Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA Section 322) (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1428.07, OMB Control No. 2050-0078, 41439-41440 [E6-11611]

Download as PDF rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES_1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 140 / Friday, July 21, 2006 / Notices the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566–1927. 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, 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 Coke Oven Pushing Quenching and Battery Stacks (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CCCCC). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1995.03, OMB Control Number 2060– 0521. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 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, 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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coke Oven Pushing Quenching and Battery Stacks were proposed on July 3, 2001 (66 FR 35325) and, promulgated on April 14, 2003 (68 FR 18007). The respondents are owners or operators of coke plants that are major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. The national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) applies to emissions from pushing, soaking, quenching, and battery stacks on new and existing coke oven batteries. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart CCCCC. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:59 Jul 20, 2006 Jkt 208001 Owners and operators of affected sources are subject to the monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, the General Provisions, unless specified otherwise in the regulation. This rule requires sources to submit initial notifications, conduct performance tests if source is using an add-on control device, and submit periodic compliance reports. In addition, sources are required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation if using an add-on control device; any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative; parametric monitoring data; system maintenance and calibration; and work practices to demonstrate initial and ongoing compliance with the regulation. Records of such measurements and actions are to be retained two years on-site of the required total five years. 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. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 223 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: Owners or operators of coke oven facilities. Estimated Number of Respondents: 19. Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually, weekly and initially. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,208. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $169,500, includes O&M costs only. Changes in the Estimates: The increase from 2,209 hours to 25,208 hours in the annual labor burden to industry from the most recently PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41439 approved ICR is due to adjustments. The increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to the assumption that all existing sources are in full compliance with the rule ongoing monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements since the compliance date has passed. The active ICR burden calculation was based on sources only complying with the initial rule requirements. The increase from $83,000 to $169,500 in the total annualized capital and operations and maintenance (O&M) costs are due to the assumption that respondents are in full compliance with the rule on-going requirements, as mentioned above. Even when there are no capital and startup costs for this renewal of the ICR, the costs for operation and maintenance of bag leak detectors and continuous opacity monitors increased significantly since we are accounting such costs for all three years of this ICR. Dated: July 11, 2006. Sara Hisel McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–11610 Filed 7–20–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–SFUND–2006–0361; FRL–8201–4] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA Section 322) (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1428.07, OMB Control No. 2050–0078 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 cost. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 21, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– SFUND–2006–0361, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1 rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES_1 41440 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 140 / Friday, July 21, 2006 / Notices preferred method), by e-mail to, superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Docket, Mail Code 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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: Sicy Jacob, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Emergency Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–8019; fax number: (202) 564–2620; e-mail address: jacob.sicy@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 April 26, 2006, (71 FR 24670), 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 No. EPA– HQ–SFUND–2006–0361, which is available for online viewing at https:// www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Superfund Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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 Docket is 202–566–0276. 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, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:59 Jul 20, 2006 Jkt 208001 Title: Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA Section 322) (Renewal). ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1428.07, OMB Control No. 2050–0078. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 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: This information collection request pertains to trade secrecy claims submitted under section 322 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). EPCRA contains provisions requiring facilities to report to State and local authorities, and EPA, the presence of extremely hazardous substances (described in section 302), inventory of hazardous chemicals (described in sections 311 and 312) and manufacture, process and use of toxic chemicals (described in section 313). Section 322 of EPCRA allows a facility to withhold the specific chemical identity from these EPCRA reports if the facility asserts a claim of trade secrecy for that chemical identity. The provision establishes the requirements and procedures that facilities must follow to request trade secrecy treatment of chemical identities, as well as the procedures for submitting public petitions to the Agency for review of the ‘‘sufficiency’’ of trade secrecy claims. Trade secrecy protection is provided for specific chemical identities contained in reports submitted under each of the following EPCRA sections: (1) 303(d)(2)—Facility notification of changes that have or are about to occur, (2) 303(d)(3)—Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) requests for facility information to develop or implement emergency plans, (3) 311— Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) submitted by facilities, or lists of those chemicals submitted in place of the MSDSs, (4) 312—Tier II emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms, PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 and (5) 313—Toxic chemical release inventory forms. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9.7 hours per claim. 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: Entities potentially affected by this action are manufacturers or nonmanufacturers subject to reporting under sections 303, 311/312 or 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). Estimated Number of Respondents: 481. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,658. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $309,000, includes $0 annualized capital or O&M costs and $309,000 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,175 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. The total burden hours (annual) has increased from the previous ICR due to number of trade secret claim submitters increased. Dated: July 11, 2006. Sara Hisel McCoy, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–11611 Filed 7–20–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1

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[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0361; FRL-8201-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA Section 322) (Renewal); 
EPA ICR No. 1428.07, OMB Control No. 2050-0078

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 cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 21, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2006-0361, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov 
(our

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preferred method), by e-mail to, superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund 
Docket, Mail Code 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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: Sicy Jacob, Office of Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, Office of Emergency Management, Mail Code 5104A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8019; fax number: 
(202) 564-2620; e-mail address: jacob.sicy@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 April 26, 2006, (71 FR 24670), 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 
No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0361, which is available for online viewing at 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Superfund 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., 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 Docket is 202-566-0276.
    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, 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: Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA Section 322) (Renewal).
    ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1428.07, OMB Control No. 2050-0078.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 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: This information collection request pertains to trade 
secrecy claims submitted under section 322 of the Emergency Planning 
and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). EPCRA contains 
provisions requiring facilities to report to State and local 
authorities, and EPA, the presence of extremely hazardous substances 
(described in section 302), inventory of hazardous chemicals (described 
in sections 311 and 312) and manufacture, process and use of toxic 
chemicals (described in section 313). Section 322 of EPCRA allows a 
facility to withhold the specific chemical identity from these EPCRA 
reports if the facility asserts a claim of trade secrecy for that 
chemical identity. The provision establishes the requirements and 
procedures that facilities must follow to request trade secrecy 
treatment of chemical identities, as well as the procedures for 
submitting public petitions to the Agency for review of the 
``sufficiency'' of trade secrecy claims.
    Trade secrecy protection is provided for specific chemical 
identities contained in reports submitted under each of the following 
EPCRA sections: (1) 303(d)(2)--Facility notification of changes that 
have or are about to occur, (2) 303(d)(3)--Local Emergency Planning 
Committee (LEPC) requests for facility information to develop or 
implement emergency plans, (3) 311--Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) 
submitted by facilities, or lists of those chemicals submitted in place 
of the MSDSs, (4) 312--Tier II emergency and hazardous chemical 
inventory forms, and (5) 313--Toxic chemical release inventory forms.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9.7 
hours per claim. 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are manufacturers or non-manufacturers subject to reporting 
under sections 303, 311/312 or 313 of the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 481.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,658.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $309,000, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs and $309,000 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,175 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The total burden hours (annual) has increased 
from the previous ICR due to number of trade secret claim submitters 
increased.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-11611 Filed 7-20-06; 8:45 am]
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