[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81493-81495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33267]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0229; FRL-9509-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundry 
Area Sources (Renewal)

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

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(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 January 27, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0229, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 
2822IT, 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, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email 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 May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 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-2011-0229, which is available for public viewing 
online 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 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) 566-1752.
    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 Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2267.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0605.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011. 
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 the EPA 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Abstract: The final rule for National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Iron and Steel Foundry Area 
Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZZ) published on January 2, 2008 
(73 FR 225). Potential respondents are owners or operators of any 
existing or new iron or steel foundry that is an area source of 
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. Research and development 
facilities are not covered by the rule. Foundries covered by the rule 
would not be required to obtain a Title V operating permit.
    There are different requirements for foundries based on size. Small 
iron and steel foundries are required to comply with pollution 
prevention management practices for scrap materials, the removal of 
mercury switches, and binder formulations. Large iron and steel 
foundries are required to comply with the same pollution prevention 
management practices as small foundries in addition to emissions 
limitations for melting furnaces and foundry operations.
    Owners or operators must submit notification that the facility is 
subject to the rule, notification of performance test, notification of 
compliance status (including results of performance tests and other 
initial compliance demonstrations), and the semiannual compliance 
report. Owners or operators of cellulose products manufacturing 
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.
    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 ZZZZZ, as 
authorized in section 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 16 
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: Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 427.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,024.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $429,208, which includes $420,718 in 
labor costs, $8,490 capital/startup costs, and no operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost to the respondents 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

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the next three years; and (2) the growth rate according to the industry 
sources is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. There are no new facilities 
expected to be constructed over the next three years of this ICR. 
Therefore, the labor hours and cost figures in the previous ICR reflect 
the current burden on the respondents and are reiterated in this ICR.

    Dated: December 21, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-33267 Filed 12-27-11; 8:45 am]
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