[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26362-26363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6769]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0022; FRL-8166-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Refractory Products 
Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2040.03, OMB Control Number 
2060-0515

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 5, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0022, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB 
by mail to: 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance (OC), (Mail 
Code 2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; 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. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0022, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room is open from 8 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 is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Refractory Products Manufacturing (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2040.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0515.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the

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related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of 
OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 
CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for refractory products manufacturing were proposed 
on June 20, 2002, (67 FR 42107), and promulgated on April 16, 2003, (68 
FR 8729). These standards apply to each existing, new, or reconstructed 
refractory products manufacturing facility.
    Respondents must submit one-time notifications of applicability and 
reports on initial performance test results. Plants must develop and 
implement a startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan; develop and 
implement an operation, maintenance, and monitoring plan; and submit 
semiannual reports of any event where the plans were not followed. 
Semiannual reports for periods of operation during which the monitoring 
parameter ranges established during the initial compliance test are 
exceeded, or reports certifying that no exceedances have occurred are 
also required. Some plants are subject to limitations on the type of 
fuel that can be used to fire kilns. If those plants must use an 
alternative fuel, they must submit a notification of intent to use 
alternative fuel and a report on alternative fuel use.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart 
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at 
least five years following the collection of such measurements, 
maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated 
state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated 
authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.
    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 21 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Refractory products manufacturing 
facility.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, initially, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 470.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $30,304, which includes $3,000 
annualized O&M costs, and $27,304 annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 256 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The decrease in burden from the most recently 
approved ICR is due to the requirements of the rule that states all 
existing sources must be in compliance within three years of 
promulgation date, thus, less burden is imposed on existing sources 
after achieving compliance. Also, there are no new sources expected 
over the three years of this ICR.
    There was also a decrease in the capital/startup and operations and 
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR. There was an increase in 
the O&M costs to account for eight sources. The major decrease was due 
to the fact that there are no new sources that would incur capital/
startup costs over the next three years of this ICR.

    Dated: April 24, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-6769 Filed 5-3-06; 8:45 am]
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