Agency Information Collection Activities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5930-9]

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 proposed and/or 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

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proposed information collections as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: U.S. EPA, 401 M St., S.W., Washington D.C. 20460. Interested

persons may obtain a copy of the ICR without charge by calling Sandy

Farmer of OPPE at (202) 260-2740.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: NSPS subpart Ka: Everett Bishop, phone

number, 202-564-7032; facsimile, 202-564-0050; or by e-mail at

Bishop.E[email protected]. NSPS subpart O and NSPS subpart UU:

John Dombrowski, (202) 564-7036; Facsimile number, (202) 564-0009; E-

mail address ``[email protected]''. NSPS subpart QQ:

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

([email protected]). NSPS subpart BBB: Maria Malave at

(202) 564-7027 or via e-mail ([email protected] EPA.GOV.) or send a

fax to (202) 564-0050 her attention. NESHAP subpart C and MACT subpart

X: Jane Engert, (202) 564-5021; FAX (202) 564-0050; e-mail:

[email protected]; NESHAP subpart F: Dawn Banks-Waller, (202)

564-7034; Facimile number, (202) 564-0009; Email address ``banks-

[email protected]''. MACT subpart W: Sally Sasnett at (202)

564-7074(phone); 202 564-0009 (Fax) or [email protected] .epa.gov (e-

mail).

NSPS Subpart Ka (Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids for Which

Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 18,

1978, and Prior to July 23, 1984.)

Supplementary Information:

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those which have storage vessels containing petroleum liquids which

have a storage capacity greater than 151,416 liters that were

constructed, reconstructed or modified commencing after May 18, 1978

and prior to July 23, 1984.

Title: 40 CFR Part 60, NSPS Subpart Ka (Storage Vessels for

Petroleum Liquids for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or

Modification Commenced After May 18, 1978, and Prior to July 23, 1984.)

OMB Control Number 2060-0121, expiring on 5/31/98.

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

emission reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of

achieving such emission reduction, or any non-air quality health and

environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator

determines has been adequately demonstrated [Section ill(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 4 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 VOL storage

vessels cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be

anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, NSPS have

been promulgated for this source category.

The control of emissions of VOC from storage vessels requires not

only the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the

operation and maintenance of that equipment. VOC emissions are the

result of evaporation of volatile organic liquids contained in the

vessels. These standards rely on the enclosure of the tanks by fixed or

floating roofs, or a vapor recovery system or equivalent control

device.

(2) Description and Practical Utility of the Information Collection

Activity. 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. Generally, this information will be readily available because

it is needed for plant records. As a result, there should be no

additional burden from these requirements.

The format of the rule is that of an equipment standard. A

performance test is not required because conducting a performance test

is not feasible for floating roofs. Floating roofs are subject to

visual inspections and periodic measurements. Flares must meet the

General Provisions at section 60.18(f). The owner/operator must notify

the date of construction or reconstruction no later than 30 days after

such date, notify 60 days prior to a physical or operational change to

an existing facility which may increase emissions, record occurrences

of any start-up, shutdown or malfunction, record gap measurements:

primary seals every five years, secondary seals every year, report

within 60 days if seal gap measurements exceed regulatory limits

(Sec. 60.112a), provide notice 30 days prior to seal gap measurement,

provide information on vapor recovery system including emissions data,

operations design and maintenance plan and record whenever the liquid

is changed, type of petroleum liquid, period of storage and maximum

true vapor).

Information generated by notifications, recordkeeping, and

reporting requirements is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities

affected by the NSPS continue to operate the control equipment used to

achieve compliance. Notification of construction and startup indicates

to enforcement personnel when a new affected facility has been

constructed and therefore is subject to the standards. If the

information were not collected, the Agency would have no means for

ensuring that compliance with the NSPS is achieved and maintained by

the new, modified, or reconstructed sources subject to the regulation.

Under these circumstances, an owner or operator could elect to reduce

operating expenses by not installing, maintaining, or otherwise

operating the control technology required by the standards. In the

absence of the recordkeeping requirements, the standards could be

enforced only through continuous onsite inspection by regulatory agency

personnel. Consequently, not collecting the information results in (1)

greatly increased resource requirements for enforcement agencies or (2)

the inability to enforce the standards.

