[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57630-57631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22739]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0334; FRL-9536-5]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Secondary Brass and Bronze 
Production, Primary Copper Smelters, Primary Zinc Smelters, Primary 
Lead Smelters, Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, and Ferroalloy 
Production Facilities (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR) for: ``NSPS for Secondary Brass 
and Bronze Production (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart M), Primary Copper 
Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart P), Primary Zinc Smelters (40 CFR 
Part 60, Subpart Q), Primary Lead Smelters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart R), 
Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart S) and 
Ferroalloy Production Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Z) 
(Renewal)'', (EPA ICR No. 1604.10, OMB Control No. 2060-0110) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through October 31, 2013. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (78 FR 33409) on June 4, 2013, during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 21, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0334; 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 Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the NSPS at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A and any changes, or 
additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subparts M, P, 
Q, R, S and Z. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make 
an initial notification report, performance tests, periodic reports, 
and maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, 
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or 
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. Reports 
are required semiannually at a minimum.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of secondary 
brass and bronze production facilities, primary copper smelters, 
primary zinc smelters, primary lead smelters, primary aluminum 
reduction plants, and ferroalloy production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subparts M, P, Q, R, S and Z).
    Estimated number of respondents: 19 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 4,961 hours (per year). ``Burden'' is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $612,224 (per year), includes $127,100 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
respondent burden from the most recently approved ICR. This increase is 
not due to any program changes. The increase is due to a correction in 
respondent burden activity associated with NSPS Subpart S. The previous 
ICR did not include the time required to prepare semiannual reports for 
the respondents. This correction results in an increase in respondent 
burden hours, costs, and the total number of responses. There is also 
an increase in the respondent labor costs due to an update in labor 
rates. Further, there is an overall decrease in O&M costs due to an 
update in the number of sources. In this ICR, we estimate that two 
ferroalloy facilities are subject to Subpart Z and one primary lead 
facility is subject to subpart R; however, the affected sintering unit 
and blast furnace at this primary lead facility will be shutdown and 
will no longer have burden associated with the standards.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-22739 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]
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