Agency Information Collection Activities

Federal RegisterAug 30, 1996

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities

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 continuing Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the

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

OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific

aspects of the proposed information collections as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, Mail

code 2223A, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For NSPS subpart AA: Standards of

Performance for steel plants: Electric Arc Furnaces Constructed after

October 21, 1974 and on or before August 17, 1983 and NSPS subpart AAa:

Standards of Performance for steel plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and

Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels constructed after August 7, 1983--

Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via e-mail (MALAVE. MARIA@EPAMAIL.

EPA.GOV.) or send a fax to (202) 564-0050 her attention.

For NSPS subpart KK, lead acid batteries--Jane M. Engert, tel:

(202) 564-5021; FAX: (202) 564-0050; e-mail:

[email protected];

For NSPS subpart FFF, Standards of Performance for Flexible Vinyl

and Urethane Coating and Printing

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Industry--Ginger Gotliffe at (202) 564-7072 or via e-mail

([email protected])

For NSPS subpart PPP, Wool fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing

Plants--Scott Throwe at (202) 564-7013 of for a fax (202) 564-0050.

For NSPS subpart TTT, Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business

Machines--Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via e-mail (MALAVE.

MARIA@EPAMAIL. EPA.GOV.) or send a fax to (202) 564-0050 her attention.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NSPS subpart AA/AAa

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those owners or operators of electric arc furnaces and dust handling

systems in steel plants that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty

steels; and commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction

after the date of proposal (i.e., October 21, 1974), and on or before

August 17, 1983 (for Subpart AAa).

Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Electric Arc

Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels, Subparts AA and AAa;

OMB No. 2060-0038; Agency No. 1060.08.

Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described

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 which may increase the regulated

pollutant emission rate; and the notification of the date 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.

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

all sources subject to NSPS.

Recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to steel

plants subject to NSPS subpart AA and AAa include the initial

notifications, and recording all measurements required under the

monitoring sections. Owners or operators of electric arc furnaces

controlled by a direct shell evacuation system are required to

install and maintain a continuous monitoring device that

continuously records pressure inside the EAF, and records 15 minute

integrated averages. Prior notification it is required for the

procedure used for determining compliance when emissions are

combined with facilities that are not subject. The results of the

performance tests including all requirements specified in

Secs. 60.275, 60.276(c), 60.275a, and 60.276(f) must be reported.

Semiannual reports of unacceptable operation of the affected

facilities, and semiannual reports of exceedances of control device

opacity are also required. Unacceptable operation is considered to be

operation at a furnace with static pressures that exceed the values

established at 60.274(f) and 60.274a(g), or operation of the control

system fan motor at values 15% of the values established

under the performance test, or operation at flow rates lower than those

established in the performance test. Exceedances of opacity are defined

as all 6-minute periods during which the average opacity is greater

than the standard. In general, excess emission reports must include the

magnitude of excess emissions; conversion factors used; the date and

time of commencement and completion of each excess emission time

period; identification of excess emissions during startups, shutdowns,

and malfunctions; the nature and Cause of the malfunction (if known)

and corrective measures taken; and identification of the time period

during which the CMS was inoperative (this does not include zero and

span checks nor typical repairs or adjustments).

Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part

shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for

at least two years following the date of such measurements,

maintenance reports, and records.

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. 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 standards are being met. Performance test reports are

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

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

under which compliance was achieved.

The Administrator may require owners and operators subject to

Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are required to comply with

recordkeeping and reporting requirements, as specified in Section

114(a) of CAA.

In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate

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. The 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 only type of industry cost associated with

the information collection activity in the standards is labor cost. The

average annual burden to industry over the past three years for these

recordkeeping and reporting requirements were estimated to be 21,430

person-hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on the basis of

$14.50 per hour plus 110 percent overhead. The average annual cost to

industry over the past three years of the previously approved ICR was

estimated to be $652,528. This estimate 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 KK

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

lead-acid battery manufacturing plants that produce or have the

capacity to produce in one day (24 hours) batteries

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containing an amount of lead equal to or greater than 6.5 tons.

