[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25396-25397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09893]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0693; FRL-9945-36-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Taconite Iron Ore Processing 
(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 Taconite Iron Ore 
Processing (40 CFR part 63, subpart RRRRR) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 
2050.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0538), 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 April 30, 2016. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 
32116) on June 5, 2015 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 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0693, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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; 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: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
general provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as well as for the 
specific requirements at 40 CFR part 63, subpart RRRRR. This includes 
submitting initial notifications, performance tests and periodic 
reports and results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine compliance 
with the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Taconite iron ore processing plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart RRRRR).
    Estimated number of respondents: 4 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 276 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $326,000 (per year), which includes $298,000 
in either annualized capital/startup or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
respondent labor hours and the number of responses as currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The decrease is 
due to a decline in the number of respondents. The previous ICR 
estimated eight facilities; however, recent industry information 
indicates that only half of these facilities are now in operation.
    There is, however, an adjustment increase in the respondent O&M 
costs. There is not an actual increase in cost;

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rather, the increases occurred because this ICR accounts for contractor 
costs associated with Method 5 PM tests as an O&M cost, while the 
previous ICR accounted for this cost as a labor cost.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting-Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-09893 Filed 4-27-16; 8:45 am]
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