[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48702-48703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16478]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2005-0047; FRL-7955-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling 
(Renewal); OMB Number 2060-0419; EPA ICR Number 1821.05

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 October 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 19, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0047, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: Maria 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 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020) 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-2005-0047, 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 http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NESHAP for Steel Pickling (Renewal).
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Steel Pickling, published at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart CCC, were proposed on September 18, 1997 (62 FR 49051) and 
promulgated on June 22, 1999 (64 FR 33202). This rule applies to all 
facilities that pickle steel using hydrochloric acid or regenerate 
hydrochloric acid, and are major sources or are part of a facility that 
is a major source. This regulation does not apply to any pickling line 
that uses an acid other than hydrochloric acid or an acid solution 
containing less than 6 percent HCl or at a temperature less than 100 
[deg]F. This rulemaking establishes limits for hydrochloric acid 
emissions from continuous and batch pickling lines and acid 
regeneration units and limits for chlorine emissions from acid 
regeneration units. Also, operational and equipment standards are 
established for stationary acid storage vessels.
    The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined 
in the rule are similar to those required for other NESHAP regulations. 
Consistent with the NESHAP General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart 
A), respondents would submit one-time notifications of applicability 
and a one-time report on performance test results for the primary 
emission control device. Plants also must develop and implement a 
Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Plan (SSMP) and submit semiannual 
reports of any event where the procedures in the plan were not 
followed. Sources are required to submit semiannual reports at all 
times including for periods of monitoring exceedances and periods of 
compliance certifying that no exceedances have occurred. NESHAP subpart 
CCC also requires the owner or operator to submit a written maintenance 
plan for each emission control device. These notifications, reports, 
and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required 
of all sources subject

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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.
    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 166 
hours (rounded) 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: Major sources that pickle steel 
using hydrochloric acid or regenerate hydrochloric acid using 
continuous and batch pickling lines, acid regeneration units, and 
stationary acid storage vessels.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 72.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, semiannual and on-ocassion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,448 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,063,697, which includes $830 
annualized capital/startup costs, $8,494 annual O&M costs, and 
$2,054,373 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 344 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number 
of new or modified sources. In addition, there was a small increase on 
the annualized cost associated with operation and maintenance costs for 
continuous emission flow rate monitors by existing sources.

    Dated: August 8, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-16478 Filed 8-18-05; 8:45 am]
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