Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 September 26, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, or to obtain

a copy of this ICR, contact Sandy Farmer at 202-260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

Title: Compliance Extensions for Early Reductions-Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements (EPA ICR No. 1582.02; OMB No. 2060-0222).

This is a request for renewal of a currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: Respondents are owners or operators of sources emitting

hazardous air pollutants (HAP) who voluntarily seek compliance

extensions for applicable standards through demonstration of early

emission reductions, in accordance with the regulations implementing

section 112(i)(5) of the Clean Air Act (see 40 CFR part 63, subpart D).

Sources may obtain a six-year extension of compliance with standards

promulgated under section 112(d), if the source demonstrates

achievement of early reduction of HAP by 90 percent (95 percent for

particulates), before proposal of an applicable section 112(d)

standard. Industry respondents must submit a one-time demonstration of

reductions achieved. State or local permitting agencies will evaluate

these demonstrations for the purpose of granting compliance extensions.

Burden Statement: The public reporting burden for this collection

of information is estimated to average 440 hours per response. This

estimate includes the time needed to review instructions, search

existing data sources, gather and maintain the data needed, and

complete and review the collection of information.

Respondents: Owners or operators of HAP sources who voluntarily

seek compliance extensions for applicable standards through

demonstration of early emission reductions.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 30.

Estimated No. of Responses per Respondent: One.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 13,200 hours.

Frequency of Collection: One time.

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of

the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the

burden, to:

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information

Policy Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

and

Mr. Troy Hillier, Office of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington,

DC 20503.

Dated: August 23, 1994.

Paul Lapsley,

Director, Regulatory Management Division.

[FR Doc. 94-21105 Filed 8-25-94; 8:45 am]

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