[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2536-2537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-782]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0231; FRL-9510-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys 
Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (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 (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 February 17, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2011-0231, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by 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: Learia Williams, Office of Compliance 
Assessment and Media Programs Division, Mail Code 2227A, Office of 
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; 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 EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0231, which is available for public viewing online 
at 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) 566-1752.
    Use the EPA electronic docket and comment system at 
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,

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will be made available for public viewing at 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 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and 
Silicomanganese (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart XXX) (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1831.05, OMB Number 2060-0391.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2012. 
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: Ferroalloys production: 
ferromanganese, and silicomanganese plant.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, annually, semiannually and 
quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 584 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $55,956 in Labor costs exclusively. 
There are no annualized capital/startup or O&M costs associated with 
this ICR.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-782 Filed 1-17-12; 8:45 am]
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