[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 109 (Friday, June 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14849]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5837-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources; Phosphate
Fertilizer Industry
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Sec. 3507(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) for Standards of Performance for New
Stationary Sources --Phosphate Fertilizer Industry-- NSPS Subparts T,
U, V, W, and X (OMB# 2060-0037, expiration date:6/30/97) described
below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval. 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 July 7, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No.1061.07
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Standards of Performance for Phosphate Fertilizer Industry
(OMB Control No.2060-0037; EPA ICR No 1061.07 expiration date: 6/30/
97). This is a request for extension of a currently approved
collection.
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.
Recordkeeping 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 P2O5, 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 P2O5 stored or
amount of feed must be recorded daily. The CMS shall record pressure
drop across scrubbers continuously and automatically.
Reporting Shall Include: initial notifications listed; and initial
performance test results.
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 December 2,
1996. No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 87.5
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: Phosphate Fertilizer Industry.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 11.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: 11.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 963 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. 1061.07 and OMB Control No. 2060-0037 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 0PPE 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: June 3, 1997.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-14849 Filed 6-5-97; 8:45 am]
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