[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48703-48704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16482]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2005-0044; FRL-7955-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Primary and Secondary 
Emissions From Basic Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal); OMB Number 2060-0029; 
EPA ICR Number 1069.08

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-
2005-0044, 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 Malave, 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 
Number OECA-2005-0044, 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

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electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen 
Furnaces (Renewal).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the 
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subparts N and Na were 
proposed on were proposed on June 11, 1973, and promulgated on March 8, 
1974. These regulations apply to each basic oxygen process furnace 
(BOPF) in an iron and steel plant commencing construction, modification 
or reconstruction after the date of a proposal. An opacity limit was 
promulgated on April 13, 1978, as a supplement to the mass standard. On 
January 20, 1983, amendments to the Standards of Performance for 
Primary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces, merged with 
Standards of Performance for Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen 
Process Steelmaking Facilities (Subpart Na). Subpart Na is applicable 
to any top-blown BOPF, hot metal transfer station or skimming station 
for which construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced after 
January 20, 1983.
    The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined 
in the rule are similar to those required for other NSPS regulations. 
Consistent with the NSPS General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart 
A), respondents would submit initial notifications, conduct performance 
test and report test results for the primary emission control devices, 
and submit periodic reports. Sources 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in 
determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject to 
NSPS. 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 two 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 158 
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: Basic oxygen process furnace shops 
at iron and steel plants with furnaces, skimming stations and/or hot 
metal transfer stations.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 5.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, semiannual and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,896 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $179,440, which includes $18,000 
annualized capital/startup costs, $8,397 annual O&M costs, and $153,043 
annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 884 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 modified/reconstructed sources. There is also a small increase on 
the annualized cost on the renewal of this ICR (from $25,794 to 26,397 
or $603) associated with an increase in the operation and maintenance 
costs resulting from the increase in the number of sources. However, 
this increase is not reflected in the OMB 83-I form due to rounding of 
the values.

    Dated: August 9, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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