Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; OMB #2060-0083; EPA #1127.05 and OMB Number: 2060-0004; EPA ICR Number: 0658.06

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; OMB

#2060-0083; EPA #1127.05 and OMB Number: 2060-0004; EPA ICR Number:

0658.06

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

Requests (ICRs) NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Subpart I) and

NSPS for Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating (Subpart

RR)) described below have been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describe the nature

of the information collections and their expected burden and cost;

where appropriate, they include the actual data collection instruments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 26, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1127.05 or 0658.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (OMB

Control No. 2060-0083; EPA ICR No 1127.05). This is a request for

extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Owners/operators of hot mix asphalt facilities must

notify EPA of construction, modification, startups, shut downs, date

and results of initial performance test. The only type of industry

costs associated with the information collection activity in the

standards are labor costs. 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 4,611

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: Owners/operators of hot mix asphalt

facilities.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1370.

Frequency of Response: annually.

Estimated Number of Responses: 1370.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4611 hours.

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Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.

Title: NSPS for Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating

(Subpart RR); OMB Control No. 2060-0004; EPA ICR No. 0658.06. This is a

request for extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Owners and operators of facilities that manufacture

pressure sensitive tape and labels must make the following onetime-only

reports: notification of the date of construction or reconstruction;

notification of the anticipated and actual dates of initial start-up;

notification of any physical change to an existing facility that may

increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of initial

performance test and the results of the initial performance test.

Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the

occurrences and duration of any start-up, shut-down 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.

Monitoring requirements specific to these coating operations

consist of maintaining a calendar month record of all coatings used and

their VOC content, the amount of solvent applied and recovered, and

temperature of exhaust gases during incineration.

This collected information is used by the Agency to efficiently

monitor industry compliance with NSPS. In the absence of collecting

such information, continuous monitoring of compliance with the

standards could be ensured only through continuous on-site inspections

by regulatory agency personnel, which would be extremely costly.

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 3/26/96 (61

FR 13177). No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.3

hours per response. 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: owners and operators who manufacture

pressure sensitive tape and labels.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 350.

Estimated Number of Responses: 724.

Frequency of Response: semiannual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 36,302 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.

Send 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. 1127.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0083 or EPA ICR

No. 0658.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0004 in any correspondence.

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: July 16, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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