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

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technological collection techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: Based upon the data the Agency had from the last

ICR, the burden was estimated as follows: notifying and reporting roof

gaps is 5 hours, recording primary seal measurements is 18 hours,

recording secondary seal measurements is 90 hours and fill/refill

records is 5 hours. The frequency of response is one time and 183

respondents are estimated to be subject to these requirements. The

average annual O&M cost for complying with NSPS Subpart Ka is estimated

to be $3,578 per respondent. 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.

NSPS Subpart O: Sewage Treatment Plant Incineration

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those which incinerate wastes containing more than 10 percent sewage

sludge (dry basis) produced by municipal sewage treatment plants or

each incinerator which charges more than 1000 kg (2205 lb) per day

municipal sewage sludge (dry basis) and which commenced construction or

modification after June 11, 1973.

Title: NSPS Subpart O: Sewage Treatment Plant incineration, OMB

Control Number 2060-0035, expires June 30, 1998.

Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.150,

et seq., Subpart O, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for sewage

sludge treatment plant incinerators. This information notifies EPA when

a source becomes subject to the regulations, informs the Agency if a

source is in compliance when it begins operation, and informs the

Agency if the source remained in compliance during any period of

operation. In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter

emissions from sewage treatment plant incinerators cause or contribute

to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public

health or welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source

category.

The control of emissions of particulate matter from sewage

treatment plant incinerators requires not only the installation of

properly designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of

that equipment. Particulate matter emissions from sewage treatment

plant incinerators are the result of the physical and chemical

characteristics of the sludge feed and fuel use, the excess air rate,

the temperature profile within the incinerator, the pressure drop

across the control device, and operating procedures. These standards

rely on the reduction of particulate matter emissions by wet scrubbers.

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, that are protective of public health, are being met on a

continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.

The standards require recordkeeping to document information

relating to the continuous monitoring of: the pressure drop across the

emission control device, the amount of oxygen in the incinerator

exhaust gases upstream of the emissions control device, devices which

measure temperature profiles, feed rates and fuel uses (for sources

over the .75 lb/ton input cutoff), and document information relating to

the daily results of grab samples each day of incineration to determine

moisture and volatile content of the sludge. Specifically, incinerators

from which particulate emission rate measured during the performance

test is less than or equal to 0.38 g/kg of dry sludge input (0.75 lb/

ton), shall be exempted from continuously monitoring and recording the

following: incinerator temperature, fuel flow, sludge feed rate, and

sludge moisture and volatiles content.

The standards require initial notification reports with respect to

construction, modification, reconstruction, startups, shutdowns, and

malfunctions. The standards also require reports on initial performance

tests.

Under the standard, the data collected by the affected industry is

retained at the facility for a minimum of two (2) years and made

available for inspection by the Administrator.

The information is recorded in sufficient detail to enable owners

or operators to demonstrate compliance with the standards. This

information is used to monitor particulate emissions directly, thus

ensuring continuous compliance with the standards. The semiannual

reporting requirement for scrubber pressure drop and average oxygen

content provide good indications of a source's compliance status. There

is a direct correlation between particulate removal efficiencies,

pressure drop across the scrubber, and elevated oxygen levels in the

incinerator exhaust gases. For this reason, the Agency is requiring all

sludge incinerators to continuously monitor and record pressure drop

across the scrubber and oxygen levels in the incinerator exhaust gases.

Other incinerator operating variables such as fuel use, incinerator

temperature, and sludge quality have also been found by EPA to affect

measures of particulate removal efficiencies.

