[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41025-41026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19569]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7022-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Beryllium

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: National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Beryllium, 40 CFR Part 61, 
Subpart C; OMB Control Number 2060-0092; EPA ICR Number 0193.07; 
expiration date is September 30, 2001. 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 September 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR Number 0193.07, and OMB 
Control Number 2060-0092, 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 CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact 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 Number 0193.07. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via 
E-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAP) for Beryllium, 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart C; OMB Control Number 
2060-0092; EPA ICR Number 0193.07. This is a request for an extension 
of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Beryllium were proposed on December 7, 1971 (36 
FR 23939) and promulgated on April 6, 1973 (38 FR 8826). This standard 
applies to all extraction plants, ceramic plants, foundries, 
incinerators, and propellant plants which process beryllium ore, 
beryllium, beryllium oxide, beryllium alloys, or beryllium-containing 
waste. The standard also applies to machine shops which process 
beryllium, beryllium oxides, or any alloy when such alloy contains more 
than five percent beryllium by weight. All sources known to have 
caused, or to have the potential to cause, dangerous levels of 
beryllium in the ambient air are covered by the Beryllium NESHAP. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
61, subpart C.
    There are approximately 236 existing sources subject to this rule. 
Of the total number of existing sources, we have assumed that 
approximately 10 sources (i.e., respondents) have elected to comply 
with an alternative ambient air quality limit by operating a continuous 
monitor in the vicinity of the affected

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facility. The monitoring requirements for these facilities provide 
information on ambient air quality and ensure that locally, the 
airborne beryllium concentration does not exceed 0.01 micrograms/
m3. These sources meeting the rule requirements by means of 
ambient monitoring are required to submit a monthly report of all 
measured concentrations to the Administrator. The remaining 226 sources 
have elected to comply with the rule by conducting a one-time only 
stack test to determine beryllium emission levels. We have assumed that 
10 percent of the 226 sources (or 23 respondents) complying with the 
emission limit standard will engage in an operational change at their 
facilities that could potentially increase beryllium emissions, and 
would be required to repeat the stack test to determine the beryllium 
emission limits. Consequently these sources will have recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements associated with the stack test. The owners or 
operators subject to the provisions of this part are required to 
maintain a file of all measurements, and retain the file for at least 
two years following the date of such measurements and records. We have 
assumed that no additional sources are expected to become subject to 
the standard in the next three years. Therefore, there are 33 
respondents for the purpose of determining the recordkeeping and 
reporting burden associated with this rule.
    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 February 1, 
2001. No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 13.4 
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: Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.
    Frequency of Response: monthly and as needed basis (potentially 
yearly), depending on the applicable requirement.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,232 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $35,000.
    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 following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR Number 0193.07 and OMB Control Number 2060-0092 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: July 25, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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