Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards for Subparts DD, DDD, I, JJJ, L, and RRR

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5517-6]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards for Subparts DD, DDD,

I, JJJ, L, and RRR

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request

(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting

the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on

specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described

below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of

Compliance. People interested in getting copies of or making comments

about these ICRs should direct inquiries or comments to the Office of

Compliance, Mail Code 2224A, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Information may also be acquired electronically through the Enviro$en$e

Bulletin Board, (703) 908-2092 or the Enviro$en$e WWW/Internet Address,

http//wastenot.inel.gov./envirosense/. All responses and comments will

be collected regularly for Enviro$en$e.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Harmon, (202) 564-7049,

facsimile number (202) 564-0037, for NSPS Subpart DD; Sandi Jones,

(202) 564-7038, facsimile number (202) 564-0037, for NSPS Subpart DDD;

Scott Throwe, (202) 564-7013, facsimile number (202) 564-0050, for NSPS

Subpart I; Joyce Chandler, (202) 564-7073, facsimile number (202) 564-

0037, for NSPS Subpart JJJ; Jane M. Engert, (202) 564-5021, facsimile

number (202) 564-0050, or via e-mail ([email protected]),

for NSPS Subpart L; and Darlene Williams, (202) 564-7031 or via e-mail

([email protected] EPA.GOV.), for NSPS Subpart RRR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NSPS Subpart DD Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

each truck unloading station, truck loading station, barge and ship

unloading station, barge and ship loading station, railcar loading

station, railcar unloading station, grain dryer, and all grain handling

operations at any grain terminal elevator or any grain storage

elevator.

Title: NSPS Subpart DD: Standards of Performance for Grain

Elevators, OMB control Number 2060-0082, expires November 30, 1996.

Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.300,

et seq., Subpart DD, New Source Performance Standards for Grain

Elevators. This information notifies EPA when a source becomes subject

to the regulations, informs the Agency if a source is in compliance

when it begins operation, and informs the Agency if the source remained

in compliance during any period of startup, shutdown, or malfunction.

In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from

grain elevators 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, as required

under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.

Controlling emissions of particulate matter from grain elevators

requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but

also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. Particulate

emissions from grain elevators are the result of grain drying and grain

handling operations, including loading and unloading. These standards

rely on the proper operation of particulate control devices such as

baghouses and equipment such as shed doors and spouts designed to

reduce particulate emission during grain unloading and loading.

Owners or operators of the affected facilities subject to NSPS

Subpart DD 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 that may increase the

rate of emission of the regulated pollutant; notification of the date

of the initial performance test; and the results of the initial

performance test, including information necessary to determine the

conditions of the performance test and performance test measurements

and results, including particulate matter concentration and opacity.

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, as well as the nature and cause of

the malfunction (if known) and corrective measures taken. These

notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of all

sources subject to NSPS. Without such information, enforcement

personnel would be unable to determine if the standards are being met

on a continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.

EPA estimates that one additional source will become subject to the

standard in each of the next three years.

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 required information consists of emissions data and other

information that have been determined not to be private. However, any

information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of

confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency

policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart B--

Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902,

September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR

42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 1764, March 23, 1979).

The EPA solicits comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden

of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information

to be collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through the

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use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The current ICR estimates the average total

annual burden to industry to be $3,261. This is based on an estimated

average total annual burden for this industry of 107.1 person-hours.

The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per

hour, plus 110 percent overhead.

EPA's estimate of 107.1 average total annual burden hours over the

three year life of this ICR represents a 21 percent decrease from the

134.85 hours estimated in the previous ICR. This downward adjustment,

however, results from EPA's discovery of a calculation error that

overstated the true burden.

To account for the annual burden hours associated with the startup,

shutdown, and malfunction recordkeeping activities of the estimated one

new source annually over the three year life of the ICR, the prior ICR

and this ICR both assume that 1.5 sources represents the average number

of new sources over three years. This average number of new sources is

added to the number of existing sources, and the total estimated annual

average number of sources is multiplied by the estimated annual burden

hours per source for these activities. In the prior ICR, the average

number of new sources, 1.5, was added to the number of existing

sources, 60, but the estimated burden annual hours per source, 1, was

mistakenly multiplied by 1.5 before the estimated annual average number

of sources, 61.5, was multiplied by the estimated annual burden hours

per source, 1.5[sic]. As a result, the burden hours, 92.25, and cost,

$2,809.01, associated with these activities were overstated by 50

percent, skewing the estimated total annual burden to industry by 30.75

hours and $936.34.

