[Federal Register: December 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 246)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0004; FRL-7854-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys
Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (Renewal), ICR Number
1831.03, OMB Number 2060-0391
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 December 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 January 24,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0004, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
email 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: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute], Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs Division, Mail Code 2223A, Office of
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: malave.maria@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 25, 2004 (69 FR 29718), 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
No. OECA-2004-0004, 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 Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and
Silicomanganese (40 CFR part 63, subpart XXX) (Renewal).
Abstract: The national emission standards for hazardous air
pollutants (NESHAP) using maximum achievable
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control technology (MACT) were proposed on August 4, 1998, promulgated
on May 20, 1999, and amended most recently on March 22, 2001. The rule
applies to ferroalloy production facilities that manufacture
ferromanganese and silicomanganese that are major sources of hazardous
air pollutants (HAPs) or are co-located at major sources of HAPs.
In general, all NESHAP (MACT) standards require initial
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. Respondents
that are not required to conduct an initial performance test are
required to notify the Administrator of the initial compliance status
of the source. Sources are also required to monitor and maintain
records of its operations including: (1) Process or control device
parameters; (2) bag leak detention systems; (3) maintenance plan for
air pollution control devices (e.g., capture system and venturi
scrubbers); (4) certification that monitoring devices are accurate; and
(5) the implementation and corrective actions taken related to the
startup, and shutdown and malfunction plan and the fugitive dust
control plan. The types of periodic reports required by this regulation
include: opacity-related reports; performance test results reports;
immediate and periodic startup/shutdown/malfunction reports, quarterly
emissions reports; capture hood inspection reports; fugitive dust
operations reports; annual compliance status reports. These
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining
compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NESHAP (MACT)
standards.
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 83
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: Ferroalloy production facilities
that manufacture ferromanganese and silicomanganese and are major
sources of HAPs or are co-located at major sources of HAPs.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Response: Initial, quarterly, semiannual and annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 584 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $37,261, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $37,261 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease of 162 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in labor hours is due to the
following assumptions: (1) The source has complied with the initial
notification requirements and the initial compliance demonstration
requirements since the effective date of the rule has passed; and (2)
the source has already developed its record system including the
startup, shutdown and malfunction plan; the fugitive dust plan; and the
control equipment/maintenance plan.
Dated: December 14, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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