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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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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2007–0054; FRL–8531–1]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride
(Renewal); EPA ICR Number 0186.11,
OMB Control Number 2060–0071
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
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 March 24, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2007–0054, 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:
Learia Williams, Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs
Division, Office of Compliance, 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 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
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EPA–HQ–OECA–2007–0054, which is
available for public viewing online at
https://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 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 Vinyl Chloride
(Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
0186.11, OMB Control Number 2060–
0071.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on April 30, 2008. 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 Emissions
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Vinyl Chloride (VC) were
proposed on December 24, 1975,
promulgated on October 21, 1976, and
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amended on June 7, 1977, September
30, 1986, September 23, 1988, and
December 23, 1992. These standards
apply to exhaust gases and
oxychlorination vents at ethylene
dichloride (EDC) plants; exhaust gas at
vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) plants;
and exhaust gases, reactor opening
losses, manual vent valves, and
stripping residuals at polyvinyl chloride
(PVC) plants. The standards also apply
to relief valves and fugitive emission
sources at all three types of plants.
In the Administrator’s judgment,
vinyl chloride emissions from polyvinyl
chloride (PVC), ethylene dichloride
(EDC), and vinyl chloride monomer
(VCM) plants cause or contribute to air
pollution that may reasonably be
anticipated to result in an increase in
mortality or an increase in serious
irreversible, or incapacitating reversible
illness. Vinyl chloride is a known
human carcinogen which causes a rare
cancer of the liver. In order to ensure
compliance with the standard, adequate
recordkeeping and reporting is
necessary. This information enables the
Agency to: (1) Ensure that facilities that
are affected continue to operate the
control equipment and use proper work
practices to achieve compliance; (2)
notification of startup indicates to
enforcement personnel when a new
facility has been constructed and is thus
subject to the standards; and (3)
provides a means for ensuring
compliance.
The standards require daily
measurements from the continuous
monitoring system and of the reactor
pressure and temperature.
Establishment of a continuous
monitoring program is a high priority of
the Agency. The continuous monitoring
system monitors VC emissions from the
stack to judge compliance with the
numerical limits in the standards. The
parameters are used to judge the
operation of the reactor so that the
source and EPA will be aware of
improper operation and maintenance.
The standards implicitly require the
initial reports required by the General
Provisions of 40 CFR 61.7 and 61.9.
These initial reports include application
for approval of construction or
modification, and notification of
startup. The standards also require
quarterly reporting of vinyl chloride
emissions from stripping, reactor
openings, and exhausts. Reports must be
submitted within 10 days of each valve
discharge and manual vent valve
discharge.
The owner/operator must make the
following one-time-only reports:
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or modification; notification of startup;
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application of a waiver of testing (if
desired by source); and an initial report.
The initial report includes a list of the
equipment installed for compliance, a
description of the physical and
functional characteristics of each piece
of equipment, a description of the
methods which have been incorporated
into the standard operation procedures
for measuring or calculating emissions,
and a statement that equipment and
procedures are in place and are being
used. Generally, the one-time-only
reports are required of all sources
subject to NESHAP regulation.
Any owner or 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 EPA
regional office. This information is
being collected to assure compliance
with 40 CFR part 63, subpart W, and 40
CFR part 63, subpart A, as authorized in
section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air
Act. The required information consists
of emissions data and other information
that have been determined to be private.
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
Number 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 60 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: Vinyl
Chloride.
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
28.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
quarterly and initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
11,825.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$2,014,515, which is comprised of $0
annualized Capital Startup costs,
$1,260,000 in annualized Operating and
Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $754,515
annualized Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no
change in the labor hours or cost in this
ICR compared to the previous ICR. 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 nonexistent, 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.
Dated: February 12, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Request; Lead-Based Paint PreRenovation Information
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
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
information collection activity and its
expected burden and costs.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before March 24, 2008.
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[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0054; FRL-8531-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride
(Renewal); EPA ICR Number 0186.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0071
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 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-2007-0054, 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, 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 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-OECA-2007-0054, which is available for public viewing
online at https://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 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 Vinyl Chloride (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0186.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0071.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2008.
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 Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Vinyl Chloride (VC) were proposed on December
24, 1975, promulgated on October 21, 1976, and
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amended on June 7, 1977, September 30, 1986, September 23, 1988, and
December 23, 1992. These standards apply to exhaust gases and
oxychlorination vents at ethylene dichloride (EDC) plants; exhaust gas
at vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) plants; and exhaust gases, reactor
opening losses, manual vent valves, and stripping residuals at
polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plants. The standards also apply to relief
valves and fugitive emission sources at all three types of plants.
In the Administrator's judgment, vinyl chloride emissions from
polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene dichloride (EDC), and vinyl chloride
monomer (VCM) plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to result in an increase in mortality or an
increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness.
Vinyl chloride is a known human carcinogen which causes a rare cancer
of the liver. In order to ensure compliance with the standard, adequate
recordkeeping and reporting is necessary. This information enables the
Agency to: (1) Ensure that facilities that are affected continue to
operate the control equipment and use proper work practices to achieve
compliance; (2) notification of startup indicates to enforcement
personnel when a new facility has been constructed and is thus subject
to the standards; and (3) provides a means for ensuring compliance.
The standards require daily measurements from the continuous
monitoring system and of the reactor pressure and temperature.
Establishment of a continuous monitoring program is a high priority of
the Agency. The continuous monitoring system monitors VC emissions from
the stack to judge compliance with the numerical limits in the
standards. The parameters are used to judge the operation of the
reactor so that the source and EPA will be aware of improper operation
and maintenance. The standards implicitly require the initial reports
required by the General Provisions of 40 CFR 61.7 and 61.9. These
initial reports include application for approval of construction or
modification, and notification of startup. The standards also require
quarterly reporting of vinyl chloride emissions from stripping, reactor
openings, and exhausts. Reports must be submitted within 10 days of
each valve discharge and manual vent valve discharge.
The owner/operator must make the following one-time-only reports:
Application for approval of construction or modification; notification
of startup; application of a waiver of testing (if desired by source);
and an initial report. The initial report includes a list of the
equipment installed for compliance, a description of the physical and
functional characteristics of each piece of equipment, a description of
the methods which have been incorporated into the standard operation
procedures for measuring or calculating emissions, and a statement that
equipment and procedures are in place and are being used. Generally,
the one-time-only reports are required of all sources subject to NESHAP
regulation.
Any owner or 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 EPA regional office.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
part 63, subpart W, and 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as authorized in
section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required information
consists of emissions data and other information that have been
determined to be private.
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 Number 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 60
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: Vinyl Chloride.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 28.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly and initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 11,825.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,014,515, which is comprised of $0
annualized Capital Startup costs, $1,260,000 in annualized Operating
and Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $754,515 annualized Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. 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.
Dated: February 12, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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