[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 8640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03295]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0037; FRL-9922-15-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions 
From Basic Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Primary and Secondary 
Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, subparts N and 
Na) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1069.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0029) 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 February 28, 2015. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 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 March 20, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0037, 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: Patrick Yellin, 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) 564-2970; 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: This rule applies to Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces 
(BOPFs) in iron and steel plants commencing construction, modification 
or reconstruction after June 11, 1973, and top-blown BOPFs and hot 
metal transfer stations and skimming stations used with bottom-blown or 
top-blown BOPF's for which construction, reconstruction, or 
modification commenced after January 20, 1983. Respondents are required 
to submit initial notifications, conduct performance tests and report 
test results for the primary emission control devices, and submit 
periodic reports. Sources also must develop and implement a startup, 
shutdown, and malfunction plan (SSMP) and submit semiannual reports of 
any event where the procedures in the plan were not followed. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of basic oxygen 
process furnaces at iron and steel plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart N and Na).
    Estimated number of respondents: 18 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 6,263 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $642,826 (per year), includes $29,700 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change of hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR previously approved 
by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-03295 Filed 2-17-15; 8:45 am]
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