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 62 
hours per response. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of air 
oxidation processes or distillation operations.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 1491.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 185,853 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: Semiannual.
    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. 0998.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0197 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460
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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: June 12, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-15446 Filed 6-17-96; 8:45 am]
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