[Federal Register: August 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 160)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2005-0047; FRL-7955-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling
(Renewal); OMB Number 2060-0419; EPA ICR Number 1821.05
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 October 31, 2005. 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 September 19,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0047, 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, 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: Maria 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 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020) 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-2005-0047, 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 Steel Pickling (Renewal).
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Steel Pickling, published at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart CCC, were proposed on September 18, 1997 (62 FR 49051) and
promulgated on June 22, 1999 (64 FR 33202). This rule applies to all
facilities that pickle steel using hydrochloric acid or regenerate
hydrochloric acid, and are major sources or are part of a facility that
is a major source. This regulation does not apply to any pickling line
that uses an acid other than hydrochloric acid or an acid solution
containing less than 6 percent HCl or at a temperature less than 100
[deg]F. This rulemaking establishes limits for hydrochloric acid
emissions from continuous and batch pickling lines and acid
regeneration units and limits for chlorine emissions from acid
regeneration units. Also, operational and equipment standards are
established for stationary acid storage vessels.
The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined
in the rule are similar to those required for other NESHAP regulations.
Consistent with the NESHAP General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart
A), respondents would submit one-time notifications of applicability
and a one-time report on performance test results for the primary
emission control device. Plants also must develop and implement a
Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Plan (SSMP) and submit semiannual
reports of any event where the procedures in the plan were not
followed. Sources are required to submit semiannual reports at all
times including for periods of monitoring exceedances and periods of
compliance certifying that no exceedances have occurred. NESHAP subpart
CCC also requires the owner or operator to submit a written maintenance
plan for each emission control device. These notifications, reports,
and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required
of all sources subject
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to NESHAP. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part
shall 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.
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 166
hours (rounded) 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: Major sources that pickle steel
using hydrochloric acid or regenerate hydrochloric acid using
continuous and batch pickling lines, acid regeneration units, and
stationary acid storage vessels.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 72.
Frequency of Response: Initial, semiannual and on-ocassion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,448 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,063,697, which includes $830
annualized capital/startup costs, $8,494 annual O&M costs, and
$2,054,373 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 344 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number
of new or modified sources. In addition, there was a small increase on
the annualized cost associated with operation and maintenance costs for
continuous emission flow rate monitors by existing sources.
Dated: August 8, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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