[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38726-38727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18835]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5541-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; OMB
#2060-0083; EPA #1127.05 and OMB Number: 2060-0004; EPA ICR Number:
0658.06
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), this notice announces that the Information Collection
Requests (ICRs) NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Subpart I) and
NSPS for Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating (Subpart
RR)) described below have been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describe the nature
of the information collections and their expected burden and cost;
where appropriate, they include the actual data collection instruments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 26, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1127.05 or 0658.06.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Standards of Performance for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (OMB
Control No. 2060-0083; EPA ICR No 1127.05). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Owners/operators of hot mix asphalt facilities must
notify EPA of construction, modification, startups, shut downs, date
and results of initial performance test. The only type of industry
costs associated with the information collection activity in the
standards are labor costs. In order to ensure compliance with the
standards promulgated to protect public health, adequate reporting and
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.
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 Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on September
29, 1995.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4,611
hours. 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: Owners/operators of hot mix asphalt
facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1370.
Frequency of Response: annually.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1370.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4611 hours.
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Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
Title: NSPS for Pressure Sensitive Tape and Label Surface Coating
(Subpart RR); OMB Control No. 2060-0004; EPA ICR No. 0658.06. This is a
request for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Owners and operators of facilities that manufacture
pressure sensitive tape and labels must make the following onetime-only
reports: notification of the date of construction or reconstruction;
notification of the anticipated and actual dates of initial start-up;
notification of any physical change to an existing facility that may
increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of initial
performance test and the results of the initial performance test.
Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrences and duration of any start-up, shut-down 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 required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
Monitoring requirements specific to these coating operations
consist of maintaining a calendar month record of all coatings used and
their VOC content, the amount of solvent applied and recovered, and
temperature of exhaust gases during incineration.
This collected information is used by the Agency to efficiently
monitor industry compliance with NSPS. In the absence of collecting
such information, continuous monitoring of compliance with the
standards could be ensured only through continuous on-site inspections
by regulatory agency personnel, which would be extremely costly.
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 Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 3/26/96 (61
FR 13177). No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.3
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: owners and operators who manufacture
pressure sensitive tape and labels.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 350.
Estimated Number of Responses: 724.
Frequency of Response: semiannual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 36,302 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
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. 1127.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0083 or EPA ICR
No. 0658.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0004 in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE 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 16, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-18835 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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