Specifically, the affected facilities in each plant include grid

casting, paste mixing, three-process operations, lead oxide

manufacturing, lead reclamation, and other lead-emitting operations in

lead acid battery manufacturing plants that commenced construction,

modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal.

Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Lead-Acid

Battery Manufacturing Plants [40 CFR Part 60, Subpart KK] OMB Control

Number: 2060-0081, Expires: 4/30/97.

Abstract: The largest single use of lead in the United States is in

the manufacture of lead-acid, or secondary, storage batteries. Lead-

acid battery manufacturing plants emit lead particulates in quantities

that, in the Administrator's judgment, cause or contribute to air

pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. Consequently, New

Source Performance Standards were promulgated for this source category.

These standards rely on the proper installation, operation and

maintenance of particulate control devices such as electrostatic

precipitators or scrubbers.

In order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate

recordkeeping and reporting is necessary. This information enables the

Agency to: (1) Identify the sources subject to the standard; (2) ensure

initial compliance with emission limits; and (3) verify continuous

compliance with the standard. Specifically, the rule requires an

application for approval of construction, notification of startup,

notification and report of the initial emissions test, and notification

of any physical or operational change that may increase the emission

rate. In addition, sources are required to keep records of all

startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions.

In the absence of such information collection requirements,

enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether the

standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the Clean

Air Act. Consequently, these information collection requirements are

mandatory, and the records required by this NSPS must be retained by

the owner or operator for two years. In general, the required

information consists of emissions data and other information deemed 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. 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.

The 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 average annual burden to the industry over

the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting

requirements is estimated at 320 person-hours. This is based on an

estimated 48 respondents. The average annual burden for reporting only

is projected to be 128 person-hours. This estimate 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 FFF

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those which are subject to NSPS Subpart FFF, or each rotogravure

printing line used to print or coat flexible vinyl or urethane

products, and for which construction, modification, or reconstruction

commenced after January 18, 1983.

Title: NSPS Subpart FFF: Standards of Performance for Flexible

Vinyl and Urethane Coating and Printing Industry, OMB number 2060-0073,

expires April 30, 1997.

Abstract: The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air

Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for new

stationary sources that reflect:

* * * application of the best technological system of continuous

emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of

achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health

and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator

determines has been adequately demonstrated [Section 111(a)(1)].

The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated

technology (BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator

review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every four years. In

addition, Section 114(a) states that:

* * * the Administrator may require any owner or operator

subject to any requirement of this Act to (A) establish and maintain

such records, (B) make such reports, (C) install, use and maintain

such monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such

methods at such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as

the Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) provide such other

information, as he may reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from flexible vinyl

and urethane coating and printing industry cause or contribute to air

pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health

or welfare. Therefore, the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) were

promulgated for this source category. The NSPS for the Flexible Vinyl

and Urethane Coating and Printing Industry were proposed on January 18,

1983, and promulgated on June 29, 1984. These standards apply to each

rotogravure printing line used to print or coat flexible vinyl or

urethane products, and for which construction, modification or

reconstruction commenced after the date of proposal. Volatile organic

compounds (VOCs) are the pollutants regulated under this Subpart. The

standards restrict the use of inks to those with a weighted average VOC

content of less than 1.0 kilogram VOC per kilogram of ink solids,

unless the source can otherwise reduce emissions to the atmosphere by

85 percent.

Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make

the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date of

construction or reconstruction (40 CFR 60.7(a)(1)); notification of the

anticipated and actual dates of startup (40 CFR 60.7(a)(2) and (a)(3);

notification of any physical or operational change to an existing

facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate (40

CFR 60.7(a)(4)); and the notification of

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the date of the initial performance test (40 CFR 60.7 (a)(5) and (d)).

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 (40 CFR 60.7(b), 60.584(d)). These

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

sources subject to NSPS.

