Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards Development Under Title III (Section 112) of the Clean Air Act Regulatory Development Program

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards

Development Under Title III (Section 112) of the Clean Air Act

Regulatory Development Program

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 document announces that EPA is planning to submit the

following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB): Maximum Achievable Control Technology

Standards Development under Title III (section 112) of the Clean Air

Act Regulatory Development Program, EPA ICR Number 1602.02, OMB Control

Number 2060-0239. This is the second extension of the information

collection which was approved for use through August 8, 1998. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: An electronic version of the Information Collection Request

is available through the Office of Air and Radiation's (OAR) Technology

Transfer Network Web site (TTNWeb). The TTNWeb is directly accessible

from the Internet via the World Wide Web at the OAR Policy and Guidance

Information Web site, ``http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/'', under the

Federal Register Notices section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy McDonald at (919) 541-5402,

Organic Chemical Group, Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711. The Facsimile Number is (919) 541-3470 and the E-mail Address is

[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which are included on the list of

source categories for which EPA plans to initiate development of

national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) under

section 112 of the amended Clean Air Act within the next 3 years.

Title: Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standards

Development under the Clean Air Act Regulatory Development Program (OMB

Control Number 2060-0239, EPA ICR #1602.02), expiring August 8, 1998.

Abstract: Depending on the number of facilities in an individual

source category, respondents would be required to complete one of two

surveys. In those source categories with 400 or fewer facilities,

respondents would complete a survey for MACT standards development.

This survey is designed to obtain facility-specific information on

process types, emissions, controls, and factors affecting costs to

ensure that the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards has

sufficient information to make subcategory distinction and MACT floor

decisions for each NESHAP. In those source categories with more than

400 facilities, respondents would complete a screening survey. EPA

would use the results of the screening survey to develop a sample

design that would be applied to individual ICR's for the MACT standards

development survey. The EPA is also asking the respondent to provide

corporate, facility and product level sales information. This

information is necessary to perform a small business analysis to meet

the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act. The EPA considers the

sales information to be readily available to the respondent; therefore,

the burden hours estimated for each respondent has not been changed.

The EPA's authority to gather information is presented in section 114

of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7414). If any information

is submitted to EPA for which a claim of confidentiality is made, the

information will be safeguarded according to EPA policies set forth in

Title 40, Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business

Information (see 40 CFR Part 2). 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 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 average annual reporting burden for 870

facilities is 74,000 hours for the MACT standards development survey

and 17,000 hours for the screening survey from 2,000 facilities. The

estimated burden hours per response is 85 hours for the MACT standards

survey and 8.5 hours for the screening survey. The total average annual

burden is 91,000 hours. The labor cost is calculated from technical,

managerial, and clerical staff estimates. The total cost of the ICR to

respondents is $2,431,700 for the MACT standards development survey and

$573,000 for the screening survey. There is no capital cost burden

associated with this collection. 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.

Dated: May 27, 1998.

Richard D. Wilson,

Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 98-14583 Filed 6-1-98; 8:45 am]

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