The estimated annual burden is calculated as one hour for the newly

subject respondent to read the reporting requirements; 24 hours for the

new respondent to perform the initial performance test, 4.8 hours

annually to account for the estimated 20 percent of performance tests

that must be repeated, 4 hours for the new respondent to perform the

Method 9 tests, 0.8 hours annually to account for the estimated 20

percent of Method 9 tests that must be repeated, two hours to prepare

and send the notification of construction/reconstruction of the newly-

subject source, two hours to prepare and send notification of

anticipated startup, two hours to prepare and send notification of

actual startup, and two hours to prepare and send notification of the

initial performance test. Together, these information collection

activities required of the anticipated one new source annually amount

to and average of 42.6 person hours at a cost of $1,297. Additionally,

EPA estimates that established sources will spend an average of an hour

annually entering information regarding startups, shutdowns, and

malfunctions. Assuming 63 existing sources and one addition source for

each of the three years that this ICR will be in effect, EPA estimates

an average of 64.5 sources annually will each devote one person hour to

these activities for a total of 64.5 person hours, at a cost of $1,964.

Therefore, the estimated total annual industry burden is 107.1 hours at

a cost of $3,261.

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.

NSPS Subpart DDD Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Approximately 30 sources are currently subject

to the standard, and it is estimated that an additional 10 sources per

year will become subject to the standard in the next three years.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the pollutants regulated under

this Subpart. Entities potentially affected by this action are

facilities involved in the manufacture of polypropylene, polystyrene,

or poly(ethylene terephthalate)for which construction, modification or

reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal, or after January

10, 1989, depending on the process section.

Title: Subpart DDD: Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic

Compound Emissions from the Polymer Manufacturing Industry, OMB Control

Number 2060-0145, expires December 31, 1996.

Abstract: This ICR contains recording and reporting requirements

under 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart DDD, that apply to facilities involved in

the manufacture of polymers. 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 affected facilities include: (1) For polypropylene and

polyethylene manufacturing, each raw materials preparation section,

each polymerization reaction section, each material recovery section,

each product finishing section, and each product storage section; (2)

for polystyrene manufacturing processes, each material recovery

section; and (3) for poly(ethylene terephthalate) manufacturing, each

polymerization reaction section. For equipment leaks, the affected

facilities are each group of fugitive emissions equipment within any

process unit.

In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from the polymer

manufacturing industry cause or contribute to air pollution that may

reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.

Consequently, NSPS were promulgated for this source category.

In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate

recordkeeping is necessary. This information enables the Agency to

determine whether the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as

required by the Clean Air Act.

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 a 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.

In addition, owners/operators of affected facilities are required

to record periods of operation during which the performance boundaries

are exceeded, results of flare pilot flame monitoring, all periods of

operation of a boiler or process heater, and to continuously record the

indication of any emission stream diverted away from the control

device. Records of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be

noted as

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they occur. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this

part shall maintain a file of all of these records, and retain the file

for at least two years following the date of such measurements and

records.

The reporting requirements for this industry currently include the

initial notifications listed, the initial performance test results, and

semiannual reports. Semiannual reports shall include the following: all

exceedances of parameter boundaries; all periods during which the vent

stream is diverted from the control device; all periods when the boiler

or process heater was not operated; all periods in which the pilot

flame of the flare was absent; and any recalculation of the TRE index

value.

All reports are sent to the delegated State or local authority. In

the event that there is not such delegated authority, the reports are

sent directly to the EPA Regional Office. Notifications are used to

inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject

to the standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to

check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and

operated and the standard is being met. Performance test reports are

needed as these are the Agency's record of a source's initial

capability to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating

conditions under which compliance was achieved. The semiannual reports

are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and

maintenance, and for compliance determinations.

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.

EPA would like to solicit comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden

of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used:

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information

to be collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated

electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The estimate was based on the assumption that

there would be 10 new affected facilities each year and that there

would be an annual average of 45 affected facilities over each of the

next three years covered by the ICR. For new sources, it was estimated

that it would take 10 person-hours to read the instructions, 3,600

person hours to conduct the initial performance tests and 720 person

hours for a total of 4,320 person hours (assuming that 20% of the tests

must be repeated), and 70 person hours to gather the information and

write the initial reports. For all sources, it was estimated that it

would take 270 person hours to fill out semiannual reports and 4,095

person hours to enter information for records of operating parameters.

The annual average burden to industry for the three-year period

covered by this ICR from record keeping and reporting requirements has

been estimated at 8,765 person hours. The respondents cost were

calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110% overhead. The

total annual burden to industry is estimated at $266,894.

Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources

expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain or disclose or