Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0529, 41013-41014 [E6-11433]

Download as PDF sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 19, 2006 / Notices copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov. Title: Survey of Drinking Water Treatment Facilities. ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2176.01, OMB Control No. 2040–XXXX. ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity. 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 are 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: In its 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (September 2, 2004; 69 FR 53705), which EPA published under Clean Water Act (CWA) section 304(m), EPA identified the ‘‘drinking water treatment point source category’’ as a candidate for rulemaking. EPA is collecting information from drinking water treatment facilities to develop effluent guidelines or pretreatment standards necessary to control the discharge of toxic and non-conventional pollutants into surface waters of the United States and to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). In order to inform the rulemaking process, EPA is conducting several data collection activities. The technical survey announced in this Federal Register notice would provide EPA with preliminary technical data needed to quantify any adverse environmental impacts of the discharges of residuals and metals from drinking water treatment facilities and to obtain information about finished water production and current residuals generation and management techniques. The technical survey is composed of a questionnaire. The questionnaire would allow EPA to collect information from facilities that serve populations greater than 10,000. EPA would use data from the questionnaire to better classify drinking water treatment facilities by treatment practices, residuals characteristics, and residuals management methods. EPA expects to collect additional information from some of the recipients of the questionnaire announced today through a follow-up detailed questionnaire. If approved, the survey will be administered under authority of section VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:28 Jul 18, 2006 Jkt 208001 308 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1318. As a result, all recipients of the questionnaire would be required to complete and return the questionnaire to EPA. 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. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.7 hours per unique response to the questionnaire. 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 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: The respondents affected by this information collection request are drinking water treatment plants that generated residuals in 2005. More specifically, the recipients of the questionnaire would be drinking water treatment utilities serving populations in excess of 10,000. Estimated Number of Respondents: 618. Frequency of Response: This is a onetime information collection. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,143. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $145,544, includes $6,732 annualized capital or O&M costs. Changes in the Estimates: Because this is a request for a new ICR, there is no change in the number of hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. Dated: July 11, 2006. Sara Hisel McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–11432 Filed 7–18–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41013 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0070; FRL–8199–3] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060–0529 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and costs. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 18, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– OECA–2005–0070, to (1) EPA online using https://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 by mail to: 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance (OC), (Mail Code 2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 41014 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 19, 2006 / Notices 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–OECA–2005–0070, which is available for online viewing at https:// www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 https:// 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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov. Title: NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production (Renewal). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060– 0529. ICR Status: This ICR is schedules to expire on July 31, 2006. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this 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, are 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. VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:28 Jul 18, 2006 Jkt 208001 Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for hydrochloric acid production were proposed on September 18, 2001, (66 FR 48174), final rule on April 17, 2003 (68 FR 19076), amended on August 24, 2005 (70 FR 49530), and promulgated on April 7, 2006, (71 FR 17738). These standards apply to each existing, new, or reconstructed effected major source at a hydrochloric acid (HCl) production facility. An HCl production facility is a collection of units operations and equipment associated with the production of liquid HCl products. The hazardous air pollutants (HAP) identified as being emitted from HCl production sources are hydrochloric acid (HCl) and chlorine (Cl2). A major source of HAP is one that emits or has the potential to emit any single HAP at a rate of 9.07 megagrams (10 tons) or more per year or any combination of HAP at a rate of 22.68 megagrams (25 tons) or more per year. Respondents must submit one-time only notifications, compliance status report, and initial performance test results. Owners/operators are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operations of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. Semiannual summary reports are also required. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the collection 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. 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 541 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 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 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: Hydrochloric acid (HCl) production facility. Estimated Number of Respondents: 75. Frequency of Response: On occasion, initially, annually and semiannually. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 94,104. Estimated Total Annual Costs: $8,647,759 which includes $54,000 annualized capital startup costs, $634,000 annualized O&M costs, and $7,959,759 annual labor costs.. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 44,785 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to the requirements of the rule. Because of the requirements, the respondent universe varied among the different activities, since not all of the respondents must complete each activity each year. It is not until the third year following promulgation that all sources must be in compliance and thus, subject to the rule. We are therefore, accounting for all of the sources that are subject to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements in this ICR. There is an increase of two additional sources per year over the three years of this ICR. There was an increase in the labor rates which also contributed to an increase in the cost burden. There is an increase in the capital/ startup and operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR. This is due to the fact that all sources are presently in compliance with the standards. The increase in cost can also be attributed to an increase in the number of sources. Dated: July 11, 2006. Sara Hisel McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–11433 Filed 7–18–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid 
Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060-
0529

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 18, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0070, to (1) EPA online using https://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 
by mail to: 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance (OC), (Mail 
Code 2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional

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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-OECA-2005-0070, which is available for online viewing at 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room is open from 8 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 https://
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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0529.
    ICR Status: This ICR is schedules to expire on July 31, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this 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, are 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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for hydrochloric acid production were proposed on 
September 18, 2001, (66 FR 48174), final rule on April 17, 2003 (68 FR 
19076), amended on August 24, 2005 (70 FR 49530), and promulgated on 
April 7, 2006, (71 FR 17738). These standards apply to each existing, 
new, or reconstructed effected major source at a hydrochloric acid 
(HCl) production facility.
    An HCl production facility is a collection of units operations and 
equipment associated with the production of liquid HCl products. The 
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) identified as being emitted from HCl 
production sources are hydrochloric acid (HCl) and chlorine 
(Cl2). A major source of HAP is one that emits or has the 
potential to emit any single HAP at a rate of 9.07 megagrams (10 tons) 
or more per year or any combination of HAP at a rate of 22.68 megagrams 
(25 tons) or more per year. Respondents must submit one-time only 
notifications, compliance status report, and initial performance test 
results. Owners/operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operations of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. Semiannual summary reports are also 
required.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart 
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at 
least five years following the collection 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.
    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 541 
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 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: Hydrochloric acid (HCl) production 
facility.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, initially, annually and 
semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 94,104.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $8,647,759 which includes $54,000 
annualized capital startup costs, $634,000 annualized O&M costs, and 
$7,959,759 annual labor costs..
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 44,785 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden from the most recently 
approved ICR is due to the requirements of the rule. Because of the 
requirements, the respondent universe varied among the different 
activities, since not all of the respondents must complete each 
activity each year. It is not until the third year following 
promulgation that all sources must be in compliance and thus, subject 
to the rule. We are therefore, accounting for all of the sources that 
are subject to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements in this 
ICR. There is an increase of two additional sources per year over the 
three years of this ICR. There was an increase in the labor rates which 
also contributed to an increase in the cost burden.
    There is an increase in the capital/startup and operations and 
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR. This is due to the fact 
that all sources are presently in compliance with the standards. The 
increase in cost can also be attributed to an increase in the number of 
sources.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11433 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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