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Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; ICRs Planned To Be Submitted
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[Federal Register: January 21, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 14)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6526-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; ICRs Planned To Be Submitted
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 EPA is planning to submit
the following seven continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) 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 information collections as described at the beginning of
Supplementary Information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 21, 2000.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Mail Code 2223A, Washington, DC 20460. A hard copy of an
ICR may be obtained without charge by calling the identified
information contact individual for each ICR in Section B of the
Supplementary Information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific information on the
individual ICRs see Section B of the Supplementary Information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
For All ICRs
An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
are displayed 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;
(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 automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
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. In general, the
required information consists of emissions data and other information
deemed not to be private. However, any information submitted to the
Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded
according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, part
2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part
2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 39999, September 8,
1978; 43 FR 42251, September 28, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).
A. List of ICRs Planned To Be Submitted.
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 seven continuing Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB):
(1) NSPS subparts T, U, V, W, X; New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for Phosphate Fertilizers, EPA ICR Number 1081, and OMB Control
Number 2060-0037, expiration date June 30, 2000.
(2) NSPS subparts AA & AAa, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
for Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels;
Subparts AA and AAa; EPA ICR No. 1060.09 and OMB No. 2060-0038;
expiration date May 31, 2000.
(3) NSPS subpart MM, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations, EPA ICR
Number 1064, and OMB Control Number 2060-0032, expiration date June 30,
2000.
(4) NSPS subpart TTT, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business Machines; EPA ICR
#1093.06, OMB No. 2060-162, expiration date May 31, 2000.
(5) MACT subparts AA & BB, National Emissions Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants-Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate
Fertilizers Production EPA# 1790.02, OMB# 2060-0361, expiration date
June 30, 2000.
(6) MACT subpart LL, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for
Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, EPA ICR No. 1767, OMB Control No.
2060-0360, expiration date May 31, 2000.
(7) MACT subpart NNN, Wool Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing; EPA
ICR No. 1795, OMB Control No. 2060-0359, expiration date May 31, 2000.
B. Contact Individuals for ICRs
(1) NSPS subparts T, U, V, W, X; New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for Phosphate Fertilizers, Stephen Howie at, (202) 564-4146 or
via e-mail
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to howie.stephen@epa.gov. EPA ICR Number 1081, and OMB Control Number
2060-0037, expiration date June 30, 2000;
(2) NSPS subparts AA & AAa, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
for Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels;
Subparts AA and AAa; Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via e-mail to
malave.maria@epamail.epa.gov, EPA ICR No. 1060.09, OMB No. 2060-0038,
expiration date is May 31, 2000.
(3) NSPS subpart MM, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations, Anthony
Raia at (202) 564-6045, or via e-mail to raia.anthony@epa.gov, EPA ICR.
No. 1064, OMB Control No. 2060-0032, expiring June 30, 2000.
(4) NSPS subpart TTT, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business Machines; Anthony Raia at
(202) 564-6045 or via e-mail to raia.anthony@epamail.epa.gov, EPA ICR
No. 1093.06, OMB No. 2060-0162, expires on May 31, 2000.
(5) MACT subparts AA & BB, National Emissions Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants-Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate
Fertilizers Production, Stephen Howie, at (202) 564-4146 or via e-mail
at howie.stephen@.epa.gov., EPA# 1790.02, OMB# 2060-0361, expiration
date June 30, 2000.
(6) MACT subpart LL, Record keeping and Reporting Requirements for
Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, Deborah Thomas at (202)564-5041 or
via e-mail at thomas.deborah@epa.gov, EPA ICR No. 1767, OMB Control No.
2060-0360, expiration date is May 31, 2000.
(7) MACT subpart NNN, Wool Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing;
Gregory Fried at (202)564-7016 or via e-mail at fried.gregory@epa.gov,
EPA ICR No. 1795, OMB Control No. 2060-0359, expiring May 31, 2000.
C. Individual ICRs
(1) NSPS Subparts T, U, V, W, X; New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for Phosphate Fertilizers, EPA ICR Number 1081, and OMB Control
Number 2060-0037, Expiration Date June 30, 2000
Affected entities: These standards apply to each wet phosphoric
acid plant, each super phosphoric acid plant, each granular diammonium
phosphate plant, and each triple superphosphate plant, having a design
capacity of more than 15 tons of equivalent phosphorous pentoxide
(P2 O5 ) feed per calendar day. These standards
also apply to granular triple superphosphate storage facilities.
