[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 61 (Friday, March 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 16035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06325]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0317; FRL-9960-33-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Gold Mine 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 Gold Mine Ore 
Processing (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2383.04, OMB Control No. 2060-
0659), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
March 31, 2017. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register (81 FR 26546) on May 3, 2016 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 1, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0317, 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; 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: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A), as well as for the 
specific requirements at 40 CFR part 63, subpart EEEEEEE. 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 these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Gold mine ore processing and 
production facilities.
    Respondent's Obligation To Respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63 
Subpart EEEEEEE).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21 (total).
    Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Total Estimated Burden: 2,840 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $227,000 in either annualized capital/startup 
or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
respondent labor hours as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 
change in the respondent labor hour estimates occurred for two reasons. 
First, a labor burden estimate for completing Method 29 testing was 
added based on comments from the Nevada Mining Association (note: This 
activity was already required by the rule; however, the previous ICR 
did not estimate the labor burden for completing the testing). Second, 
this ICR assumes all existing respondents will have to familiarize with 
the regulatory requirements each year.
    There is a small adjustment decrease of $130 in the total capital 
and O&M costs as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
Burdens. This decrease occurred because this ICR rounds totals to three 
significant figures. There is no change in methodology for calculating 
O&M costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-06325 Filed 3-30-17; 8:45 am]
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