[Federal Register: July 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 140)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2003-0138; FRL-7790-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Beryllium (40 CFR Part
61, Subpart C) (Renewal), ICR Number 0193.08, OMB Number 2060-0092
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2004. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 23,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0138, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center EPA West, 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of Compliance,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
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number: (202) 564-4113; fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail 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 November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62289), 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
Number OECA-2003-0138, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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 and
Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752. 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. When 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. 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, Confidential Business
Information (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 Beryllium (40 CFR part 61, subpart C) (Renewal).
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP), were proposed on December 7, 1971 (36 FR 23939)
and promulgated on April 6, 1973 (38 FR 8826). This standard applies to
all extraction plants, ceramic plants, foundries, incinerators, and
propellant plants which process beryllium ore, beryllium, beryllium
oxide, beryllium alloys, or beryllium-containing waste. The standard
also applies to machine shops which process beryllium, beryllium
oxides, or any alloy when such alloy contains more than five percent
beryllium by weight. All sources known to have caused, or have the
potential to cause, dangerous levels of beryllium in the ambient air
are covered by the Beryllium NESHAP. This information is being
collected to ensure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart C.
There are approximately 236 existing sources subject to this rule.
Of the total number of existing sources, we have assumed that
approximately 10 sources (i.e., respondents) have elected to comply
with an alternative ambient air quality limit by operating a continuous
monitor in the vicinity of the affected facility. The monitoring
requirements for these facilities provide information on ambient air
quality and ensure that locally, the airborne beryllium concentration
does not exceed 0.01 micrograms/m3. These sources that are
meeting the rule requirements by means of ambient monitoring are
required to submit a monthly report of all measured concentrations to
the Administrator. The remaining 226 sources have elected to comply
with the rule by conducting a one-time-only stack test to determine
beryllium emission levels. We have assumed that 10 percent of the 226
sources (or 23 respondents) complying with the emission limit standard
will engage in an operational change at their facilities that could
potentially increase beryllium emissions, and would be required to
repeat the stack test to determine the beryllium emission limits.
Consequently these sources will have recordkeeping and reporting
requirements associated with the stack test. The owners or operators
subject to the provisions of this part are required to maintain a file
of all measurements, and retain the file for at least two years
following the date of such measurements and records. We have assumed
that no additional sources are expected to become subject to the
standard in the next three years. Therefore, there are 33 respondents
for the purpose of determining the recordkeeping and reporting burden
associated with this rule.
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 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; 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: Beryllium Plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.
Frequency of Response: Monthly and on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,627 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $201,160, which includes $35,000
annual O&M costs, $0 annualized capital/startup costs, and $166,160
annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 395 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The reason for the change in burden is related to
the omission of the burden associated with a program requirement in the
active ICR which has been corrected in this renewal package.
Dated: July 14, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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