[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64521-64522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25408]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0334; FRL--10002-47-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Secondary Brass and Bronze 
Production, Primary Copper Smelters, Primary Zinc Smelters, Primary 
Lead Smelters, Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, and Ferroalloy 
Production Facilities (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for

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Secondary Brass and Bronze Production, Primary Copper Smelters, Primary 
Zinc Smelters, Primary Lead Smelters, Primary Aluminum Reduction 
Plants, and Ferroalloy Production Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1604.12, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0110), 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 January 31, 2020. Public comments were 
previously requested, via the Federal Register, on May 6, 2019 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 December 23, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0334, 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 NSPS for Secondary Brass and Bronze Production (40 
CFR part 60, subpart M) apply to existing facilities and new facilities 
that commence construction or modification after June 11, 1973. These 
standards apply to the following facilities in secondary brass or 
bronze production plants: Reverberatory and electric furnaces of 1,000 
kg or greater production capacity and blast (cupola) furnaces of 250 
kg/hr or greater production capacity. Furnaces from which molten brass 
or bronze are cast into the shape of finished products, such as foundry 
furnaces, are not considered to be affected facilities. New facilities 
include those that commenced construction, modification or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. The NSPS for Primary Copper 
Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart P) apply to existing facilities and 
new facilities that commence construction or modification after October 
16, 1974. These standards apply to the following facilities in primary 
copper smelters: Dryer, roaster, smelting furnace, and copper 
converter. The NSPS for Primary Zinc Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart 
Q) apply to existing facilities and new facilities that commence 
construction or modification after October 16, 1974. These standards 
apply to the following facilities in primary zinc smelters: Roaster and 
sintering machines. The NSPS for Primary Lead Smelters (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart R) apply to existing facilities and new facilities that 
commence construction or modification after October 16, 1974. These 
standards apply to the following facilities in primary lead smelters: 
Sintering machine, sintering machine discharge end, blast furnace, 
dross reverberatory furnace, electric smelting furnace, and converter. 
The NSPS for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart 
S) apply to existing facilities and new facilities that commence 
construction or modification after October 23, 1974. The NSPS for 
Ferroalloy Production Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart Z) apply to 
existing facilities and new facilities that commence construction or 
modification after October 21, 1974. These standards apply to the 
following facilities in ferroalloy production plants: Electric 
submerged arc furnaces which produce silicon metal, ferrosilicon, 
calcium silicon, silicomanganese zirconium, ferrochrome silicon, 
silvery iron, high-carbon ferrochrome, charge chrome, standard 
ferromanganese, silicomanganese, ferromanganese silicon, or calcium 
carbide; and dust-handling equipment.
    In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Secondary Brass/Bronze Production 
(40 CFR part 60, subpart M), Primary Copper Smelters (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart P), Primary Zinc Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart Q), Primary 
Lead Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart R), Primary Aluminum Reduction 
Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart S), and Ferroalloy Production 
Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart Z).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, 40 CFR part 60.
    Estimated number of respondents: 18 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, monthly, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 3,880 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $576,000 (per year), which includes $127,000 
in annualized capital and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours in 
this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden. There is an adjustment increase in the labor burden in this ICR 
compared to the previous ICR due to the increase in labor costs over 
the past three years.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-25408 Filed 11-21-19; 8:45 am]
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