[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 36986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15796]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0064; FRL-9929-77-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl Process 
Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl 
Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart CCC) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1821.08, OMB Control No. 
2060-0419) 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 June 30, 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 July 29, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0064, 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, EPA 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 all facilities that pickle steel 
using hydrochloric acid or regenerate hydrochloric acid, and are major 
sources or are part of a facility that is a major source.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They are also required to 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. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
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 United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Steel pickling, hydrochloric acid 
process and regeneration facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 100 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 35,100 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,530,000 (per year), includes $10,600 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden and cost from the 
most recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. It is not due to 
any program changes. During the 2012 RTR, EPA did not add additional 
requirements, other than reporting performance test results through the 
WebFIRE interface if the test methods used are those supported by the 
Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT). However, we updated the estimated 
number of average number of respondents subject to Subpart CCC from 72 
to 100. The increase in the number of facilities results in an overall 
increase in the respondent and Agency burden and in O&M costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-15796 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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