[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42379-42380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11944]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0072; FRL-8203-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Secondary Aluminum 
Production, EPA ICR Number 1894.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0433 
(Renewal)

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 25, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0072 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-2005-0072, 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 Secondary Aluminum Production (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1894.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0433.
    ICR Status: This ICR is schedules to expire on September 30, 2006. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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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 secondary aluminum production were proposed on 
February 11, 1999, and promulgated on March 23, 2002, with final rule 
amendments published on December 30, 2002.
    These regulations apply to component processes at secondary 
aluminum production plants that are major sources and area sources 
including aluminum scrap shredders, thermal chip dryers, scrap dryers/
delacquering kilns/decoating kilns, secondary aluminum processing units 
(SAPUs) composed of in-line fluxers and process furnaces (including 
both melting and holding furnaces of various configurations), sweat 
furnaces, dross-only furnaces, and rotary dross coolers, commencing 
construction, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. As a result 
of a rule amendment in 2002, owners and operators of certain aluminum 
die casting facilities, aluminum foundries, and aluminum extrusion 
facilities were excluded from the rule coverage. Respondents do not 
include the owner or operator of any facility that is not a major 
source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions except for those that 
are area sources of dioxin/furan emissions.
    In general all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators are also 
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, and malfunction in the operation of an affected 
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative. The notifications, reports, and records are essential in 
determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject to 
NESHAP. Semiannual reports are also required.
    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 29 
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: Secondary aluminum production 
plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,624.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, initially, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 93,725.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $8,164,143 which includes $84,000 
annualized Capital Startup costs, $142,000 annualized O&M costs, and 
$7,938,143 annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,273 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The decrease in burden is due to a decrease in 
the number of sources. This decrease is due to a number of sweat 
furnaces going out of business because of the current economic 
environment. There is also four less additional sources per-year as 
compared to the previous ICR.
    There is a decrease in the capital/startup and operations and 
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR. This is due to the fact 
that there are four less sources as compared to the previous ICR.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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