Specific affected facilities for each subpart are found at 40 CFR
60.200, 60.210, 60.220, 60.230 and 60.240.
Abstract: The Administrator has judged that fluoride emissions from
the phosphate fertilizer industry cause or contribute to air pollution
that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or
welfare. Phosphate fertilizer plant and phosphate bearing feed owners/
operators of phosphate fertilizer plants must notify EPA of
construction, modification, start-ups, shutdowns, malfunctions, and
dates and results of the initial performance test. Owners/operators
must install, calibrate, and maintain monitoring devices to
continuously measure/record pressure drop across scrubbers.
Record keeping shall consist of: the occurrence and duration of all
startups and malfunctions as described; initial performance tests
results; amount of phosphate feed material; equivalent calculated
amounts of P2 O5 , and pressure drops across
scrubber systems. Startups, shutdowns and malfunctions must be recorded
as they occur. Performance test records must contain information
necessary to determine conditions of performance test and performance
test measurements. Equivalent P2 O5 stored or
amount of feed must be recorded daily. The Continuous Monitoring System
shall record pressure drop across scrubbers continuously and
automatically.
Reporting shall include: initial notifications; and initial
performance test results. In order to ensure compliance with the
standards promulgated to protect public health, adequate reporting and
record keeping 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 87.5
hours per response. There are 11 respondents/affected entities that
report annually for an estimated total annual hour burden of 963 hours.
(2) NSPS Subparts AA & AAa, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels; EPA ICR
No. 1060.09 and OMB No. 2060-0038; Expiration Date is May 31, 2000
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those owners or operators of electric arc furnaces and dust handling
systems in steel plants that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty
steels; and commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction
after the date of proposal (i.e., October 21, 1974), and for subpart
AAa on or before August 17, 1983.
Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described
make the following 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 existing facility which may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; and the notification of the date 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.
These notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of
all sources subject to NSPS.
Recordkeeping and reporting requirements specific to steel plants
subject to NSPS subpart AA and AAa include the initial notifications,
and recording of all measurements required under the monitoring
sections. Owners or operators of electric arc furnaces controlled by a
direct shell evacuation system are required to install and maintain a
continuous monitoring device that continuously records pressure inside
the EAF, and records 15 minute integrated averages. Prior notification
it is required for the procedure used for determining compliance when
emissions are combined with facilities that are not subject. The
results of the performance tests including all requirements specified
in sections 60.275, 60.276(c), 60.275a, and 60.276(f) must be reported.
Semiannual reports of unacceptable operation of the affected
facilities, and semiannual reports of exceedance of control device
opacity are also required. Unacceptable operation is considered to be
operation at a furnace with static pressures that exceed the values
established at sections 60.274(f) and 60.274a(g), or operation of the
control system fan motor at values 15% of the values
established under the performance test, or operation at flow rates
lower than those established in the performance test. Exceedance of
opacity are defined as all 6-minute periods during which the average
opacity is greater than the standard. In general, excess emission
reports must include the magnitude of excess emissions; conversion
factors used; the date and time of commencement and completion of each
excess emission time period; identification of excess emissions
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during startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions; the nature and cause of
the malfunction (if known) and corrective measures taken; and
identification of the time period during which the continuous
monitoring system was inoperative (this does not include zero and span
checks nor typical repairs or adjustments).
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
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports,
and records.
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. 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 standards are being met. Performance test reports are
needed as these are the Agency's records of a source initial capability
to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating conditions
under which compliance was achieved.
The Administrator may require owners and operators subject to
section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are required to comply with
record keeping and reporting requirements, as specified in section
114(a) of CAA.
In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate
recordkeeping 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.
Burden Statement: The type of industry costs associated with the
information collection activity in the standards are labor costs and
equipment costs for continuous emission monitors. The average annual
burden to industry over the past three years for these record keeping
and reporting requirements were estimated to be 34,082.3 person-hours.
The average annual cost to industry over the past three years of the
previously approved ICR was estimated to be $1,193,200. The total
annualized capital/start-up costs is $48,600 since it is assumed that
one additional source per year will become to the standard in the next
three years. The total annualized capital/start-up costs is $48,600
(includes cost for a continuous opacity monitor; a volumetric flow rate
monitor; and a pressure monitor). The total annual operation and
maintenance cost is estimated to be $487,500 since there are 65
existing sources ($7,500 x 65 existing sources). It is assumed that
annual operation and maintenance costs associated with other monitoring
equipment are negligible. Therefore, the total annualized costs is
$536,100.
