[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48129-48130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16201]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2005-0017; FRL-7952-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Radionuclides, 
(Renewal) EPA ICR Number 1100.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0191

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 August 31, 
2005. 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 15, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2005-
0017, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email 
to [email protected] or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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: Behram Shroff, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Mail Code 6608J; 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9707; fax number: 
(202) 343-2305; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Register document required under 
5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information, 
was published on February 15, 2005 (70 FR 7732); no comments were 
received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OAR-2005-0017, 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. 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 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 submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, or 
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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Radionuclides (Renewal).
    Abstract: On December 15, 1989, pursuant to section 112 of the 
Clean Air Act as amended in 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1857), the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated NESHAPs to control radionuclide 
emissions from several source categories. The effect of these emissions 
can have an adverse effect on public health if not limited through 
pollution control devices. The regulations were published in 54 FR 
51653, and are codified at 40 CFR part 61, subparts B, H, I, K, R, T, 
and W. Subpart T was rescinded on July 15, 1994 and subpart I was 
rescinded on December 30, 1996. Subpart H does not require an ICR 
because it covers Federal facilities that are not subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act.
    Information collected is used by EPA to ensure that public health 
continues to be protected from the hazards of airborne radionuclides by 
compliance with the standards mentioned above. If the information were 
not collected, it is unlikely that a violation of these standards would 
be identified and, thus, there would be no corrective action initiated 
to bring the facilities back into compliance. Compliance is 
demonstrated through emission testing and/or dose calculation. All 
facilities are required to calculate, monitor, and maintain their 
records for 5 years, as required by 40 CFR part 61, Sec.  61.95. The 
results are also reported to EPA-HQ , EPA regions, and delegated 
states.
    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 103 
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: Owners and operators of selected 
facilities that emit radionuclides.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 39.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,032.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $520,508, which includes $0 
annualized Capital cost, $190,020 for

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Operations and Maintenance, and $330,488 Respondent Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: Some burden hours estimates decreased 
because the number of facilities affected has increased due to facility 
closure.

    Dated: August 8, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-16201 Filed 8-15-05; 8:45 am]
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