
[Federal Register: October 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 205)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0427; FRL-8733-3]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP Emissions for Polyether 
Polyol Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1811.06, OMB Control Number 
2060-0415

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 that is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 21, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2008-0427, to (1) EPA online using http://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: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 
541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address: 
schaefer.john@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has submitted the following ICR to 
OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 
CFR 1320.12. On May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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.
    The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket 
ID number EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0427, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, 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 http://
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 http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without 
change, unless the comment contains

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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: 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP Emissions for Polyether Polyol Production (Renewal)
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1811.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0415.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2009. 
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 for Polyether Polyols Production, (40 CFR part 63 subpart 
PPP) was proposed on June l, 1999 and published January 30, 2002. These 
regulations apply to new and existing facilities that engage in the 
manufacture of polyether polyols (which also include polyether mono-
ols) and emit hazardous air pollutants (HAP).
    Owners or operators of polyether polyols production facilities to 
which this regulation is applicable must choose one of the compliance 
options described in the rule or install and monitor a specific control 
system that reduces HAP emissions to the compliance level. Compliance 
is assumed through initial performance testing or design analysis, as 
appropriate, and ongoing compliance is demonstrated through parametric 
monitoring. The respondents are also subject to sections of 40 CFR part 
63 subpart A.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 72 
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 facilities 
that manufacture polyether polyols.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 82.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, and semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,042.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,243,954, which includes $1,040,942 
in annual labor costs, $203,012 in annualized capital costs, and $0 for 
O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden is due to an 
Agency correction in the number of responses from 190 to 180 per year.

    Dated: October 16, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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