(3) NSPS Subpart MM, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations, EPA ICR.
No. 1064, OMB Control No. 2060-0032, Expires on June 30, 2000
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those owners or operators of automobile and light duty truck assembly
plant lines: each prime coat operation, guide coat operation, and top
coat operation commencing construction, modification or reconstruction
after the proposal date (October 5, 1979).
Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described
make the following 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 existing facility which may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; and the notification of the date 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.
These notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of
all sources subject to NSPS.
Record keeping requirements for automobile and light duty truck
surface coating operations consist of keeping monthly records of
exceedance of the volume-weighted average of VOCs emitted per volume of
applied coating solids. When thermal or catalytic incineration is
performed, the owner or operator shall keep records of each three hour
period during which the incinerator temperature averaged more than 28
degrees centigrade below the temperature of the most recent performance
test, and when the average temperature difference across the catalyst
bed is less than 80% of the average temperature difference recorded
during the most recent performance test. Daily records of this
information shall be kept at the source for a period of two years.
Reporting requirements include a written report describing the
results of the initial performance test. Affected sources are required
to provide a written report to the Administrator every calendar quarter
of each instance in which the VOC emissions exceed the emission limit,
or semiannually if no such instances have occurred. Where compliance
with the NSPS is achieved through the use of incineration, affected
facilities must report instances where a discrepancy of greater than
28 deg.C exists between the three-hour average temperature measurement
and the average temperature during the most recent performance test at
which the destruction efficiency was determined. For catalytic
incinerators, every three-hour period shall be reported during which
the average temperature immediately before the catalyst bed, when the
coating system is operational, is more than 28 deg.C less than the
average temperature immediately before the catalyst bed during the most
recent control device performance test at which destruction efficiency
was determined. Every three hour period shall be reported each quarter
during which the average temperature difference across the catalyst bed
when the coating system is operational is less than 80% of the average
temperature difference of the device during the most recent performance
test at which destruction efficiency was determined. Affected sources
are also required to notify the Administrator of the date of
construction or reconstruction of an applicable facility, the
anticipated date of initial startup, the actual date of initial
startup, any physical or operational change to the facility, and 30
days prior to any test by Reference Method 25. Notification deadlines
are listed at 40 CFR 60.7.
A written report must be furnished to the Administrator describing
the results of the initial performance test. Thereafter, quarterly
reports of noncompliance are required, and semiannual reports shall be
made when the source is in compliance with the applicable emission
limitations. 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.
The Administrator may require owners and operators subject to
section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are required to comply with
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, as specified in section
114(a) of CAA. In order to ensure compliance with these standards,
adequate record keeping 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.
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Burden Statement: The industry costs associated with the
information collection activity in the standards are labor costs and
recording equipment. The current number of sources are 42 with 3 new
sources a year estimated (45 sources if averaged over the next 3
years). Temperature measurement devices must include a recording device
and the cost of this equipment is estimated at $750 per facility (only
required for new facilities since existing facilities already have the
equipment) and the operation and maintenance is estimated at $1500. The
annualized start up cost is $2,250. The labor estimates used were
derived from standard estimates based on EPA's experience with other
standards. The average annual burden to industry over the next three
years from these record keeping and reporting requirements is estimated
at 2,540.3 person-hours. The respondent costs have been calculated on
the basis of $16.67 per hour plus 110 percent overhead. The average
annual burden to industry over the next three years of the ICR is
estimated to be $88,910.
(4) NSPS Subpart TTT, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business Machines; EPA ICR
#1093.06, OMB No. 2060-162, Expires on May 31, 2000
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this standard
are those owners or operators of spray booths in which plastic parts
for business machines receive prime, color, texture, or touch-up coats,
and for which construction, modification or reconstruction commenced
after the proposal date.
Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described
make the following 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 existing facility which may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; and the notification of the date 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.
These notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of
all sources subject to NSPS.
Record keeping requirements specific to the surface coating of
plastic parts for business machines include the records of each monthly
performance test.
A written report must be furnished to the Administrator describing
the results of the initial performance test. Thereafter, quarterly
reports of noncompliance are required, and semiannual reports shall be
made when the source is in compliance with the applicable emission
limitations.
