[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24194-24195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10283]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6584-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS for Steel Plants: 
Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels OMB No. 
2060-0038 and EPA ICR No. 1060.10; expiration date is May 31, 2000. The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data 
collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 25, 2000.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1060.10. For technical 
questions about the ICR, please contact: Maria T. Malave, 202-564-7027.
    Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Electric Arc 
Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels; OMB No. 2060-0038; 
Agency No. 1060.10; expiration date is May 31, 2000. This is a request 
for a revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Subpart AAa applies to electric arc furnaces, AOD 
vessels, and dust handling systems at steel plants that produce carbon, 
alloy, or specialty steels: and commenced construction, modification, 
or reconstruction after August 17, 1983. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subparts AA and 
AAa.
    Subparts AA and AAa require: (1) Monitoring and recordkeeping of 
operations data and opacity levels; (2) semiannual reports of excess 
emissions and unacceptable; and (3) notifications of procedures to be 
followed and CEMs performance during performance tests. 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.
    All reports are sent to the delegated State or local authority. 
Notifications are used 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 operated.
    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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on January 21, 
2000; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 266 
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; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and disclose 
the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Steel Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 90.
    Frequency of Response: semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 48,413 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and O&M Cost Burden: $94,350.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to OMB No. 2060-0038 and EPA ICR No. 1060.10 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 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: April 17, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-10283 Filed 4-24-00; 8:45 am]
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