Agency Information Collection Activities

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 proposed information collections as described

below.

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

ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of

Compliance, Mail Code 2224A, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20406.

Information may also be acquired electronically through the EnviroSense

Bulletin Board, (703) 908-2090 or the EnviroSense WWW/Internet Address,

http://wastenot.inel.gov./envirosense/. All responses and comments will

be collected regularly for EnviroSense.

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 Ea and Eb, Joyce Chandler, telephone/fax (202) 564-0000/

(202) 564-0038 or e-mail [email protected]

NSPS Subpart J Tom Ripp, telephone/fax (202) 564-7003/(202) 564-0038 or

e-mail [email protected]

NESHAP Subpart BB, Rafael Sanchez, telephone/fax (202) 564-7028/(202)

564-0038 or e-mail [email protected]

NSPS Subpart N and Na, Maria Malave, telephone/fax (202) 564-7027/(202)

564-0038 or e-mail [email protected]

NSPS Subpart LL and UUU, Charles Williams, telephone/fax (202) 564-

7016/(202) 564-0038 or e-mail: [email protected]

Section 609, Sandy Jones, telephone/fax (202) 564-7038/(202) 564-0038

or e-mail [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb, Municipal Waste Combustors

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those that combust municipal waste.

Title: NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb, Municipal Waste Combustors, OMB

Control Number 2060-1506, expires 1/31/99.

Abstract: Emissions from municipal waste combustors cause or

contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to

endanger public health or welfare. The NSPSs for subpart Ea and subpart

Eb, therefore, were promulgated for this source category. The

pollutants of concern for Subpart Ea are municipal waste combustor

(MWC) metals, MWC organics, MWC acid gases, and nitrogen oxides. In

Subpart Eb the additional pollutants of concern are cadmium (Cd), lead

(Pb), and mercury (Hg). This ICR is for the combination of the existing

information collection requests in support of the Clean Air Act. The

NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb requires owners and operators with unit capacity

above 225 mg/day to notify the Agency of intent to construct and

initiate operation of a new, modified or reconstructed MWC. The

notification must contain supporting information regarding unit design

capacity, the calculations used to determine capacity, and estimated

start-up dates.

Owners and operators of the affected facilities described must

notify the Agency of the date of construction or reconstruction, the

anticipated and actual startup dates and notification of any physical

or operation change to an existing facility which may increase the

regulated pollutant emission rate.

Owners and operators are also required to maintain records of the

occurrence and duration of the startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the

operation of an affected facility. These notifications and records are

required, in general, for all sources subject to NSPS. In addition,

facilities subject to subpart Ea must install continuous monitoring

systems (CMS) to monitor specified operating parameters to ensure that

good combustion practices are implemented on a continuous basis. Owners

and operators must submit quarterly and annual compliance reports. The

notification and reports enable EPA or the delegated State regulatory

authority to determine that the best demonstrated technology is

installed and properly operated and maintained, and to schedule

inspections. In addition, the reporting and record keeping requirement

for facilities subject to subpart Eb include information on the

pollutants, Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions testing and MWC

siting requirements. As the means for determining compliance with the

standards for Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions, owners and

operators are required to collect the necessary information, keep

records, and submit reports. Owners and operators are required to

conduct initial compliance tests and annual retests for Cd, Pb, Hg, and

fugitive ash emissions. As a means of determining continuous compliance

for Hg, owners and operators are required to keep records of the weekly

amount of carbon used for the activated carbon injection and to

calculate the estimated hourly carbon injection rate for hours of

operation. Owners and operators are required to submit and initial

compliance report for Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions.

Once a year, owners and operators are required to submit an annual

report that indicates the emission level established during the annual

test for Cd, Pb, Hg, fugitive ash emissions and the lowest calculated

hourly carbon feed rate. If the emission level recorded for any of

these pollutants shows emissions above the emission limit for the

pollutant, then the owner or operator is required to submit a

semiannual report for the calendar half during which the test was

conducted that includes the test report for that pollutant, including

the explanation for the exceedance. If the calculated carbon feed rate

recorded show a carbon injection rate lower than the carbon injection

rate established during the annual compliance test for Hg, then the

owner or operator is required to submit the recorded and calculated

carbon feed rate data in a semiannual report for the calendar half in

which the date was recorded and calculated. Owners or operators are not

required to submit test reports unless a pollutant or parameter is

recorded as exceeding the emission limit for the pollutant or

parameter.

