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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry Reactor Processes

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  [Federal Register: January 18, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 11)]
[Notices]
[Page 2609-2610]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 6525-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance of Volatile Organic
Compound Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
Industry Reactor Processes

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: NSPS Subpart RRR, SOCMI
Reactor Processes, EPA ICR Number 1178.05 and OMB Control Number 2060-
0269; expires March 31, 2000. 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 February 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at
Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1178.05. For technical
questions about the ICR, contact Darlene M. Williams at 202-564-7031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Title: Standards of Performance of Volatile
Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from the Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI), Reactor Processes, Subpart RRR; OMB
Control No. 2060-0269; EPA ICR No. 1178.05, expiring 3/31/2000. This is
a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 6.700,
subpart RRR, Standards of Performance for VOC Emissions from SOCMI
Reactor Processes. This information is used by the Agency to identify
sources subject to the standards and to insure that the best
demonstrated technology is being properly applied. The standards
require periodic recordkeeping to document process information relating
to the sources' ability to meet the requirements of the standard and to
note the operation conditions under which compliance was achieved.
These standards rely on the reduction of VOC emissions by installation
of controls. The required notifications are used to inform the Agency
or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard.
The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check if the
pollution control devices are properly installed and operated and the
standard is being met. Performance test reports are needed as these are
the Agency's record of a source's initial capability to comply with the
emission standard, and serve as a record of the operating conditions
under which compliance was achieved. The semiannual reports are used
for problem identification, as a check on source operation and
maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
    The EPA is charged under section 111 of the Clean Air Act, as
amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary
sources that reflect: * * * application of the best technological
system of continuous emissions reduction which (taking into
consideration the cost of achieving such emissions reduction, or any
non-air quality health and environmental impact and energy
requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately
demonstrated (section 111(a)(1)).
    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 June 4,
1999 (64 FR 30011); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 47
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; 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: Synthetic Organic Chemical
Manufacturing Industry.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 285.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannual and initial.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 30,842.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $1,147,000.
    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. 1178.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0269 in any
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460;

and

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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 11, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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