[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41011-41012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11429]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0071; FRL-8199-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal), EPA 
ICR Number 0113.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0097

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 August 18, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0071, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail 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 September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), 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-2005-0071, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 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/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 and Information Cetner is (202) 
566-1927.
    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 Mercury (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0113.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0097.
    ICR Status: This ICR is schedules to expire on August 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 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 mercury were proposed on December 7, 1971, 
promulgated on April 6, 1973, and amended on October 14, 1975, March 
19, 1987 and October 17, 2000. These standards apply to all stationary 
sources which process mercury ore to recover mercury, use mercury 
chlor-alkali cells to produce chlorine gas and alkali metal hydroxide, 
and incinerate or dry wastewater treatment plant sludge. Approximately 
107 sources (100 sludge incineration and drying plants and seven 
mercury-cell chlor-alkali plants) are currently subject to the 
standard; and no

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additional sources are expected to become subject to the standard in 
the next three years. Mercury is the pollutant regulated under this 
standard. This information is being collected to ensure compliance with 
40 CFR part 61, subpart E.
    Owners or operators of affected facilities must make the following 
one-time only notification: Date of construction or reconstruction, 
anticipated and actual dates of startup; physical or operational change 
to an existing facility; date of initial performance test; and results 
of initial performance test. These facilities must also maintain 
records of performance test results, and startup, shutdowns, and 
malfunctions. In order to ensure compliance with the standards, 
adequate recordkeeping and reporting is necessary. This information 
enables the Agency to identify the sources subject to the standard, 
ensure initial compliance with emission limits, and verify continuous 
compliance with the standard.
    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 two 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 160 
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: Mercury processing facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 107.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, semiannually, and initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,490.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: Zero.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 2,672 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden is due to the fact that we 
are presently accounting for technical, managerial, and clerical 
burdens in the renewal package. The previous version of the ICR omitted 
the managerial and clerical burdens and used only technical. There was 
also a change in the labor rate which contributed to the increase in 
cost.
    There are no changes in the capital/startup and operations and 
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11429 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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