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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 [Federal Register: June 28, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 124)]
[Notices]
[Page 33410]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]




ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5227-8]
 
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.




SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 28, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, 
please refer to EPA ICR #1051.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

    Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for the New Source 
Performance Standard (NSPS) for Portland Cement Industry (Subpart F)--
(EPA No. 1051.06, OMB No. 2060-0025).

    Abstract: This ICR is for an extension of an existing information 
collection in support of the Clean Air Act, as described under the 
general NSPS at 40 CFR 60.7-60.8 and the specific NSPS, for particulate 
and visible emissions from portland cement plants, at 40 CFR 60.60. The 
information will be used by the EPA to direct monitoring, inspection, 
and enforcement efforts, thereby ensuring facility compliance with the 
NSPS.

    Owners or operators of all new facilities subject to this NSPS must 
provide EPA, or a delegated State or local authority, with: (1) 
Notification of the date of construction or reconstruction, (2) 
notification of the anticipated and actual dates of the start-up, (3) 
notification of the date of initial performance test, and (4) a copy of 
the initial performance test results. Owners and operators of new 
facilities that must conduct continuous opacity monitoring (COM) will 
be required to submit: (1) Notification of the COM system 
demonstration, and (2) notification that COM system data will be used 
during the initial performance test. Facilities that, as an 
alternative, are permitted to conduct opacity observations using EPA 
method 9 must notify EPA of the anticipated date for conducting these 
observations.

    Owners and operators of all facilities must provide EPA, or a 
delegated State or local authority, with: (1) semiannual reports of 
malfunctions and excess emissions; and (2) notification of any physical 
or operational change to their facility which may result in an increase 
in the regulated pollutant emission rate. All facilities must also 
maintain records on the facility operation that document: (1) the 
occurrence and duration of any start-ups, shutdowns, and malfunctions; 
(2) initial performance test results; (3) all visible emissions from 
continuous opacity monitoring (COM) or, where applicable, from daily 
observations taken in accordance with EPA Method 9.
    Presently there are an estimated 88 subject facilities with an 
average annual growth of 4 new facilities over the next three years. 
All subject facilities must maintain records related to compliance for 
2 years.

    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for facilities subject to 
this collection of information is estimated to average 3 hours per year 
for each respondent, including time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining data, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information. Public 
recordkeeping burden for each respondent is estimated to average 69 
hours annually. The total annual public reporting burden is estimated 
to be 6750 hours.

    Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 94.
    Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Frequency of Collection: Semiannual reporting for existing 
facilities in non-compliance, with additional one-time reporting 
requirements for new facilities. Daily recordkeeping for all 
facilities.

    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, (please refer to EPA ICR #1051.06 and OMB #2060-0025) to:
Sandy Farmer, EPA ICR #1051.06, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Regulatory Information Division (2136), 401 M. Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20460.

      and

Chris Wolz, OMB #2060-0025, Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20503.

    Dated: June 21, 1995.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 95-15878 Filed 6-27-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-M

 
 

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