[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 92 (Monday, May 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26985-26986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10507]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0063; FRL-8564-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Copper 
Smelters (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1850.05, OMB Control Number 2060-
0476

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 11, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0063, 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, 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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), 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-2007-0063, 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 either 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 Primary Copper Smelters (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1850.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0476.
    ICR Status: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Copper Smelters were proposed on April 
20, 1998 (63 FR 19582), and June 26, 2000 (65 FR 39326) respectively. 
These standards apply to any existing, reconstructed, or new primary 
copper smelters. The affected sources are each copper concentrate 
dryer, each smelting furnace, slag cleaning vessel, each copper 
converter department, and the entire group of fugitive emission 
sources.
    Abstract: Affected owners and operators are required to meet 
specific monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements in order 
to demonstrate initial and continuous compliance with the rule. A 
primary copper smelter is only subject to the regulation if it is a 
major source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emitting or has the 
potential to emit any single HAP at the rate of 10 tons or more per 
year or any combination of HAP at the rate of 25 tons or more per year.
    Owners and operators must submit notification reports upon the 
construction, reconstruction, or modification of any primary copper 
smelter. Also, required is a one-time-only initial notification for new 
and reconstructed sources. The respondents are required to submit an 
annual performance test for each control device, and a semiannual 
summary report to EPA. Respondents subject to the final rule are 
required to prepare and maintain on site two site-specific operating 
plans: (1) A startup, shutdown, malfunction plan, and (2) a fugitive 
dust control plan. Owners or operators of primary copper smelters 
facilities subject to the rule must maintain a file of these 
measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the 
date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records.
    Notifications are to inform the Agency or delegated authority when 
a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority may 
then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are 
properly installed and operating and the standards are being met. 
Performance test reports are required as these are the Agency's records 
of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standards 
and to serve as a record of the operating conditions under which 
compliance is to be achieved. The information generated by monitoring, 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this ICR is used 
by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the standard 
continue to operate the control equipment and achieve continuous 
compliance with the regulation.
    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. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart QQQ, as 
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The 
required information consists of emissions data and other information 
that have been determined to be private.

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    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 Number for EPA's 
regulations listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, 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 196 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose and 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. All 
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously 
applicable instructions and requirements that 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: Primary copper smelters.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly, semiannually, annually, and 
initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,837.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $575,068, including $8,220 for 
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, $566,848 for labor costs, and 
zero for capital/startup costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations: (1) The regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years; and (2) the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden. It should be noted that the previous ICR rounded the burden 
cost down to the nearest one thousand. In this ICR, the exact cost 
figure is reported which results in an apparent increase in the cost 
when, in fact, no increase has occurred. Also, a mathematical error in 
the labor cost burden was corrected.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in 
the previous ICR are used in this ICR, and there is no change in burden 
to industry.

    Dated: April 30, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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