[Federal Register: December 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 247)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2002-0010; FRL-7426-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR
No. 0111.10 (OMB No. 2060-0101) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment
Request
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NESHAP for Asbestos, 40 CFR
part 61, subpart M (OMB Control No. 2060-0101, EPA ICR No. 0111.10),
expiration date February 28, 2003. 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 January 23,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Bishop, Compliance Assurance
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, 2223A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564-7032, fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail
address: bishop.everett@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 20, 2002 (67 FR 41981), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OECA-2002-0010, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., 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 ECDIC is (202) 566-1514. An
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to: docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2201T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your
comments to 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.
EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NESHAP for Asbestos, 40 CFR part 61, subpart M, (OMB Control
No. 2060-0101, EPA ICR Number 0111.10). This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection that is scheduled to expire on February
28, 2003. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct
or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is
pending at OMB.
Abstract: The EPA is charged under section 112 of the Clean Air
Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for each
category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of hazardous
air pollutants. These standards are applicable to new or existing
sources of hazardous air pollutants and shall require the maximum
degree of emission reduction: In addition, section 114(a) States that:
* * * The Administrator may require any owner or operator
subject to any requirement of this Act to (A) establish and maintain
such records, (B) make such reports, (C) install, use, and maintain
such monitoring equipment or methods (in accordance with such
methods at such locations, at such intervals, and in such manner as
the Administrator shall prescribe), and (D) sample such emissions,
(E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production
variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions
is impractical, (F) submit compliance certifications, and (G)
provide such other information as he may reasonably require.
In the Administrator's judgment, asbestos emissions from the
demolition and renovation of asbestos-containing structures; the
disposal of asbestos waste; waste conversion; asbestos milling,
manufacturing, and fabricating; the use of asbestos on roadways; the
use
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of asbestos insulation and spray materials; cause or contribute to air
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health
or welfare. Therefore, NESHAP was promulgated for this source category
at 40 CFR part 61, subpart M.
The control of emissions of asbestos from the regulated sources
requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but
also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. Emissions of
asbestos from the regulated sources are the result of operation of
those sources (milling, manufacturing, fabricating, waste disposal, and
demolition and renovation). These standards rely on the capture and
reduction of asbestos emissions by air cleaning equipment and specified
work practices. The required notifications are used to inform the
Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the
standard. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check
if the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated,
the work practices are being followed and the standard is being met.
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's record of
a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and
serve as a record of the operating conditions under which compliance
was achieved. Thereafter, submission of semi-annual reports of any
visible emissions serves as the record of compliance. Waste conversion
facilities must report initial testing conditions that become normal
operating conditions for the plant. The quarterly reports are used for
problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance,
and for compliance determinations. Notification for each demolition or
renovation activity allows the Agency or delegated authority to plan
for inspections of the source in order to determine compliance with the
work practices. Since each demolition or renovation is transitory in
nature, notification must be made for each activity above the threshold
limits specified in the regulation. The information generated by the
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this
ICR is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the
NESHAP continue to operate the control equipment and achieve compliance
with the regulation. Adequate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting
is necessary to ensure compliance with these standards, as required by
the Clean Air Act. The information collected from recordkeeping and
reporting requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is
of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.
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 35
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; 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: Mills, Manufacturers, Fabricators,
Landfills, Renovation/Demolition Owners and/or Operators.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,848.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, weekly, quarterly and semi-
annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 342,249 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $16,613,609.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 19,910 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the reduction in the
number of asbestos waste disposal sites subject to the asbestos NESHAP.
Dated: December 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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