The Agency considers that information on continuous sludge feed

rates is necessary to evaluate cases for potential periods of increased

particulate emissions (as indicated by changes in either scrubber

pressure drop or oxygen content). Furthermore, an increase in the

sludge feed rate, especially accompanied by increased moisture and

volatile content, requires a proportional increase in the specific fuel

consumption. Hence, excess emissions could potentially occur when

sludge feed rates are above specific fuel consumption rates. Therefore,

should either the fuel use increase, incinerator temperature increase,

sludge moisture content increase, or sludge volatile content decrease

compared to the values observed at the time of a performance test, it

is reasonable to suspect that increased emissions of particulate matter

could result. By requiring this information, EPA or other agencies to

which enforcement authority is delegated will be given the means to

identify those facilities that should be more frequently subjected to

on-site inspections. 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

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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: Public reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection is estimated to average 106 hours per respondent per

year. It is estimated that approximately 72 sewage treatment plants

that are equipped with sludge incinerators are currently affected by

the NSPS. It is estimated that an additional 3 sources will become

subject to the standard each year over the next three years. Therefore,

the ICR will apply to an average of 72 + 5.0, or 77 sources over the

next 3 years. For the purpose of this cost analysis, it is assumed that

50 percent of the 77 sewage sludge plants (includes estimated increase)

would fall under the size threshold (.75 lb/ton sludge input) and

thereby are exempt from monitoring incinerator temperature profiles,

sludge feed rates, fuel use, and moisture and volatile contents of the

sludge. Likewise, it is assumed that 50 percent of all the facilities

would be required to file annual excess emissions reports. Reports of

excess monitoring data are assumed to require 40 person hours per year

to prepare. Reports indicating no excess would take 8 hours to prepare.

Other assumptions used in estimating the burden hours include: there

will be 18 plants (respondents) in 5 years equal to 3.6 respondents per

year, and 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated due

to failure. The burden to respondents has been minimized by requiring

the collection of only that information which the Agency considers

essential to ensure that sewage sludge incinerators subject to the NSPS

are properly maintained and operated on a continuing basis. In

addition, the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements

have been designed to reduce the incidence of reporting for plants that

achieve compliance at emission rates well below the existing NSPS

emission limit. Thus, those plants that are less likely to exceed the

existing emission limit will be less burdened by the requirements. 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. The average annual burden to industry from these

recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated at 8181.3 person-

hours and $360,795.33. The specific frequency for some of the

information collection activities within this request are: initial

performance tests, 72 hrs/event; repeat performance tests (estimated at

20%), 72 hrs/event; notify of construction or reconstruction, 2 hrs/

event; notify of anticipated start-up, 2 hrs/event; notify of actual

startup, 2 hrs/event; notify of demonstration of CMS, 40 hrs/event;

notify of initial performance test, 2 hrs/event; excess emissions

reports, excess reports, 40 hrs/event; non-excess Reports, 8 hrs/event;

records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, etc., 1.5 hrs/event;

record operating parameters of CMS, non-exempted facilities, 1.5 hrs/

event and exempted Facilities: 0.5 hrs/event.

NSPS Subpart QQ

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those which are subject to NSPS Subpart QQ for the graphic arts

industry, or each publication rotogravure printing press (not including

proof presses) and for which construction, modification, or

reconstruction commenced after October 28, 1980.

Title: NSPS Subpart QQ: Standards of Performance for the Graphic

Arts Industry--Publication Rotogravure Printing, OMB number 2060-0105,

expires April 30, 1998.

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)(l)].

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 the graphic

arts industry, publication rotogravure 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 Graphic Arts Industry were proposed on October 28,

1980, and promulgated on November 8, 1982. These standards apply to

each publication rotogravure printing press (not including proof

presses) 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 prohibit

the discharge into the atmosphere from any affected facility VOC equal

to more than 16 percent of the total mass of VOC solvent and water used

at that facility during any one performance averaging period.

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 the date of the initial

performance test (40 CFR 60.7). 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)). 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), 60.433(e)(6)). These notifications, reports and

records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.

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Recordkeeping specific to publication rotogravure operations

include: performance test records and all other information required by

this part/subpart recorded in a permanent file suitable for inspection.

The file shall be maintained for at least two years. (40 CFR 60.7(f),

and 60.434 (a)). This other information includes: the amount of solvent

and water used, solvent recovered, and estimated emission percentage

for each performance averaging period. The performance averaging period

for monitoring of proper operation and maintenance is a calendar month

or 4 consecutive weeks. In order to calculate corrected volumes and

mass quantities, temperatures and liquid densities determined during

the most recent performance test are used, or the owner can measure

temperature to determine actual liquid densities for each performance

period.

