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Accession Number: 20061207–5054.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Thursday, December 28, 2006.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211
and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
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is not necessary to separately intervene
again in a subdocket related to a
compliance filing if you have previously
intervened in the same docket. Protests
will be considered by the Commission
in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make
protestants parties to the proceeding.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or
protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant. In reference
to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on
or before the comment deadline need
not be served on persons other than the
Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
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Persons unable to file electronically
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888 First St., NE, Washington, DC
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The filings in the above proceedings
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Magalie R. Salas,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2006–0421; FRL–8258–2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Mercury Cell
Chlor-Alkali Plants (Renewal), EPA ICR
Number 2046.03, OMB Control Number
2060–0542
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
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 January 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2006–0421, 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 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:
Robert C. Marshall, Jr., Office of
Compliance, 2223A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564–7021; fax
number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
marshall.robert@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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), 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–OECA–2006–0421, which is
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available for public viewing online 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
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) 566–1927.
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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Mercury Cell
Chlor-Alkali Plants (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
2046.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0542.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on January 31, 2007. 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 Mercury Emissions from
Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali plants were
promulgated on December 19, 2003.
These standards apply to existing
facilities and new facilities that are part
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of major source of hazardous air
pollutant (HAP) emissions or a part of
an area source of HAP emissions.
In general, all NESHAP standards
require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports
by the owners/operators of the affected
facilities. They are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and
duration of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation of an
affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. These notifications, reports,
and records are essential in determining
compliance, and are required of all
affected facilities.
Any owner/operator subject to the
provisions of this part shall maintain a
file of these measurements, and retain
the file for at least five years following
the date 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 United
States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) regional office.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 809 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:
Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 9.
Frequency of Response:
Semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
14,558.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$1,351,382 which is comprised of zero
annualized Capital Start Up costs,
$74,000 annualized Operating and
Maintenance (O&M), and $1,277,382
annual Labor Costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The number
of respondents has not changed and
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there are no program changes. However,
there are adjustments for an increase in
labor hours and a decrease in costs as
compared to the currently ‘‘active’’ ICR.
The adjustments result from the
transition by the respondents from
initial compliance with the standard to
continuing compliance with the
standard. The respondents achieved
compliance over the past three years by
conducting performance tests and
purchasing pollution monitors which
resulted in a small number of labor
hours, but a relatively high capital/
startup cost. After achieving
compliance, performance tests are not
required and capital/startup costs are
low because pollution monitors are a
one-time, initial expense. However, the
cost to maintain the monitors is
increased. The overall labor costs are
higher because the pollution levels must
be recorded and compliance reports sent
to the appropriate regulatory authority.
Dated: December 8, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permit for Bio Energy
in Hopkinton NH
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final order on petition
to object to a modification to a state
operating permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the EPA Administrator has responded to
a citizen petition requesting that EPA
object to a Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’ or ‘‘the
Act’’) title V operating permit
modification issued by the New
Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services (‘‘New
Hampshire DES’’). Specifically, the
Administrator has granted in part and
denied in part the petition submitted by
the Residents Environmental Action
Committee of Hopkinton, the
Conservation Law Foundation, and the
Physician Petitioners (collectively
referred to herein as ‘‘Petitioners’’)
requesting that the Administrator object
to the permit modification issued to Bio
Energy, LLC of Hopkinton, New
Hampshire.
Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the
Act, the petitioner may seek judicial
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review of any portion of the petition
which EPA denied in the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit. Any petition for review shall be
filed within 60 days from the date this
notice appears in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 307 of the Act.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final order,
petition, and other supporting
information are available at the Office of
Ecosystem Protection, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston,
MA. EPA requests that if at all possible,
you contact the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
schedule your inspection. The Regional
Office’s official hours of business are
Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30
excluding legal holidays. The final order
is also available electronically at:
https://www.epa.gov/region07/programs/
artd/air/title5/petitiondb/
petitiondb2003.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida
E. McDonnell, Air Permits, Toxics, and
Indoor Programs Unit, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAP),
Boston, MA 02114–2023, telephone
number (617) 918–1653, fax number
(617) 918–0653, e-mail
mcdonnell.ida@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA
approves State and local permitting
authorities to administer the operating
permit program set forth in title V of the
CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7661–7661f. New
Hampshire DES administers a fully
approved title V program. The Act
affords EPA a 45-day period to review,
and object to as appropriate, operating
permits proposed by State permitting
authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the Act
authorizes any person to petition the
EPA Administrator within 60 days after
the expiration of this review period to
object to state operating permits not in
compliance with the CAA, if EPA has
not already done so. Petitions must be
based only on objections to the permit
that were raised with reasonable
specificity during the public comment
period provided by the State, unless the
petitioner demonstrates that it was
impracticable to raise such issues
during the comment period or the
grounds for the issues arose after this
period.
On October 21, 2003, the Petitioners
submitted a petition requesting that EPA
object to the issuance of the modified
title V permit pursuant to section
505(b)(2) of the Act. The Petitioners
raised four broad objections to the
issuance of the modified permit:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0421; FRL-8258-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-
Alkali Plants (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2046.03, OMB Control Number
2060-0542
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 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 January 17,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0421, 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
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: Robert C. Marshall, Jr., Office of
Compliance, 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7021;
fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: marshall.robert@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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), 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-OECA-2006-0421, which is available for public viewing
online 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 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) 566-1927.
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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2046.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0542.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2007.
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 Mercury Emissions from Mercury Cell Chlor-
Alkali plants were promulgated on December 19, 2003. These standards
apply to existing facilities and new facilities that are part
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of major source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions or a part of
an area source of HAP emissions.
In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of
all affected facilities.
Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least
five years following the date 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 United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) regional office.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 809
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: Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 9.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,558.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,351,382 which is comprised of zero
annualized Capital Start Up costs, $74,000 annualized Operating and
Maintenance (O&M), and $1,277,382 annual Labor Costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The number of respondents has not changed
and there are no program changes. However, there are adjustments for an
increase in labor hours and a decrease in costs as compared to the
currently ``active'' ICR.
The adjustments result from the transition by the respondents from
initial compliance with the standard to continuing compliance with the
standard. The respondents achieved compliance over the past three years
by conducting performance tests and purchasing pollution monitors which
resulted in a small number of labor hours, but a relatively high
capital/startup cost. After achieving compliance, performance tests are
not required and capital/startup costs are low because pollution
monitors are a one-time, initial expense. However, the cost to maintain
the monitors is increased. The overall labor costs are higher because
the pollution levels must be recorded and compliance reports sent to
the appropriate regulatory authority.
Dated: December 8, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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