[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81493-81495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33267]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0229; FRL-9509-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundry
Area Sources (Renewal)
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
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(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 27,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0229, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email 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
2822IT, 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, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; email 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 May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 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-2011-0229, which is available for public viewing
online at http://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) 566-1752.
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 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 http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2267.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0605.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011.
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 the EPA
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Abstract: The final rule for National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Iron and Steel Foundry Area
Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZZ) published on January 2, 2008
(73 FR 225). Potential respondents are owners or operators of any
existing or new iron or steel foundry that is an area source of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. Research and development
facilities are not covered by the rule. Foundries covered by the rule
would not be required to obtain a Title V operating permit.
There are different requirements for foundries based on size. Small
iron and steel foundries are required to comply with pollution
prevention management practices for scrap materials, the removal of
mercury switches, and binder formulations. Large iron and steel
foundries are required to comply with the same pollution prevention
management practices as small foundries in addition to emissions
limitations for melting furnaces and foundry operations.
Owners or operators must submit notification that the facility is
subject to the rule, notification of performance test, notification of
compliance status (including results of performance tests and other
initial compliance demonstrations), and the semiannual compliance
report. Owners or operators of cellulose products manufacturing
facilities subject to the rule must 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 ZZZZZ, 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 16
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: Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 427.
Frequency of Response: Initially, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,024.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $429,208, which includes $420,718 in
labor costs, $8,490 capital/startup costs, and no operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost to the respondents in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This
is due to two considerations: (1) the regulations have not changed over
the past three years and are not anticipated to change over
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the next three years; and (2) the growth rate according to the industry
sources is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. There are no new facilities
expected to be constructed over the next three years of this ICR.
Therefore, the labor hours and cost figures in the previous ICR reflect
the current burden on the respondents and are reiterated in this ICR.
Dated: December 21, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-33267 Filed 12-27-11; 8:45 am]
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