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. 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 standards are being met. Performance test reports are
needed as these are the Agency's records of a source initial capability
to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating conditions
under which compliance was achieved.
The Administrator may require owners and operators subject to
section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) are required to comply with
record keeping and reporting requirements, as specified in section
114(a) of CAA.
In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate
recordkeeping 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.
Burden Statement: The only type of industry costs associated with
the information collection activity in the standards are labor costs.
The average annual burden to industry over the past three years for
these record keeping and reporting requirements were estimated to be
$29,444 person-hours. The average annual cost to industry over the past
three years of the ICR was estimated to be $896,569.
(5) MACT Subparts AA & BB, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants-Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers
Production, EPA# 1790.02, OMB# 2060-0361, Expiration Date June 30, 2000
Affected entities: These standards apply to owners or operators of
phosphoric acid manufacturing and phosphate fertilizers production
facilities. Specific affected facilities for each subpart are found at
40 CFR 63.600 and 60.620.
Abstract: The Administrator has judged that hydrogen fluoride
emissions from the phosphoric acid manufacturing and phosphate
fertilizer industry cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Owners/
operators of affected phosphoric acid manufacturing and phosphate
fertilizer production must submit one-time notifications (where
applicable) and annual reports on performance test results. Plants must
develop and implement a startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan and
submit semiannual reports of any event where the plan was not followed.
Semiannual reports for periods of operation during which the monitoring
parameter boundaries established during the initial compliance test are
exceeded (or reports certifying that no exceedances have occurred) also
are required. General requirements applicable to all NESHAP require
records of applicability determinations; test results; exceedance;
periods of startups, shutdowns, or malfunctions; monitoring records;
and all other information needed to determine compliance with the
applicable standard. Records and reports must be retained for a total
of 5 years (2 years at the site; the remaining 3 years of records may
be retained off-site). The files may be maintained on microfilm, on a
computer or floppy disks, on magnetic tape disks, or on microfiche.
Subparts AA and BB require respondents to install monitoring
devices to measure the pressure drop and liquid flow rate for wet
scrubbers. These operating parameters are permitted to vary within
ranges determined concurrently with performance tests. Exceedance of
the operating ranges are considered violations of the site-specific
operating limits.
The standards require sources to determine and record the amount of
phosphatic feed material processed or stored on a daily basis. This
requirement allows verification of plant operating rate which is one of
the factors considered in establishing the operating ranges of control
devices. This requirement poses no additional burden upon the industry.
This is so because proper plant operation and industry practice include
daily recording of phosphate-bearing feed processed. This practice
predates the regulations and would continue in their absence. Because
the daily record keeping requirement places no additional burden upon
sources, no estimate has been made for this requirement. Respondents
also maintain records of specific information needed to determine that
the standards are being achieved and maintained.
Since many of the facilities potentially affected by the proposed
standards are currently subject to new source performance standards
(NSPS),
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the standards include an exemption from the NSPS for those sources.
That exemption eliminates a duplication of information collection
requirements.
In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to
protect public health, adequate reporting and record keeping is
necessary. In the absence of such information enforcement personnel
would be unable to determine whether the standards are being met as
required by the Clean Air Act.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 132
hours per response. There are 15 respondents/affected Entities,
reporting semiannually, for an estimated total annual hour burden of
3,790 hours.
(6) MACT Subpart LL, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for
Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, EPA ICR No. 1767, OMB Control No.
2060-0360, Expiration Date is May 31, 2000
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
primary aluminum reduction plants that emit or have the potential to
emit hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) listed in section 112(b) of the
Clean Air Act. Specifically, the requirements apply to the owner or
operator of the affected facilities which include new or existing
potline, paste production plant, or anode bake furnace associated with
primary aluminum production and located at a major source, and for each
new pitch storage tank associated with a primary aluminum reduction
plant.
Abstract: Primary aluminum reduction plants may reasonably be
anticipated to emit from their various process operations several of
the HAPs that, in the Administrator's judgement, cause or contribute to
air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. Consequently,
technology-based standards (MACT) were promulgated for this source
category. These MACT standards ensure that all major sources of air
toxic emissions achieve the level of control already being achieved by
the better controlled and lower emitting sources in each category and
involve the installation, operation and maintenance of particulate
control devices such as electrostatic precipitator or scrubbers.
