[Federal Register: September 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 185)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0374; FRL-8718-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Primary and Secondary
Emissions From Basic Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1069.09,
OMB Control Number 2060-0029
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 October 23,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2008-0374, 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: Sounjay Gairola, Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-4003; e-mail address: gairola.sounjay@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 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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-2008-0374, which is available for public viewing
either online at http://www.regulations.gov, or 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: NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen
Furnaces (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1069.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0029.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the
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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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Primary
and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR part 60,
subparts N and Na) were promulgated on July 25, 1977 and January 2,
1986, respectively. These rules apply to Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces
(BOPFs) in iron and steel plants commencing construction, modification
or reconstruction after June 11, 1973 (NSPS subpart N) and top-blown
BOPFs, hot metal transfer stations or skimming stations for which
construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced after January
20, 1983 (NSPS subpart Na).
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make an initial
notification, performance tests, periodic reports, and maintain records
of the occurrence and duration of an affected facility, or any period
during which the monitoring system is inoperative. Reports, at a
minimum, are required semiannually. These notifications, reports, and
records are essential in determining compliance; and are required, in
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 158
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: Facilities with basic oxygen
furnaces.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,896.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $179,440, which is comprised of $8,397
in O&M costs, $153,043 in labor costs, and $18,000 in annualized
capital/startup costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours to
the respondents 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 respondents is either very low, or
negative, or non-existent. Therefore, the labor hours in the previous
ICR reflect the current burden to the respondents and are reiterated in
this ICR. There is a minor change to the cost figures, since the
previous ICR rounded to the nearest $1,000; this ICR presents cost
figures which differ by $397 from the previous ICR due to using exact
figures instead of rounding.
Dated: September 16, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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