[Federal Register: February 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 35)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0033; FRL-8530-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Polymeric Coating of
Supporting Substrates Facilities (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1284.08, OMB
Control Number 2060-0181
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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
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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 24,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0033, 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: Leonard Lazarus, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance, (2223A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-6369; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: lazarus.leonard@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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), 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-EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0033, which is available for public
viewing online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at
the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center 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) 566-1752.
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, Confidential
Business Information (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 for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates
Facilities (Renewal)
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1284.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0181.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while his 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: Particulate matter emissions from polymeric coating of
supporting substrates facilities cause or contribute to air pollution
that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or
welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source category.
The control of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from
polymeric coating of supporting substrates facilities requires not only
the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the operation
and maintenance of that equipment. Emissions of VOCs from polymeric
coating of supporting substrates facilities are generated by each
coating operation and the associated onsite coating mix preparation
equipment used to prepare coatings for the polymeric coating of
supporting substrates. These standards rely on: The capture of VOC
emissions by a partial or total enclosure around the coating operation,
and/or by covers on each piece of affected mix preparation equipment;
the reduction of VOC emissions to the atmosphere from the coating
operation to a control device, and/or from the affected covered
equipment to a control device; and the recovery of VOC emissions at one
coating operation if the liquid material balance is used to demonstrate
compliance.
In order to ensure compliance with these standards, 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.
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. 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 note the operating conditions under which compliance was
achieved. The quarterly reports are used for problem identification, as
a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance
determinations. The standard also requires semiannual reporting of
deviations from monitored opacity, as this is a good indicator of the
source's compliance status.
Responses to this information collection are mandatory (40 CFR part
60, subpart VVV). 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 40000, September 8, 1978; 43
FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 83
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
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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: Polymeric Coating of Supporting
Substrates Facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,623 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,410,367, which includes $48,500
Capital Startup costs, $556,500 annualized Operating and Maintenance
(O&M) costs, and $805,367 annualized Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There are no changes in the labor hours
or costs in this ICR compared to the previous ICR (see rounding-off
adjustment below). 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 very 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.
The labor hour and cost burden in this ICR are the same as in the
previous ICR; however, there is a small adjustment in the ``Estimated
Total Annual Cost'' due to rounding up/down in the previous ICR.
Dated: February 12, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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