Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL4875-9]

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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 23, 1994.

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

copy of this ICR, contact Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

Title: New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for Primary Aluminum

Reduction Plants (Subpart S) Recordkeeping and Reporting 40 CFR Part

60-(EPA ICR No. 1683.01; OMB No. 2060-0031). This is a request for

renewal of a currently approved information collection.

Abstract: Owners or operators of primary aluminum reduction plants

must provide EPA or the delegated State regulatory authority with 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. In

addition, the owners or operators must report monthly performance test

results that indicate missions exceeding specified limits. They must

include reports describing operating and maintenance procedures and

explaining excess emissions.

Owners or operators of affected facilities are required to install,

calibrate, maintain, and operate monitoring devices which determine the

daily rate of aluminum and anode produced. Owners or operators must

keep records of these monitoring measurements, maintaining them for at

least 2 years. 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.

The notifications and reports enable EPA or the delegated State to

determine that best demonstrated technology is installed and properly

operated and maintained and to schedule inspections.

Burden Statement: The burden for this collection of information is

estimated to average 87 hours per response for reporting and 88 hours

per recordkeeper annually. This estimate includes the time needed to

review instructions, develop a recall plan, create and gather data, and

review and store the information.

Respondents: Owners or operators of primary aluminum reduction

plants.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 7.

Estimated No. of Responses per Respondent: 8.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,900 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Initial notifications, periodic reports

describing operating and maintenance procedures and explaining excess

emissions.

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

the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the

burden to:

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: April 15, 1994.

Paul Lapsley,

Director, Regulatory Management Division.

[FR Doc. 94-9821 Filed 4-21-94; 8:45 am]

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