[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45312-45313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17307]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0139; FRL-7793-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Aluminum 
Reduction Plants (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1767.04, OMB Control Number 
2060-0360

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 September 30, 2004. 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 August 30, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0139, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket 
and Information Center, EPA West, 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: Learia Williams, 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) 564-4113; 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 November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62289), 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-2003-0139, 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, DC. 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 Docket is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of 
the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 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. When 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 comments, 
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, Confidential Business 
Information (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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (Renewal).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (40 CFR part 
63, subpart LL) was proposed on September 26, 1996 and promulgated on 
October 7, 1997. These standards apply to the owners or operators of 
new or existing potlines, paste production plants, or anode bake 
furnaces associated with primary aluminum production and located at a 
major source, and for each new pitch storage tank associated with a 
primary aluminum reduction plant.
    In order to ensure compliance with the standards, adequate 
recordkeeping and reporting is necessary. This information enables the 
Agency to identify the sources subject to the standard; ensure initial 
compliance with emission limits, and verify continuous compliance with 
the standard.
    This rule requires written notification when: an area source 
increases its emissions such that it becomes a major source; the 
initial startup is before the effective date of the standard; the 
effective date of a new or reconstructed source is after the effective 
date of the standard, and for which an application for approval of 
construction or reconstruction is not required; there is an intent to 
construct a new major source or reconstruct a major source after the 
effective date of the standard, and for which an application for 
approval or construction or reconstruction is required; an initial 
performance test occurs; an initial

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compliance status is submitted; an affected source intends to use an 
hydrogen fluoride (HF) continuous emission monitor; and owner or 
operator develops and submits an engineering plan to the applicable 
regulatory authority upon request. In addition, sources are required 
to: submit results of performance tests; provide semiannual reports 
unless quarterly reports are required as a result of excess emissions; 
develop a startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan; and maintain records 
for a period of five years following the date of each occurrence, 
measurement, maintenance, corrective action report, or record.
    All reports are sent to the delegated state or local agency. In the 
event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent 
directly to the 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 2,189 
(rounded) 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; to 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; to 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; to train personnel to be able to respond 
to a collection of information; to search data sources; complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owner/operators of new or existing 
primary aluminum reduction plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, on 
occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 122,607 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $7,870,195, which accounts for annual 
O&M costs of $114,000, no capital/startup costs, and Respondent Labor 
costs of $7,756,195.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,330 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burden. This increase was due to an increase in the number 
of responses.

    Dated: July 21, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-17307 Filed 7-28-04; 8:45 am]
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