[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71636-71637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34425]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6212-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants: Radionuclides

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 following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Radionuclides, OMB Control Number

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2060-0191, expiration date 1/31/99. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 28, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at 
(202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download 
off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 
1100.09.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutant: Radionuclides (OMB Control No. 2060-0191; EPA 
ICR No. 1100.09). Expiring 1/31/99. This is a request for extension of 
a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: On December 15, 1989 pursuant to section 112 of the Clean 
Air Act as amended in 1977 (42 USC 1857), the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) promulgated NESHAPs to control radionuclide emissions from 
several source categories. The regulations were published in 54 FR 
51653, and are codified at 40 CFR subparts B, H, K, R, and W, and 
impose the following radionuclide dose and emission standards:

Subpart B--Underground Uranium Mines--10 mrem/yr
Subpart H--Department of Energy Facilities--10 mrem/yr, 20 pci/m\2\-s
Subpart K--Elemental Phosphorous Plants--2 curies/yr
Subpart R--Phosphogypsum Stacks--20 pci/m\2\-s

    Information collected is used by EPA to ensure that public health 
continues to be protected from the hazards of airborne radionuclides by 
compliance with these standards. If the information were not collected, 
it is unlikely that a violation of the standards would be identified 
and, thus, there would be no corrective action initiated to bring the 
facilities back into compliance. Compliance is demonstrated through 
emission testing and/or dose calculation. All facilities are required 
to calculate, monitor, and maintain their records for 5 years. In some 
cases, they also report their results to EPA.
    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. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 08/27/98 
(63 FR 45809). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 526 
hours per response. This estimate 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: Department of Energy (DOE) 
facilities, elemental phosphorus plants, phosphogypsum stacks, 
underground uranium mines and uranium mill trailings piles
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 87.
    Frequency of Response: Annually or less than annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 45,748 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $1,737,000.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to the following addresses. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1100.09 
and OMB Control No. 2060-0191 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460
      and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 22, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34425 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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