[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 15 (Monday, January 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4428-4429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1606]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0085; FRL-8767-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Radionuclides 
(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1100.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0191

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 cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 25, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0085, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20460, and (2) OMB by

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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: Brian Littleton, Radiation Protection 
Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Mail Code 6608J, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9216; fax number: 
(202) 343-2304; 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 18, 2008 (73 FR 54156), 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 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0085, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Air and 
Radiation Docket is 202-566-1742.
    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 Radionuclides (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1100.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0191.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2009. 
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: In the context of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 1857), 
Section 114 authorizes the Administrator of EPA to require any person 
who owns or operates any emission source or who is subject to any 
requirements of the Act to: (1) Establish and maintain records, (2) 
make reports, install, use, and maintain monitoring equipment or 
method, (3) sample emissions in accordance with EPA-prescribed 
locations, intervals and methods, and (4) provide information as may be 
requested. EPA's regional offices use the information collected to 
ensure that public health continues to be protected from the hazards of 
radionuclides by compliance with health based standards. This 
information is required for those facilities meeting the definition of 
each Subpart. EPA's compliance monitoring activities vary widely. EPA 
could issue a letter requesting information about compliance or could 
conduct a full scale investigation, including on-site inspections. The 
information required to be submitted is not confidential in nature.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 148 
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: The NAICS Codes of facilities 
associated with the activity of the respondents are: Elemental 
Phosphorous--325188, Phosphogypsum Stacks--212392, Underground Uranium 
Mines--212291, and Uranium Mill Tailings--212291.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 62.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, Annually, Occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,196.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,262,386, includes $808,650 
annualized O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 5,164 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects an increase in the number 
of facilities affected due to both renewed interest in uranium mining 
and phosphogypsum usage.

    Dated: January 16, 2009.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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