[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13051-13052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04403]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0693; FRL-9528-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Taconite Iron Ore
Processing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2050.05
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 28,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0693, 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
28221T, 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 October 17, 2012 (77 FR 63813), 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-2012-0693, which is available for either 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 either 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, Confidentiality of 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 Taconite Iron Ore Processing (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2050.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0538.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2013.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to either conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB.
Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General
Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes,
or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart
RRRRR.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit initial
notification report, performance tests, and periodic reports and
results. Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of
the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in
the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the
monitoring system is inoperative. Reports, at a minimum, are required
semiannually.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 24
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 taconite iron
ore processing plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 614.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $650,107, which includes $392,507 in
labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and $257,600 in operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in both respondent
and Agency burdens from the most-recently approved ICR. This is not due
to any program changes. This decrease is due to discrepancies that were
identified in the burden calculations of the previous ICR, which have
been addressed in this
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ICR. Specifically, the previous ICR overestimated the frequency of
burden activity associated with site-specific test plans and startup,
shutdown, and malfunction plan reviews. The previous ICR also double-
counted total labor costs associated with respondent reporting
activities. These discrepancies resulted in the overestimation of
respondent and Agency labor burdens. The revisions in this ICR address
those discrepancies, and contribute directly to the observed decrease
in respondent and Agency labor burdens and costs.
There is an increase in labor rates for both the respondents and
the Agency from the most- recently approved ICR. This ICR uses updated
labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate burden
costs for respondents, and uses updated labor rates from OPM to
calculate burden costs for the Agency.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-04403 Filed 2-25-13; 8:45 am]
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