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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OECA–2004–0048; FRL–7945–6]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
NESHAP for Carbon Black, Ethylene,
Cyanide, and Spandex (Renewal), ICR
Number 1983.04, OMB Number 2060–
0489
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, this
document announces that an
Information Collection Request (ICR)
has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on August 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. This ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 29, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OECA–
2004–0048, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by
mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
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:
Marcia B. Mia, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code: 2223A, United
States Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–7042; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
mia.marcia@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On December 1, 2004 (69 FR 69909),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID Number
OECA–2004–0048, which is available
for public viewing at the Enforcement
and Compliance Docket and Information
Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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 and Information Center Docket
is: (202) 566–1752. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public
comments, to access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
When in the system, select ‘‘search,’’
then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or on paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET 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. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NESHAP for Carbon Black,
Ethylene, Cyanide, and Spandex (40
CFR part 63, subpart YY) (Renewal).
Abstract: This ICR is for hazardous air
pollutant (HAP) emission sources in the
carbon black (CB) production, cyanide
(CY) chemicals manufacturing, ethylene
(ET) production, and spandex (SP)
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production source categories. For the
purposes of this ICR the phrases
‘‘cyanide chemicals manufacturing,’’
‘‘cyanide production,’’ and ‘‘CY
production’’ have the same meaning.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements in the standards ensure
compliance with the applicable
regulations which were promulgated in
accordance with the Clean Air Act
(CAA).The collected information is also
used for targeting inspections and as
evidence in legal proceedings.
Performance tests are required in
order to determine an affected facility’s
initial capability to comply with the
emission standards. In addition,
continuous emission monitors are used
to ensure that the respondent complies
with the standards at all times. During
the performance test, a record of the
operating parameters under which
compliance was achieved may be
recorded and used to determine
compliance in place of a continuous
emission monitor.
The notifications required in the
standards are used to inform the Agency
or delegated authority when a source
becomes subject to the requirements of
the regulations. The reviewing authority
may then inspect the source to ensure
that the pollution control devices are
properly installed and operated, that
leaks are detected and repaired, and that
the standards are met. The performance
test may also be observed.
The required reports are used to
determine periods of excess emissions,
identify problems at the facility, verify
operation and maintenance procedures,
and for compliance determinations.
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,
and are identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 90 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
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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:
Producers of Carbon Black, Cyanide,
Ethylene or Spandex.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
72.
Frequency of Response: Annually,
semiannually and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
13,533 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$1,439,150, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs,
$359,000 annual O&M costs, and
$1,080,150 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 20,393 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease is because the
previous ICR included some items in
the inventory (e.g., control equipment
related) that are not consistent with the
concept of burden. Additionally, the
previous ICR overestimated the time
and frequency to prepare startup,
shutdown and malfunction (SS&M)
reports, and the time to store, file and
maintain records and to retrieve records
and reports.
The Capital/Startup costs as
calculated in this ICR’s section 6(b)(iii)
compared with the costs in the previous
ICR have decreased. Since the previous
ICR covered initial compliance with the
standard, the costs were mostly
associated with the purchase of
monitors and control equipment. Since
there are no new sources for the three
years covered by this ICR, the costs will
be only be O&M costs.
Dated: July 19, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05–14934 Filed 7–27–05; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–7946–6]
Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
Framework and Outline
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Supplemental notice; reopening
of public comment period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On June 22, 2005 (70 FR
36167), EPA’s Office of Environmental
Justice announced a solicitation for
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public comment on the draft: (1)
‘‘Framework for Integrating
Environmental Justice;’’ and (2)
‘‘Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
Outline,’’ which includes proposed
Environmental Justice Priorities (‘‘EJ
Priorities’’). The Framework for
Integrating Environmental Justice will
be the foundation for the Environmental
Justice Strategic Plan for FY2006–2011.
The Environmental Justice Strategic
Plan Outline identifies the anticipated
structure of the EJ Strategic Plan. EPA
is drafting the Environmental Justice
Strategic Plan to integrate its
environmental justice efforts more fully
into the Agency’s existing programs and
operations, including its 5-year
planning and budgeting processes. This
supplemental notice announces an
extension to the public comment period.
DATES: The public comment period is
extended to August 15, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Mr. Barry E. Hill, Director,
Office of Environmental Justice, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Mail Code
2201A, Ariel Rios South Building, Room
2226, Washington, DC 20460–0001. You
may also e-mail comments to
hill.barry@epa.gov. Please identify
e-mailed comments with the phrase ‘‘EJ
Strategic Plan Comments’’ in the subject
line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danny Gogal, Senior Environmental
Protection Specialist, EPA Office of
Environmental Justice, (202) 564–2576,
gogal.danny@epa.gov, or Delleane
McKenzie, Senior Program Analyst, EPA
Office of Environmental Justice, (202)
564–6358, mckenzie.delleane@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To
provide additional time for the public to
comment and in response to requests for
additional time, EPA is extending the
comment period until August 15, 2005.
