[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 150 (Monday, August 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50675-50676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19695]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NESHAP: Steel Pickling; 40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart CCC

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 Standard 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): Steel Pickling; 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart CCC; OMB Control No. 2060-0419; expiration date July 31, 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 September 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1821.03 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0419 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 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 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. 1821.03. For technical questions about the 
ICR contact Maria Malave; in the Office of Compliance at (202) 564-7027 
or via E-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NESHAP (National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants): Steel Pickling; 40 CFR part 63, Subpart CCC; OMB Control 
No. 2060-0419, EPA ICR No. 1821.03; expiration date July 31, 2002. This 
is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants

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(NESHAP) for Steel Pickling, published at 40 CFR part 63, subpart CCC, 
were proposed on September 18, 1997, (62 FR 49051) and promulgated on 
June 22, 1999 (64 FR 33202). This rule applies to all facilities that 
pickle steel using hydrochloric acid or regenerate hydrochloric acid, 
and are major sources or are part of a facility that is a major source. 
This regulation does not apply to any pickling line that uses an acid 
other than hydrochloric acid or an acid solution containing less than 6 
percent HCl or at a temperature less than 100  deg.F. This rulemaking 
establishes limits for hydrochloric acid emissions from continuous and 
batch pickling lines and acid regeneration units and limits for 
chlorine emissions from acid regeneration units. Also, operational and 
equipment standards are established for stationary acid storage 
vessels.
    The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined 
in the rule are similar to those required for other NESHAP regulations. 
Plants must demonstrate compliance with the emission standards by 
monitoring their control devices and performing annual emissions 
testing. Consistent with the NESHAP General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart A), respondents would submit one-time notifications of 
applicability and a one-time report on performance test results for the 
primary emission control device. Plants also must develop and implement 
a Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Plan (SSMP) and submit semiannual 
reports of any event where the procedures in the plan were not 
followed. Sources are required to submit semiannual reports at all 
times including for periods of monitoring exceedances and periods of 
compliance certifying that no exceedances have occurred. Subpart CCC 
also requires the owner or operator to submit a written maintenance 
plan for each emission control device. These notifications, reports, 
and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required 
of all sources subject to NESHAP. Any owner or operator subject to the 
provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, 
and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such 
measurements, maintenance reports, and records.
    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 October 29, 
2001. No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 108.8 
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: Major sources that pickle steel 
using hydrochloric acid or regenerate hydrochloric acid/Affected 
entities include continuous and batch pickling lines, acid regeneration 
units, and stationary acid storage vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 71.3.
    Frequency of Response: Initial and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,104 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $8,388.
    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 Preliminary ICR No. 1821.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0419, 
in any correspondence.

    Dated: July 29, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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