[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 43109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16132]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7238-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review, Comment Request, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants: (NESHAPs) 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 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 (NESHAPs): Radionuclides. OMB Control 
Number 2060-0191, expiration date is June 30, 2002. 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 26, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1100.11 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0191, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, 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) 566-1672, by e-mail at [email protected] 
or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1100.11. For technical questions about the ICR contact Eleanor 
Thornton-Jones at (202) 564-9773 or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAPs): Radionuclides, OMB Control Number 2060-0191, expiration date 
June 30, 2002. 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 U.S.C. 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, K, R, 
and W.
    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 these 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. The 
rationale for the 5 year recordkeeping requirement is from the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR), 40 CFR part 61, Section 61.95. 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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on March 11, 
2002; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 94 
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 and Operators of Elemental 
Phosphorous, Phosphogypsum Stacks, Underground Uranium Mines, and 
Uranium Mill Tailings Piles Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 62.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,812.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $231,350.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1100.11 and OMB Control No. 2060-0191 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 19, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-16132 Filed 6-25-02; 8:45 am]
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