[Federal Register: May 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 92)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0063; FRL-8564-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Copper
Smelters (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1850.05, OMB Control Number 2060-
0476
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 June 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0063, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail 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
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, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone 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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), 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
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0063, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, 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) 566-1927.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
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 either 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, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Primary Copper Smelters (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1850.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0476.
ICR Status: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Copper Smelters were proposed on April
20, 1998 (63 FR 19582), and June 26, 2000 (65 FR 39326) respectively.
These standards apply to any existing, reconstructed, or new primary
copper smelters. The affected sources are each copper concentrate
dryer, each smelting furnace, slag cleaning vessel, each copper
converter department, and the entire group of fugitive emission
sources.
Abstract: Affected owners and operators are required to meet
specific monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in order
to demonstrate initial and continuous compliance with the rule. A
primary copper smelter is only subject to the regulation if it is a
major source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emitting or has the
potential to emit any single HAP at the rate of 10 tons or more per
year or any combination of HAP at the rate of 25 tons or more per year.
Owners and operators must submit notification reports upon the
construction, reconstruction, or modification of any primary copper
smelter. Also, required is a one-time-only initial notification for new
and reconstructed sources. The respondents are required to submit an
annual performance test for each control device, and a semiannual
summary report to EPA. Respondents subject to the final rule are
required to prepare and maintain on site two site-specific operating
plans: (1) A startup, shutdown, malfunction plan, and (2) a fugitive
dust control plan. Owners or operators of primary copper smelters
facilities subject to the rule must 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.
Notifications are to inform the Agency or delegated authority when
a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority may
then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are
properly installed and operating and the standards are being met.
Performance test reports are required as these are the Agency's records
of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standards
and to serve as a record of the operating conditions under which
compliance is to be achieved. The information generated by monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this ICR is used
by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the standard
continue to operate the control equipment and achieve continuous
compliance with the regulation.
All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In
the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are
sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart QQQ, as
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The
required information consists of emissions data and other information
that have been determined to be private.
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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 Number for EPA's
regulations listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, 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 196
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose and 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. All
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously
applicable instructions and requirements that 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: Primary copper smelters.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Frequency of Response: Monthly, semiannually, annually, and
initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,837.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $575,068, including $8,220 for
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, $566,848 for labor costs, and
zero for capital/startup costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two
considerations: (1) The regulations have not changed over the past
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three
years; and (2) the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall
burden. It should be noted that the previous ICR rounded the burden
cost down to the nearest one thousand. In this ICR, the exact cost
figure is reported which results in an apparent increase in the cost
when, in fact, no increase has occurred. Also, a mathematical error in
the labor cost burden was corrected.
Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in
the previous ICR are used in this ICR, and there is no change in burden
to industry.
Dated: April 30, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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