[Federal Register: January 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 15)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0127; FRL-8518-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Aluminum
Reduction Plants (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1767.05, OMB Control Number
2060-0360
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 February 22,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0127, 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: 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 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-OECA-2007-0127, which is available for public viewing online
at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement
and Compliance Docket and Information Center 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 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, 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 Aluminum Reduction Plants (Renewal)
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1767.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0360
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 29, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP), for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart LL, were proposed on September 26, 1996 and promulgated on
October 7, 1997. These standards apply to the owners or operators of
new or existing potlines, paste production plants, or anode bake
furnaces associated with primary aluminum production and located at a
major source, and for each new pitch storage tank associated with a
primary aluminum reduction plant that is a major source of hazardous
air pollutants (HAP) emissions.
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In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports. 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in
determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject 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. 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 United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2,001
(rounded) 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 primary
aluminum reduction plants that are major sources of HAP emissions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 16.
Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, and on
occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 80,046 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $7,221,357, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $91,348 annualized Operating and
Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $7,130,009 annualized labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden to industry from
the most recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of
existing primary aluminum reduction plants that are subject to NESHAP
subpart LL. The number of facilities in this renewal are less than in
the previous ICR due to a more accurate estimate of the number of
facilities and the closure of a number of facilities. The closures were
caused by economic factors such as the cost of energy. The reduction in
the number of respondents to this ICR also resulted in a decrease on
the average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and
maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR.
Dated: January 15, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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