[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45812-45813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19742]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0090; FRL-7539-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Secondary Aluminum 
Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart RRR), EPA ICR Number 1894.04, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0433

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2003. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 3, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0090, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute], Compliance 
Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of 
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On September 26, 2002 (67 FR 60672), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OECA-2003-0090, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, D.C. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is: (202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to

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submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the 
contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the 
public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comment, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA 
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide 
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is 
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although 
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as 
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not 
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for 
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic 
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic 
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Secondary Aluminum Production (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart RRR), EPA ICR Number 1894.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0433.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart RRR, were proposed on February 11, 1999, promulgated on March 
23, 2002, with final rule amendments published on December 30, 2002, 
which addressed concerns raised from two settlements and other 
amendments. These regulations apply to component processes at secondary 
aluminum production plants that are major sources and area sources 
including aluminum scrap shredders, thermal chip dryers, scrap dryers/
delacquering kilns/decoating kilns, secondary aluminum processing units 
(SAPUs) composed of in-line fluxers and process furnaces (including 
both melting and holding furnaces of various configurations), sweat 
furnaces, dross-only furnaces, and rotary dross coolers, commencing 
construction, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. As a result 
of a rule amendment in 2002, owners and operators of certain aluminum 
die casting facilities, aluminum foundries, and aluminum extrusion 
facilities were excluded from the rule coverage. Respondents do not 
include the owner or operator of any facility that is not a major 
source of (Hazardous Air Pollutants) HAP emissions except for those 
that are area sources of dioxin/furan emissions.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports. 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. 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. All reports are sent to the delegated State or 
local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated 
authority, the reports are sent directly to the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Office.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 28 
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: Component processes at secondary 
aluminum production plants that are major sources and area sources 
including aluminum scrap shredders, thermal chip dryers, scrap dryers/
delacquering kilns/decoating kilns, secondary aluminum processing units 
composed of in-line fluxers and process furnaces (including both 
melting and holding furnaces of various configurations), sweat 
furnaces, dross-only furnaces, and rotary dross coolers
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,640.
    Frequency of Response: initial, semiannual and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 94,998 hours.
    Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O & M) Annual 
Costs: $230,550 which includes $88,800 annualized capital/startup costs 
and $141,750 annual O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 25,230 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in burden is due to a decrease in 
the number of existing major sources from 86 to 81 and the assumption 
that existing sources already comply with the initial requirements of 
the rule. In addition, although we expect an increase of approximately 
5 percent in the number of new sweat furnaces (74) during the next 
three years, based on information from manufacturers, the burden 
associated with this increase will be offset by a decrease of 
approximately 10 percent in the number of existing sweat furnaces (149) 
which are anticipated to close due to no longer being economically 
viable. New sources (i.e., sweat furnaces) will be subject only to the 
dioxins/furans requirements of the rule which also accounts for a 
reduction in the monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

    Dated: July 25, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-19742 Filed 8-1-03; 8:45 am]
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