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 May 6, 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: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the Phosphate

Fertilizer Industry (Subparts T, U, V, W, and X). (EPA ICR No. 1061.06;

OMB No. 2060-0037). This is a request for renewal of a currently

approved information collection.

Abstract: Owners or operators of phosphate fertilizer plants must

notify EPA or the delegated regulatory authority of construction,

modification, startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, and dates and results

of initial performance tests. Owners and operators must install,

calibrate, and maintain monitoring devices to determine the mass flow

of phosphate-bearing feed, and devices to measure and record

continuously pressure drop across the scrubbers, and must keep records

of the mass of phosphate bearing feed. This industry is not required to

submit excess emission reports. EPA or the delegated authority reviews

the records during routine inspections to ensure compliance with the

standards.

Burden Statement: The reporting requirements apply only to the

initial performance tests, and since no new or reconstructed sources

are expected to become subject to the standards in the next three

years, there is no burden projected for reporting. The public

recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to

average 87.5 hours per recordkeeper annually. The estimated burden

includes the time needed to review instructions, search existing data

sources, gather the data needed and review the collection of

information.

Respondents: Owners or operators of phosphate fertilizer plants.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 11.

Estimated No. of Responses per Respondent: None.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 963 hours for

recordkeeping only.

Frequency of Collection: Not applicable.

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. Chris Wolz, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: March 31, 1994.

Paul Lapsley,

Director, Regulatory Management Division.

[FR Doc. 94-8232 Filed 4-5-94; 8:45 am]

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