[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55836-55837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22234]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7270-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NSPS for Iron and Steel Plants: Basic Oxygen 
Process Furnaces

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: NSPS for Iron and Steel 
Plants: Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, subparts N and 
Na); OMB Control Number 2060-0029; EPA ICR Number 1069.07; expiration 
date September 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 September 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR Number 1069.07 and OMB 
Control Number 2060-0029 to the following addresses: Susan Abby, 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 (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 
Abby 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. For technical questions about the 
ICR, contact Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute] in the Office of Compliance at: 
(202) 564-7027, or via E-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS for Iron and Steel Plants: Basic Oxygen Process 
Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, subparts N and Na); OMB Control Number 2060-
0029; EPA ICR Number 1069.07; expiring September 30, 2002. This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Primary 
Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces (BOPF) (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart N) were proposed on June 11, 1973, and promulgated on March 8, 
1974. On January 20, 1983, amendments to the Standards of Performance 
for Primary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces, merged with 
Standards of Performance for Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen 
Process Steelmaking Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart Na). Subpart Na 
is applicable to any top-blown BOPF, hot metal transfer station or 
skimming station for which construction, reconstruction, or 
modification commenced after January 20, 1983.
    Owners and operators of affected sources are subject to the 
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements of 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart A, the General Provisions, unless specified otherwise in the 
regulation. Owners or operators of the affected facilities described 
must make one-time-only notifications. Owners or operators are also 
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected 
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative. Monitoring requirements specific to BOPF shops subject to 
NSPS subparts N and Na provide information on the operation of the 
emissions control device and compliance with the mass and visible 
emission standards. Semiannual reports of measurements that average 10 
percent below the average measurements obtained during the most recent 
performance tests are required. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance; and are required, in 
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
    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 101 
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: Basic oxygen process furnace shops 
at iron and steel plants/furnaces, skimming stations and/or hot metal 
transfer stations.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 4.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,012 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and O&M Cost Burden: $25,794.
    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

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the use of automated collection techniques to the addresses listed 
above. Please refer to OMB Control Number 2060-0029 and EPA ICR Number 
1069.07 in any correspondence.

    Dated: August 21, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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