Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;

Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards for Primary Aluminum

Reduction Plants

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 following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standards of Performance for

Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (NSPS Subpart S), OMB Control Number

2060-0031 Expiration Date: 7/31/97. 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 July 10, 1997.

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

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No.1683.02 (Previously numbered 1067.05).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Standards of Performance for Primary Aluminum Reduction

Plants (OMB Control No. 2060-0031; EPA ICR No. 1683.02 (Previously

numbered 1067.05). This is a request for an extension of a currently

approved ICR.

Abstract: Primary aluminum reduction plants emit particulate

matter, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hydrogen

fluoride and sulfur dioxide in quantities that the Administrator

believes cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be

anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Consequently, New

Source Performance Standards for primary aluminum reduction plants were

promulgated. Affected facilities are required to meet total fluoride

emission limits as well as opacity limits. Unless approved for less

frequent testing, owners or operators must conduct monthly performance

tests to verify compliance with the standards, and maintain daily

records of production, raw material feed rates, and cell or potline

voltages. 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 December

2, 1996 (61 FR 63840). No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2

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: Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.

Frequency of Response: On Occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,365 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. 1067.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0031 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: June 4, 1997.

Richard Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97-15092 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]

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