In order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate record-
keeping and reporting is necessary. This information enables the Agency
to: (1) Identify the sources subject to the standard; (2) ensure
initial compliance with emission limits; and (3) verify continuous
compliance with the standard. Specifically, the rule requires written
notification when (1) an area source that subsequently increases its
emissions such that the source is a major source; (2) a source is
subject to the standard, where the initial startup is before the
effective date of the standard; (3) a source is subject to the
standard, where the source is new or has been reconstructed, the
initial startup is after the effective date of the standard, and for
which an application for approval of construction or reconstruction is
not required; (4) there is an intent to construct a new major source or
reconstruct a major source, the date construction or reconstruction
commenced, the anticipated date of startup, where the initial startup
of a new or reconstructed source occurs after the effective date of the
standard, and for which an application for approval or construction or
reconstruction is required; (5) initial performance test; (6) initial
compliance status; (7) one-time notification for each affected source
of the intent to use an HF continuous emission monitor; and (8)
compliance approach. In addition, sources are required to submit
results of the initial performance test and a summary of all subsequent
performance tests, submit a report if measured emissions are in excess
of the applicable standard, and to develop a plan for and keep records
of all startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions. The owner or operator
shall also maintain files of all information required by section
63.10(b) and by subpart LL.
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. Consequently, these information collection requirements are
mandatory, and the records required by MACT must be retained by the
owner or operator for five years.
Burden Statement: In the previously approved ICR, the average
annual burden to the industry over the next three years to meet these
record-keeping and reporting requirements was estimated to total 52,544
person-hours. This is based on an estimated 23 respondents and an
average of 2,300 hours per respondent (i.e., per plant). Each
respondent is required to report semiannually.
(7) MACT Subpart NNN, Wool Fiberglass Insulation Manufacturing; EPA ICR
No. 1795, OMB Control No. 2060-0359, Expiring 5/31/00
Affected Entities: These standards apply to each of the following
existing and newly constructed sources located at a wool fiberglass
manufacturing facility: all glass-melting furnaces, rotary spin (RS)
manufacturing lines that produce bonded building insulation, and flame
attenuation (FA) manufacturing lines producing bonded pipe insulation.
The rule also applies to new FA manufacturing lines producing bonded
heavy-density products. RS and FA manufacturing lines that produce
nonbonded products, where no binder is applied, are not subject to the
standards. A facility emitting less than 10 tons per year of any HAP or
less than 25 tons per year of any combination of HAPs is an area source
and is not subject to this NESHAP. Facilities that manufacture mineral
wool from rock or slag are not subject to this rule but are subject to
a separate NESHAP for mineral wool production. (See 62 FR 25370 (May 8,
1997), notice of proposed rulemaking.)
Abstract: The NESHAP for wool fiberglass manufacturing plants was
proposed on March 31, 1997 (62 FR 15228) and promulgated on May 13,
1999. Owners and operators of wool fiberglass manufacturing plants are
required to comply with the notification, reporting, and recordkeeping
requirements for MACT standards in the NESHAP general provisions (40
CFR part 63, subpart A). The general provisions require: (1) Initial
notification(s) of applicability, notification of performance test, and
notification of compliance status; (2) a report of performance test
results; (3) a startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan with semiannual
reports of any reportable events; and (4) semiannual reports of
deviations from established parameters. When deviations in operating
parameters established during performance testing are reported, the
owner or operator must report quarterly until a request to return to
semiannual reporting is approved by the Administrator.
