Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;

Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources Ammonium Sulfate

Manufacturing Plants

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) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

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

New Stationary Sources --Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants-- NSPS

Subpart PP (OMB# 2060-0032). 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 October 23, 1997.

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

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No.1066.02

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Standards of Performance for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing

Plants (OMB Control No. 2060-0032; EPA ICR No 1066.02). This is a

request for reinstatement without change of a previously approved

collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from

ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants cause or contribute to air

pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health

or welfare. Owners/operators of ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants

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 which may increase the regulated

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

initial performance test. The recordkeeping requirements for ammonium

sulfate plants consist of the occurrence and duration of all start-ups

and malfunctions, the initial performance tests results, amount of

ammonium sulfate feed material, and the pressure drop across the

emission control system. Records of startups, shutdowns and

malfunctions shall be noted as they occur. Records of the performance

test should include information necessary to determine the conditions

of the performance test, and performance test measurements (including

pressure drop across the emission control system) and results. The

continuous monitoring system (CMS) shall record pressure drop across

the scrubbers continuously and automatically.

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. No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 91.2

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

resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

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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: Ammonium sulfate manufacturing

facilities.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Estimated Number of Responses: 2.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 182 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. 1066.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0032 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: September 17, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97-25131 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]

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