The draft Framework identifies the
proposed key elements of the EJ
Strategic Plan that will help the Agency
track progress and benchmark its
national environmental justice program
objectives. The draft Framework also
describes the proposed link between the
Environmental Justice Action Plans of
the Agency’s 10 regional offices and the
substantive headquarters program
offices (e.g., Office of Air and Radiation,
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response) and the National
Environmental Justice Priorities and
targets established in the EJ Strategic
Plan.
The draft Outline identifies the
‘‘mission’’ and ‘‘vision’’ that will guide
the Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
and identifies where specific
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Environmental Justice Strategic Targets
will be included, once they are
developed. The Outline also includes 12
potential National EJ Priorities, which
would help focus attention on critical
human health and environmental issues
faced by communities with
disproportionate impacts (e.g., asthma
reduction, healthy schools, safe
drinking water). While the regional
offices will continue to take action on a
wide range of environmental justice
issues, using a spectrum of strategies
including cross-cutting approaches (e.g.,
community capacity-building, grants,
training) to address local needs, we
would like to select 5–7 priorities for
heightened national attention.
Therefore, in addition to providing
comments on the overall Outline, we
ask that you rank the potential priorities
(1 = highest priority, 12 = lowest
priority) and submit your ranking with
your other comments. If you have
additional suggested priorities, please
include those as well.
The draft ‘‘Framework for Integrating
Environmental Justice’’ and the
‘‘Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
Outline,’’ along with responses to
anticipated questions and a one-page
fact sheet, are available online at:
https://www.epa.gov/compliance/
resources/reports/ej.html. A hardcopy of
these documents is available upon
request.
Dated: July 25, 2005.
Barry E. Hill,
Director, Office of Environmental Justice.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Availability of ‘‘Allocation of Funds for
Fiscal Year 2005 Operator Training
Grants’’
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing
availability of a memorandum entitled
‘‘Allocation of Funds for Fiscal Year
2005 Operator Training Grants’’ issued
on June 2, 2005. This memorandum
provides National guidance for the
allocation of funds used under Section
104(g)(1) of the Clean Water Act.
ADDRESSES: Municipal Assistance
Branch, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., (4204–M), Washington,
DC 20460.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0048; FRL-7945-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Carbon Black,
Ethylene, Cyanide, and Spandex (Renewal), ICR Number 1983.04, OMB
Number 2060-0489
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document
announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 29,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0048, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: Marcia B. Mia, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code: 2223A,
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7042;
fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: mia.marcia@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 December 1, 2004 (69 FR 69909), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number OECA-2004-0048, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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 and
Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, to
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or on paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET 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. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official
docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002),
or go to https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NESHAP for Carbon Black, Ethylene, Cyanide, and Spandex (40
CFR part 63, subpart YY) (Renewal).
Abstract: This ICR is for hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emission
sources in the carbon black (CB) production, cyanide (CY) chemicals
manufacturing, ethylene (ET) production, and spandex (SP) production
source categories. For the purposes of this ICR the phrases ``cyanide
chemicals manufacturing,'' ``cyanide production,'' and ``CY
production'' have the same meaning.
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standards
ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which were
promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA).The collected
information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in
legal proceedings.
Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected
facility's initial capability to comply with the emission standards. In
addition, continuous emission monitors are used to ensure that the
respondent complies with the standards at all times. During the
performance test, a record of the operating parameters under which
compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to determine
compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.
The notifications required in the standards are used to inform the
Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the
requirements of the regulations. The reviewing authority may then
inspect the source to ensure that the pollution control devices are
properly installed and operated, that leaks are detected and repaired,
and that the standards are met. The performance test may also be
observed.
The required reports are used to determine periods of excess
emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation and
maintenance procedures, and for compliance determinations.
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, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 90
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
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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: Producers of Carbon Black, Cyanide,
Ethylene or Spandex.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 72.
Frequency of Response: Annually, semiannually and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,533 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,439,150, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $359,000 annual O&M costs, and
$1,080,150 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 20,393 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is because the previous ICR
included some items in the inventory (e.g., control equipment related)
that are not consistent with the concept of burden. Additionally, the
previous ICR overestimated the time and frequency to prepare startup,
shutdown and malfunction (SS&M) reports, and the time to store, file
and maintain records and to retrieve records and reports.
The Capital/Startup costs as calculated in this ICR's section
6(b)(iii) compared with the costs in the previous ICR have decreased.
Since the previous ICR covered initial compliance with the standard,
the costs were mostly associated with the purchase of monitors and
control equipment. Since there are no new sources for the three years
covered by this ICR, the costs will be only be O&M costs.
Dated: July 19, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14934 Filed 7-27-05; 8:45 am]
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