[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9779-9780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05010]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0088; FRL-9990-09-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Refractory Products Manufacturing 
(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 Refractory Products 
Manufacturing (EPA ICR Number 2040.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0515), 
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, 
2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on

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May 30, 2018 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 April 17, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0088, 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 Refractory Products Manufacturing (40 CFR part 
63, subpart SSSSS) apply to each refractory products manufacturing 
facility which produces refractory bricks, refractory shapes, 
monolithics, kiln furniture, crucibles, and other materials used as 
linings for boilers, kilns, and other processing units and equipment 
where extreme temperature, corrosions, and abrasion would destroy other 
materials. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new 
facilities that manufacture refractory products and use organic 
hazardous air pollutant (HAP), chromium refractory, and clay refractory 
products. New facilities include those that commenced construction, 
modification 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. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart SSSSS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Refractory products manufacturing 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond:
    Estimated number of respondents: 8 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 306 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $37,800 (per year), includes $3,040 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is not due to any program changes. The decrease 
in burden is due to correction of a mathematical error in the prior 
ICR, which inadvertently double-counted the burden for respondents to 
read and re-familiarize themselves with the rule requirements annually. 
This ICR updates the burden estimate for this requirement from 4.5 
hours to 0.5 hours per respondent. The overall result is a decrease in 
the burden hours. There was no change in the capital/startup and O&M 
costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05010 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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