[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44340-44341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21169]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5285-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities up for Renewal

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 notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting the 
renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the collection as described 
below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Criteria & Standards 
Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 6602J, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Hoffmeyer, telephone: (202)233-
9228, fax: (202) 233-9629, E-mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities

    Entities affected by this action are those which own or operate 
Department of Energy facilities, elemental phosphorus plants, Non-DOE 
federal facilities and NRC licensed facilities, phosphogypsum stacks, 
underground uranium mines and uranium mill tailings piles.

Title

    National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 
Radionuclides, OMB No. 2060-0191, expires 1/31/96.

Abstract

    Information is being collected pursuant to Federal regulation 40 
CFR 61. The pertinent sections of the regulation for reporting and 
record keeping are listed below for each source category:

Department of Energy--Sections 61.93, 61.94, 61.95
Elemental Phosphorous--Section 61.123, 61.124, 61.126
Non-DOE federal facilities not licensed by NRC--Sections 61.103, 
61.104, 61.105 

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*NRC Licensees--Section 61.103, 61.104, 61.105, 61.107
Phosphogypsum Stacks--Sections 61.203, 61.206, 61.207, 61.208, 61.209
Underground Uranium Mines--Sections 61.24, 61.25
Uranium Mill Tailings Piles--Sections 61.253, 61.254, 61.255, 61.223, 
61.224

    *(EPA is proposing to rescind Subpart I of the radionuclide 
NESHAP as it applies to NRC-licensed facilities).

    Data and information collected is used by EPA to ensure that public 
health continues to be protected from the hazards of airborne 
radionuclides by compliance with the National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP). If the information were not 
collected, it is unlikely that violation of the standards would be 
identified and no corrective action would be initiated to bring the 
facilities back into compliance. Compliance is demonstrated through 
emission testing and/or dose calculation. Results are submitted to EPA 
annually for verification of compliance and maintained for a period of 
5 years.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement

    NRC Licensees and NON-DOE federal facilities--for facilities 
licensed by the NRC, emission testing is not required. Facilities may 
use written procedures or the COMPLY computer program for demonstrating 
compliance. These procedures and the COMPLY program were designed to 
reduce the burden on smaller facilities of determining compliance. The 
activities of the various respondents consist of reading and 
understanding the regulatory provisions and compliance procedures, 
identifying and listing input data, performing computer runs, preparing 
a report, and storing and maintaining data.
    The estimated burden for each respondent is 23 hours per response. 
This estimate is based on experience gained in preparing radionuclide 
NESHAP enforcement and compliance guidance material and in 
demonstrating the use of EPA's COMPLY computer program to the 
uninitiated. Estimates of burden and cost to NRC licensed facilities 
accruing from reporting and recordkeeping activity are calculated based 
on the assumption of 6000 facilities completing computer runs, filing a 
report (if required) and maintaining supporting records. In the past 
reporting periods, only 670 of the 6,000 facilities have reported under 
the regulation and many of these facilities were not required to report 
pursuant to the regulation.
    The record keeping and reporting burden hours are 23 hours x 6000 
respondents=138,000 hours. However, we are proposing to rescind our 
standard covering these NRC-licensed facilities. After the recission, 
Subpart I of the radionuclide NESHAP will apply only to non-DOE federal 
facilities not licensed by NRC.
    Other 40 CFR 61 Facilities--In addition, the estimates of this ICR 
renewal also includes DOE facilities, elemental phosphorous plants, 
Non-DOE federal facilities not licensed by NRC, phosphogypsum stacks, 
underground uranium mines and uranium mill tailings piles. It is 
assumed that all facilities will perform emission testing in lieu of 
analytical analysis to estimate emissions. Whereas testing is more time 
consuming than analytic analysis, the ICR estimates represent a worst 
case scenario by a factor of about 20. Activities consist of reading 
and understanding the regulatory provisions and compliance procedures, 
preparing a test plan, performing testing, performing data analysis, 
preparing a report, and storing and maintaining data. Accordingly, it 
is estimated that the burden will not exceed 288 hours per response and 
more likely be in a 29 to 288 hour range.

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                                                               Number of
                         Respondent                           facilities
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Department of Energy........................................         38 
Elemental Phosphorous.......................................          5 
Non-DOE not licensed by NRC.................................         17 
Phosphogypsum Stacks........................................         41 
Underground Uranium Mines...................................         20 
Uranium Mill Tailings Piles.................................        100 
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      Total.................................................        221 
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    It is estimated that 221 facilities would be required to report 
emissions and/or effective dose equivalent annually and retain 
supporting records for five years. The total record keeping and 
reporting burden hours is 288 hours x 221 respondents=63,648 hours.
    The total burden to respondents will be 138,000 hours detailed 
above and the additional 63,648 hours, together totaling 201,648 hours.
    No person is 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 displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.
    Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed above.

    Dated: August 18, 1995.
Mary Clark,
Acting Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air.
[FR Doc. 95-21169 Filed 8-24-95; 8:45 am]
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