[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38624-38625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15862]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0085; FRL 9518-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Radionuclides
(Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
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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 and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 30, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0085, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, and
(2) OMB by mail to: 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: Philip Egidi, Radiation Protection
Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Mail Code 6608J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9186; fax number:
(202) 343-2304; email address: egidi.philip@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 January 24, 2012 (77 FR 3472), 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
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0085, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Air and Radiation Docket is 202-
566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Radionuclides (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1100.14, OMB Control No. 2060-0191.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2012. 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, are 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: In the context of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 1857),
Section 114 authorizes the Administrator of EPA to require any person
who owns or operates any emission source or who is subject to any
requirements of the Act to: (1) Establish and maintain records, (2)
make reports, install, use, and maintain monitoring equipment or
method, (3) sample emissions in accordance with EPA prescribed
locations, intervals and methods, and (4) provide information as may be
requested. EPA's regional offices use the information collected to
ensure that public health continues to be protected from the hazards of
radionuclides by compliance with health based standards. This
information is required for those facilities meeting the definition of
each Subpart. EPA's compliance monitoring activities vary widely. EPA
could issue a letter requesting information about compliance or could
conduct a full scale investigation, including on-site inspections. The
information required to be submitted is not confidential in nature.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 144
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: The NAICS Codes of facilities
associated with the activity of the respondents are: (1) Elemental
Phosphorous--325188, (2) Phosphogypsum Stacks--212392, (3) Underground
Uranium Mines--212291, and (4) Uranium Mill Tailings--212291.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency of Response: Initially (Once), Annually, Random
(Occasionally).
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,872.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $500,572, which includes $283,460 in
annualized capital and O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 6,324 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease reflects a reduction in the number
of facilities affected due to dwindling interest in underground uranium
mining, fewer conventional uranium impoundments, reduced activities at
phosphogypsum facilities, and alternate usage of phosphogypsum, (e.g.,
as road base).
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-15862 Filed 6-27-12; 8:45 am]
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