Owners or operators of facilities subject to subpart Eb are

required to maintain records of initial performance tests and all

annual performance retests for compliance with Cd, Pb, and Hg limits.

Owners or operators are required to maintain records of periodic

testing for fugitive ash emissions. All records are required to be

maintained at the source for a period of five years.

Under the siting requirements of the subpart Eb regulation, owners

or operators are required to submit the results of the siting analysis

and material separation plans, hold public meeting on the analysis and

the plan, and submit a report summarizing public comments and

responses.

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All reports required under these regulations are to be submitted to

the respondent's State or local agency, whichever has been delegated

NSPS enforcement authority by EPA. The information will be used solely

to determine that all sources subject to the NSPS are achieving the

standards.

The EPA would like to solicit comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of

the proposed collection information, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information

to be collected;

(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection 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 record keeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average

90,219 hours. For Subpart Ea, it is estimated that the annual

compliance test will require 850 hours, while the quarterly audits will

require 125 hours and 36 hours respectively for in-situ and extractive.

For Subpart Eb the burden is estimated as 227 hours for the initial

performance test and test report (or the annual compliance test and

test report) for a large plant consisting of three affected units. The

estimate for writing the initial notification report is estimated as 2

hours, while the report writing for the annual compliance report is

estimated as 17 hours. The burden for the initial site selection

analysis and report is estimated as 270 hours, while the burden for the

public meeting and comment response is estimated as 140 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 instruction; develop, acquire, install, and utilize

technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and

verifying information, processing/maintaining information, disclosing

and providing information. Additionally, it includes the time needed to

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 estimated number of respondents is 34.

NSPS Subpart J, Petroleum Refineries

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

fluid catalytic cracking unit catalyst regenerators, fuel gas

combustion devices and all Claus sulfur recovery plants except Claus

plants of 20 long tons per day or less at petroleum refineries.

Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Subpart J--Standards

of Performance for Petroleum Refineries, OMB No. 2060-0022, Expiration

Date: March 31, 1999.

Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described

must make the following one-time-only reports: notifications of the

anticipated and actual date of startup, notification of the date of

construction or reconstruction, notification of any physical or

operational change to an existing facility which may increase the

emission rate of any regulated air pollutant, notification of the date

upon which demonstration of the continuous monitoring system

performance commences, notification of the date of the initial

performance test, and results of the performance tests.

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 malfunction in the operation of

the air pollution control device, or any periods 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 refineries

consist mainly of recording the average coke burn-off rate, the rate of

fuel combustion, and the hours of operation on a daily basis. The owner

or operator is also required to install a continuous emission monitor

and record the emission levels of opacity, carbon monoxide, and sulfur

dioxide or hydrogen sulfide. Owners or operators are required to report

all periods of emissions in excess of the standard.

In the Administrator's judgement, particulate matter, carbon

monoxide and sulfur dioxide from petroleum refineries cause or

contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to

endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, New Source Performance

Standards have been promulgated for this source category as required

under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.

The control of emissions of particulate matter, carbon monoxide and

sulfur dioxide from petroleum refineries requires not only the

installation of properly designed equipment, but also the proper

operation and maintenance of that equipment. These standards rely on

the capture of pollutants vented to a control device.

To ensure compliance with these standards, the required records and

reports are necessary to enable the Administrator: (1) To identify new,

modified, or reconstructed sources subject to the standard; (2) to

ensure that the emission limits are being achieved; and (3) to ensure

that emission reduction systems are being operated and maintained

properly. 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 and in accordance with any applicable permit.

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;

(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

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assumptions, while being consistent with the concept of burden under

the Paper Reduction Act.

The estimate was based on the assumption that there would be no new

affected facilities each year and that there was an average of 146

sources in existence for the three years covered by the ICR. For all

sources, it was estimated that it would take: 2236 person-hours to fill

out quarterly and semiannual emission reports (assuming 65% of the

sources will have at least one quarter with excess emissions and that

35% of the sources will have to report semiannually.

The annual average annual burden to industry over the past three-

year period from recordkeeping and reporting requirements had been

estimated at 19,045 person-hours. The average annual burden to industry

over the past three years was estimated to be $579,920.