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 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 Agency computed the burden for each of the

recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for

the currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR). Where

appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions,

while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper

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 45 new

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

there were approximately 165 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 QQ 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 8277 person hours.

NSPS Subpart UU: Asphalt Processing & Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

each saturator and each asphalt storage facility at asphalt roofing

plants, and each asphalt storage tank and each blowing still at asphalt

processing plants, petroleum refineries, and asphalt roofing plants.

Title: NSPS Subpart UU: Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing

manufacturers; EPA ICR #0661.05; OMB Control #2060-0002; expiring July

31, 1998.

Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Subpart UU. The respondents of the

recordkeeping and reporting requirements are asphalt processing and

roofing manufacturers (SIC Codes 2911, 2951, and 2952) which commenced

construction, modification, or reconstruction after November 18, 1980,

or May 26, 1981 as appropriate. Owners and operators of the affected

facilities described 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;

notification of demonstration of the continuous monitoring system

(CMS); notification of the date of the initial performance test; and

the results 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, 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.

Recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to asphalt

processing and roofing manufacturers consist mainly of temperature

measurements. Owners or operators of affected facilities are required

to continuously monitor and record the temperature of the gas at the

inlet of the pollution control device if that control device is an

electrostatic precipitator or a high velocity air filter. If the

pollution control device is an afterburner, the owner or operator is

required to continuously monitor and record the temperature in the

combustion zone of the afterburner. If the control device is not one of

the three mentioned above, the owner or operator is required to provide

to the Administrator information describing the operating parameters,

which indicate proper operation and maintenance of the device. The

industry is exempted from periodic reporting of excess emissions.

Therefore, the recordkeeping requirements for asphalt processing

and

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roofing manufacturing consist of the occurrence and duration of any

startup and malfunctions as described. They include the initial

performance test results including information necessary to determine

the conditions of the performance test, and performance test

measurements and results; including temperature measurements. Records

of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be noted as they occur.

Additional records to be maintained include all continuous monitoring

system performance evaluations, all continuous monitoring system

calibration checks, and adjustments and maintenance performed on these

systems or devices. 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.

The reporting requirements for this industry currently include the

initial notifications listed, and the initial performance test results.

For performance test reports, owners or operators must report the

operating temperature of the control device during the test. 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, and not the operating conditions

under which compliance was achieved. 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 these circumstances, an owner or operator could elect to reduce

operating expenses by not installing, maintaining, or otherwise

operating the control technology required by the standards. 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, or the inability to ensure compliance with the standards.

The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting

requirements are also used for targeting inspections, and is of

sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.

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: Public reporting and recordkeeping requirements

over the next three years for this collection is estimated at 3033

person-hours per year. It is estimated that approximately 46 facilities

are currently affected and that an additional 3 new plants will become

subject to the standards over the next three years. It is assumed that

the facility operates for 250 days per year. The average annual burden

to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be

$92,361.

The breakdown of this burden is as follows. The reporting

requirements are estimated to be 89 person-hours per year, at a cost of

$2716. This includes reading instructions (2 hrs.), creating and

gathering information through the initial performance tests (48 hrs.),

reference Method 9 test (9.6 hrs.), and repeating performance tests

(9.6 hrs.). There are several areas under writing reports: notification

of construction or reconstruction (4 hrs.), notification of anticipated

start/up (4 hrs.), notification of actual start/up (4 hrs.),

notification of initial performance test (4 hrs.), report of CMS

demonstration (4 hrs.), and report of performance test (4 hrs.). Excess

emission reports, applications, and surveys and studies are not

applicable to this ICR.

The recordkeeping requirements are estimated to be 2944 person-

hours per year, at a cost of $89,644. The burden in this area for

reading instructions, planning and implementing activities are included

under reporting requirements. The estimated time to enter information

for recording startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, etc. is 69 hours. The

estimated time to enter information for maintaining the records of

operating the parameters of the continuous monitoring system (CMS) is

2875 hours. Development of the record system, training personnel, and

conducting audits are not applicable to this ICR.

