[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 51456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22069]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0067; FRL-9983-62-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Copper Smelters (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Primary Copper 
Smelters (EPA ICR No. 1850.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0476), 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 October 31, 
2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on June 29, 2017 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 November 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0067, 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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Copper Smelters (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart QQQ) apply to each existing and new copper concentrate dryer, 
smelting furnace, slag cleaning vessel, copper converter department, 
and the entire group of fugitive emission sources located at a primary 
copper smelter facility that is a major source of hazardous air 
pollutant (HAP) emissions. Major sources of HAP emissions are sites 
that emit, or have the potential to emit, any single HAP at a rate of 
9.07 megagrams (10 tons) or more per year or any combination of HAPs at 
a rate of 22.68 megagrams (25 tons) or more per year. New facilities 
include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the 
date of proposal. 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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Primary copper smelters.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart QQQ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 9,440 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $999,000 (per year), which includes $8,220 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden and cost 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 
because of a change in assumption. This ICR assumes all existing 
respondents will have to familiarize with the regulatory requirements 
each year. There is also a decrease of 3 responses due to a correction 
in the number of sources that submit initial compliance determination 
reports.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-22069 Filed 10-10-18; 8:45 am]
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