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. For the new, ICR cost estimates for the

required monitoring systems will need to be included in the overall

burden estimate.

NSPS Subpart N and Na, Primary and Secondary Emissions From Basic

Oxygen Process Furnaces

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

each basic oxygen process furnaces (BOPF) in a steel plant (Subpart N--

addresses primary emissions from BOPF), and any top-blown BOPF and hot

metal transfer station or skimming station used for a bottom-blown or

top-blown BOPF (Subpart Na--addresses secondary emission from BOPF.

Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Primary and

Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces; OMB No. 2060-

0029; EPA No. 1069-05; Expiration Date, March 31, 1999.

Abstract: In addition to the monitoring, record keeping and

notification requirements specified in the General Provisions in

Sec. 60.7(a), (b), (d) and (f), and Sec. 60.8(a) and (d), owners or

operators are to comply with the requirements specified in NAPS

Subparts N and Na, will install, calibrate, maintain, and continuously

operate pressure loss and water supply pressure monitoring devices (for

sources using venturi scrubbers), as specified in 40 CFR 60.143(b).

Owners/operators will install, calibrate, operate and maintain a

monitoring device that continually measures and records for each steel

production cycle the various rates or levels of the exhaust ventilation

at each phase of the cycle through each duct of the secondary emission

capture system, as specified in 40 CFR 60.143a(a). Owners/operators are

to maintain continuous records of all monitoring device measurements

(i.e., measurement of the water supply pressure and pressure loss

through the venturi scrubber emission control equipment, and

measurement of the various rates or levels of the exhaust ventilation

at each phase of the cycle through each duct of the secondary emission

capture system), as specified in 40 CFR 60.143(b) and 60.143a.

Owners/operators subject to NSPS Subpart B, will report on a

semiannual basis, all measurements of monitoring devices that average

more than ten percent below the average results maintained during the

most recent performance test, as specified in 40 CFR 60.143(c),

60.143a(d) and 60.143a(e).

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 1996 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 assumptions that there would be no

new sources over the three years of the existing ICR and that there

were approximately 24 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 Subparts N and Na

are summarized by the following information. The estimates on reporting

requirements are as follows: (1) Read Instructions (1 person-hour) and

(2) Performances test (194 person-hours). The estimates for report

writing are based on: (1) Notification requirements (0 person-hours);

(2) Report of performance tests (32 person-hours); and, (3) Semiannual

report of low pressures (10 person-hours). The estimates for reporting

requirements are based on: (1) All existing sources use venturi

scrubbers' emission control systems and half have reportable low

pressure for which they submit a semiannual report; (2) ten percent of

the existing sources are requested by the regulatory agency to conduct

a performance test; and, (3) records of operating parameters of

continuous monitoring system being recorded 365 days per year. Records

must be kept for a period of two years following the date of

measurements, maintenance reports, and records. The average burden to

industry over the three years of the current ICR from these

recordkeeping and reporting requirements was estimated to be 2,974.8

person-hours.

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NSPS Subpart LL for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those which produce emissions from metallic mineral processing plants

subject to NSPS.

Title: NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants Subpart LL OMB #

2060-0016 EPA # 0982.06.

Abstract: The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from

metallic mineral processing plants cause or contribute to air pollution

that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger health or welfare.

Owners/operators of metallic mineral processing plants must notify EPA

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

of an initial performance test. Owner/ operators with facilities using

any wet scrubbing device will install, calibrate, and maintain

continuous monitoring devices to measure pressure drops and flow rate.

Weekly records of the pressure drop and flow rates are to be

maintained, and semiannual reports are to be submitted when the

pressure drops and flow rate differ 30% from the most recent

performance test.

Under the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Metallic

Mineral Processing Plants an affected facility is each crusher and

screen in open-pit mines; each crusher, screen, bucket elevator,

conveyer belt transfer point, thermal dryer, product packaging station,

storage bin, enclosed storage area, truck loading and unloading

station, railroad car loading and unloading station, railroad car

loading and unloading station at the mill or concentrator, commencing

construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of

proposal. The NSPS does not apply to facilities located in underground

mines, or to facilities performing the beneficiation of uranium ore at

uranium ore processing plants.