In addition to the requirements of the general provisions, section
63.1386 of the final rule specifies additional records to be kept by
owners or operators of a wool fiberglass manufacturing plants. The
final rule requires the owner or operator to maintain records of the
following, as applicable: (1) Bag leak detection system alarms,
including the date and time of the alarm, when corrective actions were
initiated, the cause of the alarm, an explanation of the corrective
actions taken, and when the cause of the alarm was corrected; (2) ESP
parameter value(s) used to monitor ESP performance, including any
period when the value(s) deviates from the established limit(s), the
date and time of the deviation, when corrective actions
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were initiated, the cause of the deviation, an explanation of the
corrective actions taken, and when the cause of the deviation was
corrected; (3) air temperature above the molten glass in an
uncontrolled cold top electric furnace, including any period when the
temperature exceeds 120 deg.C (250 deg.F) at a location 46 to 61
centimeters (18 to 24 inches) above the molten glass surface, the date
and time of the exceedance, when corrective actions were initiated, the
cause of the exceedance, an explanation of the corrective actions
taken, and when the cause of the exceedance was corrected; (4)
uncontrolled glass-melting furnace (that is not a cold top electric
furnace) parameter value(s) used to monitor furnace performance,
including any period when the value(s) exceeds the established
limit(s), the date and time of the exceedance, when corrective actions
were initiated, the cause of the exceedance, an explanation of the
corrective actions taken, and when the cause of the exceedance was
corrected; (5) the LOI and product density for each bonded product
manufactured on a RS or FA manufacturing line, the free formaldehyde
content of each resin shipment received and used in binder formulation,
and the binder formulation of each batch; (6) Process parameter
level(s) for RS and FA manufacturing lines that use process
modifications to comply with the emission standards, including any
period when the parameter level(s) deviates from the established
limit(s), the date and time of the deviation, when corrective actions
were initiated, the cause of the deviation, an explanation of the
corrective actions taken, and when the cause of the deviation was
corrected; (7) scrubber pressure drop, scrubbing liquid flow rate, and
any chemical additive (including chemical feed rate to the scrubber),
including any period when a parameter level(s) deviates from the
established limit(s), the date and time of the deviation, when
corrective actions were initiated, the cause of the deviation, an
explanation of the corrective actions taken, and when the cause of the
deviation was corrected; (8) incinerator operating temperature and
results of periodic inspection of incinerator components, including any
period when the temperature falls below the established average or the
inspection identifies problems with the incinerator, the date and time
of the problem, when corrective actions were initiated, the cause of
the problem, an explanation of the corrective actions taken, and when
the cause of the problem was corrected; and (9) glass pull rate,
including any period when the pull rate exceeds the average pull rate
established during the performance test by more than 20 percent, the
date and time of the exceedance, when corrective actions were
initiated, the cause of the exceedance, an explanation of the
corrective actions taken, and when the cause of the exceedance was
corrected.
The NESHAP general provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A) require
that records be maintained for at least 5 years from the date of each
record. The owner or operator must retain the records onsite for at
least 2 years but may retain the records offsite the remaining 3 years.
Burden Statement: There are 21 sources subject to this standard.
The total average annual hours are estimated to be 17,800. The total
average annual cost is estimated to be $571,000. The following is a
breakdown of burden used in the ICR. EPA estimates a two hour burden
for notification of applicability and notification of the date of the
performance test, and a four hour burden for the notification of
compliance status. EPA estimates an eight hour burden for reporting of
both excess emissions and for startups, shutdowns and malfunctions. EPA
also estimates a 16 hour burden for reporting of monitoring exceedence.
EPA also estimates a 40 hour burden for each of the following plans: an
Operation, Maintenance, and Monitoring Plan; a Startup, Shutdown, and
Malfunction Plan; and a Quality Improvement Plan. For each new source,
EPA estimates a 980 hour burden for the initial performance test.
Finally, EPA estimates a 9 hour burden for maintaining all records of
information required by this subpart.
The total nationwide capital cost associated with monitoring for 21
plants over the three year ICR clearance period is estimated at
$857,000. These costs include $163,000 capital costs for a bag leak
detection system for 18 baghouses ($9,100 per baghouse leak detection
system x 18 baghouses) at 11 facilities with $500/yr/baghouse in
operation and maintenance costs; $18,000 capital cost for temperature
monitors on 12 cold top electric furnaces at 6 facilities ($1,500 per
temperature monitoring and recording device x 12 furnaces); and a
one-time cost of $675,000 to establish a correlation between
formaldehyde emissions and process parameters used to monitor
compliance on affected RS and FA manufacturing lines ($15,000 per line
x 45 RS and FA manufacturing lines). No additional cost is assumed by
EPA for a thermocouple with a strip chart recorder for incinerators, as
the thermocouple is customarily included in the cost of the thermal
incinerator. Other equipment used to monitor control devices and
processes are already in-place; thus, there would be no additional
monitoring costs. The total annualized capital cost is $123,000, or an
average of $41,000/yr over the three year startup period. Total annual
operation and maintenance costs associated with the monitoring
equipment is $9,000 ($500 per baghouse leak detection system x 18
baghouses), or an average of $3,000/yr over the three year startup
period.
Dated: January 7, 2000.
Bruce R. Weddle,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
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