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.

NSPS Subpart BBB: Rubber Tire Manufacturing

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

facilities in rubber tire manufacturing plants: each undertread

cementing operations, sidewall cementing operations, each tread end

cementing operations, each bead cementing operations, each green tire

spraying operations, each Michelin-A operations, each Michelin-B

operations, and each Michelin-C-automatic operations, commencing

construction, modification or reconstruction after January 20, 1993,

the date of proposal.

Title: National Emission Standards (NSPS) for Rubber Tire

Manufacturing, Part 60, Subpart BBB; OMB No. 2060-0156; EPA No.

1158.06; Expiration date April 30, 1998.

Abstract: In addition to the monitoring, recordkeeping and

notification requirements specified in the General Provisions in

Sec. 60.7(a), (b), (d), (f), and (h), owners or operators are to comply

with the requirements specified in NSPS Subpart BBB. These specific

requirements are: Install,

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calibrate, maintain, and operate a control device and monitor process

parameters, as specified in Sec. 60.544. Maintain records of operating

parameters of monitoring device results for catalytic or thermal

incinerators, or carbon absorbers; monthly VOCs use, number of days in

compliance period, and other information needed to verify results of

monthly tests; and of, formulation data or results of Method 24

analysis of water-based sprays containing less than 1.0 percent of VOC;

as specified in Sec. 60.545. Report on the initial compliance report

that includes initial performance test results, monthly schedule to be

use in making compliance determinations, design and equipment

specifications and compliance method; the initial and annual

formulation data or method 24 results to verify VOC content of water

based-sprays; and on the semiannual reports of each monthly exceedance

of applicable emission limit and monitoring device exceedance of

acceptable limits; as specified in Sec. 60.546.

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 Agency computed the burden for each of the

recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for

the currently approved 1995 Information Collection Request (ICR). Where

appropriate, the Agency identified specific tasks and made assumptions,

while being consistent with the concept of burden under the Paper

Reduction Act. A 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 9 new

affected facilities over the three years of the existing ICR and that

there were approximately 26 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 BBB are

summarized by the following information. The reporting requirements are

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

(240 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 (2

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

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

listed above), Semiannual exceedance report (8 person-hours), Annual

report of formulation data/Method 24 results (2 person-hours), and

Report of change in operating parameters (3 person-hours). We assume to

estimate the reporting requirement burden that: (1) one-third of the

sources report exceedance reports each month, (2) 80 percent of sources

use water-based sprays and submit the annual report of formulation

data, (3) 20 percent of all sources will have to report operational

parameter changes, and (4) sources operate 250 days per year. 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 10,914.6 person-hours.

NESHAP Subpart C: Beryllium

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

extraction plants, foundries, incinerators, propellent plants, and

machine shops which process beryllium ore, beryllium, beryllium oxide,

beryllium alloys, or beryllium-containing waste.

Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP) Subpart C--Beryllium (OMB Control Number 2060-0092; expiration

date, 3/30/98).

Abstract: Beryllium and many of its compounds are considered to be

among the most toxic and hazardous of the nonradioactive substances in

industrial use. Consequently, EPA promulgated standards in 1973 to

control airborne releases from affected facilities such that ambient

air concentrations would not exceed 0.01 micrograms per cubic meter.

Alteration of a beryllium product by burning, grinding, cutting, or

other physical means can, if uncontrolled, produce a significant hazard

in the form of dust, fumes, or mist. Approximately 200 operations, such

as machine shops, ceramic plants, propellant plants, extraction plants,

and foundries, comprise the major users of beryllium that could cause

emission to the atmosphere. All sources known to have caused, or to

have the potential to cause, dangerous levels of beryllium in the

ambient air are covered by the Beryllium NESHAP. In order to ensure

compliance with the standards, adequate recordkeeping and reporting is

necessary. 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. 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.

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Burden Statement: The only recordkeeping and reporting requirements

under this regulation are associated with the initial performance test.