Approximately 22 sources are currently subject to the standards.

Particulate Matter (PM) is the pollutant regulated under this Subpart.

The standards limit particulate emissions from the stack to 0.05 grams

per dry standard cubic meter and to 7% opacity requirement. No affected

facility may discharge any process fugitive emissions that exhibit

greater than 10% opacity. Owners and operators must make the following

one-time reports: notification of the date of construction or

reconstruction; notification of the dates of startup; notification of

any physical or operational change to an existing facility which may

increase the regulated pollutant emissions rate; notification of the

demonstration of the Continuous Monitoring Systems (CMS); notification

of the date of initial performance tests; 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 effected 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.

Record keeping and reporting requirements specific to metallic

mineral processing plants consist of the measurements of the pressure

drop and flow rate across the scrubber. Records of startup, shutdowns,

and malfunctions should be reported semiannually.

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;

(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 reporting burden disaggregated to show

the estimated average burden hours per response, the proposed frequency

of response, and the estimated number of likely respondents. For

example, notification of anticipated startup 2 hours, of actual startup

2 hours, initial performance test 330 hours, demonstration of CMS 4

hours, semiannual scrubber malfunction report 8 hours. This estimate

assumes that 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated

due to failure, an operation of 250 days per year and an hourly wage of

$ 17.09 plus 110 percent overhead. It 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. 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 49 CFR Part

9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

NSPS for Subpart UUU, Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those which are subject to NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral

Industries.

Title: NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries 40 CFR

Part 60 Subpart UUU, Expiration Date 03/31/99.

Abstract: Under the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries, Subpart UUU, proposed April

23, 1986 and promulgated on September 28, 1992, affected facilities are

those plants that process or produce any of the following minerals or

their concentrates: Alumina, ball clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar,

fire clay, fuller's earth, gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin, lightweight

aggregate, magnesium compounds, perlite, roofing granules, talc,

titanium dioxide, and vermiculite. The affected facility as listed

above would be each new, modified or reconstructed calciner or dryer.

The types of dryers to which the standards apply include: rotary

(direct), rotary (indirect), fluid bed, vibrating grate, flash, and

spray dryers. The types of calciners to which the standards apply

include: Rotary, flash, and kettle calciners; multiple hearth furnaces

and expansion furnaces. Affected facilities subject to NSPS LL,

Metallic Mineral Processing Plants, are not subject to this Subpart.

Approximately 150 sources are currently subject to the standard,

and approximately 5 sources per year become subject. Particulate matter

is the pollutant regulated under this Subpart. The Administrator has

judged that PM emissions from Calciners and Dryers cause or contribute

to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public

health and welfare. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must

make the 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

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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, for any period during which the monitoring system is

inoperative. These notifications, reports and records are required, in

general, of all sources subject to NSPS.

Reporting requirements, for this industry currently include

semiannual reports of instances of exceedance of control device

operating parameters. Semiannual excess emission reports and monitoring

system performance reports shall include the exceedances of control

device operating parameters (specified in Sec. 60.735, Recordkeeping

and Reporting), the date and time of the exceedance or deviance, the

nature and cause of the malfunction (if known) corrective measures

taken, and identification of the time period during which the CMS was

inoperative (this does not include zero and span checks nor typical

repairs/adjustments).

In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to

protect public health, adequate recordkeeping and reporting 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. Recordkeeping and

reporting is mandatory under this regulation. Records must be kept for

2 years.

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 CFR 60.735.

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 only type of industry cost associated with

the information collection activity in the standards are labor costs.

This information collection is consistent and compatible, to the

maximum extent practicable, with the respondents existing reporting or

recordkeeping practices. The average annual burden to industry over the

next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is

estimated at 330 hours for performance test, assuming 20 percent of

performance test must be repeated, 100 hours for continuous opacity

monitoring (COM), 2 hours scrubber demonstration, 18 hours method 9

testing, 4 hours recalibration of COM, 4 hours recalibration of

scrubber, 2 hours for notification of construction, startups,

performance tests and 16 hours for reports of excess emissions.

This estimate assumes 250 days of operation per year, that 12

facilities will have personnel certified for Method 9 testing, that 20%

employ scrubbers and 80% use dry control devices. This estimate