[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63638-63639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26733]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0066; FRL-9986-51-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production: 
Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (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 Ferroalloys 
Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (EPA ICR No. 1831.07, 
OMB Control No. 2060-0391), 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 December 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 January 10, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0066, 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 
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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 NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and 
Silicomanganese applies to new and existing ferroalloy production 
facilities that manufacture ferromanganese and silicomanganese, and 
that are either major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) 
emissions or are co-located at major sources of HAPs. The following 
affected facilities at ferroalloy production plants are subject to this 
NESHAP rule: Submerged arc furnaces; metal oxygen refining processes; 
crushing and screening operations; and fugitive dust sources. 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 with 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart XXX.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Ferroalloy production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart XXX).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,170 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $133,000 (per year); there are no annualized 
capital/startup and operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently-approved by 
OMB. The adjustment increase in burden is due to more accurate 
estimates of existing and anticipated new sources, as identified during 
the development of the final rule amendments.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-26733 Filed 12-10-18; 8:45 am]
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