This is a one-time-only demonstration at start-up that a source's

emissions are below the limit of 10 grams of beryllium per 24-hour

period. Such a demonstration is required only of new sources and those

that have modified, reconstructed, or otherwise altered their

operations. It is estimated that three such sources will come on line

over the next three years (one facility per year). These new, modified,

or reconstructed facilities must submit initial notifications of

construction, anticipated date of start-up, actual start-up date, and

the date and results of the initial performance test. It is expected

that the notifications (total of 4) would take two hours each to

prepare; the initial performance test would take 24 hours to conduct;

and it would take 4 hours to complete the performance test report. The

burden for each new source would therefore be 36 hours. The total

annual cost associated with this information collection would be

$1,292, based on a technical wage rate of $35.89 per hour ($17.09 per

hour + 110% overhead). 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.

NESHAP Subpart F: Vinyl Chloride

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

exhaust gases and oxychlorination vents at ethylene dichloride (EDC)

plants; exhaust gases at vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) plants; and

exhaust gases, reactor opening losses, manual vent valves, and

stripping residuals at polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plants. The standards

also apply to relief valves and fugitive emission sources at all three

types of plants.

Title: NESHAP Subpart F: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous

Air Pollutants for Vinyl Chloride, OMB Control Number 2060-0071,

expiration 6/30/98.

Abstract: The owner/operator must make the following one-time-only

reports: application for approval of construction or modification;

notification of startup; application of waiver of testing (if desired

by source); application for equivalency (if desired by source); and an

initial report. The initial report includes a list of the equipment

installed for compliance, a description of the physical and functional

characteristics of each piece of equipment, a description of the

methods which have been incorporated into the standard operation

procedures for measuring or calculating emissions, and a statement that

the equipment and procedures are in place and are being used.

Generally, the one-time-only reports are required of all sources

subject to NESHAP. The record keeping and other reporting requirements,

are specific to this NESHAP. To fulfill the record keeping requirement,

sources detect leaks in accordance with an approved leak detection and

elimination program, which generally consists of an area VC monitoring

system and a portable hydrocarbon detector to find small leaks of VC

and to pinpoint major VC leaks indicated by the area system. Action

taken to repair leaks must also be recorded and kept on file. Excess

stack emissions are generally recorded automatically by a continuous

emission monitor. Reactor operation parameters (temperature and

pressure) are also recorded automatically by a device that continuously

monitors these parameters. Owners and operators are also required to

submit quarterly reports of reactor opening losses (PVC plants only),

stripping residuals (PVC plants only), and excess emissions. They are

also required to report within 10 days of each relief valve discharge

and manual vent valve discharge. The information generated by the

monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements described above

is issued by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the

NESHAP continue to operate the control equipment and use proper

practices to achieve compliance with NESHAP. Notification startup

indicates enforcement personnel when a new facility has been

constructed and is thus subject to the standards. If information

required by the standards were not collected, the Agency would have no

means for ensuring that compliance with the NESHAP is achieved and

maintained by the sources subject to the regulation. EPA uses this

information to directly determine the compliance status of sources in

lieu of on-site surveillance. The burden to respondents has been

minimized by requiring the collection of only that information which

the Agency considers essential that PVC, EDC, and VCM plants are

properly maintained and operated on a continuous basis. Certain reports

required by State or local agencies may duplicate information required

by the recommended standards. In such cases, a copy of the report

submitted to the State or local agency can be sent to the Administrator

in lieu of the report required by the recommended standard. 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 annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 255

hours per reporting response and 1.25 hours for recordkeeping. To

minimize the burden, much of the information the EPA would need to

determine compliance is recorded and stored at the facility. Minimal

reporting is necessary unless a violation occurs. Owners or operators

of the affected facilities described must make the following one-time-

only reports: application of construction or reconstruction, 2 hours;

notification of the anticipated and actual dates of startup 2 hours;

application for waiver of testing, 8 hours; application of equivalency,

40 hours; initial report, 24 hours; quarterly report, 50 hours; MVV/RVD

report, 8 hours; initial performance test, 60 hours. It is assumed 20%

of performance tests will be repeated due to failure. 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.

Specific vinyl chloride recordkeeping includes records of reactor

parameters and emissions, .25 hour. It is assumed

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the plant operates 365 days a year. Records of leaks detected is one

hour per week. Recordkeeping 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.

MACT Subpart W: Epoxy Resins and Non-Nylon Polyamides

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those which manufacture polymers and resins from epichlorohydrin.

Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for

Epoxy Resins Production and Non-Nylon Polyamides Production,

Information Collection Request, OMB control number 2060-0290, expires

July 31, 1998.

Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 63.1-

15, Subpart H, and 63.520 -528, Subpart W, hazardous air pollutants

from process vents, storage vessels, waste water systems and equipment

leaks. The standards require recordkeeping and reporting to document

process information related to the source's ability to comply with the

standards. This information is used by the Agency to identify sources

subject to the standards and to insure that the maximum achievable

control is being properly applied. Respondents are owners or operators

of new and existing facilities that manufacture polymers and resins

from epichlorohydrin. Source categories include basic liquid epoxy

resin (BLR) producers and epichlorohydrin-modified non-nylon polyamide

resins also known as wet strength resins (WSR).

Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, requires that

EPA establish standards to limit emissions of hazardous air pollutants

(HAPs) from stationary sources. The sources subject to these provisions

emit the HAPs epichlorohydrin, and in lesser amounts, hydrochloric acid

and methanol. In the Administrator's judgment, hazardous air pollutant

(HAP) emissions in this industry cause or contribute to air pollution

that may be reasonably anticipated to endanger public health or

welfare. Therefore, NESHAPs have been promulgated for this source

category as required under section 112 of 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: There are approximately thirteen facilities which

must comply with these provisions, three are plants that produce basic

liquid epoxy resins and ten are producers of wet strength resins. The

growth rate for this industry is so low that no new plants are expected

in the next three years. The average burden per facility per year is

estimated to be 1483 hours. This includes 1050 hours for daily

wastewater monitoring, and additional hours for record-keeping,

reporting and notifications related to compliance status, leak

detection and repair, startup/shutdown and malfunction events, process

changes, emissions exceedances, and construction/reconstruction and

startups. Because this is not a new information collection, it assumes

that most facilities will have already developed the record-keeping and

reporting mechanisms to maintain and report the required data except

for process additions or changes.

MACT Subpart X: Secondary Lead Smelters

Supplementary Information

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

owners or operators of secondary lead smelters that operate furnaces to

reduce scrap lead metal and lead compounds to elemental lead.

Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP)--Secondary Lead Smelters (OMB Control Number 2060-0296;

expiration date March 30, 1998)

Abstract: The EPA is required under Section 112(d) of the 1990

Clean Air Act, to regulate emissions of 189 hazardous air pollutants

(HAPs). The pollutants emitted from secondary lead smelters include

both metal and organic HAPs identified in this list of 189 pollutants.

In the Administrator's judgment, such emissions cause or contribute

significantly to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to

endanger public health. Consequently, NESHAP for this source category

were promulgated on June 23, 1995.

Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the

Administrator to identify sources subject to the standard and to ensure

that the standard, which is based on maximum achievable control

technology (MACT), is being achieved. The information will be used by

Agency enforcement personnel to: (1) identify sources subject to the

standard; (2) ensure that MACT is being properly applied; (3) ensure

that emission control devices are being properly operated and

maintained on a continuous basis to reduce HAP emissions from furnaces

and process fugitive sources; and (4) ensure that fugitive dust

controls are being fully implemented. 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. 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

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forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Burden Statement: There are 23 sources currently subject to this

standard, and no additional sources are anticipated during the next

three years. Since most of the reporting requirements are one-time-only

activities for new sources, these will not apply to the 23 existing

facilities and consequently, have not been included in estimating the

respondent burden for this ICR. The total annual burden for all

recordkeeping and monitoring requirements plus the preparation of semi-

annual reports is estimated to be 5,686 hours technical, 285 hours

managerial, and 568 hours clerical. The total annual cost associated

with this ICR is $231,561 or approximately $10,000 per facility per

year. 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.

Dated: November 25, 1997.

Elaine G. Stanley,

Director, Office of Compliance.

[FR Doc. 97-31575 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]

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