[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57964-57965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28854]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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

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: Title: National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Ferroalloys 
Production; OMB Control Number 2060-0391; expiration date October 31, 
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 December 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1831.02 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0391, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to 
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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by e-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1831.02. 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 Ferroalloys Production (OMB Control Number 2060-0391; EPA 
ICR No. 1831.02); expiring October 31, 2001. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The NESHAP for ferroalloys production is applicable to 
all new and existing ferromanganese and silicomanganese production 
facilities that are major sources or are co-located at major sources. 
The sources at these affected facilities subject to this rule include 
submerged arc furnaces, metal oxygen refining (MOR) process, crushing 
and screening operations, and fugitive dust operations. The owners or 
operators of existing affected facilities (i.e., respondents) at the 
time of promulgation were required to be in compliance with the 
requirements no later than May 21, 2001. New or constructed affected 
sources that commence construction/reconstruction after August 1998 
were required to be in compliance with the regulation by May 20, 1999, 
or upon startup, which ever was later.
    Owners and operators of affected sources are subject to the 
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements of 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart A, the General Provisions, unless specified otherwise in the 
regulation. All records of measurements are to be maintained by the 
source for a period of at least five years. In addition, sources are 
required to comply with regulation specific requirements related to the 
frequency and type of information (including records of performance 
tests; start up, shutdown, and malfunction procedures and corrective 
actions; operating parameters and maintenance inspections; and opacity 
and visible emissions observations) to be collected and maintained to 
demonstrate initial and on-going compliance with the regulation. 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 (66 FR 
8588). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 24 
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

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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 and operators of ferroalloys 
and silicomanganese production facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: initial reports, quarterly excess emissions 
reports; and semiannually for all other reports required in 
Sec. 63.1659(b).
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 746 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
    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.1831.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0391 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: November 8, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28854 Filed 11-16-01; 8:45 am]
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