Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, NESHAP National Emission Standard for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From Glass Manufacturing Plants

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, NESHAP National Emission Standard for

Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From Glass Manufacturing Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this document announces that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: ICR for NESHAP Subpart N,

National Emission Standard for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Glass

Manufacturing Plants, OMB Control Number 2060-0043, expiration date

July 31, 1999. 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 August 19, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)

260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.S[email protected] or download a copy

of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA

ICR No. 1081.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: ICR for NESHAP Subpart N, National

Emission Standard for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Glass

Manufacturing Plants, OMB Control Number 2060-0043, EPA ICR Number

1081.06, expiration date July 31, 1999. This is a request for extension

of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: These standards apply to each glass melting furnace that

uses commercial arsenic as a raw material. This subpart does not apply

to pot furnaces. Also, rebricking is not considered construction or

modification

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for the purposes of 40 CFR 61.05. This information is being collected

to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart N. The EPA is charged

under section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to establish

standards of performance for each category or subcategory of major

sources and area sources of hazardous air pollutants. These standards

are applicable to new or existing sources of hazardous air pollutants

and shall require the maximum degree of emission reduction. Owners or

operators of the affected facilities described are subject to the

recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the NESHAP general

provisions and the requirements of 40 CFR part 61, subpart N. The

regulation requires initial notifications including construction,

modifications, CMS demonstration, and performance testing. 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. Monitoring requirements specific to NESHAP subpart N,

National Emission Standard for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Glass

Manufacturing Plants provide information on the operation of the

missions control device and compliance with the emission limit. Records

and reports of approved control device bypass are required. Arsenic

emission estimates and semiannual reports of uncontrolled Arsenic

emission rates are required. These notifications, reports, and records

are essential in determining compliance. All requirements are mandatory

under 40 CFR part 61, subpart N. 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 2 years following the date of such

measurements, reports, and records.

Approximately 47 sources are currently subject to the standard.

There continues to be on growth in this industry, and it is estimated

that no new sources will become subject to the standard in the next

three years. 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.

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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of information was published on 01/05/99

(64 FR 499); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 157

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

maintain 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.

Respondnets/Affected Entities: Owners and Operators of Glass

Manufacturing Plants.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 47.

Frequency of Response: Initial and semiannual.

Estimate Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,769 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $164,500.

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. 1081.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0043 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of

Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: July 14, 1999.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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