[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43407-43408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14900]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2005-0116; FRL-7944-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Information Collection Request for Secondary Non-
Ferrous Metals Processing Area Source Standard Development 
Questionnaire, EPA ICR Number 2200.01

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 EPA is planning to submit a 
proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for a new collection. 
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 26, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID number OAR-2005-
0116, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to 
[email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, Mailcode 6102T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Auby, Collection Strategies 
Division, Environmental Protection Agency (2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1672; fax 
number: (202) 566-1639; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has established a public docket for 
this ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2005-0116, which is available for 
public viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC 20460. 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742. An 
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain 
a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing 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 within 
60 days of this notice. The EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or on paper, will be made available 
for public viewing 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 information, 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 at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./
edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
secondary non-ferrous metals processing establishments, excluding 
plants that perform secondary processing of aluminum, copper, or lead. 
The standard industrial classification (SIC) code for this industry is 
primarily 3341, Secondary Smelting and Refining of Non-ferrous Metals; 
the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 
331492, Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Non-ferrous Metal 
(Except Copper and Aluminum).
    Title: Secondary Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Area Source Standard 
Development Questionnaire.
    Abstract: The proposed ICR will collect information and data from 
110 existing secondary non-ferrous metal processing plants. Plants will 
be requested to complete a simple paper questionnaire on production 
processes and equipment, air pollution control systems, pollution 
prevention management practices, applicable regulatory requirements, 
and emissions test data. The questionnaire may be completed from 
existing information; no additional monitoring or testing is required. 
The EPA will use the collected information and data to develop area 
source standards for hazardous air pollutants required under section 
112(d) of the Clean Air Act.
    This collection of information is mandatory under section 114 of 
the Clean Air Act, (42 U.S.C 7414). All information submitted to EPA 
pursuant to this ICR for which a claim of confidentiality is made is 
safeguarded according to Agency policies in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. 
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 
in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The average annual respondent burden per facility 
is estimated at 62 hours at a cost of $4,894. 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

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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.

    Dated: July 18, 2005.
Sally L. Shaver,
Director, Emission Standards Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 
and Standards.
[FR Doc. 05-14900 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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