[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29944-29945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13946]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6991-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for 
Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, Maximum Achievable Control 
Technology (MACT)

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: Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Requirements for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, Maximum Achievable 
Control Technology (MACT)--40 CFR part 63, subpart LL; EPA ICR No. 
1767.03; OMB Control No. 2060-0360; expiration date was December 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 July 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1767.03 to the 
following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; and to the 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer at 
EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy 
@epamail.epa.gov, or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No.1767.03. For technical questions about the 
ICR contact Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via E-mail to 
MALAVE.MARIA @EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Maximum Achievable Control Technology 
(MACT) Standards for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants; 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart LL; EPA ICR No. 1767.03; OMB Control No. 2060-0360; expiration 
date was May 31, 2000. This is a reinstatement of a previously approved 
Information Collection Request.
    Abstract: The MACT standards for this source category were proposed 
on September 26, 1996 and were 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.
    In order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate record-
keeping and reporting is necessary. This information enables the Agency 
to identify the sources subject to the standard; ensure initial 
compliance with emission limits; and verify continuous compliance with 
the standard.
    This rule requires written notification when: an area source 
increases its emissions such that it becomes a major source; the 
initial startup is before the effective date of the standard; the 
effective date of a new or reconstructed source is after the effective 
date of the standard, and for which an application for approval of 
construction or reconstruction is not required; there is an intent to 
construct a new major source or reconstruct a major source after the 
effective date of the standard, and for which an application for 
approval or construction or reconstruction is required; an initial 
performance test occurs; submitting an initial compliance status; an 
affected source intents to use a hydrogen fluoride (HF) continuous 
emission monitor; and submitting the compliance approach. In addition, 
sources are required to: submit results of performance tests; provide 
semiannual reports unless quarterly reports are

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required as a result of excess emissions; develop a startup, shutdown, 
and malfunction plan; and maintain records for a period of five years 
following the date of each occurrence, measurement, maintenance, 
corrective action report, or record.
    All reports are sent to the delegated State or Local Agency. In the 
event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent 
directly to the EPA Regional Office.
    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 December 
31, 2000.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2,416 
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 review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of new or 
existing primary aluminum reduction facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
    Frequency of Response: quarterly or semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 121,277.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $117,000.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1767.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0360 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: May 23, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director Collection Strategies Division.
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