Recordkeeping specific to flexible vinyl and urethane coating

operations include: temperature measurements when a capture system and

an incinerator are used, the calculation of the daily volume of VOC

solvent recovered, and the cumulative amount of solvent recovered when

a capture system is used in combination with a solvent recovery system

(40 CFR 60.584 (a)). Owners or operators of affected facilities using

incineration are also required to install, calibrate, and maintain

temperature measurement devices downstream of the exhaust gases if

thermal incineration is used, and both upstream and downstream of the

catalyst bed if catalytic incineration is used (40 CFR 60.584 (b) and

(c)).

The owner or operator shall keep a calendar month record of the

cumulative amount of solvent contained in inks used in the printing and

coating process (40 CFR 60.583 (b) and (c)). When thermal or catalytic

incineration is performed, the owner or operator shall keep records of

each three-hour period during which the incinerator temperature

averaged more than 28 degrees centigrade below the temperature of the

most recent performance test (40 CFR 60.584 (b) and (c)). Daily records

of this information shall be kept at the source for a period of two

years (40 CFR 60.7(d)).

Test reporting requirements apply only to the initial performance

test. A written report must be furnished to the Administrator

describing the results of the initial performance test (40 CFR 60.8(a),

60.585(a)). In addition, semiannual reports of excess emissions are

required, including a semiannual negative declaration if there are no

excess emissions (40 CFR 60.585(b)).

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. 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. An Agency may not

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a

collection or 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 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 Agency computed the burden for each of the

recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for

the currently approved 1994 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where

appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions,

while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork

Reduction Act. 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.

This estimate is based on the assumption that there would be one

new affected facility over the three years of the existing ICR and that

there were approximately 7 sources in existence at the start of the

three years covered by the ICR. The annual burden of reporting and

recordkeeping requirements for facilities subject to Subpart FFF are

summarized by the following information. The reporting requirements are

as follows: Read Instructions (1 person-hour), Initial performance test

(280 person-hours). It is assumed that 20% of tests are repeated due to

failure. Estimates for report writing are: Notification of

construction/reconstruction (2 person-hours), Notification of

anticipated startup (2 person-hours), Notification of actual startup (1

person-hour), Notification of initial performance test (2 person-

hours), Report of performance test (included in reporting requirements

listed above), Semiannual report (4 person-hours). Records must be kept

for a period of two years. The average burden to industry over the

three years of the current ICR from these recordkeeping and reporting

requirements was estimated to be 163.2 person hours. The respondent

costs have been calculated on the basis of $14.50 per hour plus 110

percent overhead. The average annual burden to industry over that three

year period of the ICR was estimated to be $4,969.

NSPS Subpart PPP

Title: Standards of Performance for Wool Fiberglass Insulation

Manufacturing Plants (OMB Control No. 2060-0114; EPA ICR No. 1160).

This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Administrator has judged that particulate matter

emissions from Wool Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing Plants cause or

contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to

endanger public health or welfare. Owners/operators of Wool Fiberglass

Insulation Manufacturing Plants must notify EPA of construction,

modification, startups, shut downs, date and results of initial

performance test and excess 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.

Owners or operators of the affected facilities described 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 which may increase the

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

the initial performance test. Owner 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.

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

all sources subject to NSPS.

A written report must be furnished to the Administrator describing

the results of the initial performance test. Recordkeeping and reports

specific to NSPS subpart PP are listed in 40 CFR section 60.684.

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.

If the information required by the standards were not collected,

the Agency would have no means for ensuring that compliance with the

NSPS is achieved and maintained by new, modified, or reconstructed

sources subject to the regulations. Under this circumstances, an owner

or operator could elect to reduce operating expenses by not complying

with the emission limitations. In the absence of the information

collection requirements, compliance with the standards could be ensured

only through continuous on-site inspections by regulatory agency

personnel. Consequently, not collecting the information would result in

either greatly increased expenditures of resources, the inability to

ensure compliance with the standards.

The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting

requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of

sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.

The Administrator may require owners and operators subject to

Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are required to comply with

recordkeeping and reporting requirements, as specified in Section

114(a) of CAA.

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.

The 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 annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3,680

hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial