Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From Glass Manufacturing Facilities (Subpart N)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5508-2; OMB #2060-0043; EPA #1081.05]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Inorganic

Arsenic Emissions From Glass Manufacturing Facilities (Subpart N)

agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

action: Notice.

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summary: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3507(a)(1)(D), this notice announces that the Information Collection

Request (ICR) for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants: Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Glass Manufacturing

Facilities (Subpart N) 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 June 19, 1996..

for further information or a copy call: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 2060-0043.

supplementary information:

Title: OMB Control No. 2060-0043; EPA ICR No. 1081.05. This is a

request for extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Administrator has judged that arsenic emissions from

glass manufacturing plants cause or contribute to air pollution that

may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.

Owners or operators of sources covered by these standards are subject

to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the standards as

well as those standards prescribed in the General Provisions of the

NESHAP.

Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make

the following one-time-only reports: Application for approval of

construction or modification (new sources) or a source report (existing

sources or new sources with initial start-up preceding effective date

of standard); and notification of anticipated and actual dates of

start-up. Calculations estimating new emission levels must be reported

whenever a change of operation is made that would potentially increase

emissions.

Sources subject to these standards are required to demonstrate

initial compliance through emission tests. In addition, a continuous

monitoring system for the measurement of the opacity of emissions from

any control device must be installed and operated. Records of

continuous emission monitoring (CEM) results and other data needed to

determine emission concentrations shall be maintained at the source and

made available for inspection for a minimum of two years.

A written report of each period for which emission rates exceeded

the emission limits is required semiannually. All reports are sent to

the delegated State or local authority. In the event that there is no

such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA

Regional Office. Applications and source reports are sent directly to

the EPA Regional Office. Applications and source reports are used to

inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject

to the standards, and the nature of that source. Notification of start-

up informs the reviewing authority at what date the source becomes

subject to the standards. The reviewing authority may then inspect the

source to check if the pollution control devices are properly installed

and operated.

Reports, including calculations estimating any subsequent emission

levels, are necessary to keep the Agency informed about the source's

activities in terms of hazardous air pollutant emissions.

In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to

protect public health, adequate reporting and recordkeeping is

necessary. In the absence of such information enforcement personnel

would be unable to determine whether the standards are being met on a

continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.

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 September

29, 1995.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6,769

hours. 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: 47.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 47.

Frequency of Response: 2.

Estimated Number of Responses: 43.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6769 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $206,116.

Sent 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. 1081.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0043 in any

correspondence.

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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: May 14, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 96-12629 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]

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