[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76940-76941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28093]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0004; FRL-7854-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys 
Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (Renewal), ICR Number 
1831.03, OMB Number 2060-0391

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 December 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 January 24, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0004, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: 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 May 25, 2004 (69 FR 29718), 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 
No. OECA-2004-0004, 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 Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and 
Silicomanganese (40 CFR part 63, subpart XXX) (Renewal).
    Abstract: The national emission standards for hazardous air 
pollutants (NESHAP) using maximum achievable

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control technology (MACT) were proposed on August 4, 1998, promulgated 
on May 20, 1999, and amended most recently on March 22, 2001. The rule 
applies to ferroalloy production facilities that manufacture 
ferromanganese and silicomanganese that are major sources of hazardous 
air pollutants (HAPs) or are co-located at major sources of HAPs.
    In general, all NESHAP (MACT) standards require initial 
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. Respondents 
that are not required to conduct an initial performance test are 
required to notify the Administrator of the initial compliance status 
of the source. Sources are also required to monitor and maintain 
records of its operations including: (1) Process or control device 
parameters; (2) bag leak detention systems; (3) maintenance plan for 
air pollution control devices (e.g., capture system and venturi 
scrubbers); (4) certification that monitoring devices are accurate; and 
(5) the implementation and corrective actions taken related to the 
startup, and shutdown and malfunction plan and the fugitive dust 
control plan. The types of periodic reports required by this regulation 
include: opacity-related reports; performance test results reports; 
immediate and periodic startup/shutdown/malfunction reports, quarterly 
emissions reports; capture hood inspection reports; fugitive dust 
operations reports; annual compliance status reports. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NESHAP (MACT) 
standards.
    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 83 
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: Ferroalloy production facilities 
that manufacture ferromanganese and silicomanganese and are major 
sources of HAPs or are co-located at major sources of HAPs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, quarterly, semiannual and annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 584 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $37,261, which includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $37,261 annual labor 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease of 162 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in labor hours is due to the 
following assumptions: (1) The source has complied with the initial 
notification requirements and the initial compliance demonstration 
requirements since the effective date of the rule has passed; and (2) 
the source has already developed its record system including the 
startup, shutdown and malfunction plan; the fugitive dust plan; and the 
control equipment/maintenance plan.

    Dated: December 14, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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