Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; Comment Request; Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources Magnetic Tape Coating Facilities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;

Comment Request; Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources

Magnetic Tape Coating Facilities

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 following Information

Collection Request (ICR) described below has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: 40 CFR

part 60, subpart SSS--Magnetic Tape Coating Facilities, OMB Control

Number 2060-0171, expiration date: 9/30/97. 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. 1135.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Standards of Performance for Magnetic Tape Coating

Facilities (OMB Control No. 2060-0171; EPA ICR No. 1135.06).

Expiration date: 9/30/97. This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Administrator has judged that VOC emissions from

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magnetic tape coating facilities cause or contribute to air pollution

that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or

welfare. Owners/operators of magnetic tape coating facilities must

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

and results of initial performance test and provide semiannual reports

of 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.

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 March 5,

1997 and no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average

3982.2 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: Magnetic Tape Manufacturing.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.

Frequency of Response: 2.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3982.2 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $139,377.

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. 1135.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0171 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 Division Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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