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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS and NESHAP for Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Plants (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1160.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0114

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  [Federal Register: February 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 35)]
[Notices]
[Page 7977-7978]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0420; FRL-8279-7]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS and NESHAP for Wool
Fiberglass Manufacturing Plants (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1160.08, OMB
Control Number 2060-0114

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 26, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0420, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2201T , 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert C. Marshall, Jr., Office of
Compliance, 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7021;
fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: marshall.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0420, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS and NESHAP for Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Plants
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1160.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0114.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart PPP were proposed on
February 7, 1984, and promulgated on February 25, 1985. These
regulations apply to each rotary spin wool fiberglass insulation
manufacturing line, which commenced construction, modification, or
reconstruction after February 2, 1984. The purpose of this NSPS is to
control the emissions of particulate matter from each rotary spin wool
fiberglass insulation manufacturing line. The standards limit
particulate emissions to 5.5 kilograms per megagram (11.0 lb./ton) of
molten glass used to manufacture the product.
    The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63, subpart NNN
were proposed on March 31, 1997, and promulgated on June 14, 1999.
These regulations apply to each glass melting furnace located at a wool
fiberglass manufacturing plant;

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each rotary spin (RS) manufacturing line producing building insulation;
each new and existing flame attenuation (FA) manufacturing line that
produces pipe products; and each new FA manufacturing line that
produces heavy density products. Plants that manufacture mineral wool
from rock or slag are not subject to the proposed rule but are subject
to a separate NESHAP standard for mineral wool production. A facility
that is determined to be an area source would not be subject to this
NESHAP standard. This information is being collected to assure compliance
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart PPP and 40 CFR part 63, subpart NNN.
    In general, all NSPS and NESHAP standards require initial
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential
in determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject to
both the NSPS and NESHAP.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of 40 CFR part 60,
subpart PPP shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the
file for at least two years following the date of such measurements,
maintenance reports, and records. Any owner or operator subject to the
provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart NNN shall maintain a file of
these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years
following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and
records. All reports for both the NSPS and NESHAP 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 United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 101
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 61.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 18,216.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,599,551, that is comprised of no
capital costs, $489,000 in O&M costs and $1,110,551 in labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is low, negative or
non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in
the previous ICR are used in this ICR, and there is no change in burden
to industry.

    Dated: February 14, 2007.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-3016 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am]
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