[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 13 (Monday, January 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2682-2684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-825]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0447; FRL-8271-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel 
Foundries (Renewal) EPA ICR Number 2096.03, OMB Control Number 2060-
0543

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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

[[Page 2683]]

below describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden 
and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 21, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0447, 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 
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: Mar[iacute]a 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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), 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-2006-0447, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room 3334, 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 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, 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 the Iron and Steel Foundries (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2096.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0543.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2007. 
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, and 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 Iron and Steel Foundries (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart EEEEE) were proposed on December 12, 2002, (67 FR 78274), and 
promulgated on April 22, 2004, (69 FR 21905). The final rule was 
amended on May 20, 2005 (70 FR 29400). Entities potentially affected by 
this rule are owners or operators of new and existing iron and steel 
foundries that are major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) 
emissions. The rule applies to emissions from metal melting furnaces, 
scrap preheaters, pouring areas, pouring stations, automated conveyor 
and pallet cooling lines, automated shakeout lines, and mold and core 
making lines, and fugitive emissions from foundry operations. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
63, subpart EEEEE.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
one-time-only notifications including: Notification of any physical or 
operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of the initial 
performance test, including information necessary to determine the 
conditions of the performance test; and performance test measurements 
and results. 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. Owners or 
operators must maintain records of initial and subsequent compliance 
tests for lead compounds, and identify the date, time, cause, and 
corrective actions taken for all bag leak detection alarms. Records of 
continuous monitoring devices, including parametric monitoring, must be 
maintained and reported semiannually. Owners or operators are also 
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected 
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this 
part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the 
records for at least five years following the date of such measurements 
and records. At a minimum, records of the previous two years must be 
maintained on site.
    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 151 
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.

[[Page 2684]]

    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of iron and 
steel foundries.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 98.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 29,747 hours.
    Estimated Costs: $2,919,524, which includes $0 annualized Capital 
Startup costs, $400,060 annualized Operating & Maintenance Costs (O&M), 
and $2,519,464 annualized Labor Costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden of 7,422 hours 
from the most recently approved ICR is due primarily to the inclusion 
of burden associated with existing sources commencing to conduct 
periodic scrap inspections and submitting periodic compliance reports. 
The burden associated with these activities has offset any burden 
associated with sources complying with the initial rule requirements 
(i.e., install the required emissions control and monitoring equipment, 
conduct initial performance tests, prepare the required written plans, 
and provide the one-time notifications), which was the basis for the 
burden calculation in the previous ICR.
    The increase of $127,460 in the total annualized cost is primarily 
due to an increase on the burden associated with operations and 
maintenance (O&M) of monitors. The O&M costs in the renewal of this ICR 
renewal has offset the capital costs associated with installation of 
the necessary monitoring equipment, which was the basis of the total 
annualized cost calculation in the previous ICR.

    Dated: January 11, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E7-825 Filed 1-19-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P