[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42570-42571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16739]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0128; FRL-8695-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys 
Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (Renewal), ICR Number 
1831.04, OMB Number 2060-0391

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 August 21, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0128, 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 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-2007-0128, 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

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Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1927.
    Use the EPA 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 the EPA 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 Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and 
Silicomanganese (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1831.04, OMB Number 2060-0391.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2008. 
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 neither conduct nor 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 the EPA 
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) using Maximum Achievable Control Technology were 
proposed on August 4, 1998, promulgated on May 20, 1999, and amended 
most recently on March 22, 2001. The rule applies to ferroalloy 
production facilities that manufacture ferromanganese and 
silicomanganese that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants 
(HAPs) or are co-located at major sources of HAPs.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports. Respondents that are not 
required to conduct an initial performance test are required to notify 
the EPA Administrator of the initial compliance status of the source. 
Sources are also required to monitor and maintain records of its 
operations including: (1) Process or control device parameters; (2) bag 
leak detention systems; (3) maintenance plan for air pollution control 
devices (e.g., capture system and venturi scrubbers); (4) certification 
that monitoring devices are accurate; and (5) the implementation and 
corrective actions taken related to the startup, shutdown and 
malfunction plan and the fugitive dust control plan. The types of 
periodic reports required by this regulation include: Opacity-related 
reports; performance test results reports; immediate and periodic 
startup/shutdown/malfunction reports, quarterly emissions reports; 
capture hood inspection reports; fugitive dust operations reports; and 
annual compliance status reports. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all sources subject to NESHAP standards.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 83 
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 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: Ferroalloy production facilities 
that manufacture ferromanganese and silicomanganese and are either 
major sources of HAPs or are co-located at major sources of HAPs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, annually, semiannually and 
quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 584 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $37,129 in Labor costs exclusively. 
There are no annualized capital/startup or O&M costs associated with 
this ICR.
    Changes in the Estimates: There are no changes in the labor hours 
and 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 either very low, or 
negative, or non-existent, so there are no significant changes in the 
overall burden.
    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: July 16, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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