Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5690-8]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;

Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Automobile and

Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations

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 Information Collection

Request (ICR) for Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources--

Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations--Subpart MM)

described below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 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 March 24, 1997.

for further information or a copy call: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1064.08.

supplementary information:

Title: Standards of Performance for Automobile and Light Duty Truck

Surface Coating Operations (Subpart MM) OMB Control No. 2060-0034; EPA

ICR No. 1064.08). This is a request for reinstatement, with change, or

a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: The Administrator has judged that VOC emissions from

automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations cause or

contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to

endanger public health or welfare. Owners/operators of automobile and

light duty truck surface coating operations must notify EPA of

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

initial performance test. Monitoring requirements specific to

automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations consist of

monitoring both VOC emissions and incineration temperatures.

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 September

29, 1995.

Response to Comments: The American Automobile Manufacturers

Association (AAMA) and the Association of International Automobile

Manufacturers (AIAM) jointly filed comments in response to Information

Collection Request (ICR) for Standards of Performance for New

Stationary Sources--Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating

Operations--Subpart MM). The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

A meeting was held on Wednesday, January 8, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. to

discuss

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the comments of the AAMA and AIAM. At the meeting AIAM represented both

organizations.

The majority of comments fell into one of two categories. The first

category of comments related to requirements that were the result of

other regulations as opposed to requirements specific to the Subpart MM

New Source Performance Standard (NSPS). For example, completing an

application for Title V is not covered by this ICR because it is not

required by Subpart MM. This ICR pertains only to Subpart MM and not

other regulations that apply to the auto manufacturing industry.

The second category of comments related to activities undertaken by

the industry but not required by the regulation. Comments regarding

performance audits, and conducting surveys and studies are examples of

activities potentially performed by the industry but they are not

required by Subpart MM and therefore not accounted for in the ICR.

As a result of the comments regarding the labor costs, EPA

recalculated the tables using the updated labor rates provided by

Department of Commerce, Bureau of Labor Statistics January 1996

Employment and Earnings Table.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 14.1

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: 45.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 45.

Frequency of Response: 4.

Estimated Number of Responses: 180.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,540.3 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $65,250.

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. 1064.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0034